SDD Reports

Watson – A System Designed for Answers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Following four years of research and development, IBM's Watson debuted on Jeopardy! last year, competing at the level of human experts in terms of precision, confidence and speed. This white paper details Watson's workload optimized system design, how it's a glimpse into the future of systems design and why it offers a new computing paradigm.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

IBM

November Information Security Magazine - Re-architect Your Provisioning System Into a First Line of Defense for Access Management
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
EZINE: November's edition of Information Security Magazine covers a variety of IT security related topics. Check out this e-zine to learn about re-architecting your provisioning system, meeting mandates in the cloud, how the economy is affecting information security professionals, and much more!
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 | Published: 10 Nov 2010

Information Security Magazine

Initial Investment Payback Analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710 solution vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 solution
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
TEST RESULTS: In this report, we estimate both the number of older solutions each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution can replace and the payback period for replacing those older solutions. One key finding discovered is that each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution can replace up to nine Dell PowerEdge 2850 solutions, and could yield a payback in around 9 months.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

General Introduction to Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Sizing
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Review this white paper to explore the latest architectural improvements in Exchange Server 2010 along with the sizing and server role considerations for this upgrade. In addition, learn more about deployment models and example hardware options.
Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 11 Apr 2013

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Red Hat JBoss Business Rules Management System: Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: In this informative technology detail, discover best practices for development with Red Hat JBoss business rules management system. It will focus on three key areas of rules development: rule authoring, designing the domain or fact model and various aspects related to rule execution.
Posted: 07 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

Red Hat

A Guide to Systems Planning for Data Center Management
sponsored by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, you will learn how to eliminate systems planning problems with an orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final data center design.
Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 03 Feb 2009

Schneider Electric

Solitaire Interglobal: Comparing Virtualization Methods for Business - Executive Summary
sponsored by IBM.
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for a deep dive analysis of the business differentiators among x86, UNIX, and System z virtualization technologies to help you determine the right path for your data center.
Posted: 21 May 2013 | Published: 22 May 2012

IBM.

Workload-Optimized Systems For Superior Business Value
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper examines why making the right server choices can help solve many challenges. It contrasts x86 multi-cores with Power Systems and mainframes. Read on to learn how making the right server choices can help an enterprise realize greater ROI while also helping extracting greater business value from the servers that it buys.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

IBM

Gaining a competitive advantage with agile systems
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
EGUIDE: The ability to respond faster to market changes has always been an imperative in a competitive marketplace. Businesses today have the technology to deliver real-time information and automate processes -- two keys to agility -- but IT systems themselves must also be smarter and faster.
Posted: 27 Dec 2013 | Published: 27 Dec 2013

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Ten Critical Success Factors for CRM: Lessons Learned from Successful Implementations
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Customer relationship management (CRM) deployments can be complex and difficult. This white paper provides a checklist of the ten critical success factors for organizations to follow to avoid common pitfalls as they design and deploy their CRM system.
Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2006

Oracle Corporation