PODCAST - This expert podcast provides you with 10 steps for organizations that currently use Lotus Notes/Domino to determine if Google Apps is a good fit. Learn how to select a pilot project, calculate ROI and estimate training requirement to assist you in your decision making.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | Cost Benefit Analysis | Disaster Recovery | Domino | Lotus Notes | ROI | Software Licensing

WEBCAST - This expert webcast provides you with 10 steps for organizations that currently use Lotus Notes/Domino to determine if Google Apps is a good fit. Learn how to select a pilot project, calculate ROI and estimate training requirement to assist you in your decision making.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cost Benefit Analysis | Disaster Recovery | Domino | Lotus Notes | ROI | Software Licensing

CASE STUDY - Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm. Ingersoll Rand contracted with Microsoft to standardize desktops, improve infrastructure, and optimize the IT platform resulting in lower IT costs, better agility and increased service levels.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Collaboration | Desktop Management | IT Spending | Microsoft Exchange | ROI | Service Level Management | Software Licensing

CASE STUDY - annatommie, an orthopedic diagnosis and treatment and rehabilitation center in the Netherlands, was growing rapidly and wanted to take advantage of electronic, automated efficiencies to save money and improve productivity, while minimizing IT costs. Read this case study to learn how Microsoft® Online Services helped them reach their goals.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Collaboration | Communications Software | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Health Care Industry | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Spending | Microsoft Exchange | Productivity | Software Licensing

EZINE - In this month's issue, find out which aspects of licensing need special attention in the virtual world. Also in this issue, make maintenance easier with a little bit of planning, and learn what to do when virtualization fails.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Licensing | Software Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

EGUIDE - Read this E-Guide and explore how careful negotiation of data integration licenses can help your company save $100,000 or more on data integration costs. Learn about vital data integration trends and business drivers as well as how you can ensure a successful business intelligence (BI) initiative with key data integration considerations.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Licensing | Software | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | IT Spending | Middleware | Software Implementation | Software Licensing | Storage Management | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This Forrester Research paper will show you how analyzing your options for upgrading to Windows 7 can save you down the road. One of the first steps IT managers should take is to determine their firm's Windows 7 licensing strategy and how it fits into their broader Microsoft relationship.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: July 22, 2009


Topics:  Licensing | Operating Systems | Software | Software Licensing | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | Windows | Windows Vista | Windows XP

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at end-user and server-based licensing fees for BI solutions and argues that server-based fees makes much more sense.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Reporting Software | Software Licensing | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Open Source | Programming Languages | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Testing | Source Code Control

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Without a comprehensive data center consolidation strategy, many of today's businesses are unable to lower power and cooling costs or effectively manage server workload utilization. In this expert Pocket E-Guide, you will discover why Linux should play a key role in your data center consolidation strategy.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Linux | Mainframe Operating Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | Open Source | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - There is a well-spring of features and capabilities of Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 messaging platform. The longer you use it, the more treasures you can pull up from the deep. In this paper, we'll look at and discuss five things you probably don't know about Exchange Server 2007.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Advanced Planning and Scheduling Software | Edge Computing | Email Management Software | Email Server Software | Messaging Software | Microsoft Exchange | Software Licensing | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems