Expert Tips for Effective Virtual Systems Management
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE:
In this E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and BMC, you will discover expert tips for effective virtual systems management. Explore the top five target areas essential for improved virtual performance and availability management.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Seven Requirements for Balancing Control and Agility in the Virtual Environment
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER:
Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009
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Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER:
Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process *#45; from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009
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Cost-cutting strategies for a virtualized data center: Performance and capacity management tools
| sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PODCAST:
In this expert podcast, learn how new capacity planning and performance management tools utilize automation and an intuitive interface to increase resource utilization and reduce capital expenditures for your virtualized data center.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 16 Jun 2009
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Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER:
Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
Posted: 15 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009
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De-Mystifying VMware Storage Consumption
| sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER:
Quest's technical brief discusses how Quest's Storage Horizon® makes storage in VMware environments more efficient and cost effective. Read it today.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jan 2009
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Be SURE About Storage Capacity Management
| sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER:
In this Quest white paper you'll learn how you can become proactive - not reactive - when managing your storage capacity. Learn best practices to maximize your existing resources, and how doing keeps your budget under control. Read the paper white today.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jan 2009
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INCREASE APPLICATION SCALABILITY AND IMPROVE SYSTEM UTILIZATION WITH SUN™ LOGICAL DOMAINS
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Sun's built-in, no-cost Logical Domains (LDoms) virtualization technology allows applications to effectively leverage these processors. This white paper describes how LDoms can be applied in different scenarios to increase application scalability and system utilization.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009
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How to get mainframe MIPS under control: Tips for shrinking your mainframe processing costs
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
PODCAST:
Today's data center pros need to cut costs wherever possible, and the mainframe presents significant opportunities to do so. This expert podcast explains how to use specialty processors, load balancing, and compression database software for this task.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 03 Jun 2009
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Your SAP System Is Leaking: How to Use A Time and Labor Data Collection System to Plug Holes Caused by Fraud and Waste
| sponsored by Kronos Incorporated
WHITE PAPER:
Read this whitepaper to learn ways of detecting leakage in your companie's ERP system, several time and labor trends that most companies overlook, and how to repair leakage using Kronos Inc's Workforce Central and Kronos 4500 terminal solutions.
Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009
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Sun and Wikimedia - Technology for creating a scalable architecture for rich media deployments
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
To address growth concerns, Wikimedia supplemented its existing Linux clusters with an affordable, high-performance, scalable solution based on Sun Fire™ X4150 and X4240 servers running Ubuntu Server, MySQL database, and Sun Fire X4540 servers running the Solaris™ 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) with the Solaris ZFS file system.
Posted: 11 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009
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Automating Virtual Lab Infrastructure and IT Service Delivery with Microsoft and Surgient
| sponsored by Microsoft and Surgient
WEBCAST:
This webcast showcases virtualization platforms to optimize virtual lab infrastructure and automate the VM lifecycle. Learn how to drive accelerated, high-quality testing and delivery of IT services while reducing operating expenses and increasing business productivity.
Posted: 11 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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VMware™ Operational Readiness and Best Practices
| sponsored by Computer Design & Integration LLC
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
To benefit from the capabilities that the virtual infrastructure offers, enterprises need clear guidance to assess their existing systems and applications, and then use that knowledge to plan, build and manage their infrastructure. View this now to learn more about CDI's VMware Operational Readiness solution.
Posted: 07 May 2009 | Published: 07 May 2009
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Software Testing e-Zine - Testing Strategies for Complex Environments: Agile, SOA
| sponsored by SearchSoftwareQuality.com
EBOOK:
In this issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing eZine, we'll discuss a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a new testing environment as well as an Agile software development (ASD) methodology.
Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 06 May 2009
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 10
| sponsored by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 10
EZINE:
Renewed interest in data centers is presenting a unique challenge to IT professionals who must do more with less. Read in this latest issue how to use server virtualization to boost utilization while saving money.
Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 06 May 2009
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Industry Report: Virtual Infrastructure Optimization
| sponsored by Virtual Instruments
ANALYST REPORT:
The Taneja Group's opinion is that real-time or near real-time performance-based analytics is the required foundation for building and managing a virtual infrastructure. This industry article presents an overview of virtual infrastructure optimization, answering common questions and exploring core capabilities differentiating emerging solutions.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 Feb 2009
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E-Guide: A Guide to Managing Data Center Power Outages and Consumption
| sponsored by APC
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE:
In this expert E-Guide, you will discover best practices for managing data center power usage, how to prevent power outages and learn how to ensure your data center has enough power to operate at optimal capacity. It'll also discuss 5 essential steps for reducing data center power consumtion.
Posted: 30 Apr 2009 | Published: 30 Apr 2009
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Integrated Infrastructure and Performance Management for Virtualized Environments
| sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:
Enterprises, government agencies and service providers are increasingly employing virtualized environments to decrease costs, consolidate data center space and reduce environmental impacts. This paper describes a comprehensive set of CA tools for managing virtual environments.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
| sponsored by APC
WHITE PAPER:
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of running a data centers. This paper explains how achieve electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2006
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eGuide: Virtualization Strategies: Key Considerations for Management, Security and Performance
| sponsored by ePlus Technology
EGUIDE:
This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and ePlus Technology, Inc., discusses key virtualization strategies for any organization. Discover how virtual system management can be used to effectively improve your infrastructure.
Posted: 27 Apr 2009 | Published: 27 Apr 2009
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Sun Fire™ X4250 Server: Industry-leading capacity, high-performance compute platform
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER:
When it comes to high disk capacity, the Sun Fire X4250 server is the best of its kind. The power and scalability of the Sun Fire makes it cost effective and appealing to Web infrastructure and technical putting applications as well as large single-app implementations and multi-app consolidations.
Posted: 24 Apr 2009 | Published: 24 Apr 2009
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MV Capacity Trending Advisor
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WEBCAST:
BMC Capacity Trending Advisor saves time and money, reduces the skills required for capacity planning, and delivers precision results that give you the data you need to procure the right resources to support business services. Learn more today.
Posted: 24 Apr 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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The Innovator's Dilemma for Analytic Database Systems
| sponsored by Vertica Systems
WHITE PAPER:
This paper discusses the new wave of analytic DBMS (database management system) and how vendors like Vertica Systems are using virtualization to achieve whats most important for customers in their database's performance.
Posted: 21 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009
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BMC Enhances its Performance Assurance for Mainframes solution
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER:
This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users.
Posted: 17 Apr 2009 | Published: 17 Apr 2009
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MessageStats Version 6.5.1 - Exchange Server Reporting and Analysis
| sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
MessageStats simplifies management of Exchange helping IT administrators to improve performance, increase efficiencies and plan for capacity requirements.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009
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