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Mobile Device Management
Your frontline workers may have a variety of skills but they're rarely IT savvy and certainly not security experts. Yet more than 75% of enterprises leave responsibility for security in the hands of the user - literally. Discover how to secure your mobile data and unleash your workforce's mobile potential today!

ASG's metaCMDB, The Technology That Rocks
Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) have emerged as a central component for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and business service management (BSM). Discover how to optimize your path to a configuration management system.

Choosing System Architecture and Cooling Fluid for High Heat Density Cooling Solutions
High heat in critical spaces compromises availability. This paper discusses the pros and cons of different cooling fluids and system architectures, and explores the role of supplemental cooling technologies as data center densities increase.

Reduce IT Cost Using XenApp 5
Running XenApp 5 (64-bit) on Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) results in a 32% decrease in TCO and 50% more users compared to the previous 32-bit versions of each product.

Managing Ever Expanding Volumes of Storage
As storage demands grow, businesses add to their arsenal of inexpensive direct attached storage devices. But as the number of drives grows, so do the complexities and costs of managing, backing up and replicating the data they store. To regain control of data centers, businesses need to understand their data as well as today's solutions for storing it.

The Business Benefits of Automation
Obtain candid reactions to business automation projects, directly from its users. This whitepaper reports on what your peers truly think of automation. A must-read for anyone interested in automation.



Featured Reports
Internet Security Threat Report
Symantec has established some of the most comprehensive sources of Internet Threat data in the world through the Global Intelligence Network. These resources give security analysts unparalleled sources of data. Download this Symantec Internet Security Threat Report to read analysis and discussion of threat activity over a one-year period. It covers Internet threat activities, vulnerabilities, malicious code, phishing, spam and security risks as well as future trends.

State of the Data Center Report
The findings of Symantec's second annual State of the Data Center report indicate the data center is at a crossroads. Continuing the trends we saw in 2007, companies are asking IT to make do with fewer resources. Staffing problems also remain a big issue for companies in 2008. So it is not surprising that in our second annual State of the Data Center Report we find the data center a very busy place. IT is pursuing dozens of initiatives - from server virtualization to Storage as a Service - with one goal in mind. Find out how IT can do more with less.

A Single Fabric Data Center
Can the IP and storage network be managed as one? It's an idea CIOs need to try on for size.

Intelligent Control with an Application Delivery Network
Business is increasingly automated and Web-based, making network connectivity and application performance more important than ever before. But connectivity and high performance aren't the only challenges facing enterprise WANs. Business and logistical demands are forcing enterprise IT organizations to create exceptionally reliable, flexible and scalable networks.

3 Steps To Managing Data In The Cloud
Whats the best database technology for your cloud computing environment? We take a look at what businesses need to assess in order to make the right decision.



Featured Guides
The Secrets Of E-Mail Management

In a world where e-mail is mission critical, figuring out the best way to make sure it's always available, always backed up, always secure, and always properly archived has become a big job for many small and midsize companies. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be a back-breaker!

VMware Data Backup and Recovery Best Practices

Download this guide to learn best practices for architecting a backup/recovery/DR approach for VMware regardless of which backup software or scripts are involved.




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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 
  In This Issue
» Mobile Device Management
» ASG's metaCMDB, The Technology That Rocks
» Choosing System Architecture and Cooling Fluid for High Heat Density Cooling Solutions
» Reduce IT Cost Using XenApp 5
» Managing Ever Expanding Volumes of Storage
» The Business Benefits of Automation
» Internet Security Threat Report
» State of the Data Center Report
» A Single Fabric Data Center
» Intelligent Control with an Application Delivery Network
» 3 Steps To Managing Data In The Cloud
» Usability Is Everything
» The Secrets Of E-Mail Management
» VMware Data Backup and Recovery Best Practices
» Keeping Parallelism Balanced is a Must
» Distributed Asset Management Business Case Builder
» Digital-Physical Convergence
» Virtualization Management: Moving Beyond the Hypervisor to Achieve Best Practices
 

Featured Blog
Keeping Parallelism Balanced is a Must
It is very important to optimize applications for existing and forthcoming multicore microprocessors. However, a lack of balance in parallelism levels could lead to explosive parallelism with resulting slowdown rather than speedup.

Distributed Asset Management Business Case Builder
The bMighty Distributed Asset Management Business Case Builder is designed to help you identify hidden costs and make the business benefits of distributed asset management clear for your senior management.

Featured Tutorial
Digital-Physical Convergence
Doug Brown, VP of Marketing for Tivoli brand of the Software Group at IBM addresses questions about digital-physical concergence.

Featured Online Event
Virtualization Management: Moving Beyond the Hypervisor to Achieve Best Practices
Join EMA's Andi Mann and ASG's Ed Hallock to learn about the latest in virtualization management trends, the compelling business case in achieving virtualization best practices, and ways to optimize virtualization management beyond the hypervisor in important business operational disciplines such as performance management, capacity planning and asset management. All Webcast Attendees Will Receive a Free Whitepaper.

Featured Video
Usability Is Everything
Features and functionality mean nothing if employees can't use the software. Learn what sets Workday's solutions apart from the competition


 

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