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Nemertes Research - Not an End In Itself: Information Protection and Return on Risk Last updated, November 2009 Information protection, a core discipline of information stewardship, must balance risk mitigation with business utility. This analyst paper explores how balancing risk against return turns information security into a primary enabler of technology.	View PDF ( 95 KB )
IBM Information Infrastructure Initiative Tames the Information Explosion Last updated, November 2009 This ESG analyst report explores how organizations can control storage growth while reducing business risk and optimizing storage management costs. It presents a process- and services-oriented approach to managing storage, information protection and information security requirements.	View PDF ( 265 KB )
Enterprise Strategic Group - Server and Storage Virtualization Brief Last updated, November 2009 This analyst report from ESG defines Virtualization as logical view and control of physical infrastructure. It discusses the value of virtualization and how it is having a major impact on the data center, storage networking, data protection and disaster recovery.	View PDF ( 442 KB )
IBM Delivers Down to Earth Cloud Computing Last updated, November 2009 This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (EMA) Impact Brief introduces cloud computing and the approach IBM is taking to ensure cloud computing delivers real value without the hype.	View PDF ( 322 KB )
Illuminata Insight - Horses for Courses: Optimizing for Workloads Last updated, October 2009 This Illuminata analyst paper discusses how new applications that consist of multiple workloads with differing attributes can best be matched to specific types of system architectures. It then explores how the pairing of task and system can deliver a workload optimized approach.	View PDF ( 556 KB )
BR Allen paper - Creating a Dynamic Information Infrastructure Last updated, September 2009 This paper provides customer transformation roadmap for implementing a dyanmic information infrastructure. It profiles two customers' journeys, and provides an analysis of IBM's and EMC's associated visions and strategies.	View PDF ( 310 KB )
Energy & Efficiency: The worldwide drive to 'green' - Public Sector Last updated, September 2009 During the second quarter of 2008, The Bathwick Group interviewed 400 respondents from enterprise-scale companies across seven countries, on a range of issues around Green IT. This paper examines the responses from the 100 public sector respondents.	View PDF ( 360 KB )
ITG Executive Summary - Business Case for IBM Virtualization Solutions: Bottom Line Impact for Enterprise Infrastructures Last updated, July 2009 This is the summary of an ITG report that discusses the bottom-line impact IBM virtualization solutions can deliver to organizations. Two actual client examples are presented to demonstrate the wide range of potential advantages and savings that can be realized with virtualization.	View PDF ( 733 KB )
Business Case for IBM Virtualization Solutions - Bottom Line Impact for Enterprise Infrastructures Last updated, July 2009 This ITG report discusses the bottom-line impact that IBM virtualization solutions can deliver to organizations. Two actual client examples are presented to demonstrate the wide range of potential advantages and savings that can be realized with virtualization.	View PDF ( 952 KB )
System z as a Cloud for Business Services - Available Today to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow Last updated, June 2009 The Clipper Group, by Anne MacFarland. When considering cloud computing, remember to consider the IBM System z mainframe.	View PDF ( 299 KB )
IBM System z and the Cloud Last updated, June 2009 System z is ready to stake out its role in cloud computing - especially for high-volume, high value, must-be-available, must-be-secure roles within enterprise clouds.	View PDF ( 210 KB )
Don't Overlook Business Resiliency and Security When Building a Dynamic Infrastructure Last updated, April 2009 In this Research Brief, Clabby Analytics takes a closer look at IBM's smarter planet initiative and its dynamic infrastructure strategy.	View PDF ( 665 KB )
Project Financing: Redefining IT Enablement Last updated, February 2009 Robert Frances Group believes IT and financial executives are unable to fund new projects due to financial budget constraints as economic uncertainty has caused a majority of enterprises to take a cautious approach and delay new investments.	View PDF ( 72 KB )
IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure - Removing the Barriers between Business and IT Last updated, February 2009 This analyst paper explores IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure strategy which provides organizations the tools they need meet a wide range of existing and emerging operational challenges, including reducing costs, improving services, and effectively managing risk.	View PDF ( 143 KB )
Achieving High Availability Through IT Optimization Last updated, September 2008 This analyst paper outlines the relationship between the business processes we see everyday and the high-availability requirements for the IT systems that deliver the data and business systems on which those business processes depend.	View PDF ( 176 KB )