Achieving Cost and Resource Savings with Unified Communications is a compelling white paper describing how Unified Communications provides proactive responses to the harsh economic environment and how Microsoft UC solutions can enable those responses. (Microsoft, March 2009)

Simplify and Transform Your IT Infrastructure into a Strategic Business Asset is a Microsoft and Dell, co-sponsored white paper that discusses the importance of responding quickly to change in a successful enterprise environment. (Microsoft, Nov 2008)

Taking the Lead: Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through an Optimized Infrastructure and Platform is a white paper that explains Optimization in detail and describes the competitive advantages and business value of infrastructure and platform Optimization (Microsoft, Jul 2007)

Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Managing the Windows Server (IDC, Jan 2008)

Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Deploying and Managing the Office System (IDC, Jan 2008)

Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Systems Management Server (IDC, Jan 2007)

Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Identity and Access Management with Active Directory (IDC, Nov 2006)

Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Managing the Windows Desktop (IDC, Oct 2006)

Infrastructure Optimization for IT - Redmond Magazine

Redmond Magazine's January 2008 cover story: "Infrastructure Optimization is Microsoft's shot at an IT maturity model...It may not be a panacea, but it can help streamline IT operations."

Optimize Sales - Redmond Channel Partner Magazine

Redmond Channel Partner Magazine's February 2008 article by Doug Barney: "Microsoft's Infrastructure Optimization push gives partners a way to help customers get a handle on their IT investments -- and get a foot in the door on bigger engagements."