


CLOUD COMPUTING
Cloud Computing Will Reshape IT Forever
While end users may never even know that the application they're using is coming from the cloud, IT will be completely transformed, and the business as a whole will have an entirely new way of viewing, using and paying for technology.
Enterprise Cloud Computing: Risk and Economics
Cloud computing can help optimize a company's capital investments by reducing its costs for hardware, software and real estate, resulting in a much lower total cost of ownership and, ultimately, a whole new way of looking at the economics of operational IT.
Properly Analyze the Value of the Cloud
Most analyses of the benefits of cloud computing are based on unrealistic total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), and capex/opex calculations. To fully understand the potential benefits of cloud computing, a new metric is required.
eBook: Breaking Down Software Development Roles
Sponsored by IBM
Software development is done differently at every organization. The process that one organization or person uses to develop software may work for their specific environment and situation, but may fail miserably in another set of circumstances. Despite the differences, there are fundamental roles that are filled at every organization where software is developed. Download this in-depth guide from the editors of DevX and learn more about these specific software development roles.
Optimizing Your IT Strategy for Risk Management
Business risk can come from within your organization or from the outside, even in the form of natural disasters and other unanticipated events. The consequences of inadequate risk management range from significant revenue loss and lost market share to damage to your brand and business reputation.
Whitepaper: The Business Case for Virtualization
Sponsored by HPA virtualized environment increases flexibility because a diverse range of resources can be added, changed, and moved as needed, to meet shifts in business demand. Resources can be scaled up or down quickly based on changing workloads. Virtualization techniques also improve resiliency by simplifying backup, failover, and disaster recovery solutions. Learn more.
Choosing the Right Cloud Computing Provider
The first step to moving your business into cloud computing is selecting a vendor that fits your needs. Download this Internet.com eBook for tips on vendor management, performance, metrics, security, and other considerations you need to choose your vendor, as well as a list of 20 vendors that are shaping the emerging cloud.
Internet.com Guide to Notebooks and Netbooks
Personal computers no longer need to fit on top of or under a desk. Today's global economy demands machines that can travel and maintain the same functionality as a desktop PC. Download this collection of reviews of notebooks, netbooks, and all-in-one PCs from Internet.com editors to help find the right machine for you.
Internet.com Guide to Mobile Phones
Mobile phones have come a long way in the last decade. From clunky devices that didn't fit comfortably in a pocket, to flip phones to touch screens, the latest devices surf the Web, deliver e-mail and run applications for any number of uses. Internet.com's editors review dozens of wireless devices, from cell phones to powerful smartphones that put the office in your pocket. Here's a look at some of the devices they've tested.
Aligning Business and IT in the Enterprise
IT's alignment with the business is critical to the success of an organization. This alignment often requires the key leaders to collaborate and focus on the execution and delivery of key programs. In many cases, successful collaboration means leaders need to have extensive conversations concerning what's vital to the business.
Managing a Successful SOA Deployment for Your Enterprise
Different enterprises embark on the journey toward a service oriented architecture (SOA) with different aims. The general goals include creating agility, enabling faster time to market, and encouraging reuse within the enterprise. None of these are easy to achieve and each requires a set of guidelines. Download this Internet.com eBook for guidance on how deploy and maintain an enterprise SOA.
What to Expect from Tech
Businesses are looking to get the most for their technology spending as the economy begins to grow, and new innovations like cloud computing and solid state drives can help. Download this Internet.com eBook to see what near-term future holds for servers, networking, storage, security, and more.
Guide to Managing an IT Staff
Why is managing technical people difficult? Some would say techies are socially inept and simply can't communicate well. While that may be true in some cases, saying so doesn't help managers deal with techies any better: It just defers the problem. Download this eBook for advice on how to bridge the communications gap.
Solving Common IT Security Problems
Securing an IT infrastructure can be a time-consuming task that leaves little time for the security emergencies that arise in the course of doing business. Download this Internet.com eBook for practical security advice on dealing with stolen laptops, securing wireless networks, encrypting sensitive data, keeping executives' PC secure, and more.
Tips for Selecting Software Vendors
IT managers need a proven, steadfast process for sifting through the hundreds of choices available for each enterprise software market segment. Whether you are evaluating CRM or RFID solutions, the same basic selection process applies. There are a series of steps for ensuring a result that will survive the intense, long-term scrutiny this level of investment will certainly attract.
25 Ways to Intelligently Cut IT Costs
Like many IT managers you're probably being asked to cut costs with as little impact as possible on services. Your IT organization has dozens of opportunities for cutting costs if you know where to look. Download this Internet.com eBook to identify your cost-cutting opportunities.
Turn Your E-Commerce Site into a Business
Almost anyone can be up and running selling products online in minutes, but to truly succeed you need think beyond the e-commerce site and build a business. Download this Internet.com eBook for advice on every step of the process, from building an e-commerce site to marketing your products and protecting against fraud.
An SMB's Guide to the World of Storage Technology
Regardless of industry, size, or age, businesses are awash in more data than ever before. Fewer business processes rely on paper, and the file cabinets that once filled offices for generations are now located on racks in the server room. The world of data storage can be intimidating to small businesses, but this Internet.com eBook can help you make informed decisions about your storage needs.

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