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<title><![CDATA[whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/Enterprise Applications/Application Performance Management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Application Performance Management, or APM, refers to the discipline within systems management that focuses on monitoring and managing the performance and availability of software applications. APM can be defined as workflow and related IT tools deployed to detect, diagnose, remedy and report on application performance issues to ensure that application performance meets or exceeds end-users&rsquo; and businesses&rsquo; expectations.]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/enterprise-applications/enterprise-applications/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows Terminal Server Software Licensing Control]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper246/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-13 13:15:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how AppSense Application Manager enables IT Administrators to reliably and effectively enforce software licensing policies on client devices, and therefore gain greater control over the deployment of applications in a Windows Terminal Server environment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resolving Critical Business Problem Areas in Data Center Operations Through Automation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper417/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 12:58:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automating repetitive Data Center Operations into best practices makes response times faster, more reliable, and less costly. Learn how to extend your current IT systems to do more of the routine work, freeing up IT staff for higher-value projects. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CPM and The Big 3: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for Success]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper496/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 08:12:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Never has the need for a modern corporate performance management (CPM) solution -- one that unifies the &quot;big three&quot; processes of planning, budgeting, and forecasting -- been more critical to regaining and sustaining the accuracy, consistency, and transparency you expect from your numbers. Read this white paper to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Run Book Automation, Job Scheduling For IT Operations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper687/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 13:00:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper highlights how Run Book Automation Software provides the new level of automation required to automate IT operations and traditional job scheduling tasks, without the costs and management burden associated with custom programming and scripts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Key Building Blocks Help You Realize the Bottom-line Benefits of Predictive Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper752/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 08:42:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building a top-tier analytics practice is an evolution.&nbsp; The best approach is to start small, then scale with each success.&nbsp; Learn how to incrementally build your analytics practice with five customizable building blocks that create a strong foundation for analytical success. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Case for Software Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper771/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 09:19:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper is packed full of practical advice on how to win management&#39;s support for improving your software management infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance at the Application Layer Requires Flexibility]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper831/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-23 15:05:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s business drives application use, but it is how these applications are deployed and managed that can deliver differentiation value to the business. Whether your challenge is one of scale, optimization, heterogeneity or complexity &ndash; learn how flexibility can be built in at the application layer.&nbsp; Download this analyst bulletin today!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence for Mid-Size Organizations: It's Not Just for Industry Giants]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper843/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:24:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this step by step guide to learning how mid-size companies can benefit from Business Intelligence. You&#39;ll learn the benefits of BI and why mid-size companies need it for effective decision-making and improved results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Lifecycle Management for Software and Business Adapt Ability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper845/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-27 13:33:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, you&#39;ll learn how to clearly define business requirements, align them with testing, and evolve development processes to prevent defects. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Rules Extracting (BRE) and Legacy to SOA  Auto Re-architecting (L2S) Webcast]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper847/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 08:41:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn the &#39;bottom-up&#39; approach to start Business Rules Extracting, Migrating and Auto Re-architecting your current mission-critical legacy system and their data, into an SOA.&nbsp; This is a &quot;how-to&quot; presentation addressing how to get started and eventually establish an internal L2S Center of Excellence.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advanced Virtualization and Workload Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1088/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 11:49:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Virtualization and workload management are essential technologies for maximizing scalability, availability and value on high-end computing systems, and Itanium(r) 2-based servers offer many options. One is SWsoft Virtuozzo, a proven, software-based virtualization solution for consolidating Linux and Windows applications.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Self-Tuning Disk Drives Eliminate Performance Bottlenecks and Heighten ROI]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1128/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:40:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The size of today&rsquo;s hard drives boggles the mind. Coupled with this surge in disk capacity is an explosion in file sizes. And multi-MB PowerPoints, MP3s and PDFs litter the hard drive. The problem is that drive I/O speed has not kept up the pace. As a result, it has developed into a serious bottleneck in system performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Impact of Disk Fragmentation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1129/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:40:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While there is little dispute among IT professionals regarding the impact of disk fragmentation on system performance, no independent guidelines exist to recommend the frequency of defragmentation across an infrastructure. This white paper will outline the results of testing, draw conclusions, and make recommendations regarding managing fragmentation across your infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1214/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 13:15:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is often overlooked is that application performance is just one of three key drivers of return on investment (ROI) from your Siebel application. An efficient infrastructure is critical. It&#39;s important to optimize the Siebel application for your own unique business environment, user needs and usage patterns. But, it&#39;s all for naught if you do not build and sustain adoption and efficient and effective use of the Siebel application by your end users.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deploying Application and OS Virtualization Technologies Together: Citrix and Virtuozzo]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1279/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 11:49:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As virtualization becomes more pervasive in the datacenter, organizations are deploying complementary types of virtualization technologies. Read this white paper to learn how blending application and OS virtualization using Citrix and Virtuozzo will provide stronger and more robust virtualization solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprise Mobility: How to Unshackle Your Mission-Critical Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1280/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-13 09:58:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper, two case studies illustrate different approaches to unlocking the value of existing investments through mobilization. Each case study provides an overview of an application we mobilized, identifies the characteristics that made the application a good candidate and explains the value realized by enabling access to these applications from mobile devices.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Effective Data Collection for Enterprise Monitoring]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1342/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-24 11:41:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn about agent-based versus agentless monitoring approaches to enterprise management, and how a combination of data collection technologies can realize the benefits of both.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Google Improved Application Scalability and Agility with a Virtualized Grid Environment]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1485/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-14 09:44:19</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how software-based, real-time grid environments -- i.e. application fabrics -- are successfully meeting the requirements of today&#39;s most demanding applications, delivering scalability, manageability and affordability.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Appistry EAF for Intelligence Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1486/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-14 09:44:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations serving the intelligence &amp; defense community rely on the performance of their applications for more than revenue - national security depends upon those applications for mission-critical operations. This industry profile details how Appistry provides the reliability and performance demanded by intelligence &amp; defense organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Implementing a Next-Generation Platform for Geospatial Intelligence at GeoEye]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1487/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-14 09:46:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn why GeoEye chose Appistry EAF to reduce development and operational cost and complexity, and enhance the company&#39;s agility in meeting the evolving needs of its customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Make Your .NET Application Perform]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1503/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This short white paper discusses the common pitfalls and performance problems .NET developers come across when creating applications. The paper also presents several ways of getting around these issues, so that developers can make their .NET applications perform the way they should.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Test Your Enterprise SOA Apps Before Rollout]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1602/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 14:19:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How SAP uses Shunra VE to keep production problems at bay with pre-production testing on the virtual WAN.&nbsp; These testing approaches and methodologies&nbsp; reached far beyond conventional application testing and have become the preferred approach to ensure success. SAP does it, so should you!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Truth Behind Agent vs. Agentless Monitoring]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1637/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-15 16:37:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Monitoring servers, applications, and services has become an essential part of the IT department over the past 10 years. However, it can be a daunting task to find the right solution for your Enterprise. This brief paper will examine the differences between Agent and Agentless monitoring, so you can make the right decision based on your company&#39;s needs, the metrics you need, your budget range, your resource availability, and your management&#39;s reporting needs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving .NET Application Performance and Reliability with Managed Database Data Connectivity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1762/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-14 16:12:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper, SQL Server MVP and SSWUG co-founder Stephen Wynkoop explores common misperceptions about data access technologies, describes the optimum architecture for ADO.NET data providers, and highlights key selection criteria for developers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Case Study: Extreme Savings with Riverbed]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3026/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-23 09:04:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to understand how other companies are turning their Riverbed investments into cost-saving machines? Download this case study bundle and uncover the money-saving secrets of wide-area data services (WDS) from Riverbed. These four enlightening case studies about very different organizations show how enterprises can slash network and IT costs while simultaneously improving application performance and business processes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gartner DCMA Report]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3028/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-23 09:05:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This report examines how the U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) solved application performance issues resulting from server consolidation. As a result of implementing an IT consolidation solution that goes beyond costly bandwidth upgrades to WAN optimization, the DCMA was able to improve application performance and overall user satisfaction. Get this report now.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application Platform Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3104/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper outlines a ready-made solution that delivers comprehensive infrastructure optimization in accordance with Microsoft&rsquo;s APO model. Using HP PolyServe software in conjunction with HP BladeSystem c-Class products and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition, organizations can attain Dynamic Infrastructure capabilities while reducing server counts by 50%, decreasing configuration and management time by up to 75%, and providing high availability to all servers and SQL Server-based applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[KEMP LoadMaster Support for Windows Terminal Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3146/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:18:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KEMP Technologies LoadMaster Application Delivery Controller and Server Load Balancer appliances provide full support for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (WTS). The LoadMaster WTS capabilities helps organizations maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their networks. KEMP delivers this at an affordable price.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Application Delivery Optimization and Server Load Balancing for the SMB Market]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3147/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:17:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) are undergoing the same IT evolution as their enterprise counterparts, only on a smaller scale. For SMBs, website reliability, flexible scalability, performance and ease of management are as essential to SMB website infrastructure as they are to an enterprise. It&rsquo;s fare to say that these capabilities are an important operational imperative for businesses of all sizes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CA Opens the Black Box: Adding Mainframe Focus to End-to-End Application Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3387/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-12 11:55:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This White Paper discusses end-to-end application performance management in the context of the impact to the business. It then highlights CA&rsquo;s application quality and performance manage&shy;ment solutions for both Web and mainframe applications, with particular focus on the integration of CA Wily with AQM Solutions&rsquo; TRILOGexpert APCTM for TriTuneTM with Performance Desktop.&nbsp; It concludes with the Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) perspective on the market in general, and on the CA solution in particular.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CA Application Quality Management and Testing Tools]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3389/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-12 11:48:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automated application quality assurance and testing are fundamental to the delivery of the service levels and managed risks that are essential to delivering business outcomes you can depend on. In this context, CA&rsquo;s mainframe Application Quality Management and Testing Tools send very strong messages: the tools are being actively developed and, where appropriate, integrated with equivalent tools on the distributed platforms, to help companies deliver holistic, automated, business services.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CA Performance Handbook Supplement for DB2 for z/OS]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3395/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-12 12:21:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The CA Performance Management Handbook for DB2 for z/OS by renowned tuning experts Susan Lawson and Dan Luksetich of YL&amp;A covers information to enhance your skills and raise awareness for databases performance management issues and tuning strategies. This supplement to the CA Performance Management Handbook provides specific information on which technologies apply to which issues and how CA Database Management addresses your most pressing database performance management challenges.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SOA Performance: Scaling SOA Implementations Now And Into The Future]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3398/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-23 11:22:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many organizations look to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to provide greater business agility in the face of evolving business requirements and complex, heterogeneous information technology (IT) environments. To achieve this agility, architects implement a Services abstraction that loosely couples business Services from the underlying implementations of those Services. Building such an abstraction layer is not without risks, however&mdash;inherent in building such an abstraction is the risk of sacrificing performance and scalability to achieve the organization&rsquo;s required agility.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application Performance Management: Managing High-Performing, Business-Critical Web Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3399/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-23 11:22:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Increasing reliance on web-based applications has had significant implications for both IT staff and business managers. IT&rsquo;s primary responsibility and ongoing challenge is to provide a reliable high-performance web applications services environment, an environment that ensures the end user&rsquo;s ability to successfully interact with web applications while enabling IT to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Anything less than superior application performance can have immediate consequences.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application Performance Management Demonstration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3400/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-23 11:22:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This demo shows you how CA Application Performance Management (CA APM) helps ensure that your mission-critical Web applications are meeting performance and business objectives. CA APM provides 24x7, end-to-end monitoring and management of all transactions &ndash; across applications, business processes, services and SOAs &ndash; to identify, prioritize and resolve problems before they affect your customers and your business. ]]></description>
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