Daily Active Directory Administration: Simplified, Streamlined - and Successful  by Quest Software

October 02, 2009 - Active Directory certainly gets plenty of attention when it comes to high-profile issues like security, compliance, auditing, and so forth—but what about all of the work you do managing AD on a day-to-day basis? Learn how Quest ActiveRoles Server (ARS)makes AD administration more efficient, automated, consistent, powerful and faster.

DATA ARCHIVING The first Step toward Managing the Information Lifecycle  by Dolphin Corporation

October 19, 2009 - This whitepaper discusses the business case for data archiving as the first step in an SAP ILM strategy; strategies for Data Archiving, Retention Management and the Retention Warehouse strategy for legacy decommissioning in SAP; and Dolphin’s best‐practices approach to an effective, long‐term ILM strategy.

Data Breaches Rise in Number and Dollar Amount  by ESET

September 03, 2009 - In this podcast, learn how a majority of data breaches are occurring and what companies are and aren't doing to mitigate security risks.

Data Center Automation - A Forrester 2008 Report  by Hewlett-Packard Company

April 15, 2008 - This Forrester research brief reviews the top vendors in data center automation (DCA) and rates HP the highest due to the breadth of their solution in the very competitive DCA market.

Data Center Facilities IT Handbook, Ch 4 - Data Center Design and Build Out  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

August 10, 2009 - A successful data center construction or renovation project requires managers to carefully follow each phase of the process - design, construction, review and acceptance. Read this eBook Chapter to learn more.

Data Center Projects: Establishing a Floor Plan  by APC

June 01, 2007 - A floor plan strongly affects the power density capability and electrical efficiency of a data center. This paper provides structured floor plan guidelines for defining room layouts and for establishing IT equipment layouts within existing rooms.

Data Center Projects: Standardized Process  by APC

June 01, 2007 - This paper covers projects involving new construction or upgrades to the data center’s physical infrastructure - the power, cooling, and other physical systems that house and protect the data center’s IT equipment.

Data Center Virtualization  by Compellent

March 11, 2009 - Many organizations are adopting server virtualization technologies to reduce capital costs, create a flexible pool of resources and shrink the data center footprint. But to take full advantage of the benefits of server virtualization, organizations need the support of an advanced storage platform. This data sheet gives more details.

Data Conversion in a System Migration: Best Practices for Compliance and Continuity  by Advent Software, Inc

January 01, 2009 - This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion.

Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Back Up Systems: Technical Considerations (Presentation Transcript)  by Data Domain

January 28, 2008 - This presentation transcript explores the primary technological differences inherent in the various forms of data deduplication currently available.

Data Deduplication: Top CIO Priority for 2009  by Data Domain

May 01, 2009 - Deduplication is one of the few IT solutions that cuts costs quickly and improves service levels. ESG believes CIOs and IT executives should look to deduplication for cost reduction projects in their environments.

Data Growth - Addressing the Elephant in the Room  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

September 08, 2009 - This videocast discusses tiered storage strategies and also tips and tools on how to lower IT investments while optimizing storage efficiency. Download this informative videocast to learn more!

Data Management for Business Intelligence  by SAP AG

January 23, 2009 - This report investigates the strategies, capabilities, and supporting technologies that Best-in-Class companies are employing to alleviate the pressure to accelerate the delivery of actionable information within their enterprises.

Data Privacy Compliance Report  by Patrick Townsend Security Solutions

November 16, 2009 - 44 states now have privacy laws in force. Combine those with PCI, HIPAA, SOX, etc., and it's difficult to comply with all the laws that apply to your Enterprise. Now we've made it simple. Just take 8 minutes to answer these 8 questions. Then click "submit" to receive your customized report.

Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments  by Datalink and NetApp

October 01, 2008 - Today's data centers are in the midst of a revolution originating from the move to virtual server architectures powered by solutions such as VMware. Based on Datalink's experience protecting enterprise data centers, this white paper provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures.

Data Sheet: Panda Cloud Protection: Simply… Evolution  by Panda Security

November 30, 2009 - Panda Cloud Protection is an innovative service hosted by Panda Security and managed by security providers, delivering uninterrupted, hands-free protection for endpoints and email. Read on to learn more about hosted security services and what they have to offer.

Database and Server Data Security: Which Technologies are Worth the Investment?  by Thales

June 09, 2009 - This new Forrester report provides security and risk professionals the information they need to plan investments in the eight most important technologies for securing data stored in databases and on servers. Learn which technologies have the potential to deliver the most value now, and which technologies warrant a "wait and see" perspective.

Databases and ERP Selection: Oracle vs SQL Server  by IFS

June 19, 2009 - How do Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms compare on reliability, scalability and cost when run under enterprise software? Download this white paper for details.

Datacenter Management Optimization with Microsoft System Center  by Microsoft

September 08, 2009 - System Center lowers the cost of delivering datacenter services through integrated, end-to-end management of physical and virtual environments, and supports the optimization of the datacenter in three primary ways. Each of these benefits, and the solutions that enable them, are discussed in this paper.

DataCore Software: IDC on Removing Storage-Related Barriers to Virtualization  by DataCore Software Corporation

July 23, 2009 - Virtualization is among the technologies that have become increasingly attractive in the current economic climate, with good reason. Organizations are implementing virtualization solutions to obtain several functional benefits. But achieving these can be challenging.

DataDirect HIPAA/ICD Upgrade Toolkit 2009  by DataDirect Technologies

October 21, 2009 - This toolkit will help you to fully understand the new rules that have been installed to United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and how it is being used in conjunction with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Datalink Efficiency Central - Efficiency Library  by Datalink Corporation

August 01, 2009 - Datalink is committed to helping you build, maintain, and grow highly efficient data centers - Efficiency Central. Learn about the most efficient information technologies, how they're best applied, and what our customers have experienced.

Dealing with Chaos: 4 Steps to Manufacturing Success  by Infor

September 04, 2008 - Manufacturers must be prepared to recognize impending change as early as possible, assess the potential impact, determine the optimum strategy for dealing with the change, and implement that strategy in the most effective way possible. In this white paper you'll learn 4 steps toward developing chaos-tolerant business processes.

Dealing with Specific Types of Difficult People  by Global Knowledge

October 11, 2008 - One thing you can be sure of: If you don't do something about the "thing" that someone is doing that makes them difficult for you, you'll continue to get more of it.

Dedupe Centric Storage  by Data Domain

December 11, 2008 - Organizations tend to create a great amount of similar data and deduplication makes it easier to manage this data when they do. Read this white paper to learn about deduplication and how you can use it as a fundamental tool in your storage architecture.

Defense in Depth: How Application Whitelisting Can Increase Your Desktop Security  by Faronics

November 16, 2009 - No single technology guarantees security, however application whitelisting covers situations not addressed by firewalls or anti-virus utilities. This paper focuses on how application whitelisting can be effectively used as an important layer in your security scenario.

Deliver Application Integration Projects in Days  by Cast Iron Systems

February 23, 2009 - This white paper details the Cast Iron Integration Solution, which dramatically simplifies application integration today. As a purpose-built solution designed exclusively for application integration, it eliminates complexity from an integration problem and enables companies to implement projects in days, rather than weeks or months.

Delivering Customer Value: Innovative Approaches to Maintain Competitive Success  by SAP AG

July 01, 2007 - This paper explores the concepts of sales growth in relation to understanding who your customers are, connecting a go-to-market strategy with technology, and using technology to sharpen internal practices.

Delivering More Value: What’s New in RRC 2.0  by IBM

November 04, 2009 - IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more.

Dell and Microsoft solutions help ServiceU deliver reliable system performance and create a virtualized environment that reduces power consumption by 50 percent  by Dell and Microsoft

February 01, 2009 - ServiceU Corporation was challenged to deploy reliable hardware to support its Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. Read this case study to learn about the benefits that ServiceU achieved through by implementing Dell hardware and Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

Dell boosts productivity by 30% by delivering rugged hardware and rock-solid service for on-site computing  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

August 20, 2009 - Although United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) was using ruggedized laptops, the computers were not standing up to construction site conditions, and slow warranty service was hurting productivity. Dell™ Latitude™ All Terrain Grade (ATG) laptop computers with Intel® Core™2 processors prove they are up to the job...

Dell completes virtualization deployment for heavy-equipment dealer Kelly Tractor in 20 days  by Dell and VMware

July 01, 2008 - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.

Dell Data Center 360 - Interactive Video Tour  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

November 30, 2009 - The demands on your data center are constantly increasing, and with data growing even fifty-fold in three years, how can you stay ahead? How can you optimize your data center? Take this interactive data center tour and learn more.

Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center  by Dell and Microsoft

December 05, 2008 - This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.

Dell helps bring technology to the classroom by optimizing key applications to run up to 65 percent faster  by Dell | EMC

December 01, 2009 - Enterprise Elementary School District uses Dell expertise to help bring technology to the classroom by optimizing key applications to run up to 65 percent faster with the virtualized Dell/EMC SAN and help boost uptime by an estimated 15 percent for a 99.9 percent uptime total.

Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V  by Dell and Microsoft

December 11, 2008 - This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments.

Dell PowerEdge Energy Smart Servers -- The Smart Choice for Optimizing your Data Center  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 09, 2008 - Dell's end-to-end approach helps customers worldwide solve their power and cooling challenges and meet the demands of business growth with industry-standard solutions. They offer solutions you can deploy right now, as well as the right mix of tools, partnerships, and services to help you get the most from your existing infrastructure.

Dell PowerEdge R610 Server - Core enterprise rack server built for space-constrained environments running mainstream business applications  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 19, 2009 - Read this overview to learn about the Dell Poweredge T610 Server. This server is a key data center building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance, availability, and expandability in a 2-socket server.

Dell PowerEdge R710 Server - Versatile 2-socket rack server dynamo for all business applications  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 19, 2009 - The Dell PowerEdge R710 is designed to be the cornerstone of today's competitive enterprise. Engineered in response to input from IT professionals, it is the next-generation 2U rack server created to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications.

Dell PowerEdge T610 Server - Unprecedented Efficiency  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 21, 2009 - Watch this video to learn how the Dell PowerEdge T610 server is a key building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance, availability and expandability in a two-socket server.

Dell Virtualization Advisor  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

September 03, 2009 - This tool is designed as a guide for customers with a comfortable knowledge of virtualization and their server/storage environment. Simply enter in a few vital pieces of information and the Dell Virtualization Advisor will create a customized virtualization solution to match your needs.

Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment  by Dell, Inc.

October 07, 2009 - To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. Dell's Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 smooth.

DELL™ PowerEdge™ Half-Height M610 and Full-Height M710 Blade  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

December 01, 2008 - The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space.

Dell™ Reference Architecture Sizing and Best Practices for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a VMware® ESX Server Environment using EqualLogic PS Series Storage  by Dell, Inc.

October 20, 2009 - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems.

Dell, Intel, & Microsoft Deliver Groundbreaking Efficiency and Productivity  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

November 25, 2009 - Dell systems with Intel® vPro™ technology running Microsoft® Windows® 7 can enhance your user experience and help optimize your IT resources helping to save time and money.

Delphi Capital Easily Shifts to EVault's Cloud-Based Managed Backup Services  by i365, A Seagate Company

May 29, 2009 - This document provides an examination of Delphi Capital's implementation of the EVault Managed Backup Services and the firm's experience and opinions on the solution. End users can use this information to assess whether online backup services are applicable within their environment and what benefits can be expected.

Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance  by FalconStor Software

July 01, 2009 - To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.

Demo: Personalized content and Advertising  by Alcatel-Lucent

November 20, 2009 - Charles Bahr of Alcatel-Lucent Multimedia Solutions Marketing and Christophe Senot of Bell Labs demonstrate the technologies that can be combined to create a personalized content and advertising experience across any screen.

Demonstrating Results for Identity Management in 30 Days: A Customer Case Study  by Oracle Corporation

September 23, 2009 - In this webcast, learn how a leading financial services company closed major gaps in their security and compliance programs using an identity management solution. Get details on the design and deployment, as well as how identity management aided in achieving quick results and immediate value.

Demystifying Network Communications  by AutomationDirect

May 01, 2008 - For many, the world of communications is mystifying, shrouded in complexity and unknowns with equal parts science and magic, and 100% scary. This article demystifies what a network is, breaking it down into human terms.

Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft System Center  by Microsoft

September 18, 2009 - With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, organizations have access to new capabilities such as Live Migration and Windows Powershell 2.0 that will reduce the cost of datacenter operations, enhance security and availability, while improving server environment manageability.

Deploying Business Intelligence on Sun Fire X4275 Servers  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

September 01, 2009 - Based on open source software and powerful Sun hardware technology, the Sun Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure provides an easy to manage, enterprise-class, and highly scalable Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solution that features a low total cost of ownership.

Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Solaris™ Zone Clusters  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

May 06, 2009 - Solaris™ Cluster provides Solaris Zone Clusters (also called Solaris Containers Clusters), which provide virtual clusters and support the consolidation of multiple cluster applications onto a single cluster. Specifically, this article describes how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can be deployed on a zone cluster.

Deploying Simple, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery with Dell and VMware  by Dell and VMware

March 01, 2009 - Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.

Designing Compelling Business Intelligence Business Cases for an SAP® Software Landscape: Scenarios for Leveraging Solutions From SAP and Business Objects  by SAP BusinessObjects

June 19, 2009 - A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs' number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. From a business user perspective, this translates into more interactive and pervasive BI, both creating a richer user experience and reaching every place where work is done.

Desktop Authority Image Center Version 3.0  by ScriptLogic Corporation

April 10, 2009 - How many hours/days does it take to get new PC's prepared for a new employee? What happens when 100 new PC's arrive? Is your desktop management plan missing a key ingredient? Let us help.

Desktop Demystified: Server-Centric Client Virtualization Model Reduces Costs While Improving Security and Flexibility.  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - Client virtualization or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that offers IT the ability to host and centrally manage Virtual Machines while providing end users a full-desktop experience. If you haven’t yet discovered the advantages of a VDI, read this whitepaper and put yourself in command of the desktop.

Desktop Virtualization Center  by Dell and Microsoft

January 07, 2009 - Learn how <a href="http://www.discovervirtualization.com">Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with Dell technology</a> can help you today.

Desktop Virtualization Strategy – Choosing the Right Solution for Your Needs  by SHI

October 01, 2009 - This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that improves mobility, flexibility, security, and compliance. It also introduces comprehensive desktop-virtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy.

Desktop Virtualization: Overcoming Five Real-World Challenges  by Citrix

January 19, 2009 - This paper explores the most significant hurdles any desktop virtualization program needs to overcome. Staying focused on the ultimate goal--delivering core applications effectively to users--helps clarify the issues involved in desktop virtualization deployment.

Detect Threats with Sophos  by Sophos Inc.

August 30, 2007 - Use the Sophos Threat Detection Test to quickly perform a scan and find any viruses, spyware, adware or zero-day threats that might have by-passed your existing protection.

Developing a mission-critical hardware strategy for your SAP environment  by Hewlett-Packard Company

October 27, 2009 - How can you develop the optimal hardware strategy for maximum performance of your SAP environment? This eBook includes tips and insight from server, storage, virtualization and SAP software pros that will help you get the most out of your SAP enterprise software.

Developing a Unique Unified Communications Strategy  by Hewlett-Packard Company

September 01, 2009 - This E-Guide explains how companies can leverage communications, collaboration and business applications to build a UC solution that produces short- and long-term ROI.

Developing WS-Management Solutions for Intel® Active Management Technology  by Intel

October 21, 2009 - This article describes how to develop flexible WS Management-based solutions for Intel® Active Management Technology using the .NET development environment. The basic ingredients and building blocks of a WSMan-based solution will be presented. We've included some coding samples (written using Windows 2008) to help illustrate this information.

Differentiating With Technical Support, a JBoss Customer Support Study  by JBoss, a Division of Red Hat

August 01, 2008 - Strategic organizations are increasingly looking for ways to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their technology assets while improving the return on their investment. In this white paper, you will discover how expert customer support services can have a dramatic impact on both as you explore the success of JBoss middleware technology.

Disaster Got You Down?  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.

Disaster recovery planning fundamentals: DR testing basics  by Zenith Infotech

November 05, 2009 - A disaster recovery plan represents an organization's detailed roadmap of where to go, what to do and when to do it in the event of a disaster. Understanding what does the business need, and is it capable of addressing this need with regard to both capabilities and cost is essential in the overall planning stages.

Disaster Recovery Solutions for VMware Infrastructure  by FalconStor Software

March 30, 2009 - Organizations face an urgent need for effective and efficient disaster recovery. The problem is that traditional solutions can be complex, slow, and prone to failure. Join Product Marketing Director Peter Eicher for an in-depth discussion on Falconstor disaster recovery solutions for a VMware environment.

Disaster Recovery: Eliminating Tape and Trucks  by Data Domain

September 29, 2008 - Disaster recovery and remote office replication are top-of-mind issues for IT professionals, with frequent natural disasters underscoring the fallibility of tape-based backup strategies. This paper highlights the advantages of deduplication technology in disk-to-disk backup and wide area network (WAN) replication.

Discover How Easy it is to Troubleshoot Your Enterprise from One Central Scheduling Console  by Help/Systems

September 17, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how to create event-driven schedules based on system events across your enterprise with Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise.