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ALSO CALLED: Capacity Management, Server Capacity Planning, Capacity Requirements Planning, IT Capacity Planning
DEFINITION: In information technology, capacity planning is the science and art of estimating the space, computer hardware, software and connection infrastructure resources that will be needed over some future period of time. A typical capacity concern of many enterprises is whether resources will be in place to handle an increasing number of requests as the number of users or interactions increase. The aim  … 
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SIEM: Assessing the Business/Technology Issue
sponsored by SearchSecurity.com
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: In the first of SearchSecurity.com's three-part guide on selecting SIEM products, this document takes a look at the business and technology issues associated with them and provides expert guidance on the benefits you can reap by taking advantage of the various types of SIEM solutions.
Posted: 27 Feb 2013 | Premiered: 27 Feb 2013

SearchSecurity.com

IT Decision Center on SIEM - Q5: Deployment
sponsored by SearchSecurity.com
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: Question five featured in in SearchSecurity.com's IT Decision Center on SIEM asks top vendors in the space:  Do you offer assistance with deployment plans, with estimates for installation and tuning, as well as manpower estimate to complete tasks?  Find out what these vendors have to say by accessing their answers to this question now.
Posted: 27 Feb 2013 | Premiered: 27 Feb 2013

SearchSecurity.com

VeloBit HyperCache: SSD Caching Software
sponsored by VeloBit
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Database performance and capacity can be increased cost-effectively by placing frequently used data in compressed form in a high-performance cache. Download your free 30-day trial of VeloBit HyperCache now and begin seeing improved performance within an hour.
Posted: 11 Sep 2012 | Premiered: 11 Sep 2012

VeloBit

New Era of Storage Efficiency
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Eric Collins, IBM Senior System Architect will discuss how the IBM Storage strategy will help clients drive down the cost of storage acquisition, data retention and management and how it can reduce physical storage requirements by up to 50% making your future storage growth easier to accommodate.
Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Premiered: Apr 7, 2011

IBM

Podcast: Why SAP ERP As A Platform For Growth?
sponsored by itelligence, Inc.
PODCAST: Midsized organizations are challenged to strike the right balance between reducing costs and making targeted investments for future success.  This session teaches you how to optimize the implementation of your ERP deployment for maximum gain.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Premiered: Oct 14, 2010

itelligence, Inc.

HP Operations Infrastructure Smart Plug-ins 1.6 Evaluation, including Virtualization SPI
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE: HP Operations Infrastructure Smart Plug-ins 1.6 Evaluation, including Virtualization SPI,provides out-of-thebox functionality, in the form of pre-configured policies with rules and threshold values, for managing all aspects of a virtualized environment. Download your trial now.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Premiered: 07 Oct 2010

Hewlett-Packard Company

Automated SAN Storage Tiering: Four Use Cases
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST: Check out this webcast to learn how SAN tiering can improve both performance and efficiency and how Dell's PS Series' intelligent, virtualized storage technologies can help simplify tiering design, implementation and management.
Posted: 24 Aug 2010 | Premiered: Aug 24, 2010

Dell, Inc.

Data Deduplication FAQ
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
PODCAST: Join Founder and Lead Analyst of DCIG, Jerome Wendt as he answers the most common data deduplication questions he’s hearing today – including the technology’s  benefits, dedupe products to watch out for, target dedupe on a virtual tape library and more.
Posted: 23 Aug 2010 | Premiered: Aug 23, 2010

Quantum Corporation

The different dedupe offerings
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
VIDEOCAST: Check out this interactive classroom for a storage refresher course on the topic of deduplicaiton and gain insight on how you can better leverage this technology to benefit the overall success of your businesses.
Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Premiered: Jun 16, 2010

Quantum Corporation

Quantum Interactive Classroom: Dedupe for Backup
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This interactive classroom features exclusive expert content designed to get IT administrators up to speed on deduplication. The classroom includes a video that explores the different types of deduplication and how these technologies help IT pros optimize and enhance already existing storage infrastructures. 
Posted: 25 May 2010 | Premiered: 25 May 2010

Quantum Corporation

Future Proofing your HP Business Critical Infrastructure
sponsored by Forsythe
WEBCAST: In this webcast, get a firsthand look into a virtual platform that is designed to meet your current and future IT demands. Learn how to right-size system capacity and improve workload scalability. Discover industry best practices to increase agility of applications and systems.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: Oct 19, 2009

Forsythe

PlateSpin Recon: Virtual Capacity Management and Consolidation Planning
sponsored by Novell, Inc.
WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn about a new unique workload profiling tool that takes the guess work out of identifying underutilized physical servers and virtual hosts. Learn how to leverage this tool for improved use and longer life of your current hardware.
Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Premiered: Aug 28, 2009

Novell, Inc.

Reclaim Wasted Capacity
sponsored by Northern Parklife
VIDEO: This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 03 Aug 2009

Northern Parklife

Genius Project4Domino (GP4D)
sponsored by Genius Inside
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Genius Project4Domino is an easy-to-use, Lotus Notes and web-based project management solution. Use the virtual workplace to manage projects and processes, where internal and external people can be involved. Register for our free trial.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 19 Sep 2008

Genius Inside

Designing Storage For Exchange 2007
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST: This Webcast will help you design a storage system that best matches the needs of your organization, providing tips on determining system needs and tools and resources for implementation.
Posted: 25 Sep 2007 | Premiered: Sep 25, 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)

Dell, Inc.

Capacity Manager for SQL Server Trial
sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Solve the problems associated with managing disk space with Capacity Manager for SQL Server from Quest Software.
Posted: 01 Jun 2006 | Premiered: 01 Jun 2006

Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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CAPACITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): …  of the capacity planner is to plan so well that new capacity is added just in time to meet the anticipated need but not so early that resources go unused for a long period. The successful capacity planner is one that makes the trade-offs between the present and the future that overall prove to be the most cost-efficient. The capacity planner, using business plans and forecasts, tries to imagine what the future needs will be. Analytical modeling tools can help the planner get answers to "What if" scenarios so that a range of possibilities can be explored. The capacity planner is especially … 
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