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Software and Services Financing sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Financing information technology hardware is an accepted way of doing business. Clients are discovering the benefits of financing software and services and are making financing of software and services one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT financing industry. This paper explains the importance of aligning financing with IT transformation. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Financing \| Hardware Selection \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Software Licensing \| Software Selection \| Software Upgrades

Hardware Neutral Imaging with ImageX: The Ghost Killer sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Learn how ImageX can help facilitate successful image management and lower the total cost of ownership of your Vista implementation. Posted: 14 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: IT Auditing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Network Best Practices \| TCO

Enterprise Information Security in Transition sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper boils the reasons behind current issues in the information security field down into four major causes, and also lays out a list of specific, detailed changes that need to be made to the enterprise security model for these core issues to be resolved. Posted: 28 Jul 2014 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| CISOs \| Data Security \| Enterprise \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Risk Management \| Securities Industry \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Spending \| Security Standards \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Building the Case for Business Intelligence ROI in a Turbulent Economy: 6 Tactics You Can Use sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how to strengthen your organization's business intelligence investment in the current economic environment, which has seen budget cuts in virtually every area. This paper offers tips for making a tangible business case for BI investments. Posted: 17 Mar 2010 \| Published: 06 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Investments \| IT Spending \| ROI

Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency. Posted: 07 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Metrics \| Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Maintenance

The IT Management Software Megavendors sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Spending \| Middleware \| Software Implementation \| Software Licensing \| Storage Management \| Vendors

Future-Proof Networking: Making Decisions That Last sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: To succeed in tough economic times, a business must be able to make strategic plans for growth while running a lean operation. The following paper presents seven primary areas where businesses can maximize IT opportunities and describes how Cisco can help build a sustainable network infrastructure to help you realize your strategic vision. Posted: 26 May 2010 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: IT Spending \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Power Consumption Monitoring

The Data Center Dilemma: Controlling Costs While Managing Risk sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: The escalation in data center costs has been driven by the demand for computing. IT has responded to this demand by adding more servers and replacing older servers with newer devices that deliver more power in less space. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Posted: 30 Jul 2010 \| Published: 30 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Hot Aisle Cold Aisle \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Rethinking People Costs in Enterprise IT sponsored by Rackspace Technology WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to assess your IT people spend and position IT as a central driver of business growth. Posted: 15 Oct 2014 \| Published: 12 Aug 2014 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Talent Management

5 Ways IT Equipment Rentals Can Save Your Neck sponsored by Canvas Systems WHITE PAPER: Find out how renting pre-owned IT equipment can help your business succeed in completing projects. Posted: 14 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| CRM \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Spending \| Software