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Top 5 for August Last month, popular white papers focused on Storage, Cloud Computing, Windows 7, Virtualization, Project Management and ERP. Check out the Top 5 white papers, by category, for August. Also, take a look at some of the papers that have been recently added to the directory.
Data Management Cloud Computing: What It Is and What It Can Do for You (Global Knowledge) Understanding Data Centers & Cloud Computing (Global Knowledge) The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks (Global Knowledge) Top Ten Things Every DBA Should Know About SQL Server (Global Knowledge) Disaster Recovery Techniques for SQL Server (Global Knowledge) Recently Added Taking the Pain Out of Data Protection, Recovery and Restore (Zetta) Architecting the "Right" Continuous Availability and Disaster Recovery Environment (Neverfail Group)   Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard. Networking and Communications Router Essentials (Global Knowledge) TCP/IP Troubleshooting (Global Knowledge) 12 Things to Know When Troubleshooting Your Network (Global Knowledge) Network Fundamentals (Symbol Technologies) Switching Essentials (Global Knowledge) Recently Added Simplify Active Directory Administration (Quest Software) The Cost Advantages of Hosted Telephony (Infonetics Research)     Recommended What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard. Security Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security (Global Knowledge) 10 Ways Malicious Code Reaches Your Private Network (Global Knowledge) Eight threats your anti-virus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security (Sophos) The 10 myths of safe web browsing (Sophos) Top 5 Threat Protection Best Practices (Sophos) Recently Added 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report (Verizon) Managing and Automating IT Controls for Zero Effort Compliance (BMC Software)   Servers and Server OS Solving the Mysteries of Subnetting (Global Knowledge) 10 Security Concerns for Cloud Computing (Global Knowledge) Introduction to Cloud Computing Architecture (Sun Microsystems) Virtualization Overview (Global Knowledge) Five Things About Windows Server 2008 You Might Not Know (Global Knowledge) Recently Added Windows Server 2008 and BackupAssist (Cortex I.T.) A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualization (Dell) INTRODUCING SMARTPLANET   Technology, perspective, and insights shaping the world. Visit SmartPlanet.com today! >> Enterprise Applications IT Strategy Maps: A Tool For Strategic Alignment (Forrester Research) A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management (ManageSoft) Top 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing an ERP Solution (Inside ERP) 6 Mistakes Companies are Making - and How to Avoid Them (SAP) Smart Work 3D Interactive (IBM) Recently Added September 15 Webcast: How to be a Leader for the Next Growth Cycle (SAP) September 16 Webcast: Web Performance Monitoring - A Competitive Advantage for SaaS Companies (Keynote Systems) Storage Say Yes to NAS (CDW) Running VMware vSphere 4 on HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions (HP) VMware vSphere and NetApp Storage Best Practices (NetApp) Storage in the virtual era - Revisiting the requirements on data storage (HP) VMware View and NetApp Storage: Best Practices for Design, Architecture, Deployment, and Management (NetApp) Email Archiving ROI:2 Simple Reasons to Archive Your Email Data Now (Iron Mountain) Storage I/O Control Technical Overview and Considerations for Deployment (VMware)	Desktops, Laptops and OS Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7 (Global Knowledge) 77 Features for Windows 7 that Every IT Professional Should Know About (Global Knowledge) Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7 vs. Windows XP (Global Knowledge) Seven for 7: Best practices for implementing Windows 7 (Sophos) Top Seven Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls for Group Policy in Windows 7 (Quest Software) Recently Added Top Practical Tips to a Successful Desktop Strategy (Fordway) Prepare for Windows 7 in Three Phases (Dell) IT Management Top 10 Skills in Demand in 2010 (Global Knowledge) 10 Dying IT Skills (Global Knowledge) 2010 IT Skills and Salary Report (Global Knowledge) Overview of IT Service Managment Using the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) (Global Knowledge) A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management (ManageSoft) Recently Added TeamQuest and ITIL: How to Ensure a Successful ITIL Implementation (TeamQuest) Protecting and Nurturing Your Brand - CMO (SAP)   Software and Development Testing Mobile Business Applications: A Hybrid Approach (Caritor) Portals the Red Hat Way (Red Hat) Top Ten Considerations for Extended Channel Applications (WorkLight) An Introduction to Agile Software Development (CollabNet) Securing Web Applications Across the Software Development Lifecycle (IBM) Recently Added Total Economic Impact Of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (Red Hat) Visualizing Data with Maps in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (Microsoft)   Professions and Industries 5 Rules of Effective Negotiating (Global Knowledge) Dealing With Specific Types of Difficult People (Global Knowledge) How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation (Global Knowledge) Top 10 Secrets for DBA Career Success (Confio Software) A Set of Best Practices for Targeting, Aligning and Measuring Learning (SkillSoft) Recently Added Automating the Business of Higher Education With BMC Control-M Workload Automation (BMC Software) 2010 Strategic Sales Compensation Survey - Deloitte & Varicent (Varicent)   Explore Research Areas Data management (Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, more...) Desktops, laptops and OS (Client System Hardware, Components, Desktop Client OS, Handhelds, Portable Device Client, more...) Enterprise applications (Customer Management, Enterprise Planning, Workflow Management, more...) IT management (Business Functions, IT Budgeting, IT Infrastructure, Project Management, more...) Networking and communications (LAN - WAN, Mobile and Wireless, Network Management, Network Technologies, more...) Professions and industries (Government, Homeland Security, Education, Financial Services, more...) Security (Authentication - Encryption, Intrusion - Tampering, Security Administration, more...) Servers and Server OS (Server Hardware, more...) Software and Web development (E-commerce - E-business, Internet and Web, Software Web Development Tools, more...) Storage (Management, Storage Hardware, more...) Sponsored White papers ·         What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. 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