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IBM

Overview: At IBM, we strive to lead in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics.

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Research offered by IBM

A Look at Websphere Service Registry and Repository, and Organizational Change Management by IBM August 2008 - This webcast talks about SOA governance, the IBM SOA governance model and the ways IBM assists clients with SOA governance.

  view A Look at Websphere Service Registry and Repository, and Organizational Change Management research abstract

Actionable Enterprise Architecture by IBM November 2008 - Enterprises undergo costly efforts in defining their Enterprise Architecture (EA) to ensure their software development is flexible for their business.

  view Actionable Enterprise Architecture research abstract

An Evaluation of Buy versus Build for Portal Solutions by IDC by IBM August 2008 - This IDC white paper presents the results of an IDC study, sponsored by IBM, that quantifies and compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of in-house portals.

  view An Evaluation of Buy versus Build for Portal Solutions by IDC research abstract

Anchor General Achieves Straight-through Processing of New Policies with IBM Enterprise Content Management and Business Process Management by IBM September 2008 - Moving to a STP model gives Anchor General a critical advantage - issuing policies at the point of sale in hours rather than days.

  view Anchor General Achieves Straight-through Processing of New Policies with IBM Enterprise Content Management and Business Process Management research abstract

Best Practices for Measuring Data Center Energy Efficiency by IBM December 2008 - In this videocast, power and cooling expert Ken Brill explains how to define and measure data center energy efficiency.

  view Best Practices for Measuring Data Center Energy Efficiency research abstract

Big Is In: X86 Buying Trends by IBM October 2008 - Read the Gabriel Consulting x86 Server Vendor Preference Survey to learn why IBM is positioned as the leader for greater than 4-socket computing.

  view Big Is In: X86 Buying Trends research abstract

BladeCenter HS 12 and JS 12 Video by IBM September 2008 - Find out how the IBM BladeCenter HS12 and JS12 deliver availability, scalability and redundancy by watching this video.

  view BladeCenter HS 12 and JS 12 Video research abstract

BladeCenter Visual Tour by IBM September 2008 - Get inside the IBM BladeCenter S with this 3D Virtual Tour that lets you dissect the BladeCenter chassis and look through its components.

  view BladeCenter Visual Tour research abstract

Building a Collaborative Risk Management Strategy by IBM August 2008 - Check out this videocast and learn how collaborative risk management can help your company maintain an acceptable level of risk without compromising overall security.

  view Building a Collaborative Risk Management Strategy research abstract

CA Cleanup: Mainframe Security Databases: ACF2, Top Secret, IBM RACF by IBM June 2008 - Over a period of time security databases accumulate unused, obsolete user ids and entitlements. This demonstration showcases the three causes and solution sets to security data accumulation.

  view CA Cleanup: Mainframe Security Databases: ACF2, Top Secret, IBM RACF research abstract

CA Mainframe Security Compliance by IBM June 2008 - In this video, learn how to combat against regulatory, staffing and audit pressures that security management shortcomings bring to the table.

  view CA Mainframe Security Compliance research abstract

Control Application Data Growth before It Controls Your Business by IBM December 2008 - Businesses rely on ERP and CRM applications which collects information from a variety of sources to support business operations. This paper describes some ways organizations can address data growth issues through the power of enterprise data managemt.

  view Control Application Data Growth before It Controls Your Business research abstract

Controlling Application Data Growth in the IBM z/OS Environment by IBM December 2008 - This white paper explains how the IBM® Optim™ Data Growth Solution for z/OS offers proven capabilities that align the management of application data with your business objectives to maintain z/OS service levels and control costs.

  view Controlling Application Data Growth in the IBM z/OS Environment research abstract

Creating a Green Data Center to Help Reduce Energy Costs and Gain a Competitive Advantage by IBM October 2008 - The data center is often the engine that drives the growth of the enterprise, and energy efficiency is the key.

  view Creating a Green Data Center to Help Reduce Energy Costs and Gain a Competitive Advantage research abstract

Data quality best practices: How to get started, build a business case and structure programs by IBM September 2008 - Get updated information and data quality best practices, from expert Larry English. Find out how to get started, build a business case and structure program teams for data quality success.

  view Data quality best practices: How to get started, build a business case and structure programs research abstract

Demo Application Server Revolution: Feature Packs and the New World of SOA + Web 2.0 by IBM August 2008 - This video shows customers the power WAS 6.1 has to bring you future: SOA + Web 2.0 unites!

  view Demo Application Server Revolution: Feature Packs and the New World of SOA + Web 2.0 research abstract

Develop Effective User Management To Demonstrate Compliance Efforts and Achieve Business Value by IBM December 2008 - Learn how IBM solutions can help organizations support compliance efforts and business requirements through user management solutions based on IBM Tivoli Identity Manager software and other IBM offerings.

  view Develop Effective User Management To Demonstrate Compliance Efforts and Achieve Business Value research abstract

Enabling Sustainable Compliance Management across the Organization by IBM December 2008 - This paper discusses the growing tide of data security standards and regulations and the need for a sustainable security compliance strategy.

  view Enabling Sustainable Compliance Management across the Organization research abstract

Ensure Upgrade Success with PeopleSoft Enterprise Archiving Strategies by IBM August 2008 - This white paper explores how managing data growth can inevitably ease your next upgrade process, and provide accessibility for data retention compliance and reporting purposes.

  view Ensure Upgrade Success with PeopleSoft Enterprise Archiving Strategies research abstract

Enterprise Data Management: 7 Principles for Oracle E-Business Suite Archiving by IBM August 2008 - This white paper outlines seven basic principles for successfully managing your Business-critical ERP applications and application data.

  view Enterprise Data Management: 7 Principles for Oracle E-Business Suite Archiving research abstract

Enterprise Report Management: A Market Assessment by IBM September 2008 - This white paper from AIIM International is based on findings from a recent survey conducted by AIIM on enterprise report management (ERM).

  view Enterprise Report Management: A Market Assessment research abstract

ESG Report: Emerging Green Initiative and Needs in IT by IBM October 2008 - Information Infrastructure solutions from IBM System Storage can help cut energy costs and increase operational efficiency, to help meet new green requirements.

  view ESG Report: Emerging Green Initiative and Needs in IT research abstract

Forrester on Virtualization: Unraveling Advanced Virtualization Architectures & Techniques by IBM September 2008 - Virtualization continues to be the dominant buzz-word for businesses wanting to reduce IT costs, and ultimately create a more flexible, efficient and automated applications workload environment for next generation computing infrastructures.

  view Forrester on Virtualization: Unraveling Advanced Virtualization Architectures & Techniques research abstract

Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs, an Interview with Joe Clabby by IBM December 2008 - Joe reveals what technology he feels will have the biggest influence on the data center's costs and what else enterprises can do besides dumping air for water cooling.

  view Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs, an Interview with Joe Clabby research abstract

Green IT Best Practices: A User Testimonial Calculate and Report on Carbon Emissions with Confidence by IBM October 2008 - This webcast tells how IBM customer, C-Lock uses IBM Software and the IBM Business Process Accelerator to automate manual processes and develop a real-time greenhouse gas meter called "GreenCert".

  view Green IT Best Practices: A User Testimonial Calculate and Report on Carbon Emissions with Confidence research abstract

Hacking 101 - The Top 10 Attacks in Web Applications by IBM November 2008 - In this webcast, learn about the top 10 attacks most web applications are vulnerable to and the most common of these.

  view Hacking 101 - The Top 10 Attacks in Web Applications research abstract

Hierarchical Storage Management for Database Growth by IBM December 2008 - Database growth is a challenge for most organizations. Every organization needs to have a clearly defined strategy that matches company policies and financial resources. In this document we've offered six options to consider as part of that strategy.

  view Hierarchical Storage Management for Database Growth research abstract

How to Drive Business Efficiency with a Green Mind by IBM October 2008 - See how IBM can help your company implement electronic forms and Web 2.0 portal solutions to reduce paper use and automate processes for money, energy and time savings.

  view How to Drive Business Efficiency with a Green Mind research abstract

IBM Application Security Solutions Demo by IBM December 2008 - IBM's application security solutions allow companies to preemptively and actively protect applications from external and internal threats, increase efficiencies, support compliance and improve an organization's overall security posture.

  view IBM Application Security Solutions Demo research abstract

IBM Complimentary Security Health Scan by IBM June 2008 - This complimentary Security Health Scan from IBM can give you some immediate insight. Get up to the minute statistics and detailed actionable information surrounding the current state of your security posture. Sign up today!

  view IBM Complimentary Security Health Scan research abstract

IBM Enterprise Content Management and System Storage Solutions: Working Together by IBM October 2008 - This IBM Redbooks publication will provide the necessary information to IBMers, business partners, and customers on how to implement FileNet ECM with IBM Storage Solutions.

  view IBM Enterprise Content Management and System Storage Solutions: Working Together research abstract

IBM ESB Demo by IBM June 2008 - In this demo learn about IBM's ESB portfolio which enables a business to make a comprehensive, flexible and consistent approach to integration. Whatever your ESB infrastructure needs are, IBM has the integration middleware that can meet them.

  view IBM ESB Demo research abstract

IBM Fall 2008 Green IT Catalog by IBM October 2008 - In the IBM Software for a Greener World catalog you'll find stories of actual customers who reduced energy consumption and IT costs - by using IBM software to better manage their people, workloads and infrastructure.

  view IBM Fall 2008 Green IT Catalog research abstract

IBM Identity and Access Management Demo by IBM December 2008 - This illustrated demo shows how IBM offers a smarter, business-driven approach to Identity and Access Management.

  view IBM Identity and Access Management Demo research abstract

IBM Identity and Access Management Podcast: "I Thought We Were Safe from Insider Threats?" by IBM December 2008 - Proper information security requires protecting the organization's information assets against all types of threats, maintaining the confidentiality, availability and integrity of those corporate assets.

  view IBM Identity and Access Management Podcast: "I Thought We Were Safe from Insider Threats?" research abstract

IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced software: breaking new ground for unified communications and collaboration by IBM November 2008 - As business accelerates, it becomes increasingly important for employees to communicate with one another from anywhere, at any time. IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced software can help you deliver robust, unified communications and collaboration capabilities.

  view IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced software: breaking new ground for unified communications and collaboration research abstract

IBM Optim Data Privacy Solution for SAP by IBM October 2008 - The IBM® Optim™ Data Privacy Solution for SAP® offers comprehensive, proven capabilities for de-identifying test data, making the data appropriate for testing.

  view IBM Optim Data Privacy Solution for SAP research abstract

IBM Security Webcast - "The Danger Inside - The Top 5 Strategies for Addressing Insider Risk by IBM August 2008 - This webcast describes what can happen when a trusted insider uses the confidence placed in him/her to circumvent or avoid controls intended to protect business processes or sensitive information.

  view IBM Security Webcast - "The Danger Inside - The Top 5 Strategies for Addressing Insider Risk research abstract

IBM Software: A Green Strategy for Your Entire Organization by IBM October 2008 - This paper explores optimization strategies and demonstrated benefits being achieved today with IBM Software solutions. Utilization of these capabilities can help you meet the increasing challenges of energy efficiency, cost containment and compliance.

  view IBM Software: A Green Strategy for Your Entire Organization research abstract

IBM System Storage DS Family by IBM September 2008 - In this paper learn how the IBM System Storage DS Family is designed to help your company simplify its storage infrastructure, support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management.

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IBM System Storage DS Family--Electronics by IBM September 2008 - Learn how the IBM Systems Storage DS Family is an ideal partner for businesses in the electronics industry looking for secure and resilient data storage.

  view IBM System Storage DS Family--Electronics research abstract

IBM System Storage DS Family-Financial Svcs Institutions by IBM September 2008 - This whitepaper explains how the IBM System Storage DS Family can support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management with competitively priced storage options.

  view IBM System Storage DS Family-Financial Svcs Institutions research abstract

IBM System Storage DS Family-Telecommunications by IBM September 2008 - In this whitepaper learn how the IBMSystem Storage DS Family is designed to help businesses optimize storage infrastructure, leverage information, mitigate risk and enable business flexibility.

  view IBM System Storage DS Family-Telecommunications research abstract

IBM System x Servers - The Right Choice. Open. Easy. Green by IBM September 2008 - IBMSystemx is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBMX-Architecture's our blueprint for bringing innovation tox86systems. Innovation that helps set you apart from the competition. Learn more in this paper.

  view IBM System x Servers - The Right Choice. Open. Easy. Green research abstract

IBM Systems Advisor for Express Seller by IBM September 2008 - The Systems advisor tool can help you, too. By answering a few quick questions, we'll identify products that can help meet your business needs. Let's get started.

  view IBM Systems Advisor for Express Seller research abstract

IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition V7.7 by IBM October 2008 - Download a free trial of IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition V7.7-- previously known as Watchfire AppScan-- a leading Web application security testing tool that automates vulnerability assessments.

  view IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition V7.7 research abstract

Information Security Podcast Series by IBM December 2008 - John Burke, Nemertes Research will discuss Information Risk Management and how to make the move from asset based security to data-centric security.

  view Information Security Podcast Series research abstract

ITG Report: Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems as Database Server in Midsize Companies - Cost Comparisons with Windows Servers by IBM September 2008 - This report examines the use of the IBM Power platform as an alternative to commodity Windows servers. Learn how the IBM Power platform offers many advantages in performance, scalability and key functional capabilities to support key database serving.

  view ITG Report: Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems as Database Server in Midsize Companies - Cost Comparisons with Windows Servers research abstract

Maximizing Business Value Across Your Enterprise...Understanding the ROI of Database Archiving by IBM November 2008 - View this Webcast to hear how your organization can optimize its IT infrastructure with a solution that supports compliance and discovery initiatives, mitigates risks, and controls costs.

  view Maximizing Business Value Across Your Enterprise...Understanding the ROI of Database Archiving research abstract

Move Web Application Security Testing into Your Development Cycle by IBM October 2008 - This paper focuses on the role developers can play in solving Web application security issues, and it details how IBM Rational® AppScan® Developer Edition software can enable them to do so.

  view Move Web Application Security Testing into Your Development Cycle research abstract

Moving Into an Energy Efficient Server Environment, an Interview with Joe Clabby by IBM December 2008 - Mounting pressure to "go green" means that IT managers are trying to cut power use throughout their IT shops. This videocast features power and cooling expert Joe Clabby, who discusses ways to create energy-efficient servers.

  view Moving Into an Energy Efficient Server Environment, an Interview with Joe Clabby research abstract

Optimizing Web-to-Mainframe Performance of Critical Business Services by IBM June 2008 - Sign up today for this valuable webcast to learn how integrated Web-to-mainframe performance management can help you achieve higher levels of availability, performance and customer success rates.

  view Optimizing Web-to-Mainframe Performance of Critical Business Services research abstract

PeopleSoft Enterprise: Ensure Upgrade Success with Strategies and Best Practices for Leveraging Archiving by IBM August 2008 - Learn how to improve the success of your upgrade project and help your organization better meet the needs of your business users by leveraging data management and database archiving best practices while upgrading PeopleSoft.

  view PeopleSoft Enterprise: Ensure Upgrade Success with Strategies and Best Practices for Leveraging Archiving research abstract

Playing from the Same Score: Rational Clearcase, Rational Clearquest, and Rational Team Concert in Perfect Harmony by IBM November 2008 - Often teams that code for heterogeneous environments of scale need to collaborate with smaller, more agile teams building modern applications like those for Web 2.0.

  view Playing from the Same Score: Rational Clearcase, Rational Clearquest, and Rational Team Concert in Perfect Harmony research abstract

Initiating Your Virtualization Project by IBM August 2008 - In this presentation, virtualization expert Barb Goldworm provides an in-depth introduction to virtualization, showing how and where virtual technology can add value to IT infrastructure.

  view Initiating Your Virtualization Project research abstract

Project Your Data: Featuring TS2240 and DS3200 by IBM September 2008 - Read this paper to learn about IBMTotalStorage Productivity Center, an open storage infrastructure management solution designed to help reduce the effort of managing complex storage infrastructure and to help improve storage capacity utilization.

  view Project Your Data: Featuring TS2240 and DS3200 research abstract

Quality in Action: Introducing the Quality Management v8.0 Portfolio by IBM November 2008 - Join us as we introduce our newest Quality Management offerings that transform the way people work together to deliver enduring software quality as a strategic business competency - to improve operational efficiencies.

  view Quality in Action: Introducing the Quality Management v8.0 Portfolio research abstract

Realizing the Value of the Green Data Center by Integrating Facilities and IT by IBM October 2008 - This white paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and how systems management technologies contribute to green management.

  view Realizing the Value of the Green Data Center by Integrating Facilities and IT research abstract

Smart SOA: Reimagine More from your Business by IBM March 2008 - This paper highlights a set of guidelines for implementing a Smart SOA approach. Smart SOA benefits both business and IT by extending the business value of deployment to achieve the desired level of agility and IT alignment within an organization.

  view Smart SOA: Reimagine More from your Business research abstract

SOA Governance: Necessary Protection for a Strategic Business Investment by IBM February 2008 - This research paper will present a business guide for SOA governance based on the most recent user enterprise research and analysis from Saugatuck Technology.

  view SOA Governance: Necessary Protection for a Strategic Business Investment research abstract

Staying a Step Ahead of the Hackers: The Importance of Identifying Critical Web Application Vulnerabilities by IBM December 2008 - With the growing number and sophistication of security attacks, security managers must properly secure Web applications to avoid costly breaches.

  view Staying a Step Ahead of the Hackers: The Importance of Identifying Critical Web Application Vulnerabilities research abstract

Strengthening Web Application Security: Charting a Robust Strategy That Starts at Development. by IBM October 2008 - This paper examines the current dilemma that security auditors face with the bottleneck for Web application deployment.

  view Strengthening Web Application Security: Charting a Robust Strategy That Starts at Development. research abstract

Tackle Data Growth Issues through the Power of Enterprise Data Management by IBM August 2008 - This white paper describes how organizations can address data growth issues through the power of enterprise data management. As a recognized best practice, database archiving has proven effective in managing continued application data growth.

  view Tackle Data Growth Issues through the Power of Enterprise Data Management research abstract

The Business Advantages and Requirements of Actionable Search by IBM April 2008 - IBM's OmniFind™ Enterprise Edition is posed as a candidate solution, addressing the requirements for enterprise integration, usability, and security.