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The options for securing increasingly valuable databases are very broad and deep, and can be confusing. This research provides an overview of three categories of controls that should be implemented to ensure that enterprise data is protected in the most efficient and effective manner.

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When choosing a virtualization platform for your datacenter, your architecture and capabilities may be limited by the features offered by each product. Find out how the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 compare with VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2.

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Overwhelmed by tracking your Vblock, Flexpod or Cisco UCS performance? Spend one hour with Nimsoft to learn how you can eliminate the overhead and expense of manual monitoring configuration and deployment.

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Learn how to support your SQL Server instances and control your costs and administration requirements.

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More and more enterprises are turning to desktop virtualization as a solution to rising IT costs and security concerns combined with user demands for a personalized desktop experience and the ability to work from anywhere, at any time, from any device. AppSense and Citrix are working together to integrate the market-leading user virtualization solution with the world's most widely deployed desktop virtualization platform. The focus of this paper is to demonstrate the joint value of AppSense with XenDesktop 5.6 on Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1.

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This quick guide provides high-level information about best practices and recommended settings for integrating an ExaGrid appliance into a Symantec NetBackup (NBU) environment including faster disaster recovery (DR), unified control and tracking, the advantages of a high-performance deduplication process to the NBU media server and optimized synthetics support.

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In this research report-What MFT Is, and How It Applies to You-Gartner analyst Thomas Skybakmoen defines managed file transfer (MFT), outlines the key factors driving organizations to adopt MFT, and describes how MFT can help with governance and regulatory compliance as your file transfers multiply.

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Want to know how NetVault Backup compared against other Oracle backup software solutions - and why it's DCIG's #1 choice? In this 37-page report you'll get unbiased, third-party evaluations of Oracle backup software - and why NetVault Backup sits on the top of the list. Download your copy today.

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In this Quest Software white paper authored by the Data Management Institute LLC, learn the key challenges involved in designing a disaster recovery plan. Then, see how a CDP-based solution can recover your critical applications and get your business back up and running with virtually no downtime.

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The single biggest challenge for IT personnel involved in the data protection process is making sure that their backups are recoverable every time. Management and users won't remember the ninety-nine successful recoveries but they will always remember the one failure.

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Your company needs backup and recovery that supports a tiered-recovery model. This IDC Vendor Spotlight examines the modern forces driving the advancements in today's data protection technologies, and a complete backup and recovery solution that works across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

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This report defines "tier-1" storage in the modern IT world and in the data centers and services that support it. What was a simple environment just a few years ago with mainframes or a few large servers to be supported has evolved into a complex web of virtual machines, clouds, and expanding user expectations -- factors which demand and create flexibility, but do so in a way that pushes a lack of predictability upon the storage infrastructure. Learn what your criteria should be for tier-1 storage.

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Check out this white paper and begin to understand how you can be successful in your private cloud adoption. Explore how HP CloudSystem Matrix, a ready-to-run IT infrastructure, and its use as an out-of-the-box platform for private clouds is suited to enterprise IT.

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The Sun Oracle Database Machine is an easy to deploy, out-of-the-box solution for hosting the oracle Database and delivers the highest levels of performance available. It is a "grid in a box" that is composed of database servers running Oracle Database, Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Servers (Exadata), an InfiniBand fabric for storage networking, and all the other components required to host an Oracle Database. Exadata delivers outstanding I/O and SQL processing performance for online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing (DW), and consolidation of mixed workloads. One of the key operational aspects of deploying a Sun Oracle Database Machine is to ensure that database backups are performed and restoration of the Oracle Database is possible if disaster strikes. This paper describes the best practices for setting up the optimal backup and recovery strategy to protect your mission-critical data.

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Leverage Wi-Fi to gain productivity and control roaming costs as employees carry more devices and Wi-Fi becomes more ubiquitous. Many enterprises are trying to find a fast and reliable Wi-Fi connection for traveling employees. Learn about trends making Wi-Fi attractive and strategies for enterprises in leveraging Wi-Fi, whether private or public.

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This paper looks at how organizations can integrate cloud solutions into existing infrastructures and how an incremental implementation approach might work. The paper also explains some principles for measuring the success of your cloud solutions.

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Learn about the most important factors that go into buying the right phone system, such as: scalability, compatibilities, how to negotiate pricing, and more. This demo and compatible white paper are designed to help you be an informed buyer so you can make the optimal decision for your organization. Whether yours is a small, medium, or large-sized business, you'll want to know the nine key questions to ask sales reps to get the best deal on the right phone system for your needs.

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Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual machines and servers that threaten to overwhelm data movement and storage technologies. In this IDG Tech Dossier, learn how utility storage makes for massive consolidation, flexibility and scalability, so IT departments can reduce storage infrastructure and lower costs while improving their ability to respond to fast-changing needs of business units.Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Asking the right phone system buying questions before making a purchase can save you substantial money, alert you to phone system limitations, and ensure that your phone system quality is as you expect it to be. Because not all of us are phone system experts, or are involved in phone system implementations, it is critical to know the questions experts ask before investing in an expensive business phone system.

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When it comes to VM backup & recovery, misinformation abounds - you need a way to root out well-intentioned but ultimately bad advice. Let this white paper serve as your myth-busting tool to expose and correct the 7 most common untruths about backup & DR in virtual environments.* Identify urban legends of VM* Get straight answers to VM Backup* Learn how to do VM Backup rightDownload the guide now - it's the closest thing to Snopes for VM backup.

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New data finds Finance and Healthcare industries dominate BYOD picture and that users are willing to pay device and service plan costs if they can use their own devices. Read More>>

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This Forrester report reveals the latest virtualization trends so you can see how far your peers are in their journey to the private cloud. Read on and discover best practices for improving virtualization in order to prepare for the cloud.

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