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ITIL V3 and the PMBOK® - Distinct but Complementary by Global Knowledge
Library Version 3® (ITIL V3®) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This white paper examines the IT Infrastructure Library Version 3® (ITIL V3®) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). While there are numerous project management methodologies around the world, the quintessential project management methodology in the North...
up.time 5 - Powerful IT Systems Management that Deploys in Minutes by uptime software inc.
Powerful and Scalable IT Systems Management for Enterprises that Deploys in Minutes - up.time provides browser-based 'Single Pane of Glass' views across domains, Platforms, Environments (Physical & Virtual), Applications, and Databases. Product Type: IT Systems Management

Target User: System Admnistrator and IT Manager

IT Problem: up.time solves downtime...
Applying ITIL Best Practices to IPAM by BT INS
areas can be applied specifically to IP address management (IPAM), and the benefits that can be achieved from using an ITIL management framework. Providing structure and discipline to network configuration, changes and monitoring functions, helps organizations reduce miscommunications and configuration errors, as well as continually improve processes...
Best Practices for Next Generation IP Address Management by BT INS
with a guide to flawlessly execute tasks for IP management and recommends 19 crucial best practices for simplifying the IP management process. These best practices are derived from numerous implementations of... This 2009 edition white paper provides IT professionals with guidelines that help flawlessly execute these three critical IP address management...
Beyond System Center: Addressing Systems Management Needs across the Entire IT Infrastructure by Quest Software
System Center for true end-to-end IT management. For many companies, the power of Microsoft's System Center suite provides a powerful management platform to handle today's ever-changing IT environment. However, expanding Microsoft System Center's capabilities not only improves the value of your IT investments, but you better achieve IT goals...
Log Management in the Cloud: A Comparison of In-House Vs. Cloud-Based Management of Log Data by Alert Logic
your business needs against each type of log management model. Vendors have begun to offer log management in-the-cloud (or Software-as-a-Service) as a way to simplify log management. To help with the process of choosing an in-house or cloud-based log management solution, Alert Logic offers this white paper authored by Jerry Shenk of SANS. This white paper presents some...
Network Management - From Reactive to Proactive Mode Using Centralized Management Tools by Stonesoft Inc.
In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed. In this white paper IT departments are advise to change from reactive to proactive and become more vigorous in the process of network management. In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed...
Improve Your Business through Best Practice IT Management by Kaseya
that MSPs and IT departments can improve their management of services. Learn how using ITIL best practices with an automated management solution can address a number of the unique challenges these businesses face. MSPs and corporate IT departments each have their own particular challenges that they face. MSPs are often rapidly growing and are forced to grow profits...
SAS® Strategic Performance Management by SAS Institute Inc.
SAS Strategic Performance Management facilitates the creation, communication and execution of strategy - promoting focus, alignment and agility throughout the organization. SAS Strategic Performance Management facilitates the creation, communication and execution of strategy - promoting focus, alignment and agility...
Management Strategy for Network Critical Physical Infrastructure by APC
Physical infrastructure management is the key to system availability, minimizing downtime risk and increasing personnel productivity. Learn the factors that should be considered when choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure la... A best in class NCPI management scheme should incorporate the use of an NCPI element manager...
Optimizing Virtual Environments Requires Self-Learning Performance Management by Netuitive, Inc.
Self-learning performance management software helps IT restore some predictability to server and application performance management in virtual environments. The rapid adoption of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) and the explosive growth of virtualization are rapidly breaking down the connection between infrastructure and...
IT Briefing: Take Control of Endpoint Management by Symantec Corporation
discusses the importance of life cycle management and how Ghost Solution Suite version 2.5 fits into life cycle management. Many IT professionals have used Symantec Ghost Solution Suite at some point in their careers. The product is synonymous with deploying and imaging PCs. Symantec is excited about the opportunities offered by the latest version of Ghost...
Strategies for Implementing Green IT Management by CA
solutions within six key Enterprise IT Management (EITM) focus segments for green IT initiatives CA provides integrated solutions within six key Enterprise IT Management (EITM) focus segments for green IT initiatives:

  • Data Center Automation
  • Application Performance Management
  • Infrastructure Management
  • Service Management
  • IT Security Management
  • IT
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Data Center Automation and Virtualization by CA
how to Gain Confidence and Control with Service Management and how IT can provide greater business value. Understanding the complexities of Service Management is fundamental to delivering IT Services with control and confidence. There are many ways to begin Service Management and this webcast series will provide you the necessary guidance and insight so you can...
Telecom Expense Management Solutions by AnchorPoint
changes in technology and organizational management have been extraordinary in a marketplace of skyrocketing costs and increased regulatory pressure, new innovations have lagged in providing the capabilities to effectively manage and plan for emerging communications environments.

AnchorPoint offers a fully integrated applications software suite...
Quest MessageStats™ by Quest Software
Quest MessageStats empowers executive management, Information Technology (IT) managers, and Exchange administrators to perform business-critical analysis and reporting on Exchange e-mail infrastructures. With e-mail at the forefront of corporate communications, the need for Exchange reporting and analysis has become paramount for corporate executives, I.T...
Enabling End-To-End IT Management with Microsoft System Center and Quest Software by Quest Software
In this white paper, Enterprise Management Associates discuss how Quest can expand the power of Microsoft System Center for true end-to-end IT management. One of the greatest challenges facing IT managers today is controlling complex IT infrastructures - and doing it within a tight budget. And a lack of centralized support for numerous...
Executive Summary: How to Achieve Comprehensive Network Security by Q1 Labs Inc
this paper learn how next generation security management platforms are emerging to combine the best capabilities of security information management, log management, and configuration management. Security practitioners need to think about security management along three separate axes - operations, investigations, and compliance reporting. Each of these...
CIOs Confront Metric Confusion: How CIOs Successfully Bridge Business and Technology to Build a Well-balanced Performance Management System by SAS Institute Inc.
show that most CIOs believe performance management (PM) can help organizations achieve their strategic goals, while other members of the C-suite don't seem to be as favourable or familiar with the potential of PM. This study results show that most CIOs believe performance management (PM) can help organizations achieve their strategic goals, while other...
Netuitive SI: Automated Performance Knowledge for Improved Systems Management by Netuitive, Inc.
preserving user investment in infrastructure management tools like BMC PATROL and NetIQ AppManager. Netuitive SI is a performance analysis tool that improves productivity while preserving user investment in infrastructure management tools like BMC PATROL and NetIQ AppManager. Through features like Adaptive Behavior Profiles that automatically adjust...
Extracting Value from Enterprise Log Data by ArcSight, Inc.
whitepaper will outline the drivers for log management as well as their underlying challenges and drive towards a common set of requirements for evaluation of log management tools. This whitepaper will outline the drivers for log management as well as their underlying challenges and drive towards a common set of requirements for evaluation of log management...
Take Control of Endpoint Management by Symantec Corporation
Effective endpoint management is essential for maintaining your organization's security and strategic initiatives. Any organization concerned about information security would discover that endpoints are the universal Achilles heel of risk. Effective endpoint management is essential for maintaining your organization's security...
Operational Performance Management 101: Everyone Measures KPIs by Actuate
webinar to learn how Operational Performance Management provides the framework necessary to align different parts of an organization using proven methodologies and techniques to ensure individual business units are performing. Some organizations launch Performance Management initiatives "top down"; typically this happens when a visionary executive...
Strategic Performance Management in Government and Public Sector Organizations by Actuate
apply the principles of Strategic Performance Management can well outperform those that don’t. Read this white paper to learn more. The reasons for conducting the survey were two-fold. Firstly, the Advanced Performance Institute noted an increasing number of Performance Management initiatives across the public sector, but found the assessment of the results for...
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Turn to collaborative tools for systems performance management by Michael Coté, Contributor
are better than one" has dicey applicability in IT management. As with most technological problems, too many cooks in the kitchen can make a problem worse.

Yet seeking assistance outside of one's own head and team has long been a hallmark of how IT departments do their jobs. It's easy to forget our pre-Web lives, when Usenet was a hotbed for rough... More...

Selecting a winning data center design team: Data center construction runbook, Chapter 2 by Karim Khan, SearchDataCenter.com
firms specializing in data center design and project management (often called MEPs, because they are experts in mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as the plumbing you'll need to keep things cool) are designing data centers with the technologies of 2008.

James S. Coe, PE, RCDD, a senior vice president of the Syska Hennessy Group and operations... More...

IT Governance: Visibility of IT to the business by Audrey Rasmussen, Contributor
strain on electric company resources.

But increased management awareness of the IT resources they are using is a good first step. Although cost does not have a direct relationship to value, it still provides a sense of value.

IT service management and governance
Another level of visibility is service request or service catalog solutions that can... More...

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CA announces Mainframe 2.0 by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
its Mainframe 2.0 iniative, which aims to untangle the complexity of mainframe management.

Chris O'Malley, the head of CA's mainframe business unit, said Mainframe 2.0 strives to make its mainframe management software easier to use for less experienced IT staff, to create greater uniformity among products, and to provide a service to remove mainframe... More...

How will data centers weather the economic downturn? by Matt Stansberry, Senior Site Editor
senior systems architect at Quinstreet and Linux author

Open source systems management tools could edge out expensive incumbents
For data centers, tough economic times mean keeping the existing IT services up and running without additional budget allocations and even figuring out how to create new IT services with little to no money. Hence, the... More...

With IBM blades and VMware, firm shrinks data center footprint, cost by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
to reduce space requirements, cut power and cooling costs, and make data center management easier.

Until a few years ago, the real estate company's technology was warehoused in a colocation facility with 17 racks of about 93 HP and Compaq servers. The cost of hosting and maintaining all those racks of servers, along with the company's website hosting, was... More...