Mac OS Whitepapers and Ebooks

This white paper from Forrester Consulting reviews the core functionality required to maximize private cloud benefits and provides some best practices for enterprise cloud deployments.

Featuring CLC bio and IBM Research Event Date: March 19, 2014 High-performance computing (HPC) and storage solutions developed for the technical community are required to process the data produced by Next Generation Sequencing that is doubling every five months. (Baker M., Nature Methods 7, 2010, 495). In the four phases in a sequencing project: (a) Experimental design and sample collection, (b) Sequencing (c) Data management and (d). Downstream analysis, it takes a highly optimized HPC platform to keep pace with the genomic data analysis. CLC bio, a Qiagen Company, has worked with IBM Life Science industry experts to optimize their software, Genomics Server, to deliver an easy to use and maintain data management environment to their customers. Although the capability to rapidly and cheaply sequence the genome is important, this is not the primary goal of a sequencing project. Genome data correlated with corresponding phenotype information, image analysis, and published scientific discovery, will drive scientific discovery. IBM Research has been actively engaged in Genomic Medicine creating unique and sophisticated algorithms that are bringing new insights to the industry. CLC bio, a Qiagen Company, and IBM Research will give perspectives on the industry and give examples of work we are doing to help researchers analyze the wide spectrum information and to speed the analytics so that the promise of personalized medicine can be realized. Featured Speakers: Janis Landry-Lane, WW Deep Computing Lead – Life Sciences, Higher Education Ajay Royyuru, PhD., Director, IBM Computational Biology - IBM Research Mikael Flensborg, Director, Global Partner Relations - CLCbio a Qiagen Company Lenny Liebmann, Moderator - IT Business Edge

The exponential growth of data, along with virtualization, is bringing a disruptive level of complexity to your IT infrastructure. Having multiple point solutions for data protection is not the answer, as it adds to the chaos and impedes on your ability to deliver consistent SLAs. Read this white paper to learn how a more holistic view of the infrastructure can help you to unify the data protection schemas by properly evaluating your business needs in order to gain a thorough understanding of the applications and data sets to be protected.

The cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market and most vendors now have a cloud offering. After examining small and medium companies that have implemented cloud ERP, Nucleus found customers were able to achieve substantial benefits, including reduced IT costs, increased employee productivity, and better inventory management. This report analyzes the benefits of cloud ERP and provides examples of how vendors helped their customers increase return on investment (ROI) and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

This briefing details eight tips on calculating the return on investment (ROI) of a supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O) solution. Included are methods for creating solid estimates of returns on your SCP&O investments. As a business leader you will need to consider things like the total cost of ownership, your return horizon, the quantifiable benefits and interactions between business processes. Following these tips can help you to avoid common ROI pitfalls.