Decision Cost Analysis Reports

Heterogeneous Data Replication: Cost-Effective Information Leverage
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Data is the lifeblood of organizations but few organizations take an asset-based, comprehensive approach to it. It drives too much cost because of redundant proliferation, poor synchronization across applications and lack of comprehensive availability policies. Read this paper to learn how effective data integration strategies can help.
Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

Sybase, an SAP company

SAM Specialists Facing Challenges Covering All the Bases
sponsored by Flexera Software
EGUIDE: According to a recent survey, only 29% of firms are currently monitoring their application use. This is staggeringly low in a time when traditional and cloud environments are used to host applications. Access this eGuide to learn how your Software Asset Management solution most evolve to cover any potential gaps.
Posted: 24 Apr 2017 | Published: 25 Apr 2017

Flexera Software

Lowering the Cost of Business Intelligence With Open Source: A Comparison of Open Source and Traditional Vendor Costs
sponsored by Pentaho Corporation
ANALYST REPORT: Many of the top reasons given for the use of open source BI software is "lower costs." The question is whether commercial open source actually matters when it comes to lowering license and support costs. Read this analyst report for comparison of the software and support costs of traditional BI vendors versus commercial open source BI from Pentaho.
Posted: 03 Jun 2010 | Published: 03 Jun 2010

Pentaho Corporation

CIO strategies for DR planning in virtual environments
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE: Regarding disaster recovery, expenses currently overshadow the risk of theoretical disaster. As a result, CIOs who hope to implement or upgrade their DR plans must compromise. This e-guide discusses how to make a value case for DR, along with a series of low-cost strategies for planning, implementing, and testing virtual DR plans.
Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

Dell Compellent

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

IBM

E-Book: Unix-to-Linux Migration: A step-by-step approach for data center managers that covers everything from making the business case to getting the best training
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
EBOOK: When migrating from  Unix to Linux, the most important case you will need to make is not a technical case but a business case. It’s all about the bottom line. How will the business benefit by moving over? What is the total cost of ownership and return on investment for the migration? Read on to learn more!
Posted: 08 Dec 2010 | Published: 08 Dec 2010

Red Hat & IBM

Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? A Comparative Cost Analysis
sponsored by Google Apps
ANALYST REPORT: This report presents a spreadsheet cost model to help you calculate your fully loaded on-premise email costs and compare it against cloud-based alternatives. Bottom line: Cloud-based email makes sense for companies or divisions as large as 15,000 users.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

Google Apps

The costs, benefits, and risks of big data analytics
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This valuable resource compares the costs, benefits, and risks of two different enterprise big data deployments, providing the insight you need to drive big data success.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Aug 2013

IBM

IBM PureFlex/SmartCloud vs. the VCE Vblock Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this analyst report to learn why IBM's PureFlex represent a more compelling mainstream cloud alternative when compared with VCE's Vblock cloud offerings.
Posted: 20 May 2014 | Published: 13 Jun 2013

IBM

Calculating Cloud ROI : From the Customer Perspective
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This white paper lays out a framework to help IT and business decision makers calculate the return on investment of cloud services.
Posted: 15 Mar 2013 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com