WHITE PAPER - To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | IT Systems | Regulatory Compliance | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Managing the virtual infrastructure end-to-end is becoming more challenging as virtual environments continue to grow and more data center elements meld into the "cloud". This whitepaper will discuss the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud", best practices, and present questions that will help you create an organizational strategy for t
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - In this report, we examine the pressing need within organizations and businesses for migration to advanced platforms, as well as the businessbuilding opportunities companies can leverage from the transition.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Network Performance | Operating Systems | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 represents a significant milestone in Microsoft's ongoing efforts to help customers streamline the management of their unique IT infrastructures. Read this white paper to learn how to manage Windows Server 2008 R2.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Management | Systems Management | Virtual Machine | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Windows Server 2008 R2 is designed to provide better energy efficiency and performance by reducing power consumption and lowering overhead costs. Read this white paper to learn about the new features that deliver real energy savings opportunities for the enterprise.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Energy Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Windows Server Software

PRODUCT DEMO - Download this demo to learn how you can proactively monitor performance of data and voice networks, physical and virtual systems, environmentals, databases and client/server applications across IT, all from one interface, before your business is negatively impacted.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Dashboards | Database Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Service Management | Performance Testing

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Read this brief paper for specifics about the CA Spectrum Service Assurance product's features and benefits.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Dashboards | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Service Management | Quality Control | Service Level Management

VIDEOCAST - Effective management is critical to addressing IT challenges. In this program, leading experts David Williams of Gartner and Roger Pills of CA break down IT's three key challenges to managing IT complexity: aligning IT to the business, managing costs, and IT maturity.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Premiered: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This paper examines seven key questions you should ask yourself when choosing the prime hardware vendor for your virtualization solutions.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Construction | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | ROI | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | TCO

IT BRIEFING - This IT Briefing describes XenDesktop and XenApp, and how they work together. You'll also learn why storage matters in a virtual desktop environment and how HP LeftHand P4000 SAN solutions complement Citrix desktop virtualization solutions. Finally you'll learn how Intel vPro technologies enhance client virtualization.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | IT Infrastructure | SAN | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

PRODUCT LITERATURE - If you're already running your business on an enterprise grid—good. And if you're running on Sun and Oracle—even better. But if you want to maximize the advantages of your grid, it's time to upgrade to the latest generation of enterprise grid computing products from Sun and Oracle.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Grid Computing | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Solaris | TCO

ANALYST REPORT - Moving user data and environments to the Internet, so that they can be accessed via any Internet connection, dramatically changes the nature of the underlying server and client platforms. Server platforms must balance performance with power management in view of cost and other requirements such as security and reliability.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | CTOs | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Microprocessors | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - In this webcast, Sharon Taylor, Chief Architect of ITIL V3, shares her tips for building a Service Catalog. Sharon gives practical advice on setting up a Service Catalog as well as the associated challenges and benefits.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Cataloging (Information Management) | Customer Service | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | IT Services | Service Level Management | SLA

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft® Online Services provide businesses with subscription-based Microsoft-hosted online services that offer access to rich communication, collaboration, and productivity applications from anywhere. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | IT Infrastructure | IT Spending | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Office | Productivity | SLA

CASE STUDY - Increasing competition motivated Coca-Cola company executives to launch a new strategic direction, mandating a platform to communicate and engage with all employees. It implemented a Microsoft-based hosted worldwide intranet with messaging and collaboration tools, which are accessible to all employees from any device.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Customer Service | Employee Performance Management (EPM) | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | Remote Users