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Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores the sources of friction between business users and IT and offers up recommendations on how to adjust your strategy to minimize these problems.
Posted: 27 Feb 2014 | Published: 17 Apr 2013

BMC Software, Inc.

Creating and Managing value with IBM Tivoli Service Management center for System z
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about a service management solution that's optimized for IBM's System z, but compatible with other distributed systems, that provides the end-to-end visibility, control and automation for optimum business service delivery and IT infrastructure management.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2008

IBM

Getting on the Right Side of Capex vs. Opex Divide
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper looks at the financial and man-power advantages of managed colocation in contrast to in-house server management, and traditional hardware colocation.
Posted: 11 Nov 2013 | Published: 01 Nov 2012

Rackspace Technology

Efficient and Effective Strategies for ITIL and ITSM
sponsored by ORSYP
WHITE PAPER: This expert guide details how to get the right ITIL and ITSM tools and processes in place to do and effective and efficient job.
Posted: 05 Nov 2013 | Published: 05 Nov 2013

ORSYP

IT Service Assurance: Achieve proactive IT operations
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the role of a command center in helping companies monitor and manage individual technologies and explains why a service-oriented approach is essential.
Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture

A Buyer's Guide to Choosing a Cloud Service Provider
sponsored by Skytap, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Most enterprises are now evaluating external clouds to offloadtheir dynamic IT workloads, including application development,testing, training, IT prototyping and ERP migration environments.This white paper explores the top ten requirements buyersmust evaluate to select the right cloud provider.
Posted: 07 Sep 2010 | Published: 07 Sep 2010

Skytap, Inc.

Study Reveals Cloud Expectations, Concerns and Experiences
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: There is no doubt that cloud computing is changing the IT landscape, but it may also be changing IT's position within business dynamics and objectives. This comprehensive whitepaper presents the findings of a recent survey of IT decision makers on the impact of cloud computing business-wide.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013 | Published: 03 Oct 2013

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Holistic Master Data Management Solutions and Services: Establishing the Foundation for Increasing Business Value
sponsored by Accenture
WHITE PAPER: Master data management solutions helps organizations maximize the value of postmerger integrations, manage the product lifecycle, meet regulatory requirements and improve the effectiveness of transactional and reporting systems.
Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

Accenture

IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager White Paper
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper will show you how you can help your organization manage incidents and problems, restore critical services, and minimize service desk calls in this white paper.
Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 15 Jan 2010

IBM

Cisco Global Cloud Index Q&A
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is a Q&A about the Cisco cloud index that will give you a full understanding of how it works and how you can use it to help you run your data center.
Posted: 11 Dec 2013 | Published: 11 Dec 2013

Cisco Systems, Inc.