Computerworld UK's White Papers

Diagnosing the cause of poor application performance

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:51:00 GMT

Why having the right diagnostic tool can enable network professionals to quickly identify and resolve a problem

When it comes to troubleshooting application performance issues, there are two steps you can take to make diagnosis easier, faster and more accurate. First, understand the common causes of application performance problems; and, second, use the right tool to diagnose them. This paper will outline some of these causes and will explain why having the right diagnostic tool can enable network professionals to quickly identify and resolve a problem.

Cloud Computing in Perspective

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

With all the noise in the market about cloud computing, how do you know where to begin?

Many CIOs recognise the power of cloud computing and are looking to implement the technology in their own IT realms. By understanding the underlying service-related delivery requirements that are needed, you can successfully take full advantage of cloud computing technology for your enterprise so that you can improve service delivery to the business. Here are some questions to help you get the process started:

Best Practice Insights: Focus on ITIL Service Operation

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:44:00 GMT

Meet ITIL objectives for service operation and manage IT from a business perspective

As discussed in Chapter 7 of this booklet, look for solutions that can help your organisation meet ITIL objectives for service operation and enable you to manage IT from a business perspective. These solutions should cover application management, asset management, configuration management, capacity management, identity management, infrastructure management, and IT service support.

Opportunities for the Cloud in the Enterprise

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:33:00 GMT

The next evolutionary step toward elastic IT

Cloud computing represents the next evolutionary step toward elastic IT. It will transform the way your IT infrastructure is constituted and managed, through consumable services for infrastructure, platform, and applications. This will convert your IT infrastructure from a "factory" into a "supply chain".

Application modernisation and migration trends in 2009/2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:21:00 GMT

Are you leveraging or missing an opportunity?

This whitepaper looks at the results of a recent survey conducted by Forrester Consulting into the current trends and attitudes towards application modernisation and migration.

Solving the desktop dilemma

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:14:00 GMT

With user-centric desktop virtualisation for the enterprise

Many organisations overcome the challenges associated with traditional desktop computing by adopting VMware virtualisation technology. Discover how desktop virtualisation enhances flexibility for end users while providing better IT security, control, and cost effectiveness.

Strategic mobile deployments

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:47:00 GMT

Mobility platforms position your business for 2010 - and beyond

If your organisation has deployed as few as three mobile applications, or is supporting multiple mobile device types and operating systems, a mobile platform should be part of your 2010 IT strategy. Deploying a single enterprise platform that will mobilise your entire workforce can deliver new business value (increased productivity and improved efficiencies) while protecting current IT investments. A mobile enterprise platform also enhances the value of existing business platforms by making them accessible to users anywhere at anytime.

3 best practices for integrating change and compliance in the data centre

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:21:00 GMT

Reduce labour costs, improve time-to-market, increase staff productivity, and lower cost of compliance

This paper presents an approach that enables IT to be highly responsive to the business while maintaining and demonstrating compliance with internal and external policies, standards, and regulations. It focuses on automating change management to ensure agility while effectively controlling change to maintain compliance.

Thin provisioning

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:27:00 GMT

Eliminating allocated but unused storage and accelerating ROI

This white paper discusses the problem of allocated, but unused, storage — the storage that has already been assigned to applications and file systems, but has not actually be written to. It also considers the high tax organizations pay to provision storage in typical environments. 3PAR Thin Provisioning is then explained and proposed as an alternative to both of these issues. The result is a dramatic reduction in capital and operating expense, and much greater cost control relative to project outcome. Return on application investment is also accelerated because IT can quickly deploy new applications without the delays associated with traditional provisioning. In addition to the business benefits of this alternative, attention is given to how 3PAR Thin Provisioning works within the context of the 3PAR InForm Operating System.

Business service efficiency: The key to green IT and profitability

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:13:00 GMT

Learn how to eliminate 1000 servers and save on costs

Data centres consume more energy than any other environment in most companies. This paper presents a holistic approach that addresses Green IT within the broader context of increasing business service efficiency and reducing the cost of IT.

Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:13:00 GMT

Learn how to eliminate 1000 servers and save on costs

Data Centers consume more energy than any other environment in most companies. This paper presents a holistic approach that addresses Green IT within the broader context of increasing business service efficiency and reducing the cost of IT.

Strategic IT financial management

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:39:00 GMT

Achieve higher organisational performance

Enterprise value is maximised through market leadership, and market leadership is achieved through successful,strategically-aligned innovation. However, IT Finance departments spend so much time on transaction and control processes that they have little time to think about contributing to innovation in their organisation.

Aligning your IT organisation with profit centres

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:34:00 GMT

5 important steps that every IT organisation needs to take for successful alignment

Most companies spend 60 - 80% of their total IT budget on running the business. Delivering IT value is always a priority, but many CIOs and executives are overburdened with limited budgets and resources, and increasing demand. Occasionally there are problems with an IT organisation’s performance, but more likely there are issues caused by the structure of the IT organisation and its alignment in the company.

Aligning your IT organisation with the profit centres

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:34:00 GMT

Executive brief

Most companies spend 60 - 80% of their total IT dollars on running the business (RTB). Delivering IT value is always a priority, but many CIOs and executives are overburdened with limited budgets and resources, and increasing demand. Occasionally there are problems with an IT organisation’s performance, but more likely there are issues caused by the structure of the IT organisation and its alignment in the company.

Unleashing the power of virtualisation 2010

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:54:00 GMT

Cloud computing and the perceptions of European business

As companies become able to automate, manage and secure virtualised environments, they will increasingly operate internal clouds and begin to federate to the external cloud when they need to. Over the coming years, as confidence builds more and more companies will resource capacity and applications from the external cloud.

IDC White Paper: Quantifying the business value of VMware View

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:06:00 GMT

A platform for the targeted deployment of a CVD computing architecture

The paper is an analysis of organizations adopting a centralized virtual desktop (CVD) computing environment with the use of VMware View. It demonstrates that investment in the technology can result in significant business value with very high return on investment (ROI).

Quantifying the business Value of VMware View

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:06:00 GMT

IDC Whitepaper

This whitepaper provides a quantitative measurement of the business value, defined as the expected ROI, associated with the use of VMware View as a platform for the targeted deployment of a CVD computing architecture. It further provides an analysis of the View Composer and ThinApp features of VMware View, including a quatification of the value associated with the features and an overview of how they work.

Ride the express lane in the journey to speed ITIL adoption

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:46:00 GMT

How to speed up the adoption of ITIL in your organisation

The journey to ITIL is challenging and requires clarity of vision and a disciplined execution to achieve that vision. By following ITIL practices, your IT organisation will become more closely integrated with the business. BMC recommends making the journey to ITIL in a sequence of six incremental steps, the phases of which are driven through execution of a strategic transformational roadmap.

Choosing the right device for your mobile applications

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:28:00 GMT

A guide for business

Mobile user access to ERP and other back office systems is where many of the key benefits of mobile systems lie. Without mobile access, up to 65% of system users are disadvantaged by needing to return to a desktop, often some time after a job is completed, to enter data relating to that job and get information about other jobs. Frequently that information is either lost or simply not entered at all.

Illuminata: HP's Virtualisation Bundles

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:56:00 GMT

Integrate the Virtual Storage Engine

At first sight server virtualization can be deceptively easy, especially when virtualising a few non-critical applications. The real benefits however in virtualising the business critical applications and this also requires significant investment of both time and resources.

Edison Group: Comparative Management Cost Survey

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:51:00 GMT

Workload Weighting for Mid-range Storage Array Administrators

This white paper informs readers about the time and cost savings, from a storage administrator's perspective, that can be realized from using StorageWorks EVA.

IDC: The Business Value of Storage Virtualisation

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:46:00 GMT

Scaling the Storage Solution: Leveraging the Storage Investment

Today’s challenging business environment demands that IT managers extend the business value of past and future IT investments while boosting the efficiency of their IT operations. Tightening budgets, business and regulatory requirements are driving major, unavoidable increases in information creation and long-term retention. Given today’s tighter budgets, IT teams must look for ways to accommodate this growth by making better use of installed and soon-to-be-purchased storage systems. Download this whitepaper to find out how to make a business case for implementing a storage virtualisation solution.

The Context and Value of Fully Virtualised Storage Infrastructure

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:41:00 GMT

ESG Lab Report

As the costs of IT have risen, fuelled by massive demand-side increases that have exceeded the supply side cost reductions, it has become essential to add increase efficiency without impacting existing operational effectiveness. Read this whitepaper to find out HP’s approach to storage virtualisation can help you realise significant business benefits

Seven ways ITIL can help you in an economic downturn

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:06:00 GMT

Be both more competitive today and poised for growth when the economy rebounds

IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL®) best practices promote a well-functioning, collaborative IT environment that can enable the business and your IT organisation to cope with the effects of economic stress. ITIL can help you to deliver higher-performing technology services that help your business to be both more competitive today and poised for growth when the economy rebounds.

Why business rules?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:52:00 GMT

A case for business users of information technology

To the business, the IT system development cycle appears to be a long, drawn-out process. Further, once the policy managers approve the requirements, it is often a leap of faith that the implementation will fulfill their requirements. It is not easy for policy managers to follow their requirements through the implementation process once they are transformed into technical code. In the implementers’ defense, what they receive as requirements is often not sufficiently detailed and precise; many requirements are determined once the development process has started, sometimes with the concurrence of the business people and other times at the discretion of the development team.