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How To Predict Which IT Innovations Will Succeed 2005-04-12 Forrester Research

IT products do not have a natural obsolescence. Thus, IT vendors must rely on innovation to periodically relaunch the hardware, software, and service markets. Both technology vendors and users constantly face the dilemma of funding or buying into an innovation without knowing its future. Studies on the economics of technological diffusion show that innovation adoption describes an S-shaped curve with two major inflection points: 1) the beginning of widespread market adoption, where sales take off, and 2) the beginning of market saturation, when market growth slows markedly. All successful IT innovations must satisfy four cascading criteria: 1) technological advantage; 2) economical advantage; 3) compatibility with vested interests; and 4) ability to encourage development of complementary elements. Additionally, the conventional wisdom about why and how innovations succeed is wrong. However, you can predict sales takeoff points by analyzing the evolution of the supply.

TechNet Webcast: Threat Mitigation for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 (Level 200) 2005-05-16 07:56:17 Microsoft

While migration to a newer platform is recommended, many customers have key business applications that will only run on legacy operating systems. This webcast offers prescriptive information and test plans for hardening legacy Windows clients and servers, with the goal of reducing the security risk factors for Windows NT and Windows 98 systems as much as possible. It also provides guidance on how to upgrade securely to newer operating systems.

MSDN Webcast: Developing Applications for Windows XP Media Center Edition (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200) 2005-05-16 08:02:36 Microsoft

The Media Center PC is becoming the "hub for whole-home entertainment." But did you know that creating software for Windows XP Media Center Edition is as easy as developing a Web site or writing a.NET class? This webcast demonstrates an intermediate-level approach to enhancing the Media Center user experience. Use .NET to create managed Add-Ins for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. This webcast shows you how to write background and on-demand add-ins that can interact with Media Center. The webcast also looks at how to interact with your add-in from a hosted HTML application.

Small Business Webcast: Windows XP Mobility Solutions (Part 1 of 3): Remote Desktop (Level 100) 2005-05-16 07:40:19 Microsoft

This webcast shows how you can enable Remote Desktop so you can work from any computer as if you were actually in front of your own PC.

CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets Unifies Operating Systems 2005-05-05 03:40:05 Sun Microsystems

As one of the leading brokerage, investment banking, and private equity houses in Asia, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets couldn't afford to ignore its mounting need for reliable data storage and rapid backup and recovery. When CLSA evaluated industry leading vendor support, the company was looking for unmatched cost savings and superior performance from a single operating system across servers. Sun's Solaris platform was the easy choice.

ColdFusion MX Migration Overview 2005-05-03 01:43:29 Macromedia

ColdFusion MX marks a major milestone in the evolution of ColdFusion. In addition to increasing performance and reliability, ColdFusion MX applications can take advantage of powerful new features, such as integrated support for web services and XML, ColdFusion components (CFCs), and Macromedia Flash Remoting. This paper provides an overview of the major considerations involved in migrating to Macromedia ColdFusion MX from a previous ColdFusion release.

Configuring and Managing Software RAID With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 2005-05-03 00:56:41 Dell

Hardware-based RAID controllers have long been the preferred method for implementing RAID storage because they offload the management of RAID arrays onto a separate processor, freeing precious system CPU cycles for other tasks. However, the price/performance ratio of CPUs has decreased, making software-based RAID a viable alternative for system administrators in Linux-based environments. The 2.4 kernel of the Linux operating system (OS) and its mature software RAID layer and management tools, particularly in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, enable administrators to build an inexpensive RAID implementation.

Business Moves Faster With HP Software Packaging Services 2005-04-08 05:36:28 Hewlett-Packard

The client is a leading U.S. Investment Bank. Maintenance and control of the desktop is one of the major challenges for banks today. To boost business and trader productivity by accelerating the deployment of new technology and applications and to maintain and improve the stability of the desktop environment with reduced costs in an area where they would otherwise rise steeply. It engaged HP to deliver comprehensive software packaging and certification. The HP service has greatly improved the stability, manageability and flexibility of the desktop environment. Costs are reduced by an estimated 30 to 50 per cent compared to using internal resources to do the same work.

The ROI of Defragmenting the Windows Enterprise 2003-04-01 Diskeeper

Why is defragmentation so important? This paper covers disk fragmentation, the problems it creates, and how that translates to lost time and productivity on a massive scale. IDC conducted lab tests to find the actual performance and productivity losses caused by fragmentation and analyzed the costs vs. ROI for different methods of dealing with the problem. Read this white paper and see why defragmentation is vital to maintaining productivity and controlling costs.

Identifying Common Reliability/Stability Problems Caused by File Fragmentation 2006-03-01 Diskeeper

Sure, disk fragmentation affects system performancebut do you know why and how? As the author of Diskeeper®, the Number One Automatic Defragmenter, Diskeeper Corporation has spent countless hours researching the causes and consequences of disk fragmentation. This white paper is a concise outline that shows the specific problems that can be related to disk fragmentation. Read this paper from Diskeeper Corporation for a thorough understanding of fragmentation symptoms and why they occur.

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Title	Date Added	Company
How To Predict Which IT Innovations Will Succeed	2005-04-12	Forrester Research
IT products do not have a natural obsolescence. Thus, IT vendors must rely on innovation to periodically relaunch the hardware, software, and service markets. Both technology vendors and users constantly face the dilemma of funding or buying into an innovation without knowing its future. Studies on the economics of technological diffusion show that innovation adoption describes an S-shaped curve with two major inflection points: 1) the beginning of widespread market adoption, where sales take off, and 2) the beginning of market saturation, when market growth slows markedly. All successful IT innovations must satisfy four cascading criteria: 1) technological advantage; 2) economical advantage; 3) compatibility with vested interests; and 4) ability to encourage development of complementary elements. Additionally, the conventional wisdom about why and how innovations succeed is wrong. However, you can predict sales takeoff points by analyzing the evolution of the supply.
TechNet Webcast: Threat Mitigation for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 (Level 200)	2005-05-16 07:56:17	Microsoft
While migration to a newer platform is recommended, many customers have key business applications that will only run on legacy operating systems. This webcast offers prescriptive information and test plans for hardening legacy Windows clients and servers, with the goal of reducing the security risk factors for Windows NT and Windows 98 systems as much as possible. It also provides guidance on how to upgrade securely to newer operating systems.
MSDN Webcast: Developing Applications for Windows XP Media Center Edition (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)	2005-05-16 08:02:36	Microsoft
The Media Center PC is becoming the "hub for whole-home entertainment." But did you know that creating software for Windows XP Media Center Edition is as easy as developing a Web site or writing a.NET class? This webcast demonstrates an intermediate-level approach to enhancing the Media Center user experience. Use .NET to create managed Add-Ins for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. This webcast shows you how to write background and on-demand add-ins that can interact with Media Center. The webcast also looks at how to interact with your add-in from a hosted HTML application.
Small Business Webcast: Windows XP Mobility Solutions (Part 1 of 3): Remote Desktop (Level 100)	2005-05-16 07:40:19	Microsoft
This webcast shows how you can enable Remote Desktop so you can work from any computer as if you were actually in front of your own PC.
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets Unifies Operating Systems	2005-05-05 03:40:05	Sun Microsystems
As one of the leading brokerage, investment banking, and private equity houses in Asia, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets couldn't afford to ignore its mounting need for reliable data storage and rapid backup and recovery. When CLSA evaluated industry leading vendor support, the company was looking for unmatched cost savings and superior performance from a single operating system across servers. Sun's Solaris platform was the easy choice.
ColdFusion MX Migration Overview	2005-05-03 01:43:29	Macromedia
ColdFusion MX marks a major milestone in the evolution of ColdFusion. In addition to increasing performance and reliability, ColdFusion MX applications can take advantage of powerful new features, such as integrated support for web services and XML, ColdFusion components (CFCs), and Macromedia Flash Remoting. This paper provides an overview of the major considerations involved in migrating to Macromedia ColdFusion MX from a previous ColdFusion release.
Configuring and Managing Software RAID With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	2005-05-03 00:56:41	Dell
Hardware-based RAID controllers have long been the preferred method for implementing RAID storage because they offload the management of RAID arrays onto a separate processor, freeing precious system CPU cycles for other tasks. However, the price/performance ratio of CPUs has decreased, making software-based RAID a viable alternative for system administrators in Linux-based environments. The 2.4 kernel of the Linux operating system (OS) and its mature software RAID layer and management tools, particularly in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, enable administrators to build an inexpensive RAID implementation.
Business Moves Faster With HP Software Packaging Services	2005-04-08 05:36:28	Hewlett-Packard
The client is a leading U.S. Investment Bank. Maintenance and control of the desktop is one of the major challenges for banks today. To boost business and trader productivity by accelerating the deployment of new technology and applications and to maintain and improve the stability of the desktop environment with reduced costs in an area where they would otherwise rise steeply. It engaged HP to deliver comprehensive software packaging and certification. The HP service has greatly improved the stability, manageability and flexibility of the desktop environment. Costs are reduced by an estimated 30 to 50 per cent compared to using internal resources to do the same work.
The ROI of Defragmenting the Windows Enterprise	2003-04-01	Diskeeper
Why is defragmentation so important? This paper covers disk fragmentation, the problems it creates, and how that translates to lost time and productivity on a massive scale. IDC conducted lab tests to find the actual performance and productivity losses caused by fragmentation and analyzed the costs vs. ROI for different methods of dealing with the problem. Read this white paper and see why defragmentation is vital to maintaining productivity and controlling costs.
Identifying Common Reliability/Stability Problems Caused by File Fragmentation	2006-03-01	Diskeeper
Sure, disk fragmentation affects system performancebut do you know why and how? As the author of Diskeeper®, the Number One Automatic Defragmenter, Diskeeper Corporation has spent countless hours researching the causes and consequences of disk fragmentation. This white paper is a concise outline that shows the specific problems that can be related to disk fragmentation. Read this paper from Diskeeper Corporation for a thorough understanding of fragmentation symptoms and why they occur.