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Case Studies
HP Modular Cooling System Saves Data Center After Air Conditioning Fails
Nov 2009
The Costa Rica Justice Authority oversees the nation's entire legal system, and in some ways it functions like the U.S. Supreme Court. The Costa Rica Justice Authority wanted to provide dependable...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Small Swiss Company Cross-Works Realizes Big Gains From Using IBM Marketing Benefits and Technical Resources
Jan 2009
With fewer than 10 employees, IBM Business Partner, cross-works ag, headquartered in Switzerland, has expertise in Lotus products. Because it is a small company, cross-works needed help withits...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IT Outsourcing Firm Consolidates 145 Servers to 29 Virtualized Ones, Saves on CapEx
Aug 2009
MphasiS had a lot of end-of-life server hardware which had to be phased out. At the same time, the company wanted to explore how they could consolidate their infrastructure server environments. It...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Construction Firm Virtualizes Servers to Boost Agility and Availability, Cut Costs
Nov 2009
PEAB is a leading Swedish construction and civil engineering firm serving the Nordic region. To keep up with rapid business growth, PEAB needed to accelerate server deployment and keep critical...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
City Council Cuts Deployment Time From Hours to Minutes With Virtualisation Solution
Aug 2009
Until recently, the server environment at Grad Osijek City Council made it time-consuming and expensive to deploy software. Each application required its own physical server, which had to be...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Audio Retailer Makes Sound Decision With Virtualization, Saves $245,000 in Hardware
Aug 2009
Crutchfield sells consumer electronics through its mail-order catalog and its e-commerce Web site. The IT staff turned to virtualization to cut data center costs, improve IT staff productivity,...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hosted Service Provider Cuts Operational Costs by a Third With Virtualisation
May 2009
Faced with an increasingly competitive market, French hosting service provider Ikoula sought an alternative offering to low-cost dedicated servers. It deployed both the Windows Server 2008...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
VTB Bank Reaps Practical Benefits From Consolidation and Virtualization
Jan 2010
VTB Bank is one of the leaders in the Russian banking sector with a strong position across all banking areas. The objective was to Deploy a resilient, secure and efficient IT infrastructure to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
For HP Partner Compudyne, Virtualizing on HP Servers Makes Them Easier to Sell
Jan 2010
Compudyne is also the area's exclusive provider of EDGE Pro, a comprehensive remote IT service that helps clients monitor and proactively manage and maintain their hardware infrastructure. As...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Real-World Education
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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Webcasts
EMC's IT Virtualization Journey - Updated
Mar 2010
Interested in discovering how EMC IT is saving more than $23 million in just five years with virtualization? The attendee of this webcast will view this exclusive, updated look at EMC's...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Speed and Extend Your Virtualization Initiatives
Mar 2010
Virtualization makes small and medium businesses flexible and responsive to new requirements - while saving money. The attendee of this webcast will find out how to develop virtualization...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Virtualizing Desktops - An Inside Look at EMC IT
Feb 2010
What is a private cloud? It's everything IT wants from a cloud, but with the control and migration path IT needs. This same private cloud can support client and desktop experiences that follow...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Increasing Productivity and Reducing Operational Costs With Virtualization
Feb 2010
There is clear evidence that virtualization reduces capital expenditures, but what about operational cost savings? The presenter will share recent research findings and customer case studies that...
Provided by VMware
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Webcasts
Virtualization: The State of Trends and Technology
Feb 2010
The presenter of this webcast looks at current trends from consolidation to agility to the cloud, and Intel experts covering new hardware-assisted virtualization technologies.
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
Virtualization 2.0 Demo
Aug 2008
Virtualization 1.0 delivered energy efficiency and provided more performance in less space with less power. Virtualization 2.0 expands beyond consolidation focusing on business continuity, agility...
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
Discussing Virtualization
Jun 2008
The presenters of this webcast interact on the topic of virtualization. The pair discusses energy-efficiency, lower maintenance and software costs, performance issues and data center real estate...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Sentry Data Systems Reduces Its Server Footprint and Boosts Computing Power
Nov 2008
Sentry Data Systems' (Sentry) core infrastructure required substantial computing power and high-speed storage. Four difficult-to-administer racks of large servers supported the company's...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Zappos.com Keeps Pace With Rapid Growth on IBM BladeCenter
May 2009
Zappos.com has seen phenomenal growth since its inception in 1999, establishing itself as a leader in online shoe sales. Zappos now stocks more than 3.5 million items and serves a customer base of...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Univar Extends Computing Capabilities With IBM System z9
Sep 2009
Univar USA is the leading industrial chemical distributor in the United States, providing chemical products and distribution services. After acquiring a competitor and taking on additional...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Umea University Launches Green Windows-Based Supercomputing on an IBM BladeCenter Cluster
Mar 2010
Collaboration is a hallmark of research and education, especially at Umea University, where a unique collaborative effort has led to the development and implementation of Akka, the fastest...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
PKWARE Accelerates Software Development With IBM System z9
May 2009
PKWARE, Inc. is the largest global software company providing ZIP solutions. Their products, PKZIP and SecureZIP, are the industry standard in cross-platform data compression and encryption...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Atos Origin Boosts Mainframe Efficiency and Value With IBM
Mar 2010
Atos Origin is a major international IT services provider, employing 50,000 professionals in 50 countries. The company wanted to deliver improved price-performance; introduce faster, more...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Atlas Tube Ensures Continuous Operations and Gains Robust Performance
Jun 2008
Atlas Tube has five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The 1.2 million tons of hollow structural steel sections produced annually by Atlas Tube form...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
CIBER Exploits New Mainframe Technology for Productivity and Service Improvements
Feb 2008
CIBER is a leading international system integration consultancy. Its IT Operations Outsourcing business unit owns, operates, and manages the computing resources for one of the nation's leading...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
CooperVision Establishes Clear Vision for Future
Jun 2008
When CooperVision acquired Ocular Sciences, Inc. in 2004, the company became the world's third largest contact lens company. The acquisition dramatically increased the demands on CooperVision's IT...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Copercana Deploys Innovative Technology to Refine IT Environment
Jul 2009
Cooperativa dos Plantadores de Cana do Estado de São Paulo (Copercana), a sugar cane planters' cooperative, is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Brazil. The cooperative needed to...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
EMC Insurance Companies Sees a Secure Future on the Web
Jun 2009
EMC Insurance Companies have been serving policyholders and independent insurance agents for nearly 100 years. Today, EMC has more than 2,200 employees and assets exceeding $3 billion and is one...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Enhancing Complex IT Means Improved Service and Environment at La Caixa
Sep 2009
La Caixa, is Spain's largest savings bank and the third largest finance company in the country. According to the European Foundation Centre, La Caixa is the third largest savings bank in Europe...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Isle of Man Government Enhances Public Service
Feb 2010
The Isle of Man Government (IoMG) wanted to improve delivery of critical public services by leveraging the latest in virtualisation, server and disaster recovery (DR) technologies - continuing a...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Mac Papers, Inc. Enhances Operational Readiness
Aug 2008
Mac Papers, Inc. is a 40 year old company and is the largest supplier of printing papers in the southeastern United States. In light of the growing role of technology in its business, the company...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Nippon Travel Agency Sets Standard for First-Class Online Reservations
Mar 2008
Tabi Plaza is the reservation portal website for Japan's Nippon Travel Agency, which provides customers with 24x7 travel services. Nippon Travel Agency wanted to expand its online travel...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Noridian Mutual Insurance Company Creates a Secure Environment to Fuel Growth
Jul 2008
Noridian Mutual Insurance is a multi-faceted corporation, providing private health coverage, life insurance, administrative services, third-party administration and many other products and...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: North Star Mutual Offers Real-Time Insurance Services
Aug 2008
Providing property and casualty insurance protection for homes, autos, farms, and businesses, Minnesota-based North Star Mutual has been in business since 1920. The company wanted to provide...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Readies Itself for Tomorrow's Challenges, Today
Oct 2009
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society wanted to evaluate current and long-term organisational needs and develop a new computing strategy that reduces costs, whilst improving service delivery....
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: P&O Ferrymasters Continues to Evolve Its Infrastructure to Meet Real-Time Business Demands
Mar 2008
P&O Ferrymasters wanted a secure, reliable infrastructure capable of responding nimbly to business demands. P&O Ferrymasters simplified operations, improved manageability and control, and enhanced...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Post & Co. Sails Forward to an Agile Future
Apr 2008
Post & Co. (P&I) B.V. wanted to find a low-risk path to a high-tech future. The company migrated its custom-developed core business applications to the powerful Unisys Agile Business Suite (AB...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Real-Time Center Increases Business Agility With Pay-for-Use Metering Technology
Mar 2008
Real-Time Center (RTC) in Switzerland develops a range of specialist software and customised business solutions for the finance sector. Its core business is the development of integrated and...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Run Book Automation Delivers Significant Cost Savings for Unisys Corporation
Aug 2008
Unisys Engineering Resource Lab (ERL) wanted an intelligent, highly automated management and provisioning of scarce server resources to satisfy the demanding requirements of software engineers...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Sabesp Modernizes Service Delivery Using a Real-Time Infrastructure
Mar 2008
With over 25 million customers, Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (Sabesp) - the State of São Paulo, Brazil's basic sanitation company - is the largest organization of its kind...
Provided by Unisys
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White Papers
Virtualization as a Strategy for Maintaining Future Access to Multimedia Content
Apr 2009
Virtualization and emulation techniques are getting better and better, and it feels thus natural to apply them to address the problem of data preservation for future content access. In this paper,...
Provided by Norwegian Computing Center
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Case Studies
Corporate Express Implements Flexible, Scalable IT Infrastructure With VMware Virtualization
Jul 2011
Corporate Express is a supplier of office essentials with 45 locations across Australia and New Zealand. Their challenge is to provide a dynamic, flexible infrastructure to deliver key...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Top Research University Gains Flexibility With VMware View
Oct 2011
A top research university in the United States, the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) makes its teaching expertise available to working professionals through its Distance Learning and...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Cybage Mitigates Server Sprawl, Cuts IT Costs and Implements a Robust Disaster Recovery Strategy
Aug 2011
Cybage challenge is to move to centralized strategy for storage and servers to mitigate server sprawl, reduce server provisioning time, optimize utilization of space in the datacenter, reduce...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Virtual Data Layer Accelerates Financial Research
Jun 2011
The Firm is a global leader in multi-manager investment services, providing investment products and services in more than 40 countries. Accessing the data required expert knowledge of the Research...
Provided by Composite Software Systems
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet With Keith Combs and Matt Hester - Episode 56: Virtualization With Ben Armstrong
Sep 2011
Ben "The Virtual PC Guy" Armstrong has been on the leading edge of many of the virtualization developments for years. Ben joined Microsoft during the CONNECTIX acquisition back in 2003. During his...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
PEARL: A Programmable Virtual Router Platform
Jul 2011
Programmable routers supporting virtualization are a key building block for bridging the gap between new Internet protocols and their deployment in real operational networks. This paper presents...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
LiveWide-Area Migration of Virtual Machines Including Local Persistent State
Jun 2007
So far Virtual Machine (VM) migration has focused on transferring the run-time memory state of the VMs in Local Area Networks (LAN). However, for Wide-Area Network (WAN) migration it is crucial to...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Case Studies
Optimation Achieves Integrated Data Protection With Lynx, VMware, and NetApp
Nov 2010
Optimation Technology is a global design, engineering, and fabrication firm headquartered in Rochester, NY that provides industrial and manufacturing applications from concept to completion. Their...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
LTU's VMware Environment Features 83% Faster Provisioning and 70% Storage Savings With NetApp
Jul 2010
Lawrence Technological University has been educating leaders in the middle of the Great Depression. Their challenge is to support the university's educational mission with robust, reliable...
Provided by NetApp
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Podcasts
Interview With Xen Open-Source Virtualization Founder and Citrix VP Ian Pratt
Dec 2008
In this podcast, the speakers discuss Ian's role at Citrix along with his views on everything from client side hypervisors to virtualization security, to the differences between the Xen hypervisor...
Provided by DABCC
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Podcasts
Application/Desktop Virtualization Podcast with Yori Gabay from InstallFree
Dec 2008
In this podcast, the speakers discuss the InstallFree application virtualization/dynamic desktop computing solution. The speakers will also discuss how the InstallFree solution works, what it...
Provided by DABCC
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Podcasts
Citrix Project Independence: Client-Side Hypervisor Podcast With Citrix CTO Simon Crosby
Feb 2009
In this podcast, the speakers will discuss Citrix's recent announcement around Citrix Project Independence, a client-side hypervisor. They also discuss the Citrix / Intel partnership, how Project...
Provided by DABCC
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Podcasts
Citrix's CTO Simon Crosby Discuses Free XenServer Virtualization, Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V and XenServer Podcast
Feb 2009
In this podcast, the speakers discuss Citrix's recent announcements around the FREE Citrix XenServer virtualization solution along with the Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V and XenServer products...
Provided by DABCC
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Podcasts
Virtualization Personalization and Desktop Management Podcast With Bob Janssen From RES Software
Mar 2009
In this podcast, the speakers discuss Symantec's end-point virtualization solution in this episode, what it is, how AppStream and Altiris fits in, and why one should pay attention to Symantec's...
Provided by DABCC
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Podcasts
Centrix Software: Unified End-User Computing With Richard Pegden
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the authors discuss Centrix Software's unified end-user computing solution. Richard discusses what's new, the various products Centrix offers, why they should care, how they are...
Provided by DABCC
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Case Studies
Insight Investments Accelerates Growth With Server Virtualization and NetApp FAS Storage
Mar 2008
Insight Investments provides services and solutions that help companies manage both technology needs and financial objectives, while providing control over assets, capital, and data. Their...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Virtualized Db Clustering and Server Consolidation: It's Implementation With a Live Case Study
Aug 2010
Virtualization is a technology that transforms today's powerful computer hardware, which was designed to run a single operating system and a single application, to run multiple virtual machine...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
XenTune: Detecting Xen Scheduling Bottlenecks for Media Applications
Jun 2010
Virtualization provides enormous economic and ecological benefits by enabling server consolidation and supporting low-cost green data centers. A key component of the hypervisor in a virtualized...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
PeerWatch: A Fault Detection and Diagnosis Tool for Virtualized Consolidation Systems
Jun 2010
Server virtualization is now becoming an effective means to consolidate numerous applications into a small number of machines. While such a strategy can lead to significant savings in power and...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
VCAE: A Virtualization and Consolidation Analysis Engine for Large Scale Data Centers
Apr 2010
Server consolidation through virtualization is becoming an effective way to save power and space in enterprise data centers. However, it also brings additional operational risks for the...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Untangling the Mixed Information in Virtual Machine Resource Utilization Calibration
Jun 2011
Server virtualization brings benefits in autonomic resource management, but also leads to new challenges. The challenge the paper addresses is on profiling physical resource utilization...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Understanding Data Center Network Architectures in Virtualized Environments: A View From Multi-Tier Applications
Mar 2011
In recent years, Data Center Network (DCN) architectures received a surge of interest from both the industry and academia. However, evaluation of these newly proposed DCN architectures is limited...
Provided by Reed Elsevier
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White Papers
Combined Power and Performance Management of Virtualized Computing Environments Serving Session-Based Workloads
Apr 2011
This paper develops an online resource provisioning framework for combined power and performance management in a virtualized computing environment serving session-based workloads. The authors pose...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
An Architecture for Self-Organization in Pervasive Systems
Feb 2010
Pervasive computing environments consist of many independent collaborating electronic devices, including sensors and actuators. Ad-Hoc extendibility of such systems is desirable but the current...
Provided by Economic Development Association of Alabama
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White Papers
Managing the Virtualized Enterprise New Technology, New Challenges
Jun 2009
The benefits of employing virtualization in the corporate data center are compelling - lower operating costs, better resource utilization and increased availability of critical infrastructure to...
Provided by Prism Microsystems
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Whitepapers
Performance Models for Virtualized Applications
Apr 2008
This paper develops a series of performance models for predicting performance of applications on virtualized systems. It introduces the main ideas of performance modeling and presents a complete...
Provided by HP
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White Papers
Analysis of the Performance-Influencing Factors of Virtualization Platforms
Jan 2011
Nowadays, virtualization solutions are gaining increasing importance. By enabling the sharing of physical resources, thus making resource usage more efficient, they promise energy and cost...
Provided by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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White Papers
Quick Reboot-Based Recovery for Commodity Operating Systems in Virtualized Server Consolidation
Feb 2010
Kernel-level failures have a considerable amount of impact on the overall availability of software systems. If a kernel fails, all the applications running on it also fail even if they are highly...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Ten Million and One Penguins, Or, Lessons Learned From Booting Millions of Virtual Machines on HPC Systems
Apr 2010
In this paper, the authors describe Megatux, a set of tools they are developing for rapid provisioning of millions of virtual machines and controlling and monitoring them, as well as what they...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
A Top-Down Approach to Dynamically Tune I/O for HPC Virtualization
Apr 2010
Virtualization provides benefits toward performance analysis in that entire systems can be passively monitored in detail without having to use instrumentation or hardware techniques. This puts...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
An Agent-Based Infrastructure for Energy Profile Capture and Management
Jan 2011
Accurately monitoring changing energy usage patterns in households is a first requirement for more efficient and eco-friendly energy management. Such data is essential to the establishment of the...
Provided by Delft University of Technology
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White Papers
Secure Web Service Federation Management Using TPM Virtualisation
Nov 2007
Web Services and SOA provide interoperability and architectural baseline for flexible and dynamic cross-enterprise collaborations, where execution and use of the participating services contributes...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Virtualised Trusted Computing Platform for Adaptive Security Enforcement of Web Services Interactions
Jul 2007
Security enforcement framework is an important aspect of any distributed system. With new requirements imposed by SOA-based business models, adaptive security enforcement on the application level...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Coordinated Energy Management in Virtualized Data Centers
Apr 2010
Energy management in large-scale virtualized data centers has become increasingly important. In this paper, the authors first study the data center workload characteristics based on a large data...
Provided by University of Tennessee
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White Papers
IPOEM: A GPS Tool for Integrated Management in Virtualized Data Centers
Jun 2011
A fundamental problem that confronts data center administrators in integrated management is to understand potential management options and evaluate corresponding space of the managed system's...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Effective VM Sizing in Virtualized Data Centers
Jan 2011
In this paper, the authors undertake the problem of server consolidation in virtualized data centers from the perspective of approximation algorithms. They formulate server consolidation as a...
Provided by University of Tennessee
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White Papers
Performance Implications of Hosting Enterprise Telephony Applications on Virtualized Multi-Core Platforms
Jul 2009
Virtualization technology has gained significant adoption in various domains as a means to lower costs and enable greener solutions. Recently, there has been a significant amount of interest in...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Virtual-CPU Scheduling in the Quest Operating System
Jan 2011
This paper describes the scheduling framework for a new operating system called "Quest." The three main goals of Quest are to ensure safety, predictability and efficiency of software execution....
Provided by Boston University
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White Papers
Analysis of Performance in the Virtual Machines Environment
Jul 2011
In this paper, the authors propose a scheme that manages the Performance and resource of virtual machines that are used to host computing applications. As the size and complexity of modern...
Provided by VIT UNIVERSITY
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Case Studies
Atlas Tube Ensures Continuous Operations and Gains Robust Performance
Jun 2008
Atlas Tube has five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The 1.2 million tons of hollow structural steel sections produced annually by Atlas Tube form...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
CIBER Exploits New Mainframe Technology for Productivity and Service Improvements
Feb 2008
CIBER is a leading international system integration consultancy. Its IT Operations Outsourcing business unit owns, operates, and manages the computing resources for one of the nation's leading...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
CooperVision Establishes Clear Vision for Future
Jun 2008
When CooperVision acquired Ocular Sciences, Inc. in 2004, the company became the world's third largest contact lens company. The acquisition dramatically increased the demands on CooperVision's IT...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Copercana Deploys Innovative Technology to Refine IT Environment
Jul 2009
Cooperativa dos Plantadores de Cana do Estado de São Paulo (Copercana), a sugar cane planters' cooperative, is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Brazil. The cooperative needed to...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
EMC Insurance Companies Sees a Secure Future on the Web
Jun 2009
EMC Insurance Companies have been serving policyholders and independent insurance agents for nearly 100 years. Today, EMC has more than 2,200 employees and assets exceeding $3 billion and is one...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Enhancing Complex IT Means Improved Service and Environment at La Caixa
Sep 2009
La Caixa, is Spain's largest savings bank and the third largest finance company in the country. According to the European Foundation Centre, La Caixa is the third largest savings bank in Europe...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Isle of Man Government Enhances Public Service
Feb 2010
The Isle of Man Government (IoMG) wanted to improve delivery of critical public services by leveraging the latest in virtualisation, server and disaster recovery (DR) technologies - continuing a...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Mac Papers, Inc. Enhances Operational Readiness
Aug 2008
Mac Papers, Inc. is a 40 year old company and is the largest supplier of printing papers in the southeastern United States. In light of the growing role of technology in its business, the company...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Nippon Travel Agency Sets Standard for First-Class Online Reservations
Mar 2008
Tabi Plaza is the reservation portal website for Japan's Nippon Travel Agency, which provides customers with 24x7 travel services. Nippon Travel Agency wanted to expand its online travel...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Noridian Mutual Insurance Company Creates a Secure Environment to Fuel Growth
Jul 2008
Noridian Mutual Insurance is a multi-faceted corporation, providing private health coverage, life insurance, administrative services, third-party administration and many other products and...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: North Star Mutual Offers Real-Time Insurance Services
Aug 2008
Providing property and casualty insurance protection for homes, autos, farms, and businesses, Minnesota-based North Star Mutual has been in business since 1920. The company wanted to provide...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Readies Itself for Tomorrow's Challenges, Today
Oct 2009
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society wanted to evaluate current and long-term organisational needs and develop a new computing strategy that reduces costs, whilst improving service delivery....
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: P&O Ferrymasters Continues to Evolve Its Infrastructure to Meet Real-Time Business Demands
Mar 2008
P&O Ferrymasters wanted a secure, reliable infrastructure capable of responding nimbly to business demands. P&O Ferrymasters simplified operations, improved manageability and control, and enhanced...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Post & Co. Sails Forward to an Agile Future
Apr 2008
Post & Co. (P&I) B.V. wanted to find a low-risk path to a high-tech future. The company migrated its custom-developed core business applications to the powerful Unisys Agile Business Suite (AB...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Real-Time Center Increases Business Agility With Pay-for-Use Metering Technology
Mar 2008
Real-Time Center (RTC) in Switzerland develops a range of specialist software and customised business solutions for the finance sector. Its core business is the development of integrated and...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Run Book Automation Delivers Significant Cost Savings for Unisys Corporation
Aug 2008
Unisys Engineering Resource Lab (ERL) wanted an intelligent, highly automated management and provisioning of scarce server resources to satisfy the demanding requirements of software engineers...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Sabesp Modernizes Service Delivery Using a Real-Time Infrastructure
Mar 2008
With over 25 million customers, Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (Sabesp) - the State of São Paulo, Brazil's basic sanitation company - is the largest organization of its kind...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Skipton Building Society - A Platform for Consolidation and Growth: Overhauling Mission-Critical Systems to Create a Low-Cost, Flexible Infrastructure
May 2008
The Skipton Building Society wanted a scalable, end-to-end operating environment, offering the improved cost of ownership and mission-critical business agility it needs to maintain the society's...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Smead Manufacturing Company Moves Toward a Real-Time Infrastructure With Server Virtualization
Nov 2008
Smead Manufacturing Company wanted to improve performance, ensure the highest levels of security, and enable ongoing strategic growth. By combining the power and reliability of Unisys ES7000...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
The City of Akron Reduces Costs With Next-Generation Server Technology
Oct 2008
The City of Akron wanted to improve mainframe utilization, reduce backup time, and limit the operating costs associated with each process, without adversely impacting the support and delivery of...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: The Infrastructure Process Connection for Medscheme
Aug 2008
Medscheme is South Africa's largest manager of medical health plans and serves 670,000 families as well as 1.8 million beneficiaries in 5 African countries. Medscheme wanted world-class...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Wetherill Associates, Inc. Establishes a Next-Generation, Real-Time Infrastructure
Nov 2008
Wetherill Associates, Inc, a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive electric components, commits to a 24-hour turnaround on all orders. The company wanted to have the technology to...
Provided by Unisys
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White Papers
VMware View 3 Magnifies Desktop Virtualization
Dec 2008
With its recent announcement of VMware View 3, VMware improves its virtual desktop offerings by advancing management, scalability, and end-user experience. The timing of the announcement coincides...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Hyper-V for the VMware Administrator (Level 300)
Mar 2010
If one is a VMware administrator or one is considering a virtualization platform purchase, then this webcast is for them. Using demonstrations, the presenter compares Microsoft and VMware...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Monitoring and Managing Your zVM/Linux Environments
Jan 2010
As one of the most scalable platforms for Linux computing, System z has several major advantages. With virtualization technology as its foundation, z/VM enables the virtualization of processor,...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Russia-Based IT Services Business Saves U.S.$50,000 With Virtualisation
Mar 2010
ALAN, based in Yaroslavl, Russia, delivers a range of IT services, including document management, infrastructure consolidation, and data protection systems. Continued growth at the company...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Reduces Application Update Time and Improves Control With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Florida International University (FIU) is a public, multicampus research university in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The university's Division of Information Technology had a terminal services...
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University Speeds Application Delivery and Improves Stability by Using Virtualization
Feb 2010
With more than 53,000 students, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is the third-largest university in the United States. In its Computer Services and Telecommunications (CST) group, two...
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University Reduces Application Update Time and Improves Stability With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Renowned for exceptional academic programs, Indiana University serves more than 100,000 students a year. The university's Auxiliary Information Technology (AIT) Infrastructure department has five...
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CDW Cuts Application Deployment Time, Improves Flexibility With Virtualization
Jan 2010
CDW provides computer hardware, software, and supplies to customers in business, government, and education markets. The company's Software Sales Business Unit has 600 sales, operations, and...
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Institute Speeds Provisioning, Simplifies Application Management With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is an academic research and education institution that attracts scientists and students from around the world. The IT staff in the institute's Steinbuch Centre...
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University Reduces Application Packaging Time, Enhances Access, With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. Its IT staff, which manages 250 software applications used by 40,000 students, was challenged by application conflicts...
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School District Virtualizes Application Environment, Simplifies Management
Feb 2010
Bethel Park School District (BPSD) is committed to using technology to enhance education. Computers are used in every classroom and in labs throughout the district's eight schools. Deploying and...
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IT Outsourcer Speeds Deployment, Reduces Costs With Virtualization
Jan 2010
IT services firm Appserv provides hosted IT environments and applications to approximately 2,500 people in 70 New Zealand - based businesses. With a dynamic customer base that requires it to...
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Primary Care Trust to Cut Energy Costs and Carbon Emissions by Up to 24 Per Cent With Joint Solution From Dell and APC
May 2009
NHS Northamptonshire combined a move to its new headquarters with a datacentre refresh. The key goal was to reduce the trust's costs and carbon footprint by cutting power consumption. The Primary...
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Supply Chain Management Firm Cuts Server Provisioning Time From Weeks to Minutes With a Virtualized Solution From Dell
Jan 2010
Super Group's IT team wanted to refresh its communications infrastructure with a cost-effective and flexible solution. The company asked Dell to help design and deploy a virtualized enterprise...
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Whitepapers
Virtualization Defined - Eight Different Ways
Dec 2007
What does "going virtual" really mean in today's IT world? Virtualization as a concept is not new; computational environment virtualization has been around since the first mainframe systems. But...
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Resource Provisioning - Hardware Virtualization, Your Way
Feb 2009
One of the most interesting and useful types of virtualization in the data center is resource virtualization: carving up or dynamically allocating compute resources to services as requested....
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The Economic Impact of File Virtualization: Reducing Storage Costs and Improving Management Efficiency
Oct 2008
Enterprises are adopting new strategies for building and managing file-based storage solutions in response to the high growth in file-based information and the critical need to more...
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Jones Optimality and Hardware Virtualization: A Report on Work in Progress
Dec 2007
The growing popularity of hardware virtualization (VMware and Xen being two prominent implementations) lead to examine the common ground between this yet-again vibrant technology and partial...
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