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Whitepapers
Storage system comparison: IBM Storwize V7000 vs. EMC VNX5500
Jun 2012
Organisations must continue to deal with growing data storage requirements, while doing more with less. The growing adoption of storage-as-a-service, business intelligence, and big data results in...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Six Best Practices for Windows File Server Consolidation
Sep 2006
Is storage growth driving up costs in your data center? Are you looking for ways to simplify operations? Server consolidation can help. It can streamline your workload and it's proven to cut costs...
Provided by ONStor
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White Papers
Ensuring a Secure and Compliant Virtual Environment with VMWare
Aug 2011
This three-page brief outlines the challenges of securing and managing compliance across a virtual environment, while highlighting VMware solution key benefits and capabilities.
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Maximized Server Security, Performance and Value
Jun 2011
These days, with increasingly complex solutions and cybercriminals hiding around every digital corner, security has become as important if not more important than performance. The liability, loss...
Provided by TechRepublic
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks P4500 SAS SAN vs.Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV:Feature and Functionality Comparison
May 2010
Hewlett-Packard ("HP") commissioned VeriTest, the testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., to compare features and functionality between the HP StorageWorks P4500 SAS SAN Solutions and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Diskeeper 12: Improving the Performance of SAN Storage
Jun 2012
The task of maintaining peak performance is critical for the modern storage administrator. More and more mission-critical applications rely on the shared storage infrastructure for real-time...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Whitepapers
CMOD - Buyer's Guide
Dec 2012
Going beyond the traditional enterprise report management (ERM) solution, IBM Content Manager OnDemand software provides high-volume information capture and flexible search and retrieval options....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Apr 2013
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise's changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Webcasts
The Drive for Green IT: Consolidation in the Federal Data Center
Sep 2007
"Green IT" has gained some significant exposure in the market place recently. In both public and private sectors IT products are increasingly trying to adhere to this new scenario. But the...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
The Need to Standardize Storage Device Performance Metrics
Aug 2011
In this IDC white paper, sponsored by Seagate, IDC lays the foundation and discusses the importance for storage device vendors to define and coalesce around a set of common performance metrics...
Provided by Seagate
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Webcasts
Optimize Your Storage: A Blueprint for Deduplication in VMware Environments
Oct 2009
As companies continue to investigate ways of cutting IT spending, virtualization and data deduplication are two technologies that are on the minds of all IT managers. Next-generation datacenters...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization
Apr 2012
Technical Report - This document describes a solution on a NetApp shared storage infrastructure that provides system administrators with the ability to quickly copy, clone, and manage SAP systems....
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System Data Sheet
Jan 2011
The new HP X5000 G2 Network Storage Systems is ideal for midsize companies. The solution, a two-node Network Attached Storage (NAS) cluster with shared storage built on HP BladeSystem technology....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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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
Codorniu tastes the benefits of the Cloud
Jul 2012
Spanish wine producer, Codorniu had a mixture of HP servers and varied storage systems that were vulnerable to outages and were taxing their IT staff. Read the case study and see how adopting IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Optimizing Enterprise Storage Total Cost of Ownership with IBM XIV
Oct 2009
A high-end storage system's total cost of ownership (TCO) is like an iceberg: the vast majority of costs are hidden from view. Comparing systems by looking at obvious factors, like capacity and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Dec 2012
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise’s changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Edison Group TCO White Paper: EMC, NetApp, and HP Midrange Storage Arrays
Nov 2007
Edison Group analysts put the management software of an HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) system through a series of typical day-to-day storage management tasks. The same tasks were also evaluated...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric
May 2008
Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
EMC Data Domain DD160
Jan 2012
The EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems have revolutionized disk backup and remote office protection. Its this next-generation data protection that is both cost-effective and highly...
Provided by Technologent
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Implementing Citrix XenServer, HP Edition v5.5 on HP ProLiant Servers
Jul 2009
More and more, businesses are looking to virtualize for a multitude of reasons. It may be to consolidate old hardware running old applications and operating systems on to newer more efficient...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Hardware-Assisted Virtualization for Today's Businesses
Jan 2006
Intel is taking server and workstation virtualization to a new level with Intel® Virtualization Technology - a complementary hardware-assisted technology available on new Intel® platforms that...
Provided by Intel
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Whitepapers
Forrester: The total economic impact of HP 3PAR Storage
Nov 2012
In this report sponsored by HP + Intel®, Forrester Research provides an analysis of four HP 3PAR Storage customer implementations to quantify the efficiency and cost savings achieved over...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Buyer's E-Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology
Dec 2012
Changing business needs are creating challenging new data-storage demands. Many companies are reaching the limits of their current storage systems. Fortunately, innovations in storage area...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
How to Build a SAN Guide: Convert Any Windows Server Into Shared Storage
Aug 2011
This How To Build A SAN guide provides simple step-by-step instructions for building your own Storage Area Network (SAN) or centralized, networked storage by using standard off-the-shelf x86...
Provided by Starwind Software
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Webcasts
Storage Management Considerations in Virtual Environments
Apr 2008
Virtualization solves the server sprawl problem allowing organizations to consolidate their physical environments to save money on power, cooling and space. However, server virtualization presents...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Optimize SharePoint Storage to Cut Costs and Improve Performance
Mar 2012
SharePoint's popularity has resulted in an explosion in the amount of content uploaded into it. Nearly all of that content is documents and other types of unstructured data stored as Binary Large...
Provided by Metalogix
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Whitepapers
HP 3PAR Storage Systems Designed for Mission Critical High Availability
May 2012
In this technical whitepaper, learn how HP 3PAR Storage Systems have been designed to deliver 99.999% and greater availability, bringing new possibilities to storage thinking outside the realms of...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Data center operational efficiency best practices: Enabling increased new project spending by improving data center efficiency
Apr 2012
There are four key stages that describe the typical evolution of a data center as it relates to efficiency: Basic, Consolidated, Available and Strategic. How do you move up the efficiency scale...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Columbia Memorial Hospital Finds Relief for Growing Pains in HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System
Dec 2008
Columbia Memorial Hospital serves the scenic community of Astoria on the northwestern tip of Oregon, bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west and the mighty Columbia River to the north. The...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Ramco Systems Case Study: Plant Engineering Services
Jun 2009
Plant Engineering Services is a part of Redema group. It is a TS 16949 certified company promoted by machine tool professionals with over 35 years of experience. Plant Engineering Services was...
Provided by Ramco Systems
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Case Studies
PlainsCapital: Nationwide Bank Reduces Data Consolidation Time by 92 Percent, Makes Faster Decisions
Jul 2012
As PlainsCapital grew from a community bank to a nationwide financial institution with US$5.7 billion in assets and operations in 40 states, it outgrew the financial reporting system that had...
Provided by Microsoft
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Tools & Templates
Calculate your potential IT savings with a move to IBM
Jul 2009
Find out how much you could actually save with IBM consolidation solutions. Just enter your unique IT server and storage environment data into the IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool and get...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Best Practices for Sun Storage 6000 Series and 2500 Series Arrays: VMware Storage VMotion
Mar 2009
VMware Storage VMotion, allows the user to perform live online migration of a running VirtualMachine's disks, or disk files from ESX Server's perspective, from internal disk drives on a server,...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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White Papers
Email Consolidation, Record Retention, Archiving, and High Availability
Apr 2008
Symantec has successfully aligned its IT infrastructure with its business requirements. Symantec's technology showcase initiative has allowed the company to experience tangible financial benefits...
Provided by Alchemy Solutions Group
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White Papers
Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention
Jun 2009
The maturing market for content-aware data loss prevention technologies has experienced another year of significant industry consolidation. Enterprise wide capabilities have become more broadly...
Provided by Gartner
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White Papers
Packet Processing With Intel Multi-Core Processors: General Purpose Processor Exceeds Network Processor Performance
Jun 2008
In fewer than ten years from now, industry experts are forecasting network capacity demands will grow by a factor of one thousand1. Preparing for this data and bandwidth boom, service providers...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
PS Series Architecture Whitepaper: Fundamentally Altering the Economics of Shared Storage
Jan 2008
To solve the business problems associated with storage configuration, scaling, and management, the EqualLogic PS Series was architected to provide a cost-effective, self-managing alternative to...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V
Jan 2009
With Microsoft® WS 2008 Hyper-V, server virtualization becomes truly pervasive, reaching all segments of the IT market, heightening the need for innovative, cost-effective storage solutions that...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Case Studies
Ariel Builds Strong, New Municipal Storage Network on HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System
Jul 2009
Ariel is home to more than 20,000 residents - and to 10,000 students at Ariel University Center of Samaria, the largest college in Israel. Ariel wanted to provide highly available, easily-managed...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Data center operational efficiency best practices
Apr 2012
There are four key stages that describe the typical evolution of a data center as it relates to efficiency: Basic, Consolidated, Available and Strategic. How do you move up the efficiency scale...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Copy of Data center operational efficiency best practices: Enabling increased new project spending by improving data center efficiency
Apr 2012
There are four key stages that describe the typical evolution of a data center as it relates to efficiency: Basic, Consolidated, Available and Strategic. How do you move up the efficiency scale...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Top 5 Reasons to Choose EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS Solutions
May 2013
Eliminate storage sprawl in your virtualised environment with EMC Isilon Scale-out NAS Solutions for Virtualisation. The ability to scale out is built into the EMC Isilon platform and, with a...
Provided by Amcom
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Whitepapers
The Contemporary Meaning of Midrange Storage
Apr 2013
This Enterprise Strategy Group paper examines the specific demands facing any midrange storage system offering with a focus on HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000’s ability to deliver. Sponsored by HP and...
Provided by HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors
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Whitepapers
HP Thin Technologies: A Competitive Comparison
Apr 2013
As the drive to "do more with less" becomes a mantra for many organizations, optimizing space utilization is a key goal of many IT departments. Storage continues to be one of the major cost...
Provided by HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors
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Whitepapers
NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Apr 2013
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise's changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Adaptive Dynamic Priority Scheduling for Virtual Desktop Infrastructures
Apr 2012
Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDIs) are gaining popularity in cloud computing by allowing companies to deploy their office environments in a virtualized setting instead of relying on physical...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization
Apr 2012
Technical Report - This document describes a solution on a NetApp shared storage infrastructure that provides system administrators with the ability to quickly copy, clone, and manage SAP systems....
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Information Loss in Static Nonlinearities
Sep 2011
In this paper, conditional entropy is used to quantify the information loss induced by passing a continuous random variable through a memoryless nonlinear input-output system. The authors derive...
Provided by Graz University of Technology
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Case Studies
Empowering Education and Advanced Research
Jan 2013
The University of Siegen is a modern educational establishment with a strong international profile. Their challenges were to optimize IT services to increase educational and operational...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Dec 2012
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise’s changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
A Base Algorithm for Computing the Shortest Path of Spheres
Feb 2009
Computing the shortest path among a plural number of spherical balls is essential in 3D computer graphics. The problem of finding the shortest path of three spheres is fundamental to the more...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Bayllocator: A Proactive System to Predict Server Utilization and Dynamically Allocate Memory Resources Using Bayesian Networks and Ballooning
Nov 2012
With the advent of virtualization and cloud computing, virtualized systems can be found from small companies to service providers and big data centers. All of them use this technology because of...
Provided by University of Orleans
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Whitepapers
Buyer's E-Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology
Dec 2012
Changing business needs are creating challenging new data-storage demands. Many companies are reaching the limits of their current storage systems. Fortunately, innovations in storage area...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
CMOD - Buyer's Guide
Dec 2012
Going beyond the traditional enterprise report management (ERM) solution, IBM Content Manager OnDemand software provides high-volume information capture and flexible search and retrieval options....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Developing an Enterprise flash strategy
Nov 2012
Starting from the definition, Storage Switzerland explains the challenges implicit in the development of an Enterprise Flash Strategy as a means to improve performance. With an emphasis on the...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Danish University Focuses on Being in the Top 100 Worldwide
Jul 2012
Aarhus University has become one of the largest higher education institutions in Denmark. Aarhus Universities challenges are to eradicate problems associated with a multi-technology legacy...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified provides enterprise-class value in VMWare Environment
Nov 2012
This brief presents the customer benefits of using Storwize V7000 storage systems with an Oracle 11g database. It discusses key customer challenges and how they can easily be met with the combined...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Forrester: The total economic impact of HP 3PAR Storage
Nov 2012
In this report sponsored by HP + Intel®, Forrester Research provides an analysis of four HP 3PAR Storage customer implementations to quantify the efficiency and cost savings achieved over...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
ESG White Paper: EMC VNX Family - A Unifying Force in Storage
Oct 2012
Why unified storage? Convergence and consolidation is a rally-ing cry across IT to drive necessary efficiencies - and unified storage and make a substantial contribution to such efforts. Learn how...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Top 5 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Microsoft SQL Server on EMC VNX Unified Storage
Oct 2012
What if there was a complete storage solution that could help DBAs stop worrying about day-to-day disk performance and database protection? Learn how you can achieve the best results for your...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops enabled by EMC VNX - Reference Architecture
Oct 2012
This document describes the reference architecture of the EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops Enabled by EMC VNX Series (NFS), VMware vSphere 4.1, VMware View 4.6 and VMware View Composer 2.6...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Using EMC Fast Suite with SAP on EMC VNX unified Storage - Applied Technology
Oct 2012
This white paper examines the performance considerations of SAP applications using EMC FAST Suite technologies (FAST VP and FAST Cache) on EMC unified storage. It also discusses the best practices...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Microsoft Exchange Sever 2010 Performance Review using the EMC VNX5700 Unified Storage Platform - An Architectural Overview
Oct 2012
This white paper focuses on the performance of the EMC® VNX5700™ unified storage platform with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 virtualized with VMware vSphere™ 4.1. Building-block design...
Provided by EMC
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Case Studies
Mainline's Storage Virtualization and Consolidation Solution Lowers IT Costs for a Florida County School District
Nov 2011
A large Florida county they need to overcome a number of challenges to provide a crucial services. The mainframe and storage equipment were aging, storage space was near capacity, and data storage...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Columbia County Government Deploys Virtual Desktops for Greater Security and Lower Costs
Oct 2011
Columbia County as one of the fastest-growing counties in the region, they faced a number of challenges, including slow server performance, high maintenance costs and users clamoring for a more...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Mainline Storage Solution Helps SurePayroll Optimize Data Management for Mission-Critical Website
Dec 2010
SurePayroll offers online solutions for small businesses. They needed to optimize SurePayroll's data management to keep up with the company's rapid growth. Needed more expertise in infrastructure...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Trustmark National Bank Gets Better Performance, Lowers Costs With an IBM Z10BC Solution From Mainline
Jun 2010
Trustmark is a diversified financial services company they was considering the possibility of adding new software, and they would need higher capacity to accommodate any software changes. In...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health Enables Higher Quality of Care With Mainline's Consolidation and Storage Solution
Apr 2009
Florida's Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health services faced the challenges to provide the most efficient services to clients and to comply with government mandates, Suncoast needed to...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
St. Johns River Community College Provides Greater Educational Access With a Consolidation & Virtualization Solution From Mainline
Apr 2009
St. Johns River Community College (SJRCC), serving three counties faced a number of challenges with high power consumption, low performance & high response time, increased data requirements &...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Mainline Helps Keystone R.V. Company Consolidate Data Storage, Back-Up and Recovery to Support Growth
Aug 2009
Keystone's demand for storage for manufacturing and distribution is enormous. They faced a number of challenges of data storage equipment was outdated and inefficient, storage space was limited,...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Mainline Helps the City of Gillette Accommodate Fast-Paced Growth With IT System and Storage Solution
Aug 2009
The City of Gillette, located in Campbell County in the northeast corner of Wyoming, the IT infrastructure is integral to supplying and billing services for customers. They recognized the many...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
The Centers for Dialysis Care Achieves Greater Efficiency and Higher Performance With Consolidation
Nov 2010
The Centers for Dialysis Care (CDC), operates 17 programs in Northeastern Ohio their challenge was to Increase system instability with insufficient, less accessible storage, underutilization of...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Consolidates and Upgrades IT System for Greater Efficiencies and Performance With Solution From Mainline
Jul 2009
Carnegie Museums is comprised of four major museums in and around Pittsburgh. Their challenges were aging and inefficient infrastructure which increased maintenance and computing costs....
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Consolidation, IT Optimization & Lower TCO for Bull Moose Tube Company Through Mainline's Virtualization Solution
Jan 2009
BMT manufactures a wide spectrum of carbon steel welded mechanical. Their challenges were backup failures that shut down operations, high-power consumption, sluggish performance which needed...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Brown Trucking Company Gets Up-to-Speed for New Growth With Virtualized Infrastructure Solution From Mainline
Oct 2009
The client wanted a technology that would allow them to expand rapidly and efficiently. He needed a system that would efficiently accommodate rapid growth. Their challenges were system and storage...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Case Studies
Mainline Provides a Green Solution, Leveraging Consolidation & Virtualization for the Bank of Stockton
Apr 2009
With the bank's infrastructure made up of 112 servers, the 400 square-foot data center space was tight. Response times were getting sluggish, and the costs of computing and power consumption were...
Provided by Mainline Information Systems
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Whitepapers
The Ten Ingredients of Data Base Systems for Improving Performance and Their Review Leading to Research Problems
Apr 2012
In this paper, the authors survey, consolidate, and present the state of the art in database system and they try to specify the most important research possibilities in the data bases. The heart...
Provided by International forum of researchers Students and Academician
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Case Studies
PlainsCapital: Nationwide Bank Reduces Data Consolidation Time by 92 Percent, Makes Faster Decisions
Jul 2012
As PlainsCapital grew from a community bank to a nationwide financial institution with US$5.7 billion in assets and operations in 40 states, it outgrew the financial reporting system that had...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Data center operational efficiency best practices: Enabling increased new project spending by improving data center efficiency
Apr 2012
There are four key stages that describe the typical evolution of a data center as it relates to efficiency: Basic, Consolidated, Available and Strategic. How do you move up the efficiency scale...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Need to Standardize Storage Device Performance Metric
Jul 2011
In this IDC white paper, sponsored by Seagate, IDC lays the foundation and discusses the importance for storage device vendors to define and coalesce around a set of common performance metrics...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
How to Build a SAN Guide: Convert Any Windows Server Into Shared Storage
Aug 2011
This How To Build A SAN guide provides simple step-by-step instructions for building your own Storage Area Network (SAN) or centralized, networked storage by using standard off-the-shelf x86...
Provided by Starwind Software
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Case Studies
Columbia Memorial Hospital Finds Relief for Growing Pains in HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System
Dec 2008
Columbia Memorial Hospital serves the scenic community of Astoria on the northwestern tip of Oregon, bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west and the mighty Columbia River to the north. The...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Ramco Systems Case Study: Plant Engineering Services
Jun 2009
Plant Engineering Services is a part of Redema group. It is a TS 16949 certified company promoted by machine tool professionals with over 35 years of experience. Plant Engineering Services was...
Provided by Ramco Systems
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Case Studies
PlainsCapital: Nationwide Bank Reduces Data Consolidation Time by 92 Percent, Makes Faster Decisions
Jul 2012
As PlainsCapital grew from a community bank to a nationwide financial institution with US$5.7 billion in assets and operations in 40 states, it outgrew the financial reporting system that had...
Provided by Microsoft
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Tools & Templates
Calculate your potential IT savings with a move to IBM
Jul 2009
Find out how much you could actually save with IBM consolidation solutions. Just enter your unique IT server and storage environment data into the IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool and get...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Best Practices for Sun Storage 6000 Series and 2500 Series Arrays: VMware Storage VMotion
Mar 2009
VMware Storage VMotion, allows the user to perform live online migration of a running VirtualMachine's disks, or disk files from ESX Server's perspective, from internal disk drives on a server,...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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White Papers
Email Consolidation, Record Retention, Archiving, and High Availability
Apr 2008
Symantec has successfully aligned its IT infrastructure with its business requirements. Symantec's technology showcase initiative has allowed the company to experience tangible financial benefits...
Provided by Alchemy Solutions Group
-
White Papers
Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention
Jun 2009
The maturing market for content-aware data loss prevention technologies has experienced another year of significant industry consolidation. Enterprise wide capabilities have become more broadly...
Provided by Gartner
-
White Papers
Packet Processing With Intel Multi-Core Processors: General Purpose Processor Exceeds Network Processor Performance
Jun 2008
In fewer than ten years from now, industry experts are forecasting network capacity demands will grow by a factor of one thousand1. Preparing for this data and bandwidth boom, service providers...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
PS Series Architecture Whitepaper: Fundamentally Altering the Economics of Shared Storage
Jan 2008
To solve the business problems associated with storage configuration, scaling, and management, the EqualLogic PS Series was architected to provide a cost-effective, self-managing alternative to...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V
Jan 2009
With Microsoft® WS 2008 Hyper-V, server virtualization becomes truly pervasive, reaching all segments of the IT market, heightening the need for innovative, cost-effective storage solutions that...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Case Studies
Ariel Builds Strong, New Municipal Storage Network on HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System
Jul 2009
Ariel is home to more than 20,000 residents - and to 10,000 students at Ariel University Center of Samaria, the largest college in Israel. Ariel wanted to provide highly available, easily-managed...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
HP's Virtualization Bundles Integrate the Virtual Storage Engine
Jun 2009
At first blush, server virtualization can be deceptively easy. IT managers can take a handful of less-than-critical applications and consolidate them onto one or a few idle, spare, or...
Provided by Illuminata
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Whitepapers
Data Center Improvements for Long-Term Savings
Oct 2008
There is a tremendous difference between data center improvements and simple space expansions. For true hard-dollar savings, data center improvements must include identifying redundancies so...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
PKC Group Achieves Easier Monthly Forecasting With IBM Cognos and Soleno
Jul 2009
The PKC Group offers design and contract manufacturing services for wiring harnesses, cabling and electronics. With separate financial systems in different countries, Finnish electronics...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Northern Michigan University Gives High Grades to IBM Cognos Solution
Jul 2009
Northern Michigan University (NMU), located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a dynamic 4-year, public, co-educational university, which offers a wide variety of programs to nearly 9,400...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Case Study: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Oct 2008
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the fourth-largest school district in the U.S. With an annual budget of $6.1 billion, the school system has approximately 350,000 students, 50,000...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
HP Insight Capacity Advisor: A Look Under the Hood
Jan 2009
This paper provides a detailed look at how one can put HP Capacity Advisor to work in environment. The discussion encompasses an overview of the software's key capabilities and a look at how it is...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Serving Up Higher Performance at Quiznos
Feb 2009
Quiznos was experiencing rapid growth of its business. And it needed its planning and financial systems and process to keep pace. It needed to Standardize, integrate, consolidate, and simplify the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Consolidated IT Event Management: Five Requirements for Greater Efficiency
Jun 2009
During a downturn, it's hard to see the upside. Today, revenues are down and budgets have fallen along with them. Companies have frozen capital expenditures and the push is on to cut the costs of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
HP StorageWorks Systems Manage the Growing Flood of Data for Netherlands Telecom Leader KPN
Aug 2009
KPN is the largest telephone company in the Netherlands - and a leading supplier of Internet services to businesses and consumers - supporting more than 2 million Internet subscribers and more...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Implementing Citrix XenServer, HP Edition v5.5 on HP ProLiant Servers
Jul 2009
More and more, businesses are looking to virtualize for a multitude of reasons. It may be to consolidate old hardware running old applications and operating systems on to newer more efficient...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
OLTP Best Practices for HP MSA2000 With Microsoft SQL Server 2008
May 2009
This paper shows how to best implement the consolidation of an existing multi-server database environment into a single, easy-to-manage, and scalable instance of SQL Server 2008 based server. The...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Sistema Estatal De Informatica Gobierno Del Estado De Mexico Improves Online Service to Citizens
Jul 2009
Sistema Estatal de Informatica Gobierno del Estado de Mexico is located in Toluca, Mexico and serves as the IT organization for all agencies in the state government. Its mission is to coordinate...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Sodexo Do Brasil Comercial Ltda. Consolidates All Company Data Onto a Single, Shared System
Aug 2009
Sodexo do Brasil Comercial Ltda., a world leader in workers' benefits and services, was founded in 1966 in Marseilles, France. Sodexo employs 342,000 workers worldwide, distributed among 29,000...
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Case Studies
Transport Organisation Achieves 99 Per Cent Availability With Refreshed Datacentre From Dell
Aug 2009
Nexus wanted to deliver higher application availability to improve business continuity. In addition, it wanted to simplify system management, freeing up staff for more strategic work. Nexus worked...
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Success Story: Bank Leumi
Oct 2009
Today, Bank Leumi leverages the IBM XIV system's single-tier architecture to consolidate storage tiers, achieve excellent performance and dramatically reduce management overhead.
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Success Story: VCUHS
Oct 2009
VCUHS IT management felt it imperative to standardize on a single vendor. "By then, IBM XIV was available," Johnson recalls. "We realized that it was either the best stuff since sliced bread or...
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Making the case for migration
Oct 2009
This brief describes how Gerber Scientific, working with an IBM storage implementation team, migrated its production SAP applications and Oracle database from an existing proprietary storage...
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Success Story: Bezeq International
Oct 2009
Bezeq International launched its XIV® storage solution by deploying a single system for peripheral enterprise storage needs. Within a year and a half, it had expanded the solution to four...
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Success Story: NaviSite
Oct 2009
"In a sense, our IT infrastructure is our product, says Mark Clayman, senior vice president of hosting services for NaviSite. "By building a best-in-class delivery platform—storage, service,...
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Fact Sheet : IBMXIV Storage System
Oct 2009
The IBM XIV® Storage System is a ground-breaking, high-end disk system, designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Built from a grid of standard...
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Product Overview: IBMXIV Storage System
Oct 2009
The IBMXIV® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure. Its...
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Technical Description: IBMXIV Storage System
Oct 2009
The IBMXIV® Storage System offers a new level of high-end disk system performance and reliability. It is a core component of theIBMInformation Infrastructure which helps clients address their...
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IBM XIV® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented
Oct 2009
Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due...
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IBM XIV® Storage System: Ideal Storage for the New Media Era
Oct 2009
The last decade has seen a revolution in the way in which digital information is generated and organized. The IBM XIV® Storage System provides a revolutionary solution for these requirements, in...
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IBM XIV® Storage System: Power Consumption Reinvented
Oct 2009
Reducing power consumption is one of the most significant challenges of IT centers today. With storage needs on a steep rise, it is increasingly clear that new approaches must be explored....
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Optimizing Enterprise Storage Total Cost of Ownership with IBM XIV
Oct 2009
A high-end storage system's total cost of ownership (TCO) is like an iceberg: the vast majority of costs are hidden from view. Comparing systems by looking at obvious factors, like capacity and...
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IBM XIV® Storage System: Performance Reinvented
Oct 2009
One of the major requirements of any SAN administration team is to provide users and applications with adequate performance levels. This task becomes increasingly difficult with demands for high...
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