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  • On the Offensive: The Power of Hosted Email Security
    Source: Cisco
    White Paper:As email volume increases, so does the number of threats and viruses. To counter the ever-evolving forms of spam, spyware and phishing attacks, organizations need a solution that not only provides protection, but also control and flexibility. Download this paper to discover why hosted email security is a simple yet strong and effective solution, and why Cisco Ironport's Hosted Email Security offers the highest levels of service availability and protection.
  • WAN Governance Executive Primer
    Source: Ipanema Technologies
    White Paper:Given the dependence on wide area networks for operational performance and enterprise growth, WAN Governance, a strategic and business-driven approach to network management within IT Governance, will become even more critical for executives to achieve business goals.
  • Why BI is Ripe - Now! - For Businesses of Any Size
    Source: Oracle
    White Paper:Oracle's range of offerings to mid-size and emerging companies reflects its vision that BI and EPM solutions can be embraced by companies of all sizes.
  • Leveling the Field: Powerful Software Solutions for Midsize Companies
    Source: Oracle
    White Paper:You no longer need to be a large enterprise with deep pockets to afford comprehensive industry-focused software. Now, midsize firms and even start ups can benefit from Oracle's Accelerate program, which is a fixed-scope/fixed-price approach that ultimately lowers your software costs and speeds time to value. Download this useful paper to learn how Oracle's partners like Jibe Consulting, a management and technology consulting business based in Portland, OR, use Oracle Business Accelerators with their own industry expertise to enable companies of all sizes, including yours, reach "go live" faster.
  • Technology Brief: Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with Intel Xeon processors
    Source: HP
    White Paper:An HP ProLiant c-Class server blade is a complete server that slides into an HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. Learn about the three different c-Class enclosures that are available to meet the needs of large or small IT environments.
  • How Midsize Businesses Are Using ERP To Gain Competitive Advantage in a Tough Economy
    Source: Oracle
    White Paper:For midsize enterprises, now is the perfect time to invest in a significant IT expansion - despite the economic climate. Please read this case study to find out how installing the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 helped Gavina Coffee improve efficiencies, cut overall costs, and make the business more competitive.
  • Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart but Timely
    Source: Oracle
    White Paper:Ovum has been following Oracle's Accelerate program over the last couple of years because they thought it is a smart strategy for penetrating the upper mid-market. Although Oracle developed Accelerate largely in response to slowing growth in its core large-enterprise market, the program seems prescient as the global business climate worsens and places new urgency on cost-effective sales strategies.
  • IDC Research Report: The Business Value of Consolidating on Energy-Efficient Servers
    Source: HP
    White Paper:Most organizations faced with budget challenges put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives, such as extending server life cycles and extending software licenses. This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. In fact, refreshing server infrastructure on pace with newer technology (e.g., every two years) can reduce six-year server costs by 33% compared with buying and holding servers for those six years.
  • HP Technology Guide for Scalable Business Solutions
    Source: HP
    White Paper:Welcome to the HP Technology Guide for Scalable Business Solutions. This guide features HP's latest industry leading technologies - products designed to help you build and maintain an infrastructure that delivers the performance you need to drive your best business outcomes. As the world changes, many business initiatives require technology that is easy to manage and makes every dollar count.
  • Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise
    Source: BeyondTrust
    White Paper:Compliance efforts and security concerns have driven businesses to make substantial investments in threat control. In this paper, EMA analysts examine BeyondTrust PowerBroker, a comprehensive solution designed to close these gaps for the enterprise with provable control.
  • Rapid Implementation: The New Age of ERP
    Source: Oracle
    White Paper:Think your company is not "big enough" for ERP? Think again. Not only can small and mid-sized companies reap the renowned ERP benefits of greater agility, increased business visibility and measurable ROI. But they also can implement ERP rapidly with a solution specifically tailored to their vertical industry. This white paper, Rapid Implementation: The New Age ERP, shows you how.
  • Building a Secure and Compliant Windows Desktop
    Source: BeyondTrust
    White Paper:While removing administrator rights from end users may be the Holy Grail of desktop security, doing so can have an impact on what end users need to do their jobs. Read this white paper to discover powerful strategies to effectively remove administrator rights and improve desktop security.
  • The Business Case for Virtualization
    Source: HP
    White Paper:The business case is clear: Virtualization can help you save money, increase IT agility, and improve business outcomes. Are you capitalizing on these opportunities? The integrated HP virtualization solution puts your organization on a predictable path to the broad benefits of an Adaptive Infrastructure.
  • The Pursuit of a Standardized Solution for Secure Enterprise RBAC
    Source: BeyondTrust
    White Paper:This paper will discuss how integrating BeyondTrust's PowerBroker with the basic RBAC implementations of Sun, HP and the Linux community, provides an all-encompassing solution to privileged access control on Unix and Linux platforms.
  • PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
    Source: BeyondTrust
    White Paper:This document explains how BeyondTrust's PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing and using proprietary cardholder.

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