PRODUCT BRIEF: Taking an integrated approach to energy efficiency with IBM Tivoli software
This paper describes the critical importance of managing energy and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with “greening” today’s enterprises. It then shares insights and solutions that organizations can use to optimize energy requirements while maintaining service levels. Specifically, it describes how IBM Tivoli® solutions offer an integrated approach for managing energy in the context of risk by providing an end-to-end view of IT resources, services, IT and facilities assets, energy costs and response time.

Multi-Entity Master Data Management: The 4th Generation of MDM
This white paper by Aaron Zornes, Chief Research Officer at The CDI-MDM Institute, outlines the requirements for integrating master data across. the great divide between "party" master data (customers, suppliers, employees) and "product", while providing an industry road map that highlights the planning assumptions necessary.

Avaya Unified Communications Can Reduce Cell Phone Expenses
Avaya defines Unified Communications as orchestrated communication and collaboration across locations, time, and medium to accelerate business results. It is achieved through the convergence of real-time, near-real-time, and non-real-time business communication applications including: calling, conferencing, messaging, contacts, calendaring, collaboration, and rich presence with voice, video, text, and visual elements. Users can access these capabilities using multiple modalities including voice, data, and speech access, through telephones, PCs, and mobile devices. These communications services are increasingly designed to be embedded into structured and unstructured business processes. This takes Unified Communications to the next level in terms of IP voice and video telephony; audio, web and video conferencing; unified messaging of voicemail, email, and fax; instant messaging and more.

Concurrent Real-Time Extensions
Many of today’s businesses have a need for tight security and interoperability, a growing number of businesses are turning to Linux.

IT Service Management Solutions
This white paper offers concrete examples of how IBM IT Service Management helps companies optimize processes that extend across traditional IT silos, while delivering better service to the business – cost-effectively and efficiently.