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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

EMA/CXP Research Report: The Changing Role of the Service Desk in the Age of Cloud and Agile
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper reveals the results of a study that will show you how and why your IT service desk needs to adapt to the times.
Posted: 02 Apr 2014 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

IBM

Ease of Use in Web Conferencing – The Cost Benefits Of Making Usability a Priority
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The benefits of Web conferencing have motivated many to become proficient at its use. But the economic downturn has brought a new urgency to finding ways to cut costs and work together efficiently. This study examines the role of usability as the major issue that stands in the way of truly beneficial adoption of web conferencing by the mainstream.
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 | Published: 18 Feb 2009

IBM

Transitioning to a Dynamic Data Center
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: The speed of change in global markets and the challenges of new modes of business demand companies operate in and react to quickly changing landscapes. Nowhere is this more critical than in the means and methods the enterprise uses to power its business, typically via IT services.
Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

Hitachi Vantara

Delivering IT as a Service With a Software-Defined Data Center
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper explains what ITaaS actually is, as well as the opportunities and challenges it delivers.
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2013

VMware, Inc.

IT as a service provider: Accelerating business results
sponsored by Dell Software
WHITE PAPER: In this resource, learn how you can increase collaboration between business and IT, with a multi-cloud management technology. Read on to discover how it enables IT to take and maintain control over cloud operations, while seamlessly meeting all the needs of business users.
Posted: 31 Oct 2013 | Published: 23 Oct 2013

Dell Software

Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores the sources of friction between business users and IT and offers up recommendations on how to adjust your strategy to minimize these problems.
Posted: 27 Feb 2014 | Published: 17 Apr 2013

BMC Software, Inc.

Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains how much of the Enterprise IT community is at a crossroads in extending their journey to the private cloud: Companies must virtualize their business critical applications in order to reap the benefits of cloud computing.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

VMware, Inc.

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.

Rethinking People Costs in Enterprise IT
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to assess your IT people spend and position IT as a central driver of business growth.
Posted: 15 Oct 2014 | Published: 12 Aug 2014

Rackspace Technology