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whitepaper How to Calculate Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) for Electronic Products2009-09-25 PE INTERNATIONAL
  To comply with international standards for carbon footprinting (PAS 2050, ISO 14040, and the upcoming ISO 14067), a product carbon footprint has to account for emissions from cradle to grave - that is, from initial resource extraction to final disposal, including manufacturing, use-related impacts, and transportation or shipping. PE International deployed high-quality process-based datasets which accurately represent typical electronic components. PE International, creators of the GaBi 4 Life Cycle Inventory databases, provides market-leading environmental impact databases for creating product carbon footprints, including an electronics-specific emissions database.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Text Message Solution Helps Smokers Quit2009-09-23 Microsoft
  The Quit Group is a charitable trust that provides smoking cessation programs for New Zealanders. The Quit Group was tasked by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to deliver and evaluate a text message-based smoking cessation solution to reach out to young smokers and help them quit smoking. With help from Microsoft Certified Partner HSAGlobal, The Quit Group deployed STOMP (Stop smoking Over Mobile Phone), a text message-based smoking cessation solution built on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0. The solution, renamed as 'Txt2Quit', has had a high impact on health and wellness by helping smokers in New Zealand to quit smoking, and augments The Quit Group's range of smoking cessation programs.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper How Ready Are You to Upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008?2009-09-22 Dell
  There has been a lot of buzz about Server 2008, otherwise known as Longhorn. But the question on many IT peoples' minds is whether their infrastructure is ready for it. Wouldn't it great if there was a tool that would let you know? Fortunately a Readiness Advisory Utility is available that scans your infrastructure and lets you know just how ready you are, and where there are areas that need work before upgrading. So listen to some expert advice from Jemilson Pierrelouis, who is a senior software engineer at Dell, and one of those who is developing the Utility.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Security Administration, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE Cluster Edition2009-09-17 Sybase
  Sybase and Symantec are working together to optimize Sybase's Virtualized Resource Management™ technology framework found in ASE Cluster Edition for Veritas Storage Foundation HA. The new solution delivers a truly integrated database and storage clustering solution providing administrative efficiency, higher availability and improved performance. Learn more in an on demand webcast.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Database Virtualization Using Clusters: Cheaper, Easier, Faster, Better2009-09-17 Sybase
  Learn how a virtualization approach that is built into the database can create deployment flexibility for better service levels, shift workloads for less downtime, and free-up valuable DBA resources to focus on high-value activities.

Guest speakers:

Carl Olofson, Research Vice President for IDC
Peter Thawley, Senior Director & Architect for Sybase

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, Data Tools		   
whitepaper IBM Virtualization Services2009-09-16 IBM
  Virtualization is a powerful technology and can have profound effects on the datacenter; however, it should be viewed as a component of an overall IT strategy that will be able to support the enterprise's needs. IDC recommends that enterprises look at the entire architecture and determine how to best deploy virtualization

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, Data Infrastructure, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Creating a Dynamic Infrastructure through Virtualization2009-09-16 IBM
  In almost every case,the transformation to a dynamic infrastructure will involve virtualization.Many IT professionals think of virtualization specifically in terms of servers.IBM,however,has a broader perspective,in which virtualization is seen as a generalapproach to decouple logical resources from physical elements,so that thoseresources can be allocated faster,more cost-effectively and more dynamically,wherever the business requires them in real time to ideally meet changingdemand levels or business requirements.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Dynamic Infrastructure Helping Build a Smarter PlanetDelivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed2009-09-16 IBM
  In this smarter world, we need our infrastructure to propel us forward, not hold us back. This infrastructure becomes instrumented, interconnected and intelligent to bring together the business and IT infrastructure to create new possibilities across the business. IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats, while also laying a foundation for breakthrough productivity, accelerated value creation and the increased velocity needed to achieve the faster pace that business and society demand.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Power Distributor Switches Server Infrastructure and Cuts Costs2009-09-13 Microsoft
  Powerco is New Zealand's second largest electricity and gas distribution company, servicing approximately 410,000 consumers across the upper central and lower central North Island. Powerco had previously maintained both Oracle RAC and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 platforms, which meant the business incurred the expense of supporting, operating and maintaining two systems. Powerco sought to consolidate to a single server platform to help simplify its IT environment, and identified SQL Server as the most cost-effective and manageable solution. With the help of Microsoft Gold Partner, SQL Services Ltd, Powerco has commenced migration to SQL Server. The consolidation has enabled Powerco to eliminate significant costs, making it easier to manage and maintain systems in-house, without the need to invest in external consultants.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Desktop Client OS		   
whitepaper Reducing the Cost of Achieving PCI Compliance with Lumension Compliance and IT Risk Management2009-09-12 Lumension
  Reducing the Cost of Achieving PCI Compliance with Lumension® Compliance and IT Risk Management Organizations across the globe are required to demonstrate PCI compliance to ensure that cardholder data is protected and secure from numerous internal and external threats. The challenge for most organizations is that demonstrating compliance is usually performed on an ad hoc basis and without a clear process to regularly support multiple audit requests. Most organizations struggle to gather au¬dit data and compliance measurements due to a lack of automated compliance workflows across the organization. Some of the typical issues around PCI compliance in¬clude the following:
  • High cost of demonstrating compliance
  • Lack of standardized IT audit processes
  • Reporting on multiple regulations, mandates and policies
  • Lack of enterprise visibility and prioritization of IT risk
This whitepaper will examine PCI DSS and explain how Lumension® Compliance and IT Risk Management can help organizations reduce the cost of addressing compliance by streamlining and automating the IT audit process, unifying control and compliance frameworks, automating assessment and remediation processes, and enabling continuous monitor¬ing of their compliance and IT risk management posture

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, IT Budgeting, IT Budgeting