White Papers, Studies & Reports

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Windows 7 from the Enterprise App Store

This whitepaper outlines the challenges of a Windows 7 migration project and how these can be mitigated by involving the end users themselves in the migration process. So you�ve decided to migrate to Windows 7. That was the easy part. Microsoft�s latest incarnation of the most successful software franchise in history is likely to be the principal desktop project for corporations over the next 12 months. Uptake levels in the consumer market are already well over the 200 million mark and the corporate space is following suit with an estimated 83% of new PCs running the platform within the next year.

Microsoft White Paper: System Center & NightWatchman

This whitepaper discusses extending system center configuration manager 2007 R3 for advanced power management.

Nomad Enterprise and WAN Caching Appliances

This whitepaper Describes how Nomad Enterprise compares to WAN caching appliances in a Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 environment.

A Waste of Time and Money

This whitepaper sets of the 1E view of the costs associated with unnecessary user downtime due to unhealthy and unresponsive computer and how Computer Health™ could help drive down costs while driving up user productivity.

Sweating the Asset

This whitepaper sets of the 1E view of how Computer Health™ can maintain the performance of your PCs, allowing you to extend their lifecycle by up to two years in an effort to reduce capital expenditure.

The Trouble With Tariffs

This whitepaper describes how NightWatchman addresses the challenges encountered when trying to report cost and carbon savings across geographical boundaries.

Nomad Enterprise and WAN Caching Appliances

This white paper describes how Nomad Enterprise compares to WAN caching appliances in a Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 environment.

Empowering Energy Efficiency in Federal Data Centers

This Dccument discusses the Federal Data Center consolidation initiative and describes areas where greater energy efficiency and carbon reductions can be acheived using a number of quick wins.

August18: Maximum savings with NightWatchman and Windows 7

A great new whitepaper from Mindteck, gets down to the nuts and bolts of Windows Power Management using a series of tests which simulate user activity, and compare differing power saving states such as sleep, hibernate etc.

Stopping the Yo Yo

Why decenralised centralisation is the key to cutting costs and building a more efficient and flexible business.

Is BranchCache right for software distribution?

This paper examines the BrachCache functionality specifically in the context of software distribution using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to determine if it is an optimal solution for the deployment of software, patches and operating systems to remote, serverless branches.

After Copenhagen: Business and Climate Change

The latest study from the Economist Intelligence Unit, "After Copenhagen: Business and Climate Change" reveals that climate change action is stalling in 2010.

Drowsy - The 8th Dwarf

The new Drowsy Server® feature of NightWatchman Server Edition, saves you energy.

Useful Work: The Lights are ON, but is anybody Home?

NightWatchman Server Edition can expose those servers (Both Physical and Virtual) that are not performing useful work so that they can be decommissioned.

New Study Shows a Staggering 4.7 Million Servers Globally are Doing Nothing Useful, Wasting $25bn a Year

Three quarters of server managers polled believe one sixth of their servers are not doing any useful work.

White Paper: Why Power Schemes Are not Enough

Analysis of the effectiveness and capabilities of Windows built-in power management functionality for over 3,000 PCs and compares this with the capabilities of 1E's Nightwatchman product.

1E Server Energy and Efficiency Report 2009

Rake the next step in reducing your company�s energy use.

White Paper: Basel II and iSeries Security, Audit and Compliance

Reflects the understanding of the iSeries Security and Audit compliance with the Basel II operational risk requirements.

White Paper: Sarbanes Oxley and iSeries Security, Audit and Compliance

Reflects the understanding of iSeries Security and Audit compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) requirements via the use of COBIT.

Security ensures IBM i users meet all their compliance requirements, have the security and audit mechanisms guaranteeing sensitive data is adequately secure

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