Running Business-Critical PHP Applications on the Cloud with High Availability (HA)
[ Source: Zend ]
September 2011-
In this white paper, we describe in detail the three key areas you need to understand to successfully launch and manage business-critical PHP applications in the cloud.
• How to understand and minimize complexity when migrating PHP applications to the cloud
• A customizable best-practices approach to deploying and managing PHP applications in the cloud for High Availability
• A joint solution from RightScale and Zend that helps organizations deploy and manage ...
The SMB IT Decision Maker's Guide: How SaaS Can Benefit The IT Help Desk
[ Source: BMC Software ]
August 2011-
Small and midsize businesses that are using software as a service (SaaS) to automate their IT help desk(s) and IT infrastructure are reporting significant savings. Their reasons for moving to SaaS from traditional software include greater efficiency, scalability, and reliability/availability; minimal startup costs; a low-cost monthly subscription; and automatic updates.
These were among the key findings of the first survey of the help desks and the cloud sponsored by BMC Software ...
Industry Insights: Strategies for Choosing a SaaS-based ITSM Solution
[ Source: BMC Software ]
May 2011-
All SaaS help-desks are not created equally. From basic ticket logging to full-featured, enterprise-grade service management solutions, there truly is something for everyone. Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization.
Benefits of an ITIL Help Desk in the Cloud
[ Source: BMC Software ]
May 2011-
You can implement help desk processes based on ITIL easily with reduced up-front costs and automatic upgrades. Used by more than 72,500 companies worldwide, the Force.com platform is the most widely used Cloud platform in the world. Gain insights into the benefits of running your help desk in the cloud.
The Forrester Wave: Complex Event Processing (CEP) Platforms, Q3 2009
[ Source: Progress Software ]
September 2009-
Forrester Research, Inc. has named the Progress? Apama? complex event processing (CEP) platform as a standout leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Complex Event Processing Platforms, Q3 2009"(August 2009) Report. In this detailed review of products, the Apama platform received the top score in current offering and market presence.
According to the report: "Progress Apama earned high marks for its event processing features, its development tools, and its business end-user tools, propelling it into its ...
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 ...
Troubleshooting Slow Networks with Wireshark
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
June 2009-
Wireshark, the world's most popular open-source network analyzer, has become an essential tool to locate and diagnose the cause of network problems in the most efficient and cost-effective method possible. In March 2009, the Wireshark Certification Program was released to validate a candidate's knowledge of Wireshark functionality, TCP/IP troubleshooting, and network forensics/security. In this white paper, we examine how to use Wireshark to troubleshoot some of the top causes of poor network performance.
Understanding the Impact of Running WAN Emulation with Load Testing
[ Source: Shunra ]
June 2008-
As reflected by the robust capabilities of industry-standard load testing tools such as HP LoadRunner, the proper setup and execution of a load test is a complex undertaking. Significant effort goes into each load testing project. Organizations that are disciplined enough to properly implement performance testing into their application development lifecycle have gained significant business benefits from finding issues and properly sizing capacity prior to application roll-out. Increasingly, many pre-deployment testing labs have found that ...
Lower Network Infrastructure Cost with Traceability
[ Source: ShowTrail ]
April 2008-
Since many years, in most of all industries, traceability is essential, and very often is mandated by the State.
Besides, since Sarbanes&Oxley act, traceability is mandatory for the information systems bound to financial transactions of a company quoted on stock market.
In most of our systems, traceability is done with logs which provide the history of all transactions.
But for networking, it seems that traceability is unknown.
Firstly, what is traceability for networks? Do ...
The Cloud-based Telework Solution: Using the Cloud to Offload Remote Access Costs and Complexity
[ Source: Pareto Networks ]
June 2010-
By combining a cloud-based management platform with user-friendly devices, Pareto Networks has pioneered a new approach to remote access with the simplicity, centralized visibility & control, and economies of scale needed for broad deployment to permanent teleworkers. The Pareto Branch On DemandTM Solution enables organizations to fully realize the benefits of teleworking via a pay-as-you-grow subscription model and without the complexity or limitations of traditional multi-service router, firewall, SSL VPN or access point solutions.