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10 Dying IT Skills sponsored by Global Knowledge
 | White Paper: | Posted: 13 May 2009
| | Published: | 13 May 2009 | |
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When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
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10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Center Architectures sponsored by Force10 Networks
 | White Paper: | Posted: 01 Mar 2010
| | Published: | 28 Feb 2010 | |
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This document provides guidance in designing consolidated, virtualized, and SOA-enabled data centers based on the ultra high port-density 10 GbE switch/router products of Force10.
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5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 26 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Mar 2009 | |
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Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
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A Practitioners Guide to More Efficient Network Management sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 13 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 25 Sep 2009 | |
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Read this white paper to learn the four key initiatives for attacking network management inefficiency and how automation solutions from HP can help.
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A Unified Approach to Managing the Virtual Infrastructure sponsored by Forsythe
 | White Paper: | Posted: 23 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 23 Nov 2009 | |
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Managing the virtual infrastructure end-to-end is becoming more challenging as virtual environments continue to grow and more data center elements meld into the "cloud". This whitepaper will discuss the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud", and present you with questions that will help you create the best organizational strategy.
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Achieving Cost Savings in Backup with Deduplication sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
 | White Paper: | Posted: 11 Feb 2010
| | Published: | 11 Feb 2010 | |
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This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.
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Advancing the Economics of Networking: Ethernet Switching Solutions Reduce Capital and Operational IT Expenses sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Feb 2010
| | Published: | 10 Oct 2009 | |
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Aging network systems and old habits have dictated how businesses spend their IT budgets. As a result, too many IT dollars are being spent on just barely remaining competitive with emerging companies and their newer IT infrastructures. Read this white paper to learn more about a new family of solutions that reduce IT expenses and free up budgets.
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Aperture VISTA and the CMDB: An Enterprise Best Practices Approach sponsored by Aperture - An Emerson Network Brand
 | White Paper: | Posted: 22 Feb 2010
| | Published: | 22 Feb 2010 | |
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The last few years have seen significant interest and effort in integrating the many tools large enterprises use to manage their IT infrastructure and applications. Central to this integration effort is the concept of a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Read this whitepaper to learn a best practices approach.
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Automating IT Configuration Controls with Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Change Console sponsored by Oracle Corporation
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Oct 2008 | |
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This whitepaper discusses how to define, track and enforce IT policies; automate IT compliance processes; and reduce the effort and cost of managing business applications.
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Benefits of Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007 sponsored by Global Knowledge
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Dec 2008
| | Published: | 10 Dec 2008 | |
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Unified Messaging integrates different streams of communication (e-mail, fax, video, SMS, voice, etc.) into a single, or, unified message store, that is accessible from a wide range of different devices.
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Best Practice Insights: ITIL Service Operation sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
 | White Paper: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 03 Nov 2009 | |
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Service Operation, the fourth book in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version 3 publications, assists readers in developing management practices to ensure customers are satisfied and receive the value they expect. BMC experts have compiled an overview based on Service Operation, including valuable commentary, practical guidance and examples.
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Best Practices and Processes for Improving the Business Value of IT sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
 | White Paper: | Posted: 29 Jan 2010
| | Published: | 29 Jan 2010 | |
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Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).
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Beyond FTP: Securing and Managing File Transfers sponsored by Linoma Software
 | White Paper: | Posted: 15 Mar 2010
| | Published: | 15 Mar 2010 | |
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Every day, millions of files are exchanged all over the world by corporations, government entities and other organizations. Most file transfers use the popular protocol known as FTP. This paper will examine how FTP has become the standard for business-to-business file transfers and the key pitfalls that face management using this open protocol.
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Building a Home Lab Environment for Cisco Unified Communications sponsored by Global Knowledge
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Feb 2009
| | Published: | 10 Feb 2009 | |
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This paper explains the need to select Cisco IP Phones, switches, routers for your home lab and explores how to configure the options of VMware so that you can load Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity virtual machines in a lab environment.
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Building the Measurement Foundation for Successful IT Management sponsored by IBM
 | White Paper: | Posted: 18 Mar 2010
| | Published: | 12 Oct 2009 | |
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This paper explores how an inability to access data within the development lifecycle limits the effectiveness of project teams and explains how organizations can create transparency that supports effective software delivery.
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