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Gartner Research Note "Boost SharePoint Performance with an Application Delivery Network" helps you understand how to centralize SharePoint and optimize performance while dramatically lowering costs. Get insights on how to effectively use an Application Delivery Controller and WAN Optimization technology in your infrastructure.

To be most productive, employees, telecommuters, business partners, customers and remote office workers must all have unimpeded access to their critical applications Outlook™ Web Access. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to delivering such applications efficiently. This white paper reviews the shortfalls of traditional, network-focused solutions that individually address the symptoms of application performance problems. It then covers the advantages of an integrated application delivery system, and the four key characteristics of an effective advanced application delivery system.

To be most productive, employees, telecommuters, business partners, customers and remote office workers must all have unimpeded access to their critical applications like SAP™ Business Suite. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to delivering such applications efficiently. This white paper reviews the shortfalls of traditional, network-focused solutions that individually address the symptoms of application performance problems. It then covers the advantages of an integrated application delivery system, and the four key characteristics of an effective advanced application delivery system.

To be most productive, employees, telecommuters, business partners, customers and remote office workers must all have unimpeded access to their critical applications like Oracle® E-Business™. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to delivering such applications efficiently. This white paper reviews the shortfalls of traditional, network-focused solutions that individually address the symptoms of application performance problems. It then covers the advantages of an integrated application delivery system, and the four key characteristics of an effective advanced application delivery system.

Economic downturns have a tendency to accelerate emerging technologies, boost the adoption of effective solutions, and punish solutions that are not cost competitive or that are out of synch with industry trends. IDC research finds that Linux users are clearly satisfied about their choice to deploy Linux, and during trying economic times, the potential for those same customers to ramp up their deployment of Linux is strong. This IDC White Paper presents the results of an IDC survey that measures the receptiveness to Linux and takes into consideration changing views driven by the disruptive economic environment that businesses face today.

This document is intended for IT professionals and managers who are considering deploying SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server. Novell has experience deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in the most complex environments, and this white paper incorporates the knowledge gained through many successful deployments. In addition, it brings transparency to a process that is often not well understood.

Cost is frequently named as the major motivation for migrating to Linux. In this white paper, REALTECH presents a model to calculate and compare SAP-related server cost on Linux versus UNIX. The model includes a procedure for normalizing CPU power and hardware cost in a SAP environment, for an accurate comparison. Also provided are key data and operating figures for easy calculation of savings in your own environment.

To be most productive, employees, telecommuters, business partners, customers and remote office workers must all have unimpeded access to their critical applications like Microsoft® SharePoint®. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to delivering such applications efficiently. This white paper reviews the shortfalls of traditional, network-focused solutions that individually address the symptoms of application performance problems. It then covers the advantages of an integrated application delivery system, and the four key characteristics of an effective advanced application delivery system.