Web Buyer's Guide for technology products and services
Sign In  Register  Contact Us  Vendor Registration  Site Map
ZIff Dvais Enterprise
     Home   |   Products   |   Companies  |   White Papers  |   Buying Guides |  Case Studies

Infrastructure Buying Guide:
IT Product Reviews, White Papers, News and Buying Advice


Think of your organization’s IT infrastructure as its central nervous system, where enterprise-level applications, servers, storage, network environments, security systems, telephony, maintenance systems, and more pieces of the puzzle all reliably work together to help keep your business operations up and running efficiently each day. With so many individual components dependent on one another, the importance of choosing reliable technology solutions cannot be understated. Because those choices usually involve integrating multiple products from different vendors – and major investments of time and money – purchasing decisions relating to your IT infrastructure can be quite the challenge. Fortunately, the Infrastructure Buying Guide can help.
Ziff Davis Web Buyer's Guide for Infrastructure products and services Top Infrastructure Products
Research the top Infrastructure Products.

How To Choose Infrastructure Products
Get expert product advice to help you make a buying decision.

Infrastructure White Papers
Search for Infrastructure related white papers.
  Expert Buying Advice

The Next IT Revolution
Two years ago, my article "IT Doesn't Matter" appeared. Since then, I've spoken to a lot of CIOs and IT professionals about my contention that IT has lost its power to provide competitive advantages.

Build a Backup Plan
Products, Strategies & Services That Protect Your Data.

Tools Make the Developer
With application developers bearing a growing share of the enterprise IT security burden, it's necessary for development-tool budgets to provide for the scrutiny of code and support of rigorous process....

Autonomic Software Ready to Streamline Data Processing
Autonomic,or self-regulating, systems have the potential to alleviate IT staff/budget burdens, as well as lower computing costs.

   all infrastructure buying advice   
  Related Product Categories  RSS Feeds

  all categories   
 Featured Infrastructure White Paper   List your white papers today! 


Appro HyperBlade vs 1U Servers: TCO Analysis from Appro

This is a three-year life cycle TCO (including Acquisition and Operation Costs) of a 512 node cluster in HPC environment using APPRO HyperBlade Servers based on AMD Opteron™ processors versus 1U servers from Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM and Sun.

Download this free white paper to learn more!
 
  Reviews

EverRun HA Keeps Windows Servers Going Strong
Marathon Technologies' cluster application provides IT managers with a low-hassle means of bolstering Windows Server 2003 uptime.

Juniper SSL VPN Grants Granular Rights
Juniper Networks' SA4000 SSL VPN appliance provides top-notch remote- and mobile-user access to network resources.

Centeris Helps Windows, Linux Systems Get Along
Centeris Likewise Management Suite 2.0 allows IT managers to easily integrate Linux systems into Windows networks, using a familiar interface and directory system.

Microsoft Windows Vista
With this release, the upcoming OS is essentially feature-complete, and overall, it looks good, although the improved security can be intrusive.

   more infrastructure reviews   
 
  News

Cable Sees Opportunities in Digital Television
 Most operators already offer digital video, but the mandate offers a chance to win new first-time or lapsed pay-TV subscribers....

IBM Aims for a Petaflop
 IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer is a mix of new and commodity technologies....

HP Building a One-Stop Data Center Shop
 Analysis: The EDS deal is huge in the overall HP plan, but so is a much smaller acquisition of a few months ago....

Intel Assesses Chip Plant in China
 The chip maker says it hopes to soon reopen the facility following the massive earthquake....

   more infrastructure news   
 How to Buy Infrastructure Products  

The Infrastructure Buying Guide has been indexed into a variety of sub-categories, so you’re able to research the individual components of your infrastructure like extranet solutions, intranet solutions, and network hardware.  Or take a step back and read white papers and expert buying recommendations that will help you put it all together. You can:  

  • Browse through a detailed product directory of network hardware solutions and configuration services, with information on switches, routers, firewalls, VPN, wireless, intrusion detection and more.
  • Evaluate extranet solutions that enable project, sales, marketing, operations, and IT teams to share information and manage processes. Compare plug-ins, discussion tools, access controls, customization, scalability and other attributes.
  • Consult buying advice on how advances in self-regulating, or autonomic, software may help provide much needed IT relief by performing functions of network administration, maintenance and repair.
  • Find intranet solutions for organizations of different sizes, needs, industries and operating systems. Compare calendars, employee list features, surveys, document management, e-forms, surveys, discussion areas and more.
  • Study white papers with topics from best practices for next generation IP address management, to solutions for legacy environments.

With expert buying advice, vendor profiles, and an interactive, product-by-product directory, the
Infrastructure Buying Guide is a valuable, timesaving search tool for all decision makers. Begin your search by selecting from the topics above.

The Advantages of a Hosted Messaging Security Solution by Microsoft
Achieving Sales Success with Tablet PCs by Toshiba
What's Missing from SEM? by NetIQ
5 Essentials of Customer Experience Management by Tealeaf
The CIO’s Guide to Mobile Security by Research in Motion
On-Demand Versus On-Premise CRM: Are There Performance Differences? by Business Objects
Overcoming Data Protection Challenges of the Modern Distributed Business by Adaptec
Small and Medium Business Security Solutions by Trend Micro
Is Daily Defragmentation Needed in Today’s Environment? by Diskeeper
Performance Management: New “Hybrids” Combine Agent and Agentless Technology by BMC
A Proven WAN Optimization Approach by Riverbed
Mitigating Fire Risks in Mission Critical Facilities by APC
Architectural Considerations for Archive and Compliance Solutions by Network Appliance
Storage Virtualization: An Overview of Key Technologies and their Capabilities by Datalink
The World of IT has taken a Quantum Leap by Everdream
Fighting the Hidden Dangers of Internet Access by St. Bernard
Secure Optimized Data Protection for Remote Offices by Symantec
Workday Redefines Software by Workday
Simplify & Improve Enterprise Desktop Management by VMware
Spam Filtering: Building a More Accurate Filter by St. Bernard
Intel Energy-Efficient Performance by Dell
Business-Class Security and Compliance for On-Demand Instant Messaging by WebEx
Reducing the Risks of 64-bit Application Porting with Parasoft C++ Test and Parasoft Insure ++ by Parasoft
Reduce IT Costs and Complexity with Effective Application Problem Management by Identify
Understanding E-Mail Hygiene by Mirapoint
Automated Deployment by Dell Managed Services by Dell
From Crisis to Cruise Control: Creating a High-Performance IT Organization by Tripwire
Affordable Data Protection Without the Compromise by EMC
Breaking New Ground: The Evolution of Linux Clustering by Penguin
Preventing Insider Threat with Identity Compliance by Sailpoint
Backup Strategies Re-Examined In Wake of Natural Disasters by CDW