Converged Infrastructure (CI) for Dummies
by HP and Intel
This book will help you understand why infrastructure convergence has been widely accepted as the optimal approach for simplifying and accelerating your IT to deliver services at the speed of business while also shifting significantly more IT resources from operations to innovation.
SCCM Patch Management
by BDNA
This Tech Advisor reviews the best practices, and common pitfalls, associated with patch management, letting you ensure that patches keep your network safe without taking it down.
Preparing for IPv6
by Quest Software
This technical advisor shows you how by spending very little money and a modicum of your own time, you can set up an IPv6 lab that will help position you for an IPv6 transition when it becomes unavoidable.
SCCM Deployment and Maintenance
by BDNA
This Tech Advisor collects articles and technical Q&A addressing deployment and maintenance issues experienced by thousands of IT administrators.
Goldie Locks and the Three Least Privileged Desktops eBook
by Beyond Trust
In this story, Goldie Locks plays the role of a recent college graduate, with degrees in marketing and multimedia communications, who is just starting her position in marketing for a mid-sized IT company. The book follows Goldie’s struggles and ultimate success as she strives to find a productive computer.
Tech Advisor: Optimizing SharePoint for Global Access
by AvePoint
In this Technical Advisor, Colin Spence covers a number of critical challenges that arise in hardware design, architecture, and configuration--as well as best practices used in global deployments today.
The Complete Systems Management Book
by Dell/KACE
This 80-page ebook, sponsored by Dell/KACE, introduces you to IT systems management and walks you through the challenges, basic management practices, and best practices in all areas of system management.
The Bartender's Guide to eDiscovery
by Iron Mountain
This Iron Mountain ebook provides a general overview of some of the legal issues relating to ESI, eDiscovery, and applicable record retention requirements.
SharePoint Archiving For Dummies
by Iron Mountain
SharePoint Archiving For Dummies is designed to help you better understand archiving, SharePoint, and how the two work together so that you can choose a SharePoint archiving solution that works for your company — and just works!
Protecting Your Network
by Symantec
In this advisor, you will get a straightforward description of networking to establish a groundwork for a discussion of network ports.
Desktop Virtualization Collection: 7 Steps to Success with VDI
by Citrix
This eBook provides a look at VDI based on research done by Enterprise Management Associates, an industry analyst firm that specializes in going “beyond the surface” to provide deep insight across the full spectrum of IT management technologies.
Web Filtering: An Assessment
by St. Bernard Software, Inc.
This important two-chapter Technical Advisor can aid in your decision-making process by giving you comparitive information on Web filtering TCO and also describing the five steps required in building a world-class, end-to-end web filtering solution.
A Guide to Windows Certification and Public Keys
by 123Together.com
This eBook provides a starting point for understanding the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and certificate services available in Windows Server 2003. The eBook will cover topics such as trust relationships, trust management, validating digital certificates, certificate autoenrollment, certificate revocation, and key archival and recovery, as well as the limitations of PKI and certificate services in Windows.
Security in Windows Environments: 4 Stories
by Symantec
This four-chapter Tech Advisor includes detailed information on various security challenges, from changing your security weakness into strengths; securing your desktops with Group Policy; comparisons of some of the top endpoint solutions on the market; best practices in security policy management, and more.
The Essential Guide to Fax Server Software
by Open Text
In this eBook you'll learn how Fax servers can provide significant value over stand-alone fax machines, including cost reductions through fax machine elimination and telephone line consolidation, productivity improvements, paper wastage reduction, storage benefits and significant enhancements in compliance and accountability. Fax servers may also be integrated with multi-function printers (MFPs) to leverage a company’s MFP investment.
The Know-IT-All’s Guide to eDiscovery
by Mimosa
If you need to learn eDiscovery 101 for IT, this is the most fun eBook you’ll ever read. Take the eDiscovery quiz, read laughable comics, and amusing factoids all interspersed with in-depth real-world information on eDiscovery. This is it--the complete guide to eDiscovery all in one download.
Email Archiving: What Are You Waiting For?
by Metalogix
In this Technical Advisory, you’ll learn why you should care about email archiving, how to avoid some rookie mistakes, and the problem with Exchange Server PSTs. And it provides a quick reference to email compliance regulations.
A Guide to Windows Disaster Recovery and Backup
by Symantec
This eBook offers tips for developing a disaster recovery plan, looks at available tools for disaster recovery and system backup, and answers questions specific to recovery and backup concerns.
Business Process Automation - Managing Cost in Your Enterprise
by Network Automation
With “Business Process Automation: Managing Cost in Your Enterprise,” you will take away key information that can be effectively utilized to allow your IT staff to become a more effective and efficient part of the overall business process.
Getting Maximum Performance from Your Web-based Applications
by Strangeloop
Getting Maximum Performance from Your Web-based Applications
This ebook presents a foundation for 1) understanding the many potential sources of performance bottlenecks and 2) developing an effective strategy to overcome performance limitations and achieve optimal performance from your web applications.
Exchange Storage Ins and Outs
by Dell/EqualLogic
This ebook explains the differences among different storage types and which solution is best for a particular situation. You’ll learn about SCSI, serial ATA (SATA), SAS, Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, Storage Area Networks (SANs) and more.
SQL Server Storage Options
by Dell/EqualLogic
As a DBA, one of your many tasks is to manage your SQL Server databases’ ever-expanding storage requirements. In this book, we’ve pulled together four articles from SQL Server Magazine to give you an overview of SQL Server storage options.
Getting Started with SharePoint
by Quest Software
If you’re looking for a starting point for a better understanding of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0, this book is for you. Whether you have some knowledge of SharePoint or are just starting your exploration, you’ll come away with a better understanding of SharePoint’s features and functionality.
Moving SQL Server to the x64 Platform
by AMD
Microsoft was the first major relational database vendor to include Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities in its products, which helped make BI a widely available and affordable technology. This eBook looks at how SQL Server 2005 extends Microsoft’s BI position in the database industry by providing an end-to-end BI stack that consists of Analysis Services, Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Data Mining.
A Guide to Windows Power Tools
by Winternals
This eBook will provide you with a practical introduction to some of the most important tools in the resources kits and the Support Tools provided by Windows 2000 and Windows NT Professional editions.
Content Security in the Enterprise—Spam and Beyond
by NetIQ Corporation
This book explores the risks that Internet applications such as email, Web browsing, and instant messaging bring to an organization, and discusses ways in which they can be reduced or eliminated by limiting inappropriate use, eliminating spam, protecting corporate information assets, and ensuring that the Internet is secure and available for authorized business purposes.
A Jump Start to SQL Server BI
by Microsoft
In this eBook, a cadre of knowledgeable authors cover the essentials of Business Intelligence (BI), provide a wealth of BI tips and techniques, and talk in detail about the new features coming with SQL Server 2005. If you're doing anything with BI, this is a resource you shouldn't be without.
File Area Networks: Your First Look at FAN Technology
by Brocade
Download this free eBook and learn new ways to regain control over the growing amount of file data in your enterprise. And learn how File Area Networks (FANs) can help you centralize file consolidation, migration, replication, and failover.
Messaging Management
by Symantec
This eBook introduces three fundamental mail and messaging management services--security, availability and control services--and how you can implement them in a Microsoft-centric mail and messaging environment using Symantec and Microsoft solutions.
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Tips
by CA
This eBook provides a wealth of information about how to protect and secure data in the event of a disaster. It's not possible to anticipate every disaster your organization may encounter, but the response to many disasters will be the same. You can make plans based on the expected duration of recovery, the impact of the disaster on your facilities and the surrounding area, and other factors.
Server Consolidation Essentials
by Microsoft
This eBook is designed to educate the readers about the benefits of server consolidation using virtualization technologies. The first chapters discuss the business benefits of server consolidation. The last chapters show the reader how to plan and implement a basic server consolidation strategy using Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2.
Safeguarding Your Windows Servers
by Veritas
SafeGuarding Your Windows Servers provides a collection of the best resources for planning and implementing high availability as well as the proper tools and procedures for recovering from a disaster.
Email Discovery and Compliance
by CA
This ebook explains how to manage your email data in a Microsoft Exchange Server environment and the measures you should enact to remain compliant with government regulations.
Spam Fighting and Email Security for the 21st Century
by IronPort
Ranging from fighting spam and viruses to stopping Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, email security is a far-reaching effort and set of technologies meant to protect businesses and people from email-borne threats. In this eBook, we'll discuss how to best address email security in companies with 100+ employees.
Understanding and Leveraging Code Signing Technologies
by Thawte Consulting
This eBook discusses code signing technology. It explains the goals and benefits of code signing, how code signing works and the underlying cryptographic and security concepts and building blocks. The eBook also tells how to use code signing in practice.
Windows 2003: Active Directory Administration Essentials
by NetIQ Corporation
Whether you're an expert with Windows 2000 Server and Active Directory (AD), an NT administrator who's read all the trade journals and maybe has a Windows 2000 test lab, or you're new to Active Directory, this book is for you. Windows Server 2003 brings a lot that's new and improved to the table -- and this book delves into those new features.
Building an Effective Reporting System
by NetIQ Corporation
This eBook will help you understand the various kinds of performance monitoring and reporting and show you examples of how and when to implement them. Each odd chapter explains the theory; each even chapter illustrates theory with practical examples, using NetIQ tools as the basis of these examples.
Migrating to Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, and Exchange 2003
by NetIQ Corporation
"Migrating to Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, and Exchange 2003" delivers invaluable guidance to enterprises large and small who are migrating from Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Exchange 5.5, and Exchange 2000. This eBook outlines proven practices that will help you with your migration.
Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers
by NetIQ Corporation
This eBook will educate system managers on how to best approach the complex realm of Linux and UNIX management and performance monitoring. The book will focus on core issues such as configuration management, accounting, and monitoring performance.
Keeping Your Business Safe from Attack: Encryption and Certificate Services
by Microsoft
This ebook provides readers with the information they need to best deploy Windows Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services in their IT environment. The book explains the key components, concepts, and standards behind PKI and provides insight into how to put a Windows-rooted PKI into operation and how to keep it operational.