Emerging Business Trends and Implications [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- This commissioned study conducted by Forrester on behalf of IBM describes how one company was able to realize a 42% 3-year return on investment by migrating from an open source application server to WebSphere Application Server (WAS). By deploying WAS, the customer was able to realize: * Reduced support costs in moving to enterprise license * Improved administration savings through automation * Greater application performance and availability * ...

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Scalable, Integrated Solutions for Elastic Caching Using IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- This book focuses on the challenges and benefits of integrating WebSphere eXtreme Scale with other middleware products, including WebSphere Business Events, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Portal, and Rational Jazz-based products. Detailed procedures for integrating, configuring, and monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale in WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Commerce environments are provided.

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Enterprise Strategies to Improve Application Testing [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and quality of your critical business applications has never been more important. Why? Because companies across industries depend on mission-critical enterprise applications to drive their business initiatives. In turn, those applications rely on relational databases to store and manage the underlying enterprise data. The ability to enhance, maintain, customize and upgrade those sophisticated applications is critical for achieving long-term business goals. Companies are striving to ...

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Streamline Enterprise Application Upgrades [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- The enterprise applications that you rely on to run your business must remain current if you want them to deliver competitive advantage consistently. In view of a number of business drivers-including changing processes and requirements, upgrade deadlines issued by vendors and new and emerging technology?many companies are facing an enterprise application upgrade in the near future. This does not have to be the fatiguing and disruptive process that ...

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Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in "patterns of expertise" to address complex business and operational tasks for smarter computing.

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The Hidden Costs of Self-Signed SSL Certificates [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- Even when business is booming, smart companies always have an eye on the bottom line. Security is not usually one of the first places companies look to trim expenses, but some IT professionals believe that they can easily lower costs by eliminating third-party Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authorities (CAs) from the budget equation. Although spending money on SSL security for external facing sites - such as the company ...

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Simplify SSL Certificate Management Across the Enterprise [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- The need for SSL Certificates has moved well beyond the "buy" page to core functions of the enterprise. SSL Certificates are used to protect remote employee and partner communications via webmail, chat and IM. Browser-to-server communications for cloud-based services require SSL Certificates when used to display customer account information, business partner transactions and for employee productivity tools. Finally, SSL Certificates are used to secure server-to-server communications for applications and data exchange. <br&...

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Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- Compliance is a fast-moving target, and it's getting harder to keep up. In a survey by IT Policy Compliance Group, a consortium dedicated to helping IT security professionals meet policy and compliance goals, 70 percent of all respondents reported being subject to multiple regulatory compliance mandates, as well as contractual obligations and industry standards. Meanwhile, IT budgets are getting leaner as organizations strive to increase cost efficiency in tough economic ...

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HP Support Center Overview [ Source: HP ]
May 2012- Tour the new HP Support Center, a one-stop access to information, tools & experts needed to keep your technology running, as well as a comprehensive set of support alternatives. Sponsored by:<img src="http://www.informationweek.com/pdf_whitepapers/incoming/th_1337187754_HP_Blue_RGB_72_SM.gif" hspace="10"> <...

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Through Hardware Innovation Comes Support Automation [ Source: HP ]
May 2012- Operating a datacenter entails working with a myriad of complex technologies. Decisions regarding equipment, design, support, and overarching cost have far-reaching implications. One of the aspects that is often addressed later rather than sooner is support of the IT environment. However, placing more emphasis on the support aspect can drive tremendous benefits when it really counts. Sponsored by:</strong&...

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