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Opportunities & Challenges in IT Cost Reduction

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Info-Tech Advisor - December 23, 2008

Insight, Analysis and Advice

  1. Mobile Policy: Enterprise and User Responsibilities

    Security is a critical component of any enterprise mobile policy. As important are defining the responsibilities of the enter...

  2. Citrix Alternative: Improved Terminal Server 2008

    Microsoft Terminal Server 2008 (TS2008) is now out with new capabilities and more functionality including seamless applicatio...

  3. Disaster Drill: How to Evacuate the Data Center

    No DRP is complete without an emergency evacuation plan for the data center, which is also required by law for the safety of ...

  4. Dodge BI Project Failure By Boosting User Adoption

    User adoption is one of the major pitfalls plaguing BI implementations around the world. Learn how to identify and mitigate u...

  5. Wideband VoIP: A Path to Enhanced Call Quality

    Wideband VoIP devices can be used to support significantly clearer voice calls within existing IP telephony environments, gre...

  6. Exchange 2007 Availability Options

    Enterprises looking to adopt Microsoft’s Exchange 2007 e-mail server platform face several options to increase the availabili...

  7. Making Sense of the SOA Hype for SMEs

    Amidst all the hype concerning Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for large organizations, small and mid-sized enterprises (...

  8. Data Center in a Box

    Enterprises strapped for space and without a formal data center can now create a complete computing facility in a single box....

 

Templates & Policy Center

  1. Data Center Evacuation Guidelines

    No DRP is complete without an emergency evacuation plan for the data center. This template is design...

  2. System Availability Calculator

    System failures are a serious issue that all companies should examine due to the related and conside...

  3. ROI Guide for Document Management

    The "ROI Guide for Document Management" measures the quantitative benefits of switching from paper t...

Market Watch

  1. Sun Hopes its Hypervisor Will Shine

    As competition in x86 server virtualization heats up, Sun Microsystems has debuted its take on bare ...

 

Applications

Keep Application Portfolio Management from Careening Off the Rails

Operate and Optimize

Keep Application Portfolio Management from Careening Off the Rails

Application Portfolio Management (APM) is about allocating appropriate resources to the right applications. It's not a one-time activity; it requires...

Hot Tech Trends for 2009

Trends and Predictions

Hot Tech Trends for 2009

Technology innovation continues, but increasingly is being focused on the needs of today's economically and environmentally-conscious organization....

Info-Tech Opens the Book on SOA Staffing

Management and Staffing

Info-Tech Opens the Book on SOA Staffing

The implementation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a difficult process for many clients. Info-Tech provides this guide to help IT leaders...

Vendor Landscape: Web Conferencing; Show Me, Don't Just Tell Me

Product Comparison

Vendor Landscape: Web Conferencing; Show Me, Don't Just Tell Me

Web conferencing has become a common tool for collaboration among employees, customers, and partners. While core Web conferencing features have...

Set the Stage for SOA Governance

Strategy and Planning

Set the Stage for SOA Governance

Enterprises that are in the early stages of pursuing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy have a host of issues and challenges to consider....

 

Data Centers

Emergency Notification Systems: A Critical Aspect of DRP

Technology Insights

Emergency Notification Systems: A Critical Aspect of DRP

In a crisis situation, the enterprise must be able to deliver coherent, accurate, and rapid communications that tell stakeholders what's happening...

Understand Data Quality for Improved Decision Making

Technology Insights

Understand Data Quality for Improved Decision Making

Maintaining data quality is one of the most pressing challenges facing today's organizations. This research note provides an explanation of data...

Integrating Metrics with IT

Implement and Integrate

Integrating Metrics with IT

Metrics can – and do – provide a number of benefits to IT and the organization as a whole, including alignment, improved efficiencies, and the...

Trim Some Microsoft from Next Year's Budget

Operate and Optimize

Trim Some Microsoft from Next Year's Budget

Current economic conditions are requiring many IT departments to trim their budgets. Take a closer look at Microsoft licensing agreements to...

Police Network Traffic for Vital Security Protection

Technology Insights

Police Network Traffic for Vital Security Protection

To keep unwanted data out of a company's network while also preventing restricted information from leaving it, content filtering and data leakage...

 

Infrastructure

Evaluate and Fine Tune Performance Management to Raise QoS

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Evaluate and Fine Tune Performance Management to Raise QoS

Delivering and maintaining the requisite network performance levels for business applications is a constant challenge. Existing application service...

Eight Ways to Slash Network and Telecom Costs by Half

Operate and Optimize

Eight Ways to Slash Network and Telecom Costs by Half

More and more enterprises are being affected by poor economic conditions, and budgets are starting to get slashed. If the CFO walks into your office...

Use the Right Combination of Best Practices to Unlock Quality Network Services

Operate and Optimize

Use the Right Combination of Best Practices to Unlock Quality Network Services

Network organizations continue to implement and experiment with different techniques and methodologies to help them deliver and maintain quality...

Know Thine Enemy: The Prevalence of Common Security Threats

Trends and Predictions

Know Thine Enemy: The Prevalence of Common Security Threats

Physical security threats to enterprises are generally simple to protect against – good strong locks are often enough. IT security threats, however,...

Wireless Communications Surge Brings Hidden Support Costs

Strategy and Planning

Wireless Communications Surge Brings Hidden Support Costs

IT organizations pride themselves on delivering quality services to their business users. However, wireless communications are intrinsically less...

   

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