White Papers/Resources
The Technology Decisions Resource Library contains white papers, eBooks, webcasts, videos and technical papers to help you manage and solve work related problems. Select from a variety of application and technology related subjects, supplied by market-leading vendors or written by our editorial team.
Multifibre push-on connectors are network game changers
Supplied by TE Connectivity on 06 February, 2015
Service providers are looking for ways to reduce overall cycle times required to expand network capacity while ensuring they can deliver service with ‘five 9s’ of reliability.
Fibre success depends on having the right connectors
Supplied by TE Connectivity on 06 February, 2015
Installing short-distance fibre access networks can be a labour- and cost-intensive process, but one that can be significantly simplified just by choosing the right connectors.
Capitalise on the opportunities presented by the NBN
Supplied by M2 Telecommunications Group on 06 February, 2015
Australia’s new National Broadband Network (NBN) will boost current businesses and lead to the development of new ones. Those that are prepared for this development with the education, training and processes necessary to fully exploit the potential of the NBN will quickly find themselves leaders in their field and surpassing their competition. Will your business be one of them?
Practical considerations for implementing prefabricated data centres
Supplied by Schneider Electric IT Business on 03 February, 2015
Implementing prefabricated modular data centres results in well-understood benefits including speed of deployment, predictability, scalability and life cycle cost.
Ensuring data centre availability for the ‘always-on’ business
Supplied by Veeam Software Corporation on 03 February, 2015
Modern data centres, enabled by virtualisation, need a new kind of data protection … the kind that can enable an ‘always-on business’. Data protection cannot be an add-on or an afterthought.
Thriving in the application economy - how to embrace the disruption
Supplied by CA Technologies on 15 January, 2015
We are all now facing the disruptive impact of the application economy. Amazingly, software developers are now the highest growth job function in non-IT companies. A recent survey of over 1400 global enterprises asked what impact the application economy is having and what opportunities are being realised as a result. This paper summarises the report and offers some excellent tips on thriving in this new economy. Download it now.
Is DevOps the Holy Grail for faster app development?
Supplied by CA Technologies on 15 January, 2015
DevOps brings software development (Dev) and production and operations (Ops) together in one function. While Dev traditionally focuses on innovation and speed, the mandate to Ops is about stability, control and predictability. Left to themselves, Dev and Ops struggle to talk to each other, much less collaborate. Is this ongoing battle hurting your business? Click here for five signs that you might need DevOps.
How do you handle human-generated big data?
Supplied by Varonis on 19 December, 2014
Human-generated files such as emails, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and audio and video files not only take over our storage space - even more so as we tend to keep them for extended periods of time - but they also produce a much more overwhelming amount of metadata.
Business discovery - the new generation of BI
Supplied by QlikTech Australia on 19 December, 2014
Unlike the traditional BI solutions, which are static and require time to be built and implemented, business discovery solutions are flexible, multifaceted and immediately available. They provide decision-makers from all levels within the organisation with resources to research for opportunities for business improvements and to implement them instantaneously.
Identify and improve performance for key customer journeys to increase your revenue
Supplied by LogMeIn on 19 December, 2014
Most companies today measure customer experience at specific touch points, but they tend to overlook the whole customer journey. Increasing satisfaction across the entire customer journey provides greater opportunity for revenue growth and decreased churn.
The eight key benefits of a cloud-based mobile workforce management solution
Supplied by ClickSoftware Australia on 18 December, 2014
Businesses from the field service industry can benefit substantially from implementing a cloud-based mobile workforce management solution. Some of the advantages are: increased productivity and efficiency, improved customer satisfaction and increased revenue.
Unified IT monitoring can improve productivity by up to 20%
Supplied by CA Technologies on 01 December, 2014
Almost half of the organisations today use five or more tools to monitor their infrastructure. This inexplicable redundancy inevitably leads to deterioration in performance, availability and service delivery, forcing customers to look for products and services elsewhere.
Disadvantages of using ‘war rooms’ and the alternative
Supplied by Fluke Networks on 17 November, 2014
IT professionals are challenged in more than one way in their dynamic workday: they have to become more knowledgeable about new technologies; they need to improve performance as the demands for their services increase; and, on top of that, they also have to address critical problems which arise due to the complexity of the companies’ interdependent systems
Enterprise flash storage that intelligently scales with your demands
Supplied by Nimble Storage on 15 October, 2014
Enterprise storage solutions were traditionally difficult to manage and proved inefficient to scale as demands increased.
Improve service quality and reduce costs by implementing a monitoring solution for your IT resources
Supplied by CA Technologies on 09 October, 2014
Proactive management of IT resources can be achieved only when the right information is in place - by continuous monitoring of device health and performance.
