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• Smarter Approaches to Enterprise Modernization with Collaborative Development Solutions from IBM

  Since the first program was written, business and technology trends have been driving new business rules and interaction models for production applications. These models require increasingly sophisticated interdependent solutions. Learn More.

• Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications across the Software Deliver Lifecycle

  Building security into web applications from the beginning doesn’t have to be complicated. Find out what needs to happen during each step stage of the software delivery lifecycle. Read now.

• Survival of The Fittest

  History has shown that successful organizations have the agility necessary to evolve their businesses. In fact, the biological evolutionary mantra of ‘survival of the fittest’ can just as readily be applied to the business world. Learn more.

• IMP Improves Business Agility, Reduces Costs 50% by Migrating Mainframe Application to Windows

  IMP needed to improve operational efficiency in order to deliver new capabilities faster and to support business innovation and growth. The company chose to migrate its mainframe application to the Windows platform to achieve this, while at the same time reducing IT management costs. Learn more.

• Owens & Minor Reduces Costs 77%, Drives Innovation Through Mainframe Migration

  Owens & Minor needed to modernize its business-critical mainframe enterprise systems while retaining unique business logic. The company chose to migrate to the Windows platform, to maintain the competitive advantage embedded in this business logic while reducing costs 77%. Learn more.

• The State of Resilience on IBM Power Systems—Research Findings Based on Surveys of IBM i and AIX Users

  Read the input of over 4,000 companies running IBM i (i5/OS) environments regarding their current data protection, recovery and optimization technologies and strategies. Learn more.

• High Availability in an SAP Environment - Keep Mission-Critical SAP Operations Running no Matter What

  This white paper will review the unique issues related to High Availability and Disaster Recovery in your SAP environment, including 2- and 3-tier architectures, and guide you in developing appropriate SAP data and application management strategies. Learn more.

• Benefits of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Technology in IBM AIX and i5/OS (OS/400) Environments

  TiVo™ for AIX applications and other data? Continuous data protection (CDP) technology provides on-demand “rewind” capabilities. In addition to replicating data for DR protection, CDP rapidly recovers accidentally deleted or otherwise corrupted data. Learn more

• An Introduction to IBM System i (iSeries) High Availability Solutions

  If your company is beginning to explore the powerful business continuity technology of System i high availability (HA), this paper will give you a solid overview of IBM System i software-based replication and failover solutions—also known within the industry as high availability or HA. Learn more.

• Restructuring, Consolidating, or Merging Active Directory Domains

  This Quest Software white paper discusses what to consider before changing your AD domains. Get the best practices you need for a carefully planned and properly managed migration. Read it today.

• Portal Authentication: A Balancing Act Between Security, Usability, and Compliance

  This white paper discusses the problems with current authentication systems and the drivers that should be motivating organizations of all sizes to improve their access controls. It also discusses PortalGuard, an authentication and security solution from PistolStar. Learn more.

• Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing Attacks

  In this whitepaper, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems in order to understand different perceptions about various email management systems. Learn more.

• When Less is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the (Red/Yellow) Box for Protecting Endpoints

  Read this research paper to learn why Aberdeen Group recommends small enterprises be open to endpoint security solutions from vendors other than McAfee and Symantec. Read more.

• Key Issues in Messaging Archiving

  This document describes key issues in the archiving industry, including some of the reasons for archiving messages and some of the drivers in the industry. Learn more.

• Reduce Development Effort for Meeting Data Visualizations Requirements

  Applications can come with a long list of visualization requirements for structured data. By delivering your Web application output through the Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer, you can create a single design that meets multiple requirements at once. Learn more.

• Create a Complete BIRT Report Easily in 10 Minutes

  Watch this demo and see how to create a complete BIRT Report easily in 10 minutes. Watch it today.

• How to Cost Effectively Deploy OS BI

  This paper explores how to add new reporting features and functions to your business intelligence applications without any scalability issues. Get the details.

• Test Drive e.Spreadsheet Report Designer to see how easy it is to automate excel reports

  Test drive e.Spreadsheet Report Designer to see how easy it is to automate Excel reports. Get it today.

• Forrester: Controls to Mitigate Spreadsheet Risk

  Forrester Analyst Shares key tips and tools for automating Excel spreadsheet. Read more.

• Presenting Structured Data in Rich Internet Applications using an Open Source Foundation

  Open source software continues to gain momentum in various areas of business computing. This is reflected in the business intelligence applications market as developers add reporting, data access, and analysis. Get this paper.

• Leveraging OS BIRT

  Learn how to overcome the technical challenges and misconceptions around delivering open source BI, and how to develop and maximize the use of open source BI. Get this paper.

• Try BIRT Report Designer Today to Design Rich Interactive Content

  Try BIRT Report Designer Today to design rich interactive content, that not only provides accurate information but delivers in a easy to view manner. Download now.

• Lowering Mainframe TCO Through ZIIP Security Engine Explotation

  Exploit your mainframe zIIP specialty engines for dramatically lower mainframe TCO. DataDirect Shadow helps you unlock the zIIP to handle processing intensive Web services involving CICS, IMS, Natural and more! Read the latest Shadow zIIP Benchmark Report to find out how to offload over 90% of your integration processing.

• Data Protection Options for Virtualized Servers

  Server virtualization continues to be a popular industry focus. This Industry Trends and Technology Perspectives white paper from the StorageIO Group provides the answers you need to protect your data in a virtualized environment.

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