EGUIDE - This E-Guide drills down on what to keep top of mind regarding virtual machine backup, and how to avoid problems when backing up virtual machines.
Posted: August 31, 2010 | Published: August 31, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Virtual Machine Backups | VMware

EGUIDE - Improving DR plans is always top of mind for storage professionals at small and medium sized organizations. This guide provides storage pros with the necessary information to improve the effectiveness of their overall DR plan. You'll learn what to be aware of when putting a DR plan in place, as well as what every DR plan should have.
Posted: August 30, 2010 | Published: August 30, 2010


Topics:  Business Continuation Services | Business Continuity Planning | Business Process Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | RPO | RTO | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Identity Governance involves various identity-related processes including cleaning up existing user entitlements, building accurate role models and enacting policies and processes which help ensure delivery of appropriate privileges to users. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: August 25, 2010 | Published: August 2, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Access Rights | Authentication | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | IT Management | Security Policies

WEBCAST - Join this webcast for an informative session that will address the myriad of considerations associated with designing and implementing a successful Software Asset Management (SAM) program, including recommended approaches to mitigate risks and ensure program success.
Posted: August 24, 2010 | Premieres: September 9, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Asset Management Services | CIOs | IT Asset Management | Software | Software Asset Management | Software Licensing

WEBCAST - New technologies, demographic shifts, and emerging business models are fueling explosive growth in the cloud computing market. This webcast explores cloud computing, and provides valuable information on demographic shifts, next generation businesses, and new opportunities for service providers.
Posted: August 3, 2010 | Premiered: August 3, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Service Providers | Cloud Computing | Managed Security Services | Security | Security Best Practices | Software as a Service

ANALYST REPORT - This report is designed to help IT organizations more effectively plan for the adoption of solutions that can help bring together a unified view of IT service performance as it impacts business outcomes.
Posted: August 1, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Business Performance Management | Business Service Management | IT Management | IT Service Management | Service Level Management | Systems Management

TEST RESULTS - This IDG Research Services study demonstrates that CIOs and IT leaders recognize the business impact of application performance - it’s all about end-user and customer satisfaction, increasing productivity, and lowering costs.
Posted: August 1, 2010 | Published: May 3, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | CIOs | Customer Satisfaction | Productivity | User Experience

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how CA Technologies is helping IT manage changing environments and assure service levels across the enterprise.
Posted: August 1, 2010 | Published: July 30, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | Network Performance | Performance Testing | Service Level Management

EBOOK - As we enter the Application Delivery 2.0 era, leading edge IT organizations must develop plans for implementing an application delivery function that can respond to both the existing and the emerging challenges. The primary goal of this handbook is to help IT organizations plan for that transformation.
Posted: August 1, 2010 | Published: July 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | IT Management | Network Performance

ANALYST REPORT - According to Gartner, "Business is driving IT operations management to become increasingly application-centric. At the same time, applications are becoming more difficult to manage. How vendors respond to the application performance monitoring challenge will have a profound impact on their overall market positions." Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: July 30, 2010 | Published: February 18, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management

VIDEO - The assure stage of CA's Data Center of the Future strategy lifecyle aims to manage IT service quality and delivery based on business impact and priority - top-to-bottom and end-to-end. Watch this animated demo to learn more.
Posted: July 30, 2010 | Premiered: July 29, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Infrastructure Management | User Experience

WHITE PAPER - The management tools selected to support virtualization are essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff required to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Continue reading this white paper to learn more.
Posted: July 29, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Infrastructure Management | Network Performance | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine

EGUIDE - This expert e-guide on virtual security reveals four key points you must keep in mind to ease security integration as your virtualization project comes together. In addition, Gartner explains the six most common server virtualization security risks, along with advice on how to address each issue.
Posted: July 27, 2010 | Published: July 27, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Security | Security | Security Threats | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security

VIDEO - Join Neil MacDonald, Vice President and Research Fellow at Gartner, Inc., as he looks at the opportunities and risks – both for security and service – in adopting virtualization. Then, Gijo Mathew, VP of Security Management at CA, reveals how effective management approaches can provide a catalyst to achieving IT’s business and strategic goals.
Posted: July 27, 2010 | Premiered: July 27, 2010


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Security Management | Security Managers | Security Policies | Strategic Planning | Virtualization Security

WEBCAST - Join Matthew Gardiner, Director of Security Management at CA, for this webcast, in which he provides a framework for thinking about identity and how it relates to both the different modes in the cloud as well as the consumption and use of the cloud.
Posted: July 27, 2010 | Premiered: July 27, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Cloud Computing | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | Security Management | Security Policies | Security Threats