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The Software-Defined Data Center is Key to IT-as-a-Service
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an in-depth look into the migration to a software-defined data center. Discover how driving business growth has necessitated advancements in the technology infrastructure to allow IT to be delivered as-a-service.
Posted: 19 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Aug 2013

Avaya

Five Best Practices for Unified Communications
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises can realize value from their UC programs by following some basic practices, such as allowing for sufficient up-front planning, finding the right champion, and establishing cross-functional teams to manage program implementation. This article provides basic guidelines for implementing a successful UC program. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

AT&T Corp

Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains how much of the Enterprise IT community is at a crossroads in extending their journey to the private cloud: Companies must virtualize their business critical applications in order to reap the benefits of cloud computing.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

VMware, Inc.

Accelerate IT Infrastructure Management for Better Business Value
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the keys to successful infrastructure management for your server and network devices. Access this paper to discover how to create better business value using outsourcing, managed, and cloud services, as well as evaluate your in-house handling of infrastructure management.
Posted: 31 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

IBM

Forming an Agile IT Function
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This brief resource explores the important considerations that CIOs need to keep in mind when taking steps to bring in agility into IT function. Learn how to form a roadmap to IT success by reading on now.
Posted: 06 Nov 2013 | Published: 06 Nov 2013

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Cisco® ONE: Traffic Visualization and Control
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how Cisco ONE's traffic visualization and control capability can help service providers visualize traffic end-to-end across the network and respond to unpredictable network capacity demands quickly, easily, and efficiently.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Oracle Improves Communications and Reduces Costs with SIP Trunking
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This case study showcases how, by migrating to an end-to-end IP architecture and implementing SIP trunks, Oracle has significantly consolidated and simplified its telephony infrastructure.
Posted: 13 Sep 2013 | Published: 13 Sep 2013

Oracle Corporation

Want Personalized Service Delivery? Consider MyIT.
sponsored by BMC Software
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper covers how users demand the same availability and performance from their work IT services and applications as they find from those they use in their spare time.
Posted: 20 Dec 2013 | Published: 20 Dec 2013

BMC Software

EMA Radar™ for Advanced Performance Analytics (APA) Use Cases: Q4 2012
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This EMA Radar Report details how a suite of advanced performance analytics (APA) solutions combines predictive analytics with a dynamic service model to provide an intelligent framework around alerts, help you achieve faster MTTR, proactively manage application performance, and much more.
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

IT Service Management: Lay the foundation for reliable IT operations and support
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: As companies strive to improve performance, they typically encounter several challenges along the way. This white paper describes a few of these obstacles and explains why a service-oriented, lifecycle-based approach to management is essential.
Posted: 19 Aug 2011 | Published: 19 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture