March 2010 - (Free Research) Rising data and query volumes take a toll on data warehouse hardware, software and administration. To maintain service levels, IT must perform constant tweaking or commit more of the IT budget to adding more storage. Read this paper to find out how SAP NetWeaver BW optimizes for both cost and performance, while reducing the administrative load.
November 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper documents the performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development this white paper illustrates the cost-effective performance of Dell Solutions for SQL Server 2008.
May 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses five rules for negotiating that can help make the transaction more pleasant for everyone involved and better your chances at getting what you want.
February 2010 - (Free Research) There has been great interest in the subject of Windows 7 in recent months, perhaps most strongly from organizations that passed over Windows Vista and are looking at a migration from Windows XP.
February 2010 - (Free Research) Typically, the level of security you get will be designed to meet the needs of the most risky client in the cloud. And, if you use the tools identified in this paper as a starting point, you will have a good idea of how comparable your cloud security versus internal security will be.
January 2009 - (Free Research) This paper discusses best practices for identifying legacy applications that are of little or no value to an organization and provides details on removing/retiring them while keeping application data accessible for reporting and compliance purposes. The processes contained here are designed to save your company money, time, and resources.
August 2008 - (Free Research) While rich next generation applications promise a radically improved customer experience, they also have the potential to overwhelm your servers. This paper examines a set of sophisticated tools for load testing your new high -powered apps.
June 2009 - (Free Research) Read industry analyst Enterprise Management Associate's white paper and you'll learn key strategies to make the transition from reactive to proactive operations, how taking a "lifecycle approach" reduces costs and improves performance, and how to reduce "time to repair", prevent problems and optimize your existing infrastructure.
August 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses how Real Application Testing — with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 — allows businesses to quickly adopt new technologies while eliminating the risks associated with change.
September 2007 - (Free Research) It is critical that SQL Server environments are well protected and maintain integrity. This white paper highlights how iSCSI SAN solutions can simplify management and protect this data, while retaining flexibility in SQL Server environments.
March 2010 - (Free Research) Organizations that seek the elusive goal of a single view of the customer need first to instill an information-sharing culture throughout the company, not simply attempt to apply a quick technology fix. Read this white paper to learn more about how to creat a knowledge-sharing culture in your business.
September 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies.
February 2010 - (Free Research) Efficient use of available storage is the main goal of every storage architect. Providing tiered storage in its arrays allows EMC customers to match business requirements with the right level of storage performance. By introducing Enterprise Flash Drives, EMC has added another tier of storage to handle the most performance-sensitive business data.
July 2009 - (Free Research) This report presents all the features and functionality of the Sybase Replication Server, such as support for real time, bi-directional movement of data, conflict resolution, optimized resource utilization, and heterogeneous data sources. Read this report to learn all the advantages that the Sybase Replication Server can have for your organization.
March 2010 - (Free Research) Managing the persistent state of complex object graphs, empowering agile developers to work more efficiently. Designed for massive scale transactional systems and eliminating processing-intensive O/R mapping layers.
April 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 (U4) running on the latest PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
June 2009 - (Free Research) Direct marketing is about communicating a message to a specific prospect or customer. This white paper from Business Objects, an SAP company, focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.
September 2009 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.
August 2009 - (Free Research) In this white paper, we will look at some of the key changes that will be revealed with the new version of Exchange and how these changes will impact the messaging environment.
March 2009 - (Free Research) This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM.
September 2009 - (Free Research) Email management in the Lotus Notes environment has become increasingly difficult as the number of users and use for email continues to grow. Reads this white paper to get tips every Notes admin needs to manage the messaging server efficiently.
March 2010 - (Free Research) To keep up with market change and growing trading volumes in a cost-effective manner, NYSE Euronext rehosts a central clearing and settlement trading platform to open systems servers with UniKix Mainframe Rehosting Software from Clerity. Read this white paper to learn more.
