WHITE PAPER - Through a series of test scenarios that are representative of SQL Server application fundamentals, this document provides best practice recommendations on running SQL Server in Windows Hyper-V environment.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Microsoft Hyper-V | QOS | Server Consolidation | SQL Server | TCO

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - This E-Guide will help you develop plans and polices for video conferencing, ensuring you not only meet user demands and improve collaboration, but also deliver measureable ROI.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Collaborative Applications Software | QOS | ROI | TCO | Videoconferences | Videoconferencing Hardware | Videoconferencing Software

BOOK - Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Network Management | QOS | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper, you will learn about the current shift in focus from network availability to application performance and how a new management model, what NetQoS calls Performance First™, will empower you to advance to the next level in managing your network for application performance.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Enterprise Architectures | Network Architectures | Network Infrastructure | Network Management Software | Network Monitoring | Network Traffic Analysis | QOS

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains why accurate network time -- and therefore precise network time synchronization -- is critically important for network management. Read on to learn more about the importance of network time synchronization.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Network Best Practices | Network Computers | Network Event Correlation | Network Management | Network Managers | Network Performance | NTP | QOS

EBOOK - Today's networks are highly complex, dynamic environments that demand comprehensive performance management. Fortunately, technological advancement is simplifying management and addressing new challenges. This eBook explains why management is more important now than ever and how it can help deliver business-critical applications better and faster.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Enterprise Applications Software | Network Management | Network Management Services | Network Managers | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | Performance Testing | QOS

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - What Application Performance Management tactics and best practices can you apply to ensure a good end-user experience? What process and strategy can you institute to enable your IT organization to align with the business? What can you do to prepare for the additional complexities that virtualization, cloud and SOA can bring to your environment?
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Network Applications Software | Network Performance | Predictive Performance Management | QOS

WHITE PAPER - As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: March 26, 2009


Topics:  IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems | Legacy Applications Software | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Server Hardware | QOS

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Converged Networks | IP Routing | IP Telephony | IP Videoconferences | Network Capacity | Network Configuration Management | QOS | Unified Messaging | Voice Networking

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Increasing network availability, measuring network QoS, optimizing bandwidth utilization, documenting network infrastructure, improved application availability and keeping employees productive, customers happy and the business running.
Posted: July 6, 2009 | Published: July 6, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Bandwidth Management | IT Managers | Network Applications Software | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance | QOS | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Reporting Software

DATA SHEET - Critical applications need to move at the speed of business. Blue Coat PacketShaper provides WAN Optimization functionality through a series of modules-- monitoring, shaping and compression. Check out this data sheet for more details.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Network Capacity | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | QOS | WAN | WAN Hardware

DATA SHEET - To optimize VoIP deployments, Blue Coat is driving a new generation of solutions designed to accelerate converged IP voice and data networks. With Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network (ADN), IT can deploy comprehensive application visibility, security and acceleration technologies to deliver the highest quality VoIP transactions possible.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | QOS | Voice Quality | VoIP

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to discover how INERGY Automotive Systems enhanced overall security, protected business-critical applications, diminished need to expand WAN bandwidth, and optimized access to centralized systems and applications by implementing successful data and network convergence using Blue Coat Intelligence solutions.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 16, 2009


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | ERP | Network Applications Software | Network Convergence | QOS | SAP (Product) | VoIP | WAN | WAN Hardware

WHITE PAPER - The core concept behind the Shared Infrastructure for Databases involves simple building blocks, comprised of computing elements, connected together to create a powerful, yet elegant shared database environment. This white paper describes the shared infrastructure, its benefits and HP offerings to help you implement this solution.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Database Management | Database Managers | Database Server Software | Enterprise Systems | QOS | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how wealth management firms can use client relationship management (CRM) strategies and technology to build relationships as trusted advisors, maximize share of wallet, and increase productivity.
Posted: February 20, 2009 | Published: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | CRM | CRM Best Practices | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Financing | Investments | Productivity | QOS | Wealth Management