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How Secure is your sudo? - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
sponsored by BeyondTrust Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will illustrate certain positive situations where open source solutions like sudo often work in smaller scale enterprises. However, this white paper will also spotlight red flags that relate to larger companies or companies experiencing significant IT growth. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 21 May 2010 | Published: 20 May 2010

BeyondTrust Corporation

Red Hat Provides CEPSA with a Scalable, Standardized, High-Availability SAP Platform
sponsored by Red Hat - HPE
WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive study to learn how an energy company improved SAP platform response time, reduced infrastructure costs and built a standardized, scalable platform with high availability by switching to standard servers running on in a Linux environment.
Posted: 10 Apr 2013 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

Red Hat - HPE

Linux Made Easy: Migrating From Unix
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: Organizations are considering migrating to Linux to receive dramatic cost reductions, as well as increased stability, security, uptime, and availability. Red Hat® Network Satellite helps to make the migration from a proprietary UNIX environment—and acceptance of Linux...
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

Red Hat & IBM

Modern Infrastructure E-Zine: October 2013
sponsored by TechTarget Data Center
WHITE PAPER: This Modern Infrastructure issue looks at how Azure could surpass Windows Server in importance, the role of Unix platforms in the enterprise, as well as networking and infrastructure technology necessary to run successful BYO-friendly IT shops.
Posted: 01 Oct 2013 | Published: 01 Oct 2013

TechTarget Data Center

The Value of Power VM Workload Partitions: New Virtualization Options in IBM AIX v6.1
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the flexibility that WPARs offer IT professionals in their virtualized UNIX server environments and review how WPARs are different from other partitioning technologies.
Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

IBM

Top Linux Commands to be Aware of
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com examines the crucial commands that can facilitate both Unix and Linux system daily tasks.
Posted: 19 Feb 2014 | Published: 19 Feb 2014

IBM

The Advantages of Virtualized Linux for Business-Critical Applications
sponsored by SUSE
WHITE PAPER: This expert paper explains how migrating from UNIX-based systems to Linux standard-based servers can simplify the virtualization of your critical applications, enabling improved performance, reliability and agility.
Posted: 18 Apr 2013 | Published: 18 Apr 2013

SUSE

ITG - Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems: Virtualisation Impact for Enterprise UNIX and Linux Server Infrastructures
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This report by industry analyst International Technology Group evaluates how organisations can reduce IT costs by employing IBM Power Systems and PowerVM verses competitive offerings from HP and Sun Microsystems. Cost savings range from 43 to 65% and are based on client data.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Apr 2009

IBM

Oracle Solaris: Providing A Server Solution with the Cloud in Mind
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Explore this informative resource to learn about a server hardware and operating system paring from Oracle that can provide you the instant benefits of improved application performance, availability, increased eco-efficiency, and more.
Posted: 10 Jun 2014 | Published: 10 Jun 2014

Oracle Corporation

The Perfect Storm - Why Now Is The Time For Open Source
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

Red Hat and Intel