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Whitepapers
Choosing Between Room, Row, and Rack-based Cooling for Data Centers
Apr 2013
Latest generation high density and variable density IT equipment create conditions that traditional data center cooling was never intended to address, resulting in cooling systems that are...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Whitepapers
Energy Efficient Cooling for Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution
Jan 2013
The trend of increasing heat densities in data centers has held consistent with advances in computing technology for many years. As power density increased, it became evident that the degree of...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Introduction to Data Center: Top of Rack (ToR) Architecture Design
Jan 2009
This paper provides a look at the use of top-of-rack (ToR) cabling and switching model for next-generation data center infrastructure. The paper explores current 10G cabling choices and provides...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
The Three Principles of Data Center Infrastructure Design
Jan 2008
This paper has been written with the aim of introducing three principles of data center infrastructure design to help organizations gain significant benefits and savings for their data center. The...
Provided by ADC Telecommunications
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White Papers
Data Center Site Infrastructure Tier Standard: Topology
Oct 2009
The main objective of the Institute Tier Standard: Topology is to describe the site level infrastructure that is required to sustain data center operations. This topology can also be used compare...
Provided by Uptime Institute
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Whitepapers
Cloud-based email archiving: A practical guide
Sep 2012
How cloud-based email archiving solutions can meet the regulatory and business requirements of long-term message storage, while offering clear financial and operational advantages over in-house...
Provided by Mimecast
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White Papers
Contact Centers for Dummies
Mar 2007
With the emergence of worldwide competition in the contact center business, it's become increasingly important for contact center professionals to work from a defined methodology. This guide...
Provided by Avaya
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eBooks
Server Virtualization for Dummies
Dec 2012
Making Everything Easier! - like they always do, "For Dummies" are back with an edition about server virtualisation. Download this book to find: -The benefits of application-driven virtualisation...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Cisco Global Cloud Index
Oct 2012
The Cisco® Global Cloud Index 2011-2016, is an ongoing effort to forecast the growth of global data center and cloud-based IP traffic. The forecast includes trends associated with data center...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
Beyond Cost Savings: Four Compelling Reasons To Virtualize Your IT Environment
Apr 2013
Cost savings is a well-known benefit of virtualization, but what else can be gained from a shift to a virtualized IT environment? Find out how other results of virtualization, such as improved...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Cloud, Appliance or Software: How to Decide Which Backup Solution is Best for Your Small or Mid-Size Organization
May 2012
Successfully backing up critical systems and data is key to disaster recovery and business continuity. Yet, Symantec's 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey revealed that only half of respondents...
Provided by Symantec.cloud
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Whitepapers
HP 3PAR Storage: Thin Provisioning Best Practices
Jul 2012
Thin provisioning has become a data center 'must have', but to maximize its benefits requires a certain amount of planning. This white paper sponsored by HP + Intel reveals best practices for thin...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms
Jan 2013
Data center professionals can rid themselves of messy racks, sub-standard under floor air distribution, and cable sprawl with a minimum of heartache and expense. Whether the data center mess is...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Whitepapers
Reducing Network Complexity, Boosting Performance with HP IRF Technology
Dec 2011
Purpose-built networking solutions, system architecture, and technology are streamlining the design of next-generation data centers and campus networks to ensure the superior resiliency,...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Data Center Optimization: Three Key Strategies
Jun 2009
Data center managers face a lot of challenges over the next few years. In many facilities, three pressing problems need to be solved nearly immediately: limited power, increasing cooling demands,...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Whitepapers
2012 global IT leadership report: Making infrastructure pay
Sep 2012
The challenging technological times in which we live have seen large companies adopt a broad range of IT systems and products. Cost and complexity have meant that there is no one solution, so IT...
Provided by SAVVIS
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White Papers
The Forrester Wave: Application Mapping for the CMDB
Feb 2006
Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the eight vendors that have brought an original technology for automated application to infrastructure dependency mapping to market across 63...
Provided by BMC Software
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Whitepapers
White paper: Enterprise information integration: Deployment best practices for low-cost implementation
Aug 2007
One of the most elusive challenges facing IT today is providing ways for executives to run their global businesses based on a single, integrated view of their critical enterprise data. Hampered by...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Virtual Success in the Healthcare Provider Market
Sep 2012
This white paper is presented by IDC Health Insights and sponsored by NetApp. The objectives were to gain insights into: The decision-making process for investment in desktop virtualization by...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Munder Capital Management: Investment Firm Embraces Cloud Computing to Achieve Growth Goals, Reduce Costs
Apr 2012
Munder Capital Management understands clearly that being a world-class investment firm requires a world-class IT infrastructure. That's why it virtualized its data center in 2008 and is now...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Resource Management on a VM Based Computer Cluster for Scientific Computing
Dec 2012
In the last ten years host virtualization has brought a revolution in the way almost every activity related to information technology is thought of and performed. The use of virtualization for HPC...
Provided by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
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Whitepapers
Fine Tuning IT Infrastructure Through Rapid System Assessment
Feb 2013
IT organizations constantly strive to optimize IT infrastructure to meet enterprise needs efficiently and cost-effectively. For example, they may extend the life of an existing infrastructure by...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Aerospec and EMC VNXe
Sep 2011
Aerospec, a system engineering and manufacturing company, leverages VNXe and VMware to cut operating costs, increase reliability. They have seen a 2x increase in data access and 75% increase in...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Don’t Get Stuck on your Virtualization Journey: Where to Focus Next
Apr 2013
You've virtualized a significant number of server workloads and have likely experienced significant cost savings and performance improvements so, what's next? Read this trend brief to identify...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Virtual Mainframe: Migration
Sep 2011
Today's CIOs are increasingly questioning whether the mainframe will continue to be a strategic platform in the future. A recent survey by Standish Group1 showed that while 70% of CIOs consider...
Provided by Micro Focus
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White Papers
Dynamic Data Center Power Management: Trends, Issues, and Solutions
Feb 2008
This paper examines the challenges of increasing data center power consumption and higher energy costs in the face of ever-increasing computing needs. An examination of how power is allocated to...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Capacity Planning in Virtual Environments
Nov 2011
Virtualization changes the way just about everything is done in the data center, including capacity planning. Traditional physical server environments are fairly straightforward to plan for...
Provided by SolarWinds
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White Papers
5 Must-Ask Questions for SAN Storage Consolidation Success
Mar 2012
Storage consolidation, when done right, helps your business keep costs in check and allows you to take full advantage of scale-out virtualization. Download this paper for a look at five questions...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
IBM SmartCloud Entry on System x with VMware vSphere Essentials Plus
Jul 2012
To address rapidly changing IT demands, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) can now go beyond virtualization and tap into the economic advantages of private clouds, enabling them to reinvent their...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Breaking the Application Bottleneck
Jan 2009
Optimizing application performance today is critical. The attendee will learn how to improve application deployment times and deliver significant power savings in the data center with the Cisco...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Virtualization Beyond the Data Center
Jun 2009
The concept of virtualization has gotten renewed attention with the advent of server virtualization in the Data Center, enabling organizations to simplify management and optimize performance of...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
Virtualize with the new VMware vSphere on IBM Intel processors and take advantage of special financing
Jul 2009
VMware vSphere is designed to simplify, consolidate and realize new flexibility and performance with servers, storage, and networks. Come listen to industry experts from Intel, IBM and VMware talk...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Cisco Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Solutions
May 2009
The presenter of this webcast will provide the latest information on Cisco Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Solutions, a key element of Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision and strategy, providing a range...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Research
Your Best Tape Backup Encryption Options
Sep 2005
Following the highly publicized losses of backup tapes containing sensitive information about firms' customers, many organizations are examining their own policies and technology options for...
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Oracle Essbase Studio Deep-Dive
Mar 2010
Using Oracle Essbase Studio, users can easily build a multidimensional model from data sources. The application allows users to add relational database tables, views, and flat files to OBIEE and...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Virtualization Saves
Oct 2010
From acquisition to administration, server virtualization offers cost savings and more.
Provided by CDW
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Whitepapers
Managing the Server Migration Process: The HP Insight Control Approach
Mar 2010
This IDC White Paper examines the process of server migration, with a focus on transferring existing operating systems and application software to new server hardware environments. It examines IT...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
The Important Role of Storage for Success in Server Virtualization
Oct 2010
This white paper describes the advantages of scale-out iSCSI storage in four areas—cost, high availability and disaster recovery, performance, and management—and illustrates how SANs provide...
Provided by PC Mall
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White Papers
Server Virtualization White Paper
Dec 2010
Server virtualization is one of the fastest-growing IT initiatives for midsize and large businesses. Within three years, more than 50 percent of all enterprise data center workloads will be...
Provided by CDW
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Whitepapers
Reducing the Complexity of Virtualization for Small and Midsized Businesses
Nov 2012
Because small and midsized businesses are often faced with more modest IT resources, challenges deploying and managing virtualization, as well as executing critical IT management tasks that...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
A Framework for Data Center Scale Dynamic Resource Allocation Algorithms
May 2011
The scale and complexity of online applications and e-business infrastructures has led service providers to rely on the capabilities of large-scale hosting platforms, i.e., data centers. Dynamic...
Provided by University of Warsaw
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Whitepapers
Green-Aware Workload Scheduling in Geographically Distributed Data Centers
Sep 2012
Renewable (or green) energy, such as solar or wind, has at least partially powered data centers to reduce the environmental impact of traditional energy sources (brown energy with high carbon...
Provided by Nanyang Technological University
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Podcasts
Global Cloud Index Video
Oct 2012
The Cisco® Global Cloud Index is an ongoing effort to forecast the growth of global data center and cloud-based IP traffic. The forecast includes trends associated with data center virtualization...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
On Arbitrating the Power-Performance Tradeoff in SaaS Clouds
Jan 2013
In this paper, the authors present an analytical framework for characterizing and optimizing the power-performance tradeoff in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud platforms. Their objectives are...
Provided by Huazhong University of Science & Technology
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Whitepapers
Cloud Bursts Into Higher Education
Jul 2012
A study conducted by Forrester Consulting finds that university IT leaders need to focus their efforts on strengthening ties to academic departments, transitioning the internal infrastructure to a...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
Transparent Error Correction Based Qecc for Communication Between Data Centers
Mar 2012
Commodity clusters running high-performance applications, connected by high-speed "Lambda" networks across hundreds of milliseconds of network latency. Packet loss on long-haul networks can...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
Aerospec and EMC VNXe
Sep 2011
Aerospec, a system engineering and manufacturing company, leverages VNXe and VMware to cut operating costs, increase reliability. They have seen a 2x increase in data access and 75% increase in...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Top Reasons Customers Virtualize Desktop Infrastructures With EMC VSPEX
Nov 2012
Want to boot 1,000 virtual desktops in less than 8 minutes? You can with EMC FLASH 1st in reason #9.
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
IDC analyst paper: Eliminate shortcomings in your cloud architecture with Smarter Storage
Jan 2013
As a result of business pressures and economic realities facing IT organizations today, technology executives need to continuously implement more efficient ways to run IT services for their...
Provided by IBM Australia
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Whitepapers
IDC Technology Spotlight: Virtualize Desktiops for Better Management and Operations Across Devices
Sep 2012
Centralized virtual desktop (CVD) technology is an innovation receiving closer attention today as itspotential impact on IT departments and users becomes clearer. The push for client...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Sierra: Practical Power-Proportionality for Data Center Storage
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors present Sierra, a power-proportional distributed storage subsystem for data centers. Sierra allows powering down of a large fraction of servers during troughs without...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Whitepapers
Best of 2012 Top Dell Software Virtualisation Management Articles
Mar 2013
Welcome to our Best of 2012 eBook. We selected the documents for inclusion based on continued interested from the virtualization community. Performance oriented topics continued to dominate the...
Provided by Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Best of 2012 Top Dell Software Virtualisation Management Articles
Jan 2013
Welcome to our Best of 2012 eBook. We selected the documents for inclusion based on continued interested from the virtualisation community. Performance oriented topics continued to dominate the...
Provided by Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
VMware vCloud Director 5.1 Networking Concepts
Feb 2013
VMware vCloud Director engineers the provisioning of the software-defined datacenter layer to allow for a complete virtual datacenter delivery within a short period of time. This software-defined...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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eBooks
Empowering Security and Compliance Management for the z/OS RACF Environment using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS
Feb 2013
In this IBM® Redpaper™ document we discuss how Tivoli® Security Management for z/OS® allows you to submit mainframe security information from z/OS, RACF®, and DB2®...
Provided by IBM
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eBooks
IBM z/OS Mainframe Security and Audit Management Using the IBM Security zSecure Suite
Feb 2013
The IBM® Security zSecure suite consists of multiple components designed to help you administer your mainframe security server, monitor for threats, audit usage and configurations, and enforce...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Avoiding insider threats to enterprise security
Feb 2013
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager helps organizations to securely manage and track the activities of privileged users, thereby reducing the risk of breaches, improving compliance and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Blade Server Strategies: Optimizing the Data Center
Feb 2013
With HP BladeSystem solutions and related technologies, IT departments can be sure they’re getting the most out of their server blade investments while building an agile, flexible data center....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Building a Business Case for HP Blades Servers
Feb 2013
If your organization is deploying a new server farm or cluster for any reason - a newly virtualized application or a growing business initiative, perhaps - this is the time to consider blade...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Top 10 Reasons to Move to HP Blade Servers
Feb 2013
Enterprise and midsize businesses are increasingly turning to blade servers as the platform of choice to deliver the next generation of virtualized applications. Blade servers can yield...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Extending a Method of Describing System Management Operations to Energy-Saving Operations in Data Centers
Dec 2010
The authors propose a method for describing system management operations based upon patterns identified by analyzing operations in data centers. Combined with a CMS (Configuration Management...
Provided by NORTH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY UNION
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Case Studies
Priority Health
Feb 2013
Learn how Priority Health provided support for rapid data growth while meeting stringent user requirements for availability, scalability, and performance of storage systems. Sponsored by HP and...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Case Studies
Insurance Company Deploys UCS and Gains Speed, Flexibility, and Savings
Oct 2011
For more than 30 years, Hannover Life Re America has been designing custom solutions for clients in the life and health reinsurance market. Their challenges are aging server infrastructure...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Travel Insurer Gains Stability, Agility Through Virtualization
Dec 2011
Founded in 1993, Seven Corners Inc. has grown to become one of the most respected insurers in the travel industry. Their challenges are to enhance network reliability and performance, simplify...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Lender Saves Money and Improves Customer Service
Jul 2012
International Personal Finance is a leading international home credit business serving 2.4 million customers and operating under the Provident brand in six markets. Their challenges are to reduce...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Financing Firm Leverages UCS for Improved Scalability and Performance
May 2012
Credit ACceptance Corporation (CACC) began working with dealerships to help buyers finance the cars they wanted. Their challenges are to scale computing, storage, and networking infrastructure for...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Bank Benefits From Borderless Network and Collaboration
Aug 2012
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated is a leading pan-African bank with operations in 32 countries across the continent, more than any other bank. Their challenges are to standardize provision of...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
More Agile and Responsive Technology for Country Fire Authority
Nov 2012
CFA (Country Fire Authority) is a largely volunteer fire and emergency services organization that serves 3.3 million people in more than one million homes and properties across the Australian...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
KSM Attains 95% Faster Access to Customer Records With VMware on FlexPod From NetApp and Cisco
Jan 2013
At Katz, Sapper & Miller (KSM), supporting growth and efficient business management are top priorities. Their challenges are to scale with rapid company expansion by upgrading storage and server...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
London Borough Council Saves Millions With Virtual Desktops
Nov 2012
Olympic Park, the borough had the world's attention during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Their challenges are to improve worker flexibility to cope with London 2012 Olympic and...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Agoda: Online Travel Firm Improves Availability and Service With Data Management Solution
Feb 2011
When its global customer base tripled, Agoda, an online hotel reservation service, needed to improve the consistency and availability of its 20 terabytes of data. To improve service, the company...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Innovator Gets Scalability on Demand
Jan 2013
From modest beginnings, Lonza has grown into a leading supplier to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and life-science industries worldwide. Their challenge is to transform data center network...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
World's Largest Online Sports Betting Site Increases Reach
Jan 2013
Based in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom, bet365 has grown rapidly from a handful of employees in 2000 to a global provider with 2100 staff. Their challenges are to drive business growth by...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Automotive Group Reduces Servers and Boosts Performance
Dec 2012
In today's market for new and used cars, customers are often in the driver's seat, actively communicating with dealers about what they need at all hours. Their challenges are to Provide always-on...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Kroll Factual Data: Firm Adopts Advanced Virtualization Solution to Boost IT Efficiency, Cloud Readiness
Nov 2011
Kroll Factual Data, which provides credit reports and related services to more than 25,000 customers, has a history as an early adopter and pioneer of data center virtualization technology. In...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Paradigm-Based Adaptive Provisioning in Virtualized Data Centers
Jan 2013
Virtualized data centers host multiple applications with distinct objectives in a shared infrastructure. Accommodating several dynamic applications in virtual data centers is a challenging task...
Provided by University of Toledo
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Whitepapers
Reduce Complexity and Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Deployments - A Business White paper
Jun 2012
To reap the full benefits of cloud computing, the IT infrastructure must run efficiently. Many organizations, however, are operating an IT infrastructure that has been cobbled together over time...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Building a Virtualized SPARC Computing Environment
Sep 2012
This best practices guide provides a solution for a SPARC virtualized environment that hosts general computing workloads using the following technologies: Server Platform: Oracle SPARC T4 servers...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Introducing DPACK
Feb 2013
In an effort to help guide our customers through mission critical IT decisions, Dell’s team of solution experts have developed an innovative new tool - the Dell Performance Analysis Collection Kit...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Fine Tuning IT Infrastructure Through Rapid System Assessment
Feb 2013
IT organizations constantly strive to optimize IT infrastructure to meet enterprise needs efficiently and cost-effectively. For example, they may extend the life of an existing infrastructure by...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Optimization: Creating the dynamic infrastructure today's economy demands
Jul 2009
Issues like increasing interconnectivity, explosive growth of data, and the mounting costs of data center operations make IT optimization a very hot topic. Find out how initiatives such as...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
A better backup to get you back up, fast
Jul 2009
Hardware failure, viruses and user errors can strike any time. Maintaining regular backups of data is crucial for recovery after such a disaster. But manual processes such as tape backups can be...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
Demand the best in on-demand data protection
Jul 2009
A reliable data protection and backup strategy is essential. IBM Remote Data Protection is a powerful and cost-effective solution for business continuity, disaster recovery and compliance. All...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
Give your infrastructure a checkup: Four areas of security vital to business health
Jul 2009
Does your IT infrastructure need a physical? System-wide security checkups are essential to strategically assess areas of potential weaknesses, before it can cause problems. This article covers...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Keep unwelcome activity away from your data
Jul 2009
During times of economic uncertainty, security threats can rise. Midsize companies need a way to easily and cost-effectively manage threats, whether they originate inside or outside the business....
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
Protect your patient data and your budget at the same time
Jul 2009
Healthcare providers have an obligation to protect patient data from internal and external threats. But they still need immediate access to that critical data, 24x7. Find out with this e-kit how...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Virtualize with the new VMware vSphere on IBM Intel processors and take advantage of special financing
Jul 2009
VMware vSphere is designed to simplify, consolidate and realize new flexibility and performance with servers, storage, and networks. Come listen to industry experts from Intel, IBM and VMware talk...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Designing Green Datacenters
Jul 2009
Until the knock of environment friendly concepts and public concerns, traditional datacenters had fixed their eye on maximum uptime. Times have changed and datacenters are concentrating on...
Provided by vishalvasu.com
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Case Studies
Distributor Uses Virtualization to Reduce Disruptions and Costs, and Double Efficiency
Jul 2009
Based in San Antonio, Texas, SPFM is a distributor of medical equipment, health and beauty products, and specialty food items. The company needed to modernize its IT infrastructure to accommodate...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hoster Uses Hyper-V to Provide Servers on Demand and Boost Profitability by 55 Percent
Jun 2009
PoundHost is a fast-growing hosting service provider in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, that embraced server virtualization as a way to curb hardware costs and lower hosting prices. However, the high...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Tomorrow's Enterprise Data Center Today: Simplify, Scale, and Protect Investments With End-to-End Solutions From IBM and Cisco
Nov 2008
IBM and Cisco solutions for the data center enable IT departments to scale to meet increasing business demands with a low TCO. Evolving to a dynamic infrastructure reduces capital and operating...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Strategies for Optimizing IT Operations and Enabling Comprehensive Compliance
Jun 2008
Spiraling data center costs and the need to demonstrate compliance with multiple and evolving regulations are issues that continue to challenge CIOs and IT professionals - especially during...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Where to Next?: How to Harness Your Business Potential and Enhance Your IT Strategy
Aug 2008
Managed hosting can enable business agility in the market place and allow focus on core competencies whilst experts are on hand and managing back end operations for online presence. No matter what...
Provided by DediPower Managed Hosting
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White Papers
Virtualization: Take Back Your Data Center
Jun 2009
As one of many IT solutions, virtualization can help enhance infrastructure performance. When combined with security and communications solutions, one of the world's most reliable networks, and...
Provided by Verizon
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White Papers
Data Center Management: Managing Data Center Change for Optimization and Risk Reduction
Sep 2008
Unisys understands today's data center challenges. Infrastructure complexity is escalating at an unprecedented rate as a result of increase in managed devices, composite applications, security...
Provided by Unisys
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White Papers
A Layman's Explanation of the Role of IT Racks in Cooling Your Data Center
Jun 2009
Unless it is an actively cooled rack (i.e. one with a cooling coil, which looks like a radiator), the rack is a passive player in the thermal system. The amount of IT systems the rack can "Cool"...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
NetApp SANscreen: Optimizing the Virtualized Data Center
Apr 2009
Today's business environment is more challenging than ever before. Global market conditions are subject to rapid change while compliance and regulation issues continue to be more demanding on IT....
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
Virtualization Beyond the Data Center: Increase Network Infrastructure Utilization and Efficiency to Reduce Operational Costs
Apr 2009
The concept of virtualization has gotten renewed attention with the advent of server virtualization in the data center, enabling organizations to simplify management and optimize performance of...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch
Feb 2009
Driven by the need to continually deploy new applications and support a larger number of internal and external customers, IT organizations everywhere are finding themselves in a space, power, and...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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White Papers
Easing the Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch With Green Internet Datacenter Re-Design
Jan 2008
Most large corporations, including communication carriers, are evaluating how to be environmentally friendly as a good public-relations gesture as well as a business choice that is essential to...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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White Papers
Transforming Business-Critical Infrastructure Through Migration to Itanium-Based Servers: A Decision-Maker's Guide to the Benefits, Challenges, and Available Resources
Nov 2008
Itanium-based servers are changing the face of business-critical computing by delivering enterprise-class scalability and availability on an industry-standard computing architecture that is more...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Increasing Storage Efficiency and Reducing Costs in the Data Center Through Effective Capacity Management
Jun 2009
Despite a faltering global economy and flat or reduced IT budgets, data growth continues unabated. Such growth presents a major challenge for storage administrators as they need to accommodate it...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
LDoms I/O Best Practices Network Availability With Logical Domains
Sep 2008
Virtually every server in a modern datacenter depends on network connectivity in order to access resources and provide services to clients. The best practice for enhancing network connectivity is...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Webcasts
Architecting for the Cloud: What's Possible Today' What's Practical Tomorrow'
Jun 2009
Cloud is not the latest marketing buzzword, but rather a serious and emerging datacenter architectural framework. This webcast identifies the technology and business process frameworks necessary...
Provided by VMware
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Webcasts
AMD Powers Efficient Datacenters: Comparing Power Consumption
Jan 2009
When server efficiency matters, it's not enough to compare spec sheets. AMD delivers power efficiency at three real-world workloads. This webcast throws light on power management in data centers.
Provided by AMD
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Webcasts
Introducing Capacity Management Essentials - Simplified Capacity Analysis and Planning for Enterprise Data Centers
Feb 2008
Capacity Management Essentials combines agentless data collection and built-in intelligence with a scalable architecture to provide a powerful, yet easy to use, capacity management solution that...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
New Performance Enhancements in VMware vSphere 4
Jun 2009
VMware vSphere 4 includes key changes that will enhance the scalability, efficiency and performance maximums as compared to previous versions of VMware Infrastructure. The presenter explains these...
Provided by VMware
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Webcasts
What's New in BMC BladeLogic Operations Manager
Jul 2009
The attendee of this webcast will learn more about the latest releases across the BMC BladeLogic product family and how one can benefit from these improvements to maximize the full value of the...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Get Real - Embrace the Virtual Data Center With BMC Software and VMware
Jan 2008
As the business continues to grow, the data center cost and complexity also grows with it. To meet these business demands, IT departments who have turned to virtualization report increased...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
How Veritas Storage Foundation Complements Microsoft Windows Server: Enhancing the Data Center
Mar 2009
Microsoft introduced several new storage management features in Windows Server 2003. In Windows Server 2008, they extend functionality to include the ability to shrink partitions and volumes...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Veritas Storage Foundation and Thin Provisioning: Rationale, Configuration and Benefits
Mar 2008
Modern datacenters are constantly asked to do more with less. Thin provisioning promises to let them do so. It is a mistake to stop there, however. As it has discussed, thin provisioning can be...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Open Source in the Next Computing Wave
Jan 2009
Open source software has been both benefactor and beneficiary of the "Internet wave" of computing during which large-scale, network-connected computing architectures built from relatively...
Provided by Illuminata
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White Papers
Reducing Data Center Cost with an Air Economizer
Aug 2008
To challenge established industry assumptions regarding data center cooling, Intel IT conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) test that used an air economizer to cool production servers with 100...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) Specification
Aug 2008
The Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) specification explicitly addresses the unique requirements of server platform management within Internet Portal Data Centers (IPDC) and other High...
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White Papers
Dynamic Power Optimization for Higher Server Density Racks - A Baidu Case Study With Intel Dynamic Power Technology
Apr 2008
Intel's Digital Enterprise Group partnered with Baidu.com conducted a Proof Of Concept (POC) project using the Intel Dynamic Power Node Manager Technology (Node Manager) to dynamically optimize...
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White Papers
Intel Microarchitecture and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Transforming the Data Center
Mar 2009
A transformation is taking place in the data center, with more powerful compute resources available, IT managers are using virtualization to consolidate more applications onto fewer physical...
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White Papers
Deploying Higher Level Building Blocks for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing Datacenters: How Tightly Coupled Data Access Appliances Simplify Scaling, Decrease Business Complexity, and Cut TCO
May 2009
Today's Web and cloud computing datacenters have reached a critical juncture as exploding demand for their services has collided with existing architectures and technologies. These datacenters...
Provided by Schoonover Associates
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White Papers
The State of Data Center Cooling: A Review of Current Air and Liquid Cooling Solutions
Mar 2008
This paper provides basic guidance for selecting the right cooling methodology for multiple types of data center projects, as well as varying densities of new servers. It focuses on proven cooling...
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Increasing Data Center Efficiency Through Metering and Monitoring Power Usage
Jun 2009
To increase data center energy efficiency at one of older data centers in India, Intel IT's Data Center Services group collaborated on a technology study with the IT compute organization and Intel...
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Maximize Data Center Flexibility Today and Tomorrow With Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) FlexMigration Assist
Aug 2008
With the advent of virtualization technology, data centers worldwide have been going through a revolution in design. Virtualization enables multiple operating systems and applications, also known...
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