Software Platforms White Papers

(View All Report Types)
Why Do Techies Tell Me to Ping a Website?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores ping commands and flags, and how those flags vary from one operating system to another. With a better understanding of ping, organizations and home users can easily troubleshoot a network.
Posted: 30 Dec 2013 | Published: 30 Dec 2013

Global Knowledge

How Dell Services Help Simplify the Migration Path to Microsoft Windows 7
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Hardware and application compatibility, peripheral compatibility, staff training, and the planning and deployment timeline are all key issues to consider before beginning a Windows 7 migration. This paper details Dell’s ability to help organizations simplify this transition.
Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 08 Oct 2010

Dell EMC and Microsoft

A Brave New (Security) World: How Security is Changing to Support Virtualization and Cloud Computing
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the evolution of security challenges as enterprises adopt virtualization and then cloud computing. Learn about an approach that acts as a facilitator of mobility, virtualization, and cloud computing.
Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

Trend Micro, Inc.

Linux in the Mainstream: Highlighting Customers Running Their Business on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper presents three case studies of customers that are using Linux for large deployment, business-critical applications.
Posted: 11 Dec 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2013

Red Hat

Compare Windows 8 and Windows® XP Security Problems
sponsored by Lenovo and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the most critical security-related differences between Windows® XP and Windows 8, including each operating system’s ability to provision security patches, integrate with MDM and more.
Posted: 11 Jun 2014 | Published: 11 Jun 2014

Lenovo and Microsoft

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Managing Datacenter Complexity
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: With advanced virtualization management, intelligent configuration management and more, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center helps IT managers reduce complexity, and simplify infrastructure management. 
Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2010

Oracle Corporation

The Migration from Windows Server 2003 to Linux
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the process of migrating to Linux and explains why the end of Windows Server 2003 may be the best opportunity to do so.
Posted: 06 Jul 2015 | Published: 06 Jul 2015

Red Hat

Migration to Windows 7 with Immidio Flex Profiles
sponsored by Immidio
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to use Immidio Flex Profiles for making user profiles cross-platform compatible to Windows XP and Windows 7, both for migration projects and side-by-side scenarios using multiple versions of Windows simultaneously.
Posted: 15 Jan 2011 | Published: 15 Jan 2011

Immidio

Oracle Solaris Operating System— Optimized for the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 and 7500 series
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle Solaris and the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your application solution environment.
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Mar 2010

Oracle Corporation

Windows XP Ends Support in April 2014; How will Businesses be Affected
sponsored by Insight and Lenovo
WHITE PAPER: Support for Windows XP ends in April 2014. How will your business be affected? This infographic reveals all – view now to learn more!
Posted: 07 Mar 2014 | Published: 07 Mar 2014

Insight and Lenovo