WHITE PAPER - When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: May 13, 2009


Topics:  COBOL | Code Management | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | Programming | Programming Languages

WHITE PAPER - This document provides guidance in designing consolidated, virtualized, and SOA-enabled data centers based on the ultra high port-density 10 GbE switch/router products of Force10.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: February 28, 2010


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Blade Servers | Cluster Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Grid Computing | High Availability | IT Management | Rack Enclosures | Routing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses twelve common issues that network administrators should examine when troubleshooting network problems.
Posted: December 12, 2008 | Published: December 12, 2008


Topics:  Network Management | Network Managers | Network Security | Operating Systems | Routers | Switches | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn what Watchguard’s very best resident security expert predicts are the ten vectors of data compromise he expects will be the biggest threats in 2010.
Posted: February 10, 2010 | Published: February 10, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Government Information Security | Malware | Security | Smart Phones | Social Networking | Vulnerability Assessments | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Government and industry bodies around the world have issued regulations designed to ensure the security, integrity, and confidentiality of personal and corporate data. Taken together, these regulatory guidelines point toward a growing consensus of best practices in IT security. This white paper explores these compliance-driven best practices.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Identity Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Security | Security Best Practices

WHITE PAPER - Securing an organization's assets requires work, but there are some basic steps that can simplify the task by taking a one-two-three approach. In this whitepaper, you'll learn how you can sort your security controls by categorizing and grouping them in order to help prevent common security problems.
Posted: August 28, 2009 | Published: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Network Best Practices | Network Management | Network Security | Security Best Practices | Security Management

WEBCAST - In this webcast, gain insight into IT processes and procedures that can ensure continuous business operations in your organization. Discover how to prevent downtime by conducting a gap analysis, identifying weaknesses and simplifying IT processes.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Premiered: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | IT Management | Server Management | Systems Management | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Latest research from the Yankee Group shows that nearly half of all businesses have virtualized some portion of their data centers. This paper lays out five ways by which you can fortify your planned or existing virtualized environment, to ensure it is architected for security, malware suppression, and regulation compliance.
Posted: February 3, 2010 | Published: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Centers | Desktop Applications Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Malware | Network Security | Regulatory Compliance | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security | VLAN | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Platform as a service | Server Virtualization | Systems Operations

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Read this brief paper to see common myths about Direct-to-Net dispelled.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Internet Access | Network Security | Proxy Server Hardware | Proxy Server Software | Security Policies | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This white paper offers a guide for effectively diagnosing .Net application health problems, code failures and performance bottlenecks.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  .NET | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Data Protection | Load Balancing | Operations Manager | Security | Service Level Management | SLA | Software Quality Assurance

ANALYST REPORT - Windows Server on WAAS is an exciting new offering that directly addresses the vexing challenge of branch IT – finding the right balance between delivering application performance and availability in the branch, while improving the cost-effectiveness of IT as a whole. Read this analyst report to learn more.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Blade Servers | CIOs | Data Center Consolidation | IT Management | Network Managers | Remote Network Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | WAN | Windows Server 2003

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn the four key initiatives for attacking network management inefficiency and how automation solutions from HP can help.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Processes | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Management | Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Performance

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about top cloud management issues and how to overcome them. Discover the differences between managing public and private clouds and find out how to handle user accessibility issues and application conflicts with leading cloud platforms.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Premiered: March 3, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | Hosting Services | Infrastructure Management | IT Management | IT Outsourcing Services | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Software as a Service | Systems Management

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast Q&A session to learn how batch tuning can enable your organization to reduce their required computing resources and run-time, ultimately saving money. Learn how to significantly gain insight into how you can improve the results of your batch tuning initiative by changing the traditional approach to batch tuning projects.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Premiered: February 2, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Best Practices | Data Centers | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Management | Job Scheduling Software | Microprocessors | Workload Automation