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Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

IBM

Tips for Choosing a Cloud Service Provider
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper shares tips on finding a cloud provider whose portfolio is as flexible and varied as the workloads it services.
Posted: 05 Aug 2012 | Published: 29 Jul 2012

IBM

Implementing Best Practices: The Dell Management Console and ITIL
sponsored by Dell and Symantec
WHITE PAPER: The Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from Symantec™ provides a comprehensive management platform based on standardized IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes—facilitating the adoption of industry best practices and helping streamline and simplify IT management in enterprise data centers.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Dell and Symantec

A SaaS-First Approach to Application Porfolio Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the virtues of SaaS for business operations and where the technology is headed.
Posted: 10 Oct 2013 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

BMC Software, Inc.

Understanding ITIL® Service Portfolio Management: An Approach For Implementing Effective Service Lifecycle Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements (SLAs) are associated with it, who is able to request it, how much it costs, and how to fulfill it. This paper describes the IT Infrastructure...
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Cisco® ONE: Traffic Visualization and Control
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how Cisco ONE's traffic visualization and control capability can help service providers visualize traffic end-to-end across the network and respond to unpredictable network capacity demands quickly, easily, and efficiently.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Accelerate IT Infrastructure Management for Better Business Value
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the keys to successful infrastructure management for your server and network devices. Access this paper to discover how to create better business value using outsourcing, managed, and cloud services, as well as evaluate your in-house handling of infrastructure management.
Posted: 31 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

IBM

Strategic Server Refresh with IBM System x
sponsored by IBM and Intel.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates the value of keeping your servers up to date with refresh and upgrades.
Posted: 07 Jul 2014 | Published: 18 Jun 2013

IBM and Intel.

The Future of IT: A Customer First Approach
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper covers a new approach IT has to take in treating its internal users like customers, focusing on and catering to their needs.
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 | Published: 13 Feb 2013

BMC Software, Inc.

A Better Way to Manage Desktops: HP Workplace Management Services
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need to give employees a full, flexible and configurable managed desktop environment to meet diverse business requirements and user productivity needs. Find out how HP can help.
Posted: 02 Sep 2014 | Published: 29 Aug 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise