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Are you getting value from Virtualisation?

Desire Athow — Thu, 18 Dec 2008

The potential cost benefits of server virtualisation are threatened by the complexity of managing virtual machines. That is the finding from the latest white paper, conducted in partnership with Computacenter and Sun Microsystems.

Government Connect : What you need to know

Desire Athow — Mon, 17 Nov 2008

Many UK Local Authorities and Government Departments planning to use Government Connect are currently investigating the need to record, log, store and retrieve network, file and user based logs on their networks

Heads Up on Data Leakage Protection

Desire Athow — Mon, 17 Nov 2008

Many Government departments have found themselves needing to investigate how to handle logs and offer forensic reporting on data loss. Find out more about how this issue can be managed

Credit Crunch, Security Compliance or Service Oriented Architecture

Ben Chai — Thu, 13 Nov 2008

If you had to read a report on the current global economic crisis or one on the latest BOTNET attacks or one on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) which would be your first and second choices? Perhaps SOA would be the last on your list, hopefully this special report will help to change all that

Managing Active Directory RID Master Failures EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Rukshan Cooray — Fri, 10 Oct 2008

Are you responsible for your organizations Microsoft Active Directory? If so, then you need to be able to respond rapidly and effectively to any failures.

Understanding and implementing SOA in a middleware environment

Steve Gold — Tue, 16 Sep 2008

Understand the basics of SOA modelling and Make an informed decision on how best to plan and implement SOA within a mid-size or larger organisation with this special report, written by Steve Gold.

The Great Virtualisation Secret

Ben Chai — Wed, 13 Aug 2008

In this Special Report, Ben Chai examines one of the great myths of the virtualisation market and how unravelling the myth can truly benefit your business

C.B.Learning Debuts Official Microsoft Online Learning : Managed, Simple, Cost-effective

Desire Athow — Wed, 02 Jul 2008

As an official provider of Microsoft Online Learning, C.B.Learning unveils the next generation of IT skills training. Discover the simple route to training success. Sign up for a free Microsoft course today

ITIL and CMDB Synergy : Enhanced Service Management

Ken Turbitt — Fri, 25 Apr 2008

This paper provides an overview of the value a CMDB can bring to both IT and the business, and describes how a CMDB can work in harmony with ITIL best practices to enhance Service Management.

Manage IT from a Business Perspective: Latest Best Practices from ITIL

Ken Turbitt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008

This Whitepaper explores the intricacies of ITIL and explains how to Integrate and Automate Best Practices from the Latest ITIL Book

CMDB, the Cornerstone of ITIL-based Integrated Service Support

Ken Turbitt — Tue, 22 Apr 2008

A CMDB, when used in support of ITIL best practices, is the cornerstone of IT Service Support, providing a centralized view of IT data that is essential to delivering consistent, reliable, effective, and efficient service to your business customers

Streamlining service request processes : A Key to Business Success

Ken Turbitt — Mon, 21 Apr 2008

A Whitepaper that will allow you to get the best out of your employees and your company and enable services to be delivered fast, efficiently and cheaper.

Supercharge your IT Business Value through BSM

Ken Turbitt — Fri, 18 Apr 2008

The key to maximizing the value of IT is to optimize your IT processes based on a business-aware foundation. Business Service Management (BSM) is the most effective approach for doing just that

Understand the ITIL code and expose its secrets

Ken Turbitt — Thu, 17 Apr 2008

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) is the most widely adopted best-practice IT framework for service management

Can You Really Get ITIL Out of the Box?

Ken Turbitt — Wed, 09 Apr 2008

You don’t have to be skeptic of the ITIL implementation promises. This paper examines the people, processes, and technology issues associated with getting ITIL up and running in your organization

Top 7 Microsoft Exchange Disaster Recovery Tips

Desire Athow — Tue, 01 Apr 2008

Regardless of whether your Exchange organisation is large or small, losing email services has a big impact on your business

The Power of Remote Support in Battling Today's Top Customer Support Issues

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

A SSPA Research and Citrix Online Joint White Paper on report support technology

Unified Communications : Real-Time Communications Concepts and Business Applications

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

As enterprises migrate to VOIP they’re also increasingly adopting a number of other IP-based, real-time applications

Unified Communications : Are you Ready?

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Feb 2008

In this white paper you’ll learn how two of the most respected industry analysts define unified communications and why organizations are considering its use to improve business operations.

The Online Shadow Economy

Desire Athow — Mon, 11 Feb 2008

In an online black market worth more than $105 billion, malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds.

Online Social Networking : The Employer's Dilemma

Desire Athow — Mon, 11 Feb 2008

A white paper which considers how relevant UK legislation and employers' policies impact on the use of social networking websites

Application Virtualisation : An Application for the 21st Century

Ben Chai — Mon, 11 Feb 2008

In decoupling applications from the desktop operating system to run independently from the main OS, IT Professionals can negate registry cleanouts and application migration amongst a host of other things, which will ultimately increase productivity. Could this really become a defacto standard in offices the world over?

Saucy Spyware and Shadowy Social Sites: See what can you learn from 2007

Desire Athow — Fri, 08 Feb 2008

A year of storms, spam and socializing… This annual report comprises of new findings about online threats, such as spyware and social engineering, from the online traffic data we analyzed in 2007.

The Business Communications Minefield

Ben Chai — Thu, 07 Feb 2008

Ben Chai takes a quick look at the different standards for internet and branch office connectivity and which is suitable for your business.

NAC in the spotlight

Steve Gold — Wed, 31 Oct 2007

Network Access Control (NAC) technology has gone from a standing start at the turn of the century to being a red-hot topic in today’s enterprise marketplace.