White Papers
IT Business Edge works with our vendor partners to provide informative white papers, sponsored research and webcasts on a wide variety of important business technology topics. We feature these valuable IT resources in our topical Resource Centers, where they appear alongside our own exclusive IT blog entries and Executive Briefing interviews, as well as related news, commentary, and product reviews from across the Web.
In the Resource Centers you'll find white papers and research on issues related to emerging computer technology, business communications management, in-depth TCO analysis of different technologies and strategies, open source systems, datacenter best practices, and virtualization solutions. The specific topics with their own dedicated Resource Centers include SOA solutions, IT offshoring benefits, SaaS, VoIP systems, and Sarbox compliance.
Key White Paper Topics
Application Management
Best practices and cutting-edge technology to manage the tools that make an efficient business day possible.
Budget Management
Budget allocation and cost-containment strategies to balance optimum IT efficiency with maximum business success.
Business Continuity
Ensuring your company's ongoing success with strategies for disaster recovery and 24x7 availability of your data.
Business Intelligence
The right information to the right people at the right time for informed business decisions.
Compliance
Industry best practices and success stories for meeting federal and marketplace-related regulations and requirements.
Data Management
Tips, technologies and best practices to safeguard and leverage the most from your indispensable intellectual assets.
Infrastructure Management
What you need to know to take care of your business-critical hardware.
IT Security Management
Valuable information you need to protect and preserve your network, your data and the life of your business.
IT/Business Alignment
Strategies to more closely align the functionality of IT with a company’s business objectives.
Server Consolidation/Virtualization
New breakthroughs for both application and storage servers.
VoIP and Telephony
Improving the flow of information to the parties that need it most, while reducing the TCO burden.
Hot White Papers
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The Web Hacking Incidents Database 2008
This research report reveals the drivers behind hacking, hacking methodologies, and what types of organizations are the targets of hackers.
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How to Achieve Compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
This white paper explains how access control technology provides proactive security and supports compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, protecting consumers' non-public personal information (NPI) on UNIX and Linux systems.
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Seven Key Reasons to Implement an Identity-Aware Network
This white paper provides IT managers and corporate executives with insight into the seven key reasons why internal networks are migrating towards an identity and role based infrastructure.
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End-to-End BPM
Learn the features and benefits of the IBM® BPM Suite in this mini-course.
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The Truth about Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider
This white paper takes a close look at the myths about tape storage and shines new light on them.
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Balancing Security Against Productivity
Read this white paper to find the insight you need to master the balancing act that is security.
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How IT Can Enforce the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) Mandate
This white paper provides an overview of the FDCC mandate, the challenges associated with implementation and maintaining compliance, and recommended solutions.
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The Role of Open Source in Data Integration
IT managers and developers need a way to make the data integration job easier, repeatable and more productive. This technology report discusses how open source is one way to accomplish these goals.
Hot Topics
From the Resource Centers
- Web Application Security
- Laptop Security
- Network Optimization
- Virtualization & Consolidation
- Tape Storage
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Change and Configuration Management
- Business Intelligence
- Business Intelligence for Business People
- Extreme Data Storage
- Compliance Management
- Security Management
- CRM
- Data Management
- Data Center Management
- Virtual Desktop
- PCI Data Security Standard
- Data Warehousing
- Risk Management
Right from the Start: SOA Lifecycle Governance
This white paper presents an overview of strategies and practices for governing the transformation to, and the evolution of, SOA.
From the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Resource Center >
The Truth about Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider
This white paper takes a close look at the myths about tape storage and shines new light on them.
The Top Three IT Moves in 2009
In this archived Webcast, James Staten, principle analyst for Forrester Research, and Dave Moxey, Director of Product Marketing for Citrix, provide practical advice on the top three actions that IT management should take in 2009.
IT Service Management Metrics that Matter
Read this white paper to learn how your IT organization measures up against the best performing IT organizations and what you can do to improve efficiency, sustain compliance and security, increase system availability, and reduce the frequency of outages.
From the Change and Configuration Management Resource Center >