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Software and Services Financing sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Financing information technology hardware is an accepted way of doing business. Clients are discovering the benefits of financing software and services and are making financing of software and services one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT financing industry. This paper explains the importance of aligning financing with IT transformation. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Financing \| Hardware Selection \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Software Licensing \| Software Selection \| Software Upgrades

Rethinking People Costs in Enterprise IT sponsored by Rackspace Technology WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to assess your IT people spend and position IT as a central driver of business growth. Posted: 15 Oct 2014 \| Published: 12 Aug 2014 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Talent Management

Virtualization Security: Achieving Compliance for the Virtual Infrastructure sponsored by Trend Micro WHITE PAPER: What’s top of mind for enterprise IT practitioners is compliance, yet most VirtSec vendors aren't articulating the ways in which their products can help enterprises address compliance concerns. Read this paper to learn about top trends in virtualization security, how virtualization poses unique challenges to compliance, and more! Posted: 17 Mar 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| HIPAA Compliance \| IT Spending \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security

The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make And How to Avoid Them sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute it flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value as IT budgets fall. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 03 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Manufacturing \| Project Management \| ROI \| Software Development Methodologies

Four Principles for Reducing Storage TCO sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: This white paper shares proven strategies for storage infrastructure cost reduction. You will uncover four keys to minimizing storage costs and maximizing return on assets based on the tried and tested Storage Economics framework. Posted: 16 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Economic Environment \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| ROI \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO \| Tiered Storage

5 Ways IT Equipment Rentals Can Save Your Neck sponsored by Canvas Systems WHITE PAPER: Find out how renting pre-owned IT equipment can help your business succeed in completing projects. Posted: 14 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| CRM \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Spending \| Software

Extending the Lifecycle and Lowering the TCO of your SAN sponsored by D-Link WHITE PAPER: If you are in charge of IT at a mid-size enterprise, you’re probably about to bite the bullet to add a new Storage Area Network (SAN). Why? The simple answer is that it’s a combination of challenges and opportunities. Read this paper to learn why any organization that runs more than one business server application should consider a SAN. Posted: 26 Apr 2010 \| Published: 26 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Citrix XenServer \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| High Availability \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| TCO

Server Consolidation Blooming in Production Environments sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Learn how a virtual infrastructure empowers small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to transform, manage and optimize their IT infrastructure. Posted: 15 Nov 2007 \| Published: 15 Nov 2007 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data sponsored by Melissa WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included. Posted: 19 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Development \| Business Environment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Quality \| ERP \| IT Spending \| Master Data Management \| ROI \| SOA

SaaS Takes Center Stage in 2014 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Learn how subscription-based business applications are expected to make an even bigger impact in 2014 and beyond in this informative infographic. Posted: 02 Oct 2014 \| Published: 29 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Software \| Software as a Service