Infrastructure Management White Papers

Forrester on the Converged Infrastructure

To understand infrastructure and operations (I&O) perceptions of converged infrastructure (CI), Forrester Consulting surveyed 200 I&O decision-makers from six different countries. Decision-makers were asked about their expectations of benefits and barriers to implementation of CI and those who have implemented CI were questioned on their actual experiences. This white paper reveals the results of this study and explains why Forrester believes that CI should be considered for any major infrastructure refresh or net new investment.

Sponsor: HP

IDC White Paper: Delivering an Integrated Infrastructure for the Cloud

In an IDC White Paper sponsored by HP, IDC covers how cloud computing is one of the prevailing IT trends today and how HP is helping organizations address this trend. By providing greater levels of provisioning and automation, cloud computing can help organizations become more nimble, reduce operating costs, improve application performance, and efficiently allocate their compute resources.

Sponsor: HP

Gartner on the Network Infrastructure Market

Analyzing the functional and financial differences between vendors is key for building a network that best fits business requirements. This white paper reviews the enterprise networking market dynamics and reveals Gartner's recommendations on how to proceed.

Sponsor: HP

The Reasons CMDBs Don't Work: A Comparative Report of Traditional CMDBs and ITinvolve's Revolutionary Approach

There is no shortage of reasons why CMDB initiatives fail. A lack of trust in the data, the time consuming nature of these projects, and the inability of end users to see their value are frequently cited. Discover how the features of a revolutionary, cloud approach compare to a traditional CMDB and learn how it can handle complex IT environments and improve change, incident, and asset management.

Sponsor: ITinvolve

Top Reasons Why CIOs Love ITinvolve for Change Management

ITinvolve transforms and simplifies the way IT is managing changes in the data center. This powerful new change management tool, delivered as a cloud service, empowers IT to understand the impact of changes before - not after- changes are implemented.

Sponsor: ITinvolve

See How New ITinvolve helps resolve IT issues 75% faster in this Customer Success Story

Learn how Jalasoft uses ITinvolve to define and maintain an up-to-date view of its entire IT environment and how they use this information source to resolve IT problems and issues up to 75% faster than before, and streamline IT change management.

Sponsor: ITinvolve

Learn How The Director of Technology and Infrastructure at a US Federal Agency Manages IT Changes

Among its initial IT users, this Federal agency calls the experience with new ITinvolve for Change Management "love at first sight." Learn why its IT Director says, "Before we were introduced to ITinvolve for Change Management, we were looking for a way to help structure our knowledge and management of changes. Now that we're using ITinvolve for Change Management, we've got our solution!"

Sponsor: ITinvolve

Adaptable and Resilient VDI Deployments

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments offer tremendous advantages but can also impact server and network resources significantly. A complete VDI solution should deliver a reliable, high-performing desktop user experience while taming complexity and supporting scalability within a secure, stable framework.

Sponsor: F5

Improve VDI with Scalable Infrastructure

Learn how to unburden your VDI infrastructure and gain added security, network performance improvements, and optimizations, while improving the architecture for non-VDI application specific systems.

Sponsor: F5

Bit9 Parity Outperforms McAfee and Symantec

In tests conducted by the Tolly Group, an independent test lab of third-party validation services, Bit9 Parity Suite outperforms the competition in stopping advanced malware, while providing unrivaled protection against attacks. Tolly Group conducted a review of APT attacks that were blocked and not blocked by vendors. Download the full report to see how the test was conducted and see how in all five tests, Bit9's proactive, trust-based security solution blocked the attack and protected the system on both laptops and servers.

Sponsor: Bit9

Protection Against the Advanced Persistent Threat

Today's cyber attacks are more targeted and sophisticated than ever. They require a proactive approach to protecting your enterprise. What is needed is more automated, effective correlation and intelligent analysis of the overwhelming quantity of system data. In other words, today's security professional needs more actionable data for faster insight into system usage and activity. Download this whitepaper to learn how Bit9 Parity Suite extends threat detection to endpoints and provides the information the Security Information and Event Management system requires to live up to its full potential.

Sponsor: Bit9

The Different Types of UPS Systems

There is much confusion in the marketplace about the different types of UPS systems and their characteristics. Each of these UPS types is defined, practical applications of each are discussed, and advantages and disadvantages are listed. With this information, an educated decision can be made as to the appropriate UPS topology for a given need.

Sponsor: APC

Effect of UPS on System Availability

This white paper explains how system availability and uptime are affected by AC power outages and provides quantitative data regarding uptime in real-world environments, including the effect of UPS on uptime.

Sponsor: APC

Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage

Despite advances in computer technology, power outages continue to be a major cause of PC and server downtime. Protecting computer systems with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) hardware is part of a total solution, but power management software is also necessary to prevent data corruption after extended power outages. Various software configurations are discussed, and best practices aimed at ensuring uptime are presented.

Sponsor: APC

Effective Data Leak Prevention Programs: Start by Protecting Data at the Source - Your Databases

Data, by IDC estimates, is doubling every two years, but as the overall amount of data grows, so does the amount of sensitive and regulated data. All data stored by enterprises requires high levels of security. This IDC white paper presents a proactive approach to data protection, discusses the growing threats to business information, and the impact government regulations have on requiring additional data protections. Learn how enterprises must adopt security best practices that bring together both data leak prevention and database security in order to protect data from both internal and external threats while ensuring that the data is available to those who require it.

Sponsor: Oracle

Five Considerations to Enable a More Agile Infrastructure

Conflicting trends in IT affect your ability to deliver a consistent high performance infrastructure for workers everywhere. Adding or rationing bandwidth, redeploying local resources, and tiering service levels don't fix your underlying problems. With WAN optimization solutions from Riverbed, the network can be transformed from a barrier to an enabler of your initiatives. Read this white paper to learn more.

Sponsor: Riverbed

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure

Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster.

Sponsor: Riverbed

Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation

Mapping out a 5 step consolidation process can ensure that the goals of IT consolidation are achieved. Read this white paper to learn how to reduce IT management overhead, ease revision control, guarantee data security, scale systems more quickly and reduce server and software costs.

Sponsor: Riverbed

Farmers Triples Email Usage and Meets FINRA Requirements with Integrated Messaging Solution

The Farmers Insurance Case Study tells the story of Perimeter's progressive relationship with Farmers Insurance and Perimeter's messaging suite of services. The relationship first began about 10 years ago, when Farmers signed up for Hosted CMS to boost productivity and create a consistent corporate brand for their agents. Since then, Farmer's has added on task integration services, messaging compliance archiving, and anti-spam and anti-virus for their email. For Farmers, the benefits of Perimeter's messaging solutions are numerous, including:

* Provides corporate messaging solution with the same corporate brand amongst all agents
* No need for in-house IT staff to host and maintain email infrastructure
* 24/7/365 support, 99.9% availability, and data redundancy
* Seamlessly integrated archiving compliance solution to give agents and reviewers single sign on to their archives.

Download this case study now to find out how working with Perimeter can simplify your IT needs.

Sponsor: Perimeter E-Security

10 Reasons to Modernize the Desktop

Learn how to enhance your business through VMware View

Sponsor: Dell VMware

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