CASE STUDY - Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Activity Monitoring | Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | SOA | TCO | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has been designed to meet the tough challenges for a corporate communication solution and provides a rich feature set that users can access through a variety of different interfaces and devices.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Replication | Email Management | Internet Access | Microsoft Exchange | Unified Messaging

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.
Posted: November 7, 2007 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Call Center Management | Call Centers | Contact Center Management | Contact Centers | CRM | ERP | Marketing | Oracle (Product) | Sales Force Automation | Software as a Service

PODCAST - It's been estimated that Open Storage architectures will make up just under 12 % of the market by 2011, fueled by the industry's need for more scalable and economic storage. The following podcast will present the ideas and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - IT professionals have been looking to flexibly scale, reconfigure, and or repurpose their storage infrastructures to reserve their allocated budget. The product presented in this Videocast combines open-storage software with industry-standard hardware, enabling you to reduce your reliance on high-priced systems and save up to 90% on storage costs.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - This video discusses the key differentials between the high performance, high efficiency strategy of today's Open Storage approach vs. the high capacity attributes of yesterday's closed storage.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - This Videocast presents the idea and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures. Learn more about Open Storage and how it can help your organization build a highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage system.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source Software | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

CASE STUDY - Read this quick case study to see how Tiens Group - a Chinese enterprise that does business internationally - was able to build a single network that handles all of their communications needs all over the globe and allows them greater growth potential while simultaneously reducing overheads.
Posted: April 6, 2009 | Published: April 6, 2009


Topics:  Network Design | Network Management | Network Management Services | Network Provisioning | Networking | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Networks | VPN | VPN Service Providers | VPN Services

EGUIDE - With nearly 90% of companies operating a virtual workplace and large percentages of employees working away from home office or the primary data center, IT must support ever-increasing numbers of remote and virtualized workers. This E-Guide details the security and optimization best practices for various types of branch offices.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Remote Access Hardware | Remote Access Security | Remote Network Management | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Offices | Remote Users | WAN

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This online assessment tool designed specifically for organizations seeking to improve their Green IT capabilities, performance and ROI.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise Systems | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Infrastructure | IT Management

WEBCAST - Our Virtual Conference Series, designed to put you in touch with industry experts, will help you discover how IBM can provide you the innovative technology and world-class expertise to set you on the right path for years to come.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Premiered: September 23, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Management | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ROI | TCO

WEBCAST - We know that the energy use in data centers is high today and this rate is rapidly growing, projected to double every 5 year. To help you react to this rapid growth, we offer an informative webcast that will detail. IBM solutions and services can stem this information explosion.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Premiered: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Green Storage | Storage Consolidation | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This report looks at the potential for cost savings through use of IBM Systems Director 6.1 and Active Energy Manager to manage large numbers of IBM System x and BladeCenter systems. The study details areas of savings resulting in up to a 35% reduction in systems administration costs
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Energy Efficiency | Enterprise | Enterprise Systems | Green Data Center | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Along with an in-depth discussion of energy measurement and management, this white paper provides a brief overview of IBM solutions that can help organizations support their initiatives for developing energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center

WEBCAST - Learn more about offerings to improve energy efficiency across your infrastructure.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Premiered: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management

DATA SHEET - IBM BladeCenter HS22 - Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Infrastructure | Rack Servers | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management