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- Debating the future of enterprise software
- At a Churchill Club event at the Computer History Museum in San Jose on April 3, Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of SAP, and Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, debate the future of enterprise software. The debate is moderated by Quentin Hardy of Forbes.
- Tags: Enterprise Computing
- Videos 2008-04-11
- Advanced Cluster Server Solutions in a Nutshell: An Introduction to Cost Efficient, High Availability Computing Clusters
- Building and maintaining enterprise computing infrastructures invariably involves balancing conflicting goals high mission-critical application availability versus lowest cost as one example. Now, Symantec Veritas Cluster Server features enable new server cluster server configurations that can simultaneously provide high availability at minimum cost.
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Cluster Server, Server Configuration, High Availability, Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-14
- Advanced Cluster Server Solutions in a Nutshell: An Introduction to Cost-Efficient, High-Availability Computing Clusters
- Building and maintaining enterprise computing infrastructures invariably involves balancing conflicting goals high mission-critical application availability versus lowest cost as one example. Now, Symantec Veritas Cluster Server features enable new server cluster server configurations that can simultaneously provide high availability at minimum cost. For the first time, new, powerful Symantec...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Cluster Server, Server Configuration, Computing, Application Availability, Servers, Security, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-14
- Windows Server 2008, Multi-Core Servers, and the Future of enterprise computing
- The IT industry is on the cusp of a new data center paradigm, driven by the impending release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and empowered by the availability of 64-bit, multi-core servers. Together, these technology advances offer the foundations of a truly dynamic data center, able to deliver unparalleled business...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Data Center, Microsoft Windows Server, Multi-core, Intel Corp., IT Industry, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Support WebCast: Support WebCast: Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office System in an enterprise computing Environment
- The presenter of this webcast will discuss best practices and techniques that can be used to deploy the 2007 Microsoft Office system in an enterprise computing environment. The presenter will include information about utilities and methods that can be used to customize and simplify the 2007 Office deployment.
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Microsoft Office, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2007-01-31
- Special Event Replay: CEOs Take enterprise computing Head On
- The presenters of this webcast, HP CEO Mark Hurd, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini - along with a special message from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison - and author Geoffrey Moore as moderator, present their views on enterprise computing.
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., CEO
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Xen: Enterprise Grade Open Source Virtualization: Inside Xen 3.0 - A XenSource White Paper
- Virtualization has become a key requirement for the enterprise. This results from an urgent need to focus on reduced Total Cost of Ownership TCO for enterprise computing infrastructure. In spite of - or indeed because of - the widespread adoption of relatively cheap, industry standard x86-based servers, enterprises have seen...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Virtualization, Open Source, Xen, Enterprise, XenSource Inc., Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-05-31
- Welcome to the Enterprise Web 2.0
- It's difficult and dangerous to ignore an idea that has started to gain the momentum and velocity of a speeding express train. For the past few months I've been writing about something I've called Web 3.0 — a convergence of mashups, on-demand applications and service-oriented architectures with enterprise...
- Tags: SOA, Web, Web 2.0, enterprise computing
- Blog posts 2006-02-09
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: The Next Big Thing in University enterprise computing
- A number of leading universities have embarked on implementation projects aimed at transforming obsolete enterprise architectures. Their challenge is to improve business processes while making it easier for campus users to do their work efficiently using the university's IT infrastructure. A few institutions, as detailed in this paper, are on...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Web, University, Web Service, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Xen: Enterprise Grade Open Source Virtualization
- Virtualization has become a key requirement for the enterprise. This result from an urgent need to focus on reduced Total Cost of Ownership TCO for enterprise computing infrastructure. In spite of - or indeed because of - the widespread adoption of relatively cheap, industry standard x86-based servers, enterprises have seen...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Open Source, Xen, Enterprise, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Storage
- White papers 2005-12-02
- Spectacular System z9 Mainframes Leap Ahead With Doubled Power, Enterprise Hub Roles
- A sophisticated and powerful enterprise computing system, the new IBM System z9 109 mainframe provides extreme scalability, advanced security and virtualization capabilities, and even higher availability. These spectacular systems are designed to enable and to act as the "Enterprise Hub" for the fast-emerging breed of global collaborative computing applications. In...
- Tags: Software, Enterprise Computing, Collaborative Computing, Mainframes, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Hardware, Management
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Evaluation of a Wireless Enterprise Backbone Network Architecture
- IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN WLAN technology is mainly used as an access network within corporate enterprises. All the WLAN access points are eventually connected to a wired backbone to reach the Internet or enterprise computing resources. The aim of the project discussed in this paper is to expand WLAN into...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Backbone, Network, WLAN, Network Architecture, Hyacinth, Mesh Networking, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless
- White papers 2005-08-17
- IT Security Survival Guide, Second Edition
- This 202-page PDF is packed with helpful strategies and tips for securing enterprise computing systems. As an added bonus, the companion ISO file, which you can burn to CD for easy reference, contains a variety of end-user training tools and policy templates to help you institute secure computing practices throughout...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, IT Security, Adobe PDF, Information Technology, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Download resources 2005-07-13
- Integrating zSeries applications and processes as Web Services in an SOA environment
- SOAs with IBM WebSphere products provide a strategic framework that allows end-to-end application integration to be adopted as a multi-tiered process over time. SOAs can help large organizations better manage complex transactions, adapt more easily to growing workloads without impacting system responsiveness, improve end-user service and promote secure access to...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, IBM zSeries, Web, Environment, Web Service, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Service Orientation in enterprise computing
- Discussions of service oriented architecture are all too often exercises in miscommunication. At least two very distinct perspectives on SOA have emerged - that of the developer building enterprise solutions, and that of the portfolio manager tracking the effectiveness of the organization's IT assets. This paper attempts to disambiguate these...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, SOA, Perspective, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-07-01
- IBM on the hunt for Firefox programmers
- IBM on the hunt for Firefox programmersTalking about hiring...I was told that Carly Fiorina was hire by IBM !!!I see. It is pretty clear``The Firefox work could dovetail with IBM's effort to build its Workplace software, which moves several personal computer applications to a server that users access with a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Linux, enterprise computing, IBM Corp., Mozilla Firefox, little guy, programmer
- Discussion threads 2005-04-13
- The Next Evolution in enterprise computing: The Convergence of Multicore x86 Processing and 64-Bit Operating Systems
- This white paper provides an overview of the market progression toward 64-bit computing and multicore processing to satisfy the need for greater computing performance in the x86 market. The convergence of these two technologies will deliver mainframe-class power and performance to mainstream platforms, enabling applications that traditionally run on higher-end...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Operating System, Multi-core, International Data Corp., Convergence, International Data Group, 64-Bit, VOIP, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Linux, Windows NT, and Windows 2000/2003 TCO Research in enterprise computing
- Controlling costs rationally is one of the most effective ways to improve the value of IT in an organization. This paper intends to help customers make informed, rational decisions when purchasing or considering a new server Operating System OS. When evaluating platform investment decisions, organizations should consider the Total Cost...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Linux, Operating System, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, TCO, Roi/Tco, Operating Systems, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software
- White papers 2005-03-01
- COSCO Unifies enterprise computing Platform on Windows XP Professional
- China Ocean Shipping Company COSCO is international shipping and logistics conglomerate based in China. In order to fulfill COSCO's vision of becoming a truly global enterprise, the company needed to standardize on a single platform out of a mix of Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, UNIX, IBM AS400 and...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Corp., COSCO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- Tapping the Power of the Mobile Workforce: Discover 3 Keys to Always Available Computing
- Does your company have field sales professionals who are on the road all day, every day? How about delivery drivers, plant inspectors, service technicians, claims adjustors, or on-the-go medical personnel? If your company has a significant number of mobile workers, you owe it to yourself to attend this webcast. In...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Mobile, Computing, Worker, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
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