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- Enterprise Management Associates: Avoid CMDB Failure
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how to avoid Configuration Management Database CMDB failure and achieve operational efficiency. For many organizations, the terms CMDB and failure are closely linked. A recent study by Enterprise Management Associates EMA uncovered common inhibitors to success ranging from excessive time requirements of maintaining...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., CMDB
- Webcasts 2009-07-22
- Increasing ROI and Reducing the Risks of Your Application Portfolio
- The IT Infrastructure Library ITIL, a well-known compendium of industry best practices, continues to strengthen its support for a portfolio and lifecycle-based approach to application management Realizing "The absolute dependence of most businesses upon Information and Communications Technology infrastructure and the quantity, quality and the availability of the information that...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., ROI, Application Management, ITIL, It Services, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Security for Data at Rest: Critical Challenges and IBM Information Infrastructure Solutions
- The management of information risk has become one of the highest priorities of today's enterprise. Availability continues to be a primary objective of information management, but the definition and scope of availability has expanded to address issues from disaster recovery and business continuity to data retention. Retention requirements have themselves...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., IBM Corp., Regulatory Compliance, Security, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2008-09-01
- EMA Advisory Note: IT Speaks: Practices and Trends in Enterprise Application Management
- Deploying business applications, such as Customer Relationship Management CRM, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP, and vertical industry applications is complex and time-consuming. Managing them is even more challenging. EMA research has found that while enterprise IT organizations are very good at deploying and maintaining infrastructure, they are still struggling to effectively...
- Tags: Enterprise Application, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Management, Software, Strategy
- White papers 2008-08-26
- The Critical Role of Content Management in Delivering Business Services
- Enterprise Content Management ECM provides critical capabilities for managing the documents, spreadsheets, reports, e-mails, Web pages, etc. that drive business operations. EMA research shows that ECM delivers numerous benefits, including easier information access, knowledge sharing and collaboration, improved productivity, competitive advantage, regulatory compliance, cost reduction, and more. However, many enterprises...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Business Service, Competitive Advantage, Enterprise Content Management, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-08-01
- Going Green: A Strategic Guide to Green IT Management
- Green IT solutions have established themselves as important - and in some cases, critical - deployments for increasing energy efficiencies in order to reduce operational costs, achieve power utilization objectives and ensure sustainable value in IT investments. Rising energy costs and, in some cases, limited power availability are driving institutions...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Green IT
- White papers 2008-08-01
- EMA's 2008 Survey of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in the Real World
- Over and over again, the recurring theme of all these aspects of IT GRC management is constant: the strategic value of process - not just empty processes conceived to fulfill some vague best practices ideal, but the processes enterprises actually rely on to define IT governance, assure a systematic approach...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Survey, EMA, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-07
- ASG Service Dependency Mapping: Making the Link Between IT and the Business
- This paper examines how IT organizations can transition to a more service-focused approach to managing business applications, and how these leading-edge management solutions support this transition. This new approach is business service-driven instead of infrastructure-driven and enables IT organizations to manage the service in context to technology. In doing so,...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Allen Systems Group, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Improve Operational Efficiency and Reduce Costs With Network Configuration Automation
- IT organizations are increasingly facing pressure to perform as a value-added business partner and contribute visible results tied directly to business requirements. The network is a critical IT infrastructure component on which most IT services depend. At the same time, complexity, constant change, and human error combine to put network...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Network Configuration, Network, Information Technology, Automation, IT Organization, Networking, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Automating Problem Analysis and Resolution Across the Application Life Cycle: Enhancing the Efficiency of Offshore Software Development and Support
- This paper details the benefits of automating application problem determination and resolution throughout the application life cycle, from development to production. BMC's Application Problem Resolution product is an automated problem determination asset that can be leveraged by both development and production support teams to diagnose and communicate application problems very...
- Tags: Offshore, Software, Resolution Inc., Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Analysis, Application Problem, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Outsourcing, Asset Management, It Management, Software/Web Development, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, It service Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Managing Business Service Performance in Complex Distributed Environments
- IT organizations have traditionally approached the challenges of complexity, change, and even cost reduction through division of labor and increased specialization. This approach is needed to some degree in any large IT environment simply to support the depth of knowledge required to manage each of the major technology domains including...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Business Service, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- SLM and BSM: The Future of IT Management - Are You Ready?
- ASG Software Solutions ASG offers a broad portfolio of BSM focused IT solutions. These solutions are built on its Business Service Platform BSP, developed for organizations that want to adopt BSM and manage their underlying technology from a business perspective. ASG's BSP Service Level Management solution provides SLM capabilities in...
- Tags: IT Administration, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Business Service, BSM, ASG, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
- Business Service Management BSM is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or customer service - IT is able to deliver on real business goals like providing competitive advantage, improving customer satisfaction,...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Business Service, Virtual Environment, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Green Computing: Using IT Automation to Achieve Energy Efficiency
- The concern over the environmental impact of the increased usage of computing technology has far reaching ramifications on the sustainability of business IT operations. Already increasing energy costs and expanding power utilization needs are having a direct impact on business profitability. Add to this the social concerns over the global...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Computing, Automation, Regulatory Compliance, Strategy, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management
- White papers 2008-03-01
- Network Change and Configuration Management: Optimize Reliability, Minimize Risk and Reduce Costs
- One of the most dramatic innovations in the infrastructure management marketplace in the last five years is the rise of Network Change and Configuration Management NCCM as a strategic requirement. In the past, network configuration management had been relegated to a pure-play element management approach associated with the "care and...
- Tags: Asset, Configuration Management Inc., Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Infrastructure Management, Network, Asset Management, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-03-01
- Making IT More Effective: The Asset Analytics Imperative
- Enterprise Management Associates EMA research has uncovered several trends and best practices in the industry around asset management and asset intelligence. These best practices are focused on solving some of the most difficult challenges facing enterprises today. Business growth that outpaces increases in IT headcount coupled with escalating complexity in...
- Tags: Asset, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Building Carrier-Grade On-Device Network Management Systems
- The key issues involved in developing on-device network management systems for carrier-grade enterprise and operator networks are the same for any other networked resource, only with more complexity and built-in restrictions due to the limited space and processing capabilities inherent to these types of devices. The requirements for on-device network...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Network, Network Administration, Networking, NMS
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Truth or Consequences: Why Accurate Configuration Data Is IT's Single Most Valuable Asset
- Server sprawl, tiered applications and flat budgets are just a few of the factors that make configuration management a hot topic. Companies are seeking better ways to track and manage the technology components that are fundamental to the health of their business services. EMA has done extensive research on configuration...
- Tags: Asset, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Configuration Management, Best Practice, EMA, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Service Request Management: A Business Impact Assessment
- "Service Request Management" refers to the customer-facing requirements for publishing and actualizing IT services for IT's service consumers. This includes requirements to define, standardize and publish a consistent set of available services, as well as capabilities to support more efficient service delivery through various types of automation, most typically workflow-driven...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-08-01
- A Practical Application for Grid Computing
- Grids today appear mostly in High Performance Computing HPC environments, where hundreds of inexpensive compute nodes link together to solve parallel processing problems that previously could only have been addressed by using supercomputers. Storage grids were developed to supply the enormous amounts of data that such processing power was capable...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Storage, Parallel Processing, Grid Computing, Computing
- White papers 2007-06-01
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