Case Studies/Best Practices


Modern Antivirus, Whitelisting, and Enterprise Security

Whitelisting applications can be a more effective and lower-impact technique for protecting your enterprise than are traditional antivirus approaches.

Q&A: Web Application Performance Management

Monitoring your end users in real time takes the guesswork out of maximizing their experience.

Q&A: Security in a Virtualized Environment

How are IT organizations responding to the new security challenges of administrative privileges in a virtualized environment?

Five Habits for Overcoming Message Overload

These five powerful habits can help you increase personal effectiveness and take control of technology.

What Every DBA Should Know about Managing Databases in a Consolidated, Virtualized IT Infrastructure

A look at the key challenges DBAs may face with virtualization, plus best practices to address them.

Taming Your Moving Assets: Governing through Policies and Procedures

An effective ITAM program can be the difference between getting the most out of your assets and possibly leaking millions of dollars.

Q&A: How to Choose a SaaS Provider

The benefits and drawbacks of software-as-a-service, plus tips for choosing a SaaS provider.



Q&A: Application Performance Management

Why managing application performance is so challenging, and how to make it pay off in the enterprise.

5 Tips to Improve IT/Business Communications

These five tips from "The Winning Dialog" can help IT and business users get back on the same page.

Q&A: Addressing Big-Data Challenges

What's driving larger data volumes, and how have compliance issues complicated storage management? How can you get "big data" under control?

3 Tips for Managing Requirement Changes

Two-thirds of all IT projects are cancelled, significantly delayed, or go over budget. Here's how to be in the other one-third.

Treat Energy as a Key IT Asset

Treat energy with the same care and attention that your other data center assets receive.

Q&A: Addressing Desktop Virtualization Challenges

How to cut the cost of desktop virtualization

Q&A: Improving Business/IT Collaboration

If you can’t save costs through efficiency, you can’t afford to be innovative -- but how do you get business and IT users to see eye to eye on the future?

Q&A: A New Approach to Tape Discovery

The benefits and best practices of using tape discovery.

Backup/Recovery Best Practices for Virtualized Environments

Virtualization’s great promise may be compromised if virtual machines can't be easily recovered.

3 Best Practices for Branch Office Application Availability

Keeping your applications “always on” for users is no easy task. These best practices can help your enterprise maintain continuous automated availability in remote locations.

Q&A: The Rise of DevOps

Applications and environments are more complex than ever. DevOps may be the approach IT needs.

Sizing up the Hype and Substance of Cloud Computing

A new study underscores cloud computing's momentum and helps put the phenomenon into perspective.

Metrics: Improving the Health of Your IT Organization

IT service metrics are simply tools to help you measure progress and determine success in achieving your goals. Here's how to use metrics wisely.