Breakthrough Event & Fault Management for the New IT [ Source: Rivermuse ]
October 2009- The last twenty years have seen the complexity of enterprise and telecoms service delivery infrastructures grow beyond the economic viability of systems put in place to enable service management personnel to keep order. Infrastructure change and complexity are too great to manually maintain business logic.

RiverMuse ushers in a new era of groundbreaking innovation in event management in order to cost effectively support the rapid adoption of a dynamic service delivery infrastructure by ...

SOA Redefined: Simple. Open. Affordable. [ Source: JBoss ]
December 2007- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enables enterprises to accelerate business execution while driving higher quality and customer satisfaction. The key to success in business is creating the ability to not only to respond to opportunities and threats, but to identify them as early as possible and drive your vision of your business to a successful delivery of product and service leadership. SOA allows enterprises to do this because it opens up the integration and automation of the ...

Open Source SaaS For Docs: Secure Data Without Vendor Lock-In Using An Open Source Docs Platform [ Source: Extentech ]
March 2009- Companies are investigating cloud computing and SaaS offerings as a way to cut IT costs. But most companies will not adopt such solutions for fear of losing control over their data or worse, getting stuck with expensive and endless vendor lock-in. By using open source/open architecture SaaS solutions, you can enjoy the benefits of lowered upfront IT costs, and retain control over your data while mitigating the risks of vendor lock-in.

Next Generation IT Event & Fault Management - Why a new architecture is so important. [ Source: Rivermuse ]
November 2009- The technical architectures of legacy network management platforms have not evolved significantly since their introduction nearly two decades ago.

With the rapid adoption of dynamically changing environments such as virtualized servers, MPLS networks and service-oriented architectures, the need for change is long overdue.

This white paper explores a new approach to IT event and fault management that will bring long awaited flexibility and agility to IT operations. Download this free whitepaper ...

Best practices for SaaS implementation using an Open Source Portal (JBoss) [ Source: Fulcrum Logic ]
December 2008- In this white paper, we attempt to explore various design approaches to implement a SAAS application using JBoss as the portal vendor. JBoss Portal is a very popular open source portal offering from Red Hat. It is JSR-168 compliant and provides support for deployment in a clustered environment with high availability.

Windows 7 Migration: Why Now Is the Time to Say Goodbye to Aging Client Systems [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
June 2012- As client hardware, software and operating systems age, the costs - and the associated security risks - of retaining older systems eventually outweigh the expense of replacing them.

With the 2014 expiration of Microsoft extended support for Windows XP, many enterprises and government agencies are deciding that the time has come to make the move to Windows 7 on new and, in some cases, older systems.

This detailed UBM TechWeb white paper explores ...

Windows 7 Migration: Analyzing Internal vs. External Deployment Strategies and Costs [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
June 2012- With Windows XP's 2014 retirement looming, enterprises and government agencies are intensifying Windows 7 migration initiatives. Most organizations are faced with the choice of managing their migration internally or tapping a third party to do it.

To make an informed decision, this UBM TechWeb analysis identifies the phases associated with a migration strategy and estimates the time and costs associated with successfully concluding each step.

Secure Virtualization with sVirt [ Source: Red Hat ]
June 2012- Red Hat Enteprise Virtualization 3.0 makes implementing virtualized servers easier and more cost-effective, and it won't lock you in. In addition to holding top virtualization benchmarks for performance and scalability of Windows and Linux workloads, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provides unmatched security.

This paper discusses Red Hat Secure Virtualization (sVirt), the industry's most comprehensive security solution for virtualization. With its unique kernel-level architecture and NSA-developed security mechanism, sVirt leads to a higher level of ...

IDC Whitepaper: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization [ Source: Red Hat ]
October 2012- As the number of virtual workloads surpass the number of physical workloads with the maturing or the virtualization market, IDC data indicates that as many as one third of virtualization customers are planning to use multiple hypervisors over the next year.

This whitepaper discusses why agencies are pursuing a multi-vendor strategy for virtualization software and how Red Hat, with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, is quickly emerging as a leading strategic alternative and is ...

Open Source as a Catalyst for Innovation and Cultural Change featuring Yahoo [ Source: Black Duck Software ]
March 2012- Fact: Open source is a fundamental part of many of the world's leading development organizations, and is often credited with enabling and enhancing innovation. But how do open source and the community model of development impact organizational structure and culture?

Join us on this webinar to hear a senior executive from Yahoo! Share his experience and perspective on leveraging the positive business and network effects of open source while simultaneously managing some of ...