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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

CoreTrace Continues to Knock Down Application Whitelisting Barriers

Off late CoreTrace, a leader in application whitelisting announced new technology enhancements to ease the deployment and implementation of its flagship BOUNCER product. Endpoint anti-malware software is quite simply not up to the challenge of proactively meeting the current climate of sophisticated attacks against IT infrastructure. In fact, many security...

Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., CoreTrace, Security

White papers 2009-07-17

ROI for Network Performance Management

Besides being technically savvy, today's network professionals must be aware of the business factors surrounding their department's activities and responsibilities. This means two things - becoming aware of the way in which the networking team supports the business directly, and understanding how to characterize infrastructure equipment and management technology investments...

Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Network, ROI, Technology Investment, Team Management, Networking, Management

White papers 2009-02-16

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

Resolving the Privilege Management Paradox: Quest Solutions for Strong Access Control

Many have focused on the risks to sensitive information posed by a seemingly unending wave of data security breaches in the last few years - and justifiably so. These breaches often involve the exploit of hundreds or thousands of identities. Compare this, however, to the impact of exploiting of a...

Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Access Control, Identity, Security

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

Beyond System Center: Addressing Systems Management Needs Across the Entire IT Infrastructure

For many organizations, Microsoft's System Center suite provides a powerful automated systems management platform to address a significant portion of the needs inherent in today's dynamic IT environments. However, if that functionality can be expanded to even further simplify and improve support for a greater portion of today's complex IT...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Systems Management, It Services, Network Administration, Strategy, Networking, 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

nCircle: IT Risk Management for the Real World

Off late technology-dependent business, IT risks can threaten the business itself. Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. EMA has documented several aspects of this reality - a reality that has led not only to increased compliance demands for more effective IT governance and risk management, but to an increasing awareness among businesses...

Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., nCircle Network Security, Information Technology, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-12-01