Written by CIO and Cloud Pro contributor, Dave Cartwright, this special report looks at ways in which the IT manager can help his or her CIO to prepare the ground for moving to cloud. It examines a number of different areas: . What type of applications will fit best into a cloud environment . How to prepare an effective RFP . Ways in which the IT manager can work with the whole of the technical team in getting their organisation cloud-ready . Organising an SLA

Cloud computing has had a short history. It was unheard of as a term before 2007 and in just four years it has risen from a piece of marketing shorthand to become the symbol of a massive change in technology. In the special report, Cloud Pro's experts offer business leaders essential insight necessary to navigate this emerging technology.

Over the years, the tools to implement SOA have become more and more capable, sometimes at the price of complexity. In this new release of SOA Suite (11g), Oracle continues to emphasize on simplification of the development, management and monitoring of service-oriented architectures, while delivering the extreme performance & scalability required for mission-critical environments.

The white paper points out that it is important to remember that cloud computing is not just about data center technology. It's about streamlining business processes to make organisations and people more strategic and more responsive to change.

This paper explores issues that arise when planning for growth of Information Technology infrastructure and explains how colocation of data centers can provide scalability, enabling users to modify capacity quickly to meet fluctuating demand.

Today's enterprises increasingly occupy the cloud. As in nature, the IT cloud needs a sky in which to live. That environment is colocation-read more!

If your data center is running out of space or power you have 2 options. You can build and operate a new facility, or you can lease the capacity.

In this white paper learn how to manage permissions across hundreds of servers. Learn more and read on.

Riverbed Cascade Pilot and Cascade Shark combine sophisticated, end-to-end monitoring with high-speed,high-fidelity packet capture and analysis to deliver comprehensive network performance monitoring and analysis. Download this insightful solution brief to learn more.

Why the Cloud Is Advantageous for Agile, and for Accelerating its Enterprise-wide Adoption

Read this FREE report today and look forward to a faster and more reliable network tomorrow.

This white paper examines seven core network management requirements and evaluates how one integrated management solution measures up.

IBM System Networking RackSwitch provides ultralow-latency switching inside a collocated network. Read more now.

ERP and Business Intelligence are essential to your success. Read this and learn how to improve productivity and decision-making using Blue Coat WAN

This Guide will help you learn the benefits of WPO technologies, determine which WPO solutions are a good fit for you... and much much more!

This whitepaper outlines issues that arise when planning for growth of IT infrastructure and explains how the colocation of data centers can provide scalability, enabling users to modify capacity quickly to meet fluctuating demand.

Read these Fast Facts to learn how Riverbed Technology's range of solutions enable organizations to build a flexible, hybrid cloud environment.

This paper makes the business case for cloud storage, outlining where capital and operational costs can be eliminated by using the cloud for backup.

Deciding on colocation and trying to select a provider? Download the guide to learn about driving factors, benefits, assessment considerations and more.

Learn the risks associated with using the POP and free email systems and how a hosted Microsoft Exchange solution can provide guaranteed availability and make email users in even the smallest businesses much more productive.

Comprehensive product capability discussed throughout this 15-page technical paper, including 11 Best Practices for the IBM Cloud. Written for IT Managers, IT Architects, and developers, learn how you can better manage SaaS cloud applications and bring new applications on line in the future.

Discover the advantages of a managed server and learn what to look for when shopping for a managed private server provider.

This paper summarizes the results of a multi-year research study covering over 40 countries and based upon responses from 3,000 small and medium businesses(SMBs).

This whitepaper will examine today's SaaS opportunities and challenges, and will show how a hosting company, such as Verio, can help ISVs capitalize on the rapidly evolving market opportunities.

This white paper explains how the Microsoft 2010 enables Solution Providers and VARs to better serve their clients.