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IBM BladeCenter HS22
Jul 2012
Product Guide on the IBM BladeCenter HS22 reviewing the versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, energy and cooling
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
DIMAR Group Boosts Resilience and Flexibility
Mar 2012
DIMAR Group operates in retail, marketing consumer products through a multi-channel distribution network. As the business grew, the central IT unit reacted by adding more servers and storage...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Renowned Business School Quintuples Computing Power as It Builds Its Data Center of the Future With Dell Servers, Storage and Services
Aug 2008
The Wharton School needed to refresh its IT infrastructure with ultra-dense servers and storage to minimize its footprint and maximize its compute and storage capabilities in a new data center....
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell Helps Soho VFX Deliver a Hollywood Blockbuster on Deadline While Reducing Power Costs by 20 Percent
Jul 2008
Soho VFX makes the impossible happen for Hollywood blockbusters. Artists at visual effects studio Soho VFX work under intense pressure to meet tight deadlines; they require highly reliable and...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Tora Trading Services Optimizes Space by 35 Percent and Reduces Energy Consumption by 30 Percent With Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
Oct 2008
Due to power constraints and a reliance on 1U and 2U rack servers, Tora Trading Services data center was unable to scale to provide necessary resources. It was also too complex to manage, making...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Optimal Blue Anticipates 50% Improvement in Engine Response Time, Giving Mortgage Sellers an Edge With a High-Performance Pricing Solution Powered by Dell
Sep 2008
Optimal Blue sought to optimize its technology platform by adopting more power efficient servers and flexible storage. The company upgraded from stand-alone servers with direct attached storage to...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
German Legal Search Engine Improves Availability and Performance With Standards-Based Dell Technology
Nov 2007
Juris operates a search engine for legal information. The system was originally implemented on a mainframe, with little modification to the core infrastructure in 20 years. As a result, user needs...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Server Consolidation Supports Departmental Reorganisation at UK Council and Boosts Efficiencies
Nov 2007
An organisational restructure at Nottingham City Council created a problem for its IT facility because there was no capacity within the data centre to support expansion. Moreover, the complexity...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell PowerEdge Blade and Rack Servers Provide the Foundation of a High-Density Virtualized Infrastructure at ALERT Life Sciences Computing - Supporting Simplified Management, High Performance, and Rapid Deployment
Nov 2008
With the IT infrastructure at ALERT Life Sciences Computing growing by more than 100 percent annually, the IT department needed to take action to avoid running out of rack space or spending...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Arabian Automobiles Transforms Its Business Technology Infrastructure With Itanium 2-Based HP Integrity Servers Running Linux
Nov 2007
Arabian Automobiles needed to transform its business technology infrastructure to support double-digit growth, requiring increased performance, reliability, and scalability while adhering to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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Case Studies
Intel Multi-Core Performance Helps Solve Large-Scale Science and Business Problems
Jun 2008
Created in 1986 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is one of the five original centers of the National Science Foundation...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Celanese Implements the HP Solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence Accelerator (BIA) Powered by Intel Xeon Processors to Improve the Performance of Its SAP Environment
Oct 2008
IT plays a central role in helping Celanese retain global leadership in the chemicals industry. The company uses the SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) component to integrate enterprise data...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Datacenter Networks
Oct 2008
Server virtualization is now widely accepted as a key method to consolidate computing resources. As companies take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization, they will begin to migrate to...
Provided by BLADE Network Technologies, Inc.
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White Papers
10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Overview and Applications for Enterprise Data Centres
Oct 2008
This Technology Brief is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the evolution of Ethernet, and then focuses on 10 Gigabit Ethernet and related transceiver and cabling technologies. The...
Provided by BLADE Network Technologies, Inc.
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Presentations
Cisco Executives Speak on Unified Computing System - Video
Mar 2009
Listen firsthand as Cisco leaders describe how the Cisco Unified Computing System is designed and optimized for virtualized data centers. You'll learn how this new architecture reduces time to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Technical Video Overview of the New Cisco Unified Computing System
Mar 2009
The Cisco Unified Computing System provides the capability to scale virtualized resources, reduce the time to deploy new applications, and re-provision resources quickly and efficiently. This...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
USB for Blade Servers
Jan 2009
Using Blade Servers can considerably save money on hardware but here some problems arise. One of them is that it is completely impossible to work with USB devices. Blade computers can share...
Provided by FabulaTech
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White Papers
HP-UX Consolidation on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades
Jun 2008
HP BladeSystem c-Class with the HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade and HP Virtual Server Environment combine to deliver a datacenter solution that has superior performance is highly available and is...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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Webcasts
Securing Your Network With Software Blades
Jan 2009
The attendee will learn more about the New Check Point Software Blade architecture that brings flexibility and simplicity to customers, by allowing them to select security applications that meet...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
Top Four Reasons for Deploying Radisys ATCA Blades Based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Platform: Evaluating Compute Performance, Overall Cost, Upgrade Path and Thermal Requirements
Mar 2009
Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) are in a race against ever-increasing network bandwidth and application deployment. Their service provider customers are quickly moving to 10 gigabyte...
Provided by RadiSys
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Whitepapers
IBM X-Architecture Blueprint 2009
Apr 2009
The X-Architecture blueprint takes a comprehensive approach to providing a dynamic infrastructure—using innovative hardware, software and services—to solve customer challenges today, and it...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Naviance Uses ZXTM to Scale Its Business to Provide College Planning and Advising to Millions of Students Worldwide
May 2008
Naviance needed to upgrade their technology infrastructure in order to scale the application to accommodate more customers and to provide 24/7 uptime. They had two key infrastructure pieces to...
Provided by Zeus Technology
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Case Studies
Cost-Effective and Efficient Virtualization
Mar 2009
Founded in 1967, Betagro Public Company Limited, part of Thailand conglomerate Betagro Group, is a leader in the country's integrated agricultural sector. As its business expanded, Betagro Public...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell Case Study: Unifying Communications
Mar 2009
To deliver services based on Microsoft unified communications, M Dados needed a high-performance hardware infrastructure that included the latest quad-core Intel Xeon processors. The company...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Blades Give Trading Application an Edge
Mar 2009
Power constraints and a reliance on 1U and 2U rack servers left Tora Trading Services with a complex, inefficient infrastructure that could not scale to provide necessary resources. Working with...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Upgrade Improves Management Efficiency by 33 Per Cent With Scalable Dell Solution
Mar 2009
IT services provider Atos Origin wanted to upgrade the infrastructure at its business-critical SAP Competence Centre. With servers nearing the end of their lease agreements and storage approaching...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell Blades Help Reduce Rendering Time for Chungnam Techno Park by 90 Percent and Energy Consumption by 30 Percent
Mar 2009
With its legacy servers causing rendering bottlenecks that led to costly delays in production, Chungnam Techno Park wanted a dynamic server solution to speed up the rendering process for its film...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Garuda Indonesia Reduces Energy Consumption by 40 Percent and Optimizes Space by 50 Percent With Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
Mar 2009
Garuda Indonesia wanted to boost the efficiency of its business operations by developing its IT infrastructure further and running key front-end applications on high-performance servers. Garuda...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Virtualization Helps Earth Rangers Accommodate 100 Percent Growth While Saving 90 Percent on Data Center Space and 85 Percent on Energy Costs
Mar 2009
For Earth Rangers, creating a "Green" corporate headquarters was essential for supporting the environmental messages it teaches millions of children through school shows and online programs. Earth...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
IT Outsourcing Company Aims for 30 Per Cent Annual Turnover Growth With Scalable Blade Solution
Mar 2009
The company wanted to replace a disparate and complex IT infrastructure with a simplified solution that was scalable and less expensive to run. The IT team purchased nine Dell blade servers,...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Global Manufacturer Pelican Products Uses Dell Blade Servers to Deliver World-Class SAP Performance and Reduce Hardware Costs by 25 Percent
Mar 2009
Business growth required Pelican Products to move to a more robust and scalable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, but the data center lacked sufficient space. Dell's Global Infrastructure...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Dell, HP, and IBM Blade Solutions
Oct 2008
Dell Inc. commissioned principled Technologies(PT) to compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of three blade solutions, which is listed in alphabetical order: Dell PowerEdge M1000e, HP...
Provided by Principled Technologies
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White Papers
The Better Choice: HP StorageWorks EVA and HP BladeSystem
Feb 2009
While the reasons for and the benefits of data center virtualization are well-known, server virtualization comes with challenges of its own. Rapid proliferation and virtual machine sprawl can...
Provided by Edison Group
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Whitepapers
Configuring Boot From Shared Storage With Direct Connect SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem and HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000sa
Dec 2008
The HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array enables multiple servers to share access to a highly available, dynamically reconfigurable storage solution capable of many sophisticated shared...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Introduction to Managing IBM Blades
Jun 2008
This paper is intended to present the general steps necessary to successfully manage blades in the IBM BladeCenter. Its primary focus is to detail the steps required for installing device drivers...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Implementation
Jun 2008
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) is designed to help to manage growth and complexity by making it easy to manage I/O and network interconnects for up to 100 BladeCenter chassis - up to...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Geotrace Accelerates Delivery of Data to Customer by Two Months With an Ocean-Bound HPC Cluster Using Dell Blade Servers
Apr 2009
Geotrace is a privately owned, Houston-based company that helps geophysical services companies worldwide maximize the potential of their reservoirs by processing and integrating data gathered...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
A Healthy Approach to Server Sprawl
Apr 2009
Health care insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York sought to consolidate its disparate claims processing server environment to reduce administrative complexity and speed the deployment...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Counting the Virtues in Virtualization
Jan 2009
Sun Healthcare needed to simplify, upgrade, centralize and virtualize a largely end-of-life IT infrastructure, as well as migrate and centralize an acquired infrastructure without disruption. The...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
EMA Radar™ for Advanced Performance Analytics (APA) Use Cases: Q4 2012
Apr 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is unique in this EMA Radar in its ability to combine two threads – a single analytic overlay as embodied in its Service Health Analyzer (SHA) product, and a broader suite...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers Help Betagro Public Company Limited Lower Energy Consumption by 40 Percent
Sep 2008
With a fast-expanding business, Betagro Public Company Limited required a robust IT infrastructure that could scale in parallel with the company's growth and support a rapidly evolving application...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
North Shore Medical Center Provides Better Support With AMD Processor-Based Solutions
Jun 2008
North Shore Medical Center is part of a non-profit integrated health system founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. North Shore Medical Center had been...
Provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
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Whitepapers
Cut energy costs with the powerful IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express blade
Jan 2008
Built-in virtualization and proven IBM POWER technology make the IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express blade ideal for organizations of any size. Coupled with the IBM BladeCenter S chassis, this complete...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Replace your rack server with the IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade
May 2008
IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade brings the power of mainframes to blades. Coupled with the IBM BladeCenter S chassis, it is ideal for small database and application serving. This complete...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter S offers big benefits for the small office
Jan 2008
The all-in-one configuration of the IBM BladeCenter S makes it a perfect fit in a small office. It integrates servers, storage, networking and I/O into a single chassis, which uses a standard...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
Calculate your energy savings with the IBM Power Configurator tool
Nov 2008
Energy costs keep going up, and IT departments must find new ways to save. The IBM Power Configurator tool is designed to show you how IBM System x™ and IBM BladeCenter servers offer...
Provided by IBM
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Presentations
Extending the benefits of BladeCenter beyond the data center
May 2008
Don't let your servers take over your office. The cost-effective IBM BladeCenter HS12 and JS12 blades enable you to neatly consolidate multiple servers into a single IBM BladeCenter S chassis. And...
Provided by IBM
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Presentations
Explore the benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the inside out
Jun 2008
The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Is power your weakest link in data center flexibility? Key considerations for power systems in adaptive IT environments
Sep 2008
Flexible. Adaptive. These are the hottest buzzwords in IT infrastructures today. The power infrastructure must be flexible and adaptable too. In most cases, power is not a focal point in IT...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Distributing Power to Blade Servers: Ten steps to selecting the optimal power distribution design
Sep 2008
These days, a single rack of equipment can easily produce dozens of power cords to manage, and a sizable appetite for reliable power. Which enclosure-based power distribution unit (ePDU) is right...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
HP/Oracle RAC in a Box - Using HP c-Class BladeSystem Servers and Storage Technologies to Simplify Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Deployments
Jun 2008
This white paper describes a new solution of HP hardware with Oracle Database SE including RAC which supports up to two nodes in a cluster with a maximum of four sockets in the cluster. This...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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Case Studies
La Poste in France Selects Allied Telesis for Their Network Upgrade, Achieving the Reliability and Security Necessary for the Postal Service Providers
Mar 2008
La Poste, the French postal service, recently added new sites and services to their existing and extensive business. As their network equipment and systems were showing signs of age, La Poste...
Provided by Allied Telesis
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Case Studies
Engineers at French Production Company Improve Productivity With New Business Solution
Nov 2007
Cimes is a digital simulation company that works with organisations where simulation plays a vital role in designing and implementing new projects. The company wanted to increase productivity to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Role Memory Characterization Using HP BladeSystem (Level 200)
Jun 2008
With Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft is able to move to a 64-bit operating system using Windows Server 2003 x64 platforms. This allowed for significant increases in available memory resources for...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Virtualization Helped the City of New Orleans Begin Recovery After Katrina
Oct 2007
After the storm, the city of New Orleans recognized an opportunity to expand its original IT upgrade plans. Because the majority of city agencies lost all computing capabilities, it was a chance...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
By Consolidating 90 Percent of Its Physical Servers, the Ryerson University IT Group Is Poised to React More Quickly to University Needs
Nov 2007
Ryerson University was founded in 1948 to train a growing workforce to meet the demands of a booming postwar economy. The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell Case Study: Ryerson University
Feb 2008
The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant stress on IT staff and data center capacity. Ryerson University wanted to speed server provisioning; reduce space,...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Reducing Data Centre Costs and Simultaneously Implementing Environmental Policy
Jun 2008
What are UK companies doing about energy efficiency? In Q1 this year, analyst IDL to profiled decision makers with responsibility for environmental policy and Data Centre operations to better...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge
Jun 2008
This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and IBM System Storage DS3400
Apr 2008
This paper discusses the necessary steps to prepare for and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Oracle Real Application Clusters...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter QS21 Hardware Performance
Jun 2008
This paper provides an overview over the key hardware performance features of its processor complex as well as of its networking capabilities. It discusses the impact of these performance features...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter: The right choice
Apr 2008
Read IBM's brochure for information on the advantages of IBM BladeCenter, including its flexible architecture, easy deployment and energy-efficient features. You'll learn about the IBM portfolio...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IT Optimisation Podcast
Jun 2008
Frank Heard IBM IT Optimisation Consultant talks about how IT Optimisation can cut operational costs and improve your companies efficiency. The topics covered in this podcast are...
Provided by IBM
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Presentations
Video: IBM IT Innovation Experts Forum - Meet the Experts
Oct 2007
With an explosion of data, we must rethink how we build infrastructures. That means eliminating IT silos and doing a lot more sharing of resources across all of IT. But how is this possible...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Think Tank: Insights for Your Business
May 2008
Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that gets to the point fast. Our insights could make a real difference...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Why energy efficiency matters for midsized company growth
May 2008
This paper looks at what green means to your business and looks at the major operational concerns. Addresses what your company can do to be greener.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IT Optimisation: the low fat approach to IT
May 2008
A typical business spends 80% of its IT budget - managing and operating its IT infrastructure, rather than investing in it.This paper looks at ways you can optimise your IT and save money.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The HP Blade Workstation Solution - A New Paradigm in Workstation Computing Featuring the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation
Sep 2007
The HP Blade Workstation Solution represents a new paradigm in workstation computing. Rather than placing the workstation's computing power at the user's desk, the computing power, in the form of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Session Allocation Manager 2.1 - Optimizing Your HP Blade Workstation Solution Deployment
Oct 2007
This paper describes how Session Allocation Manager (SAM) 2.1 can be used to optimize the HP Blade Workstation Solution deployment, enhancing both manageability and ease-of-use. For example, SAM...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 1a - Advanced Management Module
May 2007
The paper is intended to present the general steps necessary to successfully deploy IBM blades in the IBM BladeCenter. Its primary focus is to detail the steps required for setting up remote boot...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
HP Partner Cnetics Helps Fast-Growing Georgia Government Agency Save Time and Money Using HP Bladesystem
Feb 2008
Cnetics Technologies wanted to provide server consolidation and security management services at an affordable price and build a scalable easy-to-manage IT infrastructure. The company installed a...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for HP Servers and HP Enterprise Virtual Array 8100 in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Environment of 20,000 Users
Feb 2008
The Customer Focused Teating (CFT) team at HP previously published the Best Practices for HP Servers and HP StorageWorks EVA8000 in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Environment paper, which...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With IBM System x, BladeCenter, System Storage and Linux
Jun 2007
The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux running on IBM System x and BladeCenter servers and IBM System storage systems. This...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage
Dec 2008
The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Implementing IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System Solution
Jan 2008
The BladeCenter Boot Disk System solution reduces cost, provides high availability, helps consolidate the IT infrastructure, reduces cabling complexity, minimizes the downtime window, and enhances...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Nov 2007
This paper will discuss the necessary steps to prepare for and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Oracle Real Application...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Developer of Trading Software Safeguards Its Network With Enhanced Security
Mar 2008
Trading Technologies wanted to implement Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) as part of a solution using compliance requirements to assess the security risk posed by a computer or device...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Fujitsu Lays Foundation for Virtual Infrastructures
Sep 2007
Fujitsu brings a unique perspective to the growing market for virtualization solutions, derived from its long experience with mainframes, its leading-edge blade server technology, and its balanced...
Provided by Ideas International
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Whitepapers
HP BladeSystem Technology in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Environment
Feb 2008
This paper provides information on how HP BladeSystem technology can assist in making a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 environment a well managed, better performing, more reliable environment. It...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Seeing Starz With HP
Dec 2007
The attendee of this webcast will learn how Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) uses the HP BladeSystem c-Class for an advanced on-demand video solution that streamlines the delivery of uncut movies...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Dell Helps Soho VFX Deliver a Hollywood Blockbuster on Deadline While Reducing Power Costs by 20 Percent
Jul 2008
Soho VFX makes the impossible happen for Hollywood blockbusters. Artists at visual effects studio Soho VFX work under intense pressure to meet tight deadlines; they require highly reliable and...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Tora Trading Services Optimizes Space by 35 Percent and Reduces Energy Consumption by 30 Percent With Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
Oct 2008
Due to power constraints and a reliance on 1U and 2U rack servers, Tora Trading Services data center was unable to scale to provide necessary resources. It was also too complex to manage, making...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Optimal Blue Anticipates 50% Improvement in Engine Response Time, Giving Mortgage Sellers an Edge With a High-Performance Pricing Solution Powered by Dell
Sep 2008
Optimal Blue sought to optimize its technology platform by adopting more power efficient servers and flexible storage. The company upgraded from stand-alone servers with direct attached storage to...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
German Legal Search Engine Improves Availability and Performance With Standards-Based Dell Technology
Nov 2007
Juris operates a search engine for legal information. The system was originally implemented on a mainframe, with little modification to the core infrastructure in 20 years. As a result, user needs...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Server Consolidation Supports Departmental Reorganisation at UK Council and Boosts Efficiencies
Nov 2007
An organisational restructure at Nottingham City Council created a problem for its IT facility because there was no capacity within the data centre to support expansion. Moreover, the complexity...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell PowerEdge Blade and Rack Servers Provide the Foundation of a High-Density Virtualized Infrastructure at ALERT Life Sciences Computing - Supporting Simplified Management, High Performance, and Rapid Deployment
Nov 2008
With the IT infrastructure at ALERT Life Sciences Computing growing by more than 100 percent annually, the IT department needed to take action to avoid running out of rack space or spending...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Arabian Automobiles Transforms Its Business Technology Infrastructure With Itanium 2-Based HP Integrity Servers Running Linux
Nov 2007
Arabian Automobiles needed to transform its business technology infrastructure to support double-digit growth, requiring increased performance, reliability, and scalability while adhering to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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Case Studies
Intel Multi-Core Performance Helps Solve Large-Scale Science and Business Problems
Jun 2008
Created in 1986 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is one of the five original centers of the National Science Foundation...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Celanese Implements the HP Solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence Accelerator (BIA) Powered by Intel Xeon Processors to Improve the Performance of Its SAP Environment
Oct 2008
IT plays a central role in helping Celanese retain global leadership in the chemicals industry. The company uses the SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) component to integrate enterprise data...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Datacenter Networks
Oct 2008
Server virtualization is now widely accepted as a key method to consolidate computing resources. As companies take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization, they will begin to migrate to...
Provided by BLADE Network Technologies, Inc.
-
White Papers
10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Overview and Applications for Enterprise Data Centres
Oct 2008
This Technology Brief is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the evolution of Ethernet, and then focuses on 10 Gigabit Ethernet and related transceiver and cabling technologies. The...
Provided by BLADE Network Technologies, Inc.
-
Presentations
Cisco Executives Speak on Unified Computing System - Video
Mar 2009
Listen firsthand as Cisco leaders describe how the Cisco Unified Computing System is designed and optimized for virtualized data centers. You'll learn how this new architecture reduces time to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Technical Video Overview of the New Cisco Unified Computing System
Mar 2009
The Cisco Unified Computing System provides the capability to scale virtualized resources, reduce the time to deploy new applications, and re-provision resources quickly and efficiently. This...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Cisco Unified Computing System - At-A-Glance
Mar 2009
Virtualization is creating a market transition where servers have become objects that move throughout the network. Cisco has addressed this transition by delivering the Unified Computing System,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
USB for Blade Servers
Jan 2009
Using Blade Servers can considerably save money on hardware but here some problems arise. One of them is that it is completely impossible to work with USB devices. Blade computers can share...
Provided by FabulaTech
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White Papers
HP-UX Consolidation on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades
Jun 2008
HP BladeSystem c-Class with the HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade and HP Virtual Server Environment combine to deliver a datacenter solution that has superior performance is highly available and is...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
-
Webcasts
Securing Your Network With Software Blades
Jan 2009
The attendee will learn more about the New Check Point Software Blade architecture that brings flexibility and simplicity to customers, by allowing them to select security applications that meet...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
Top Four Reasons for Deploying Radisys ATCA Blades Based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Platform: Evaluating Compute Performance, Overall Cost, Upgrade Path and Thermal Requirements
Mar 2009
Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) are in a race against ever-increasing network bandwidth and application deployment. Their service provider customers are quickly moving to 10 gigabyte...
Provided by RadiSys
-
Whitepapers
IBM X-Architecture Blueprint 2009
Apr 2009
The X-Architecture blueprint takes a comprehensive approach to providing a dynamic infrastructure—using innovative hardware, software and services—to solve customer challenges today, and it...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Naviance Uses ZXTM to Scale Its Business to Provide College Planning and Advising to Millions of Students Worldwide
May 2008
Naviance needed to upgrade their technology infrastructure in order to scale the application to accommodate more customers and to provide 24/7 uptime. They had two key infrastructure pieces to...
Provided by Zeus Technology
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Case Studies
Cost-Effective and Efficient Virtualization
Mar 2009
Founded in 1967, Betagro Public Company Limited, part of Thailand conglomerate Betagro Group, is a leader in the country's integrated agricultural sector. As its business expanded, Betagro Public...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
Dell Case Study: Unifying Communications
Mar 2009
To deliver services based on Microsoft unified communications, M Dados needed a high-performance hardware infrastructure that included the latest quad-core Intel Xeon processors. The company...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
Blades Give Trading Application an Edge
Mar 2009
Power constraints and a reliance on 1U and 2U rack servers left Tora Trading Services with a complex, inefficient infrastructure that could not scale to provide necessary resources. Working with...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
Upgrade Improves Management Efficiency by 33 Per Cent With Scalable Dell Solution
Mar 2009
IT services provider Atos Origin wanted to upgrade the infrastructure at its business-critical SAP Competence Centre. With servers nearing the end of their lease agreements and storage approaching...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell Blades Help Reduce Rendering Time for Chungnam Techno Park by 90 Percent and Energy Consumption by 30 Percent
Mar 2009
With its legacy servers causing rendering bottlenecks that led to costly delays in production, Chungnam Techno Park wanted a dynamic server solution to speed up the rendering process for its film...
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Case Studies
Garuda Indonesia Reduces Energy Consumption by 40 Percent and Optimizes Space by 50 Percent With Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
Mar 2009
Garuda Indonesia wanted to boost the efficiency of its business operations by developing its IT infrastructure further and running key front-end applications on high-performance servers. Garuda...
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Case Studies
Virtualization Helps Earth Rangers Accommodate 100 Percent Growth While Saving 90 Percent on Data Center Space and 85 Percent on Energy Costs
Mar 2009
For Earth Rangers, creating a "Green" corporate headquarters was essential for supporting the environmental messages it teaches millions of children through school shows and online programs. Earth...
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Case Studies
IT Outsourcing Company Aims for 30 Per Cent Annual Turnover Growth With Scalable Blade Solution
Mar 2009
The company wanted to replace a disparate and complex IT infrastructure with a simplified solution that was scalable and less expensive to run. The IT team purchased nine Dell blade servers,...
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Case Studies
Global Manufacturer Pelican Products Uses Dell Blade Servers to Deliver World-Class SAP Performance and Reduce Hardware Costs by 25 Percent
Mar 2009
Business growth required Pelican Products to move to a more robust and scalable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, but the data center lacked sufficient space. Dell's Global Infrastructure...
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White Papers
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Dell, HP, and IBM Blade Solutions
Oct 2008
Dell Inc. commissioned principled Technologies(PT) to compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of three blade solutions, which is listed in alphabetical order: Dell PowerEdge M1000e, HP...
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White Papers
The Better Choice: HP StorageWorks EVA and HP BladeSystem
Feb 2009
While the reasons for and the benefits of data center virtualization are well-known, server virtualization comes with challenges of its own. Rapid proliferation and virtual machine sprawl can...
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Whitepapers
Configuring Boot From Shared Storage With Direct Connect SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem and HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000sa
Dec 2008
The HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array enables multiple servers to share access to a highly available, dynamically reconfigurable storage solution capable of many sophisticated shared...
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Whitepapers
Introduction to Managing IBM Blades
Jun 2008
This paper is intended to present the general steps necessary to successfully manage blades in the IBM BladeCenter. Its primary focus is to detail the steps required for installing device drivers...
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Implementation
Jun 2008
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) is designed to help to manage growth and complexity by making it easy to manage I/O and network interconnects for up to 100 BladeCenter chassis - up to...
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Case Studies
Geotrace Accelerates Delivery of Data to Customer by Two Months With an Ocean-Bound HPC Cluster Using Dell Blade Servers
Apr 2009
Geotrace is a privately owned, Houston-based company that helps geophysical services companies worldwide maximize the potential of their reservoirs by processing and integrating data gathered...
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Case Studies
A Healthy Approach to Server Sprawl
Apr 2009
Health care insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York sought to consolidate its disparate claims processing server environment to reduce administrative complexity and speed the deployment...
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Case Studies
Counting the Virtues in Virtualization
Jan 2009
Sun Healthcare needed to simplify, upgrade, centralize and virtualize a largely end-of-life IT infrastructure, as well as migrate and centralize an acquired infrastructure without disruption. The...
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Whitepapers
EMA Radar™ for Advanced Performance Analytics (APA) Use Cases: Q4 2012
Apr 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is unique in this EMA Radar in its ability to combine two threads – a single analytic overlay as embodied in its Service Health Analyzer (SHA) product, and a broader suite...
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Podcasts
Breakthrough value for Integrity and HP-UX customers
May 2013
Explore the exciting new features and the future of Intel®-powered HP Integrity servers and HP-UX operating environments with Kirk Bresniker, Business Critical Systems VP, Chief Technologist and...
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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...
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