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Feb 10, 2012

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Data Center Consolidation
ALSO CALLED: Consolidation DEFINITION: An approach to optimizing technologies in one or more data centers to achieve cost savings, improve performance, and mitigate risk. This approach involves planning, optimization, and physical migration of systems and facilities.
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Silver Peak VXOA: A Foundation for Universal WAN Optimization sponsored by Silver Peak WHITE PAPER: The Future of the WAN: Universal Optimization Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Architectures \| Bandwidth Management \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| WAN

Virtualization Raised by the Power of 2 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes an integrated virtualization architecture that delivers high performance and availability while minimizing the power consumption of each physical server. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Virtualization Raised to the Power of Three sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper recommends a specific virtualization architecture and explores its key characteristics and capabilities. Discover the risks of virtualizing older servers and learn how to avoid them here. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Windows Server 2008 R2

Converged Application Appliances: Delivering Simplicity And Faster Time-To-Application Value sponsored by HPM Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to view key findings about converged application appliances. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Application Monitoring \| Applications Management \| Converged Networks \| Data Center Consolidation \| Network Applications Software \| Network Architectures \| Network Management \| Networking

Large Retailer Relies on a Virtual Solution to Deliver Optimal Shopping Experience sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd WHITE PAPER: Minimising your physical infrastructure can significantly reduce operational costs, but it is often easier said than done. This white paper reveals how one retail business accomplished this goal by deploying Windows Server 2008 Datacenter and Hyper-V technology to manage over 300,000 store-based endpoints. Posted: 11 Jan 2012 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Infrastructure Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Virtualization \| Windows Server 2008 R2

Cisco Unified Computing System: Meet the Challenges of Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a recommended approach to help you optimize your virtual infrastructure and position your business to take advantage of public and private cloud services. Posted: 11 Jan 2012 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM

The HP 3PAR Architecture sponsored by HPM Networks WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a storage platform designed to bring simplicity and efficiency back into your storage infrastructure. This cluster-based solution features simplified management and availability, and is designed to replace the layers of software and hardware that many organization's have added to their IT infrastructures over the years. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

HP 3PAR Secure Service Architecture sponsored by HPM Networks WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a utility-based storage solution and a secure service architecture designed to provide the SAN performance, scalability and availability needed in today's dynamic data center. In this paper you'll learn about the authentication, authorization and audit logging features of this security platform. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

HP 3PAR Utility Storage sponsored by HPM Networks WHITE PAPER: This white paper makes the business case for utility storage, the delivery of IT resources as a service (similar to a water or electric company), and introduces an infrastructure solution designed to leverage this principle and improve an organization's journey to the cloud. Read on to learn about this emerging technology and its benefits. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Storage \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Standards \| Storage Virtualization

Forrester's Converged Infrastructure: Attitudes and Acceptance sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Because perceptions of converged infrastructure (CI) often vary in the IT industry, HP and Intel contracted Forrester Consulting to survey IT decision-makers internationally on benefits and barriers to implementation of CI. Learn the results of that survey in this white paper. Posted: 03 Jan 2012 \| Published: 03 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services

Introduction to Application and Multi-Server Management sponsored by Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces the new extensions in SQL Server Management Studio and the new Utility Explorer, and discusses the simple process of setting up a SQL Server managed server group. Posted: 01 Jan 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Database Management \| Server Management \| SQL Server

ESG: CommVault Optimizes Virtual Server Data Protection sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper from ESG outlines a potential solution - an integrated backup and data protection solution designed to overcome the challenges and complexities found in today's virtual environments. Read on to learn how this solution can help your business unlock the full array of benefits promised by virtualization and help simplify management. Posted: 29 Dec 2011 \| Published: 29 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Content Management \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Virtualization Security

Layered Tech Taking IT to the Next Level sponsored by VMware and Dell WHITE PAPER: Learn how Dell PowerEdge servers based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series enables companies to both serve existing customers and take on larger clients, all while streamlining infrastructure and keeping costs down. Posted: 09 Dec 2011 \| Published: 09 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Hardware Virtualization \| IT Infrastructure \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Lay the Right IT Foundation with Dell and VMware sponsored by VMware and Dell WHITE PAPER: Visit our resource center to discover how consolidation and virtualization can help you reduce complexity in your IT environment, how to better support a mobile and distributed workforce, and how to enable innovation by improving overall efficiency. Posted: 09 Dec 2011 \| Published: 09 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| IT Infrastructure \| Mobile Workers \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration

How to re-evaluate your data center management strategy sponsored by Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the attributes of an effective data center management approach and recommends a tool that can help you reduce costs, improve availability, and ensure compliance. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management

Upgrading Data Center Network Architecture to 10 Gigabit Ethernet sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: To accommodate increasing demands that data center growth places on networks, it is important to think of converting data center network architecture to 10GbE connections. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| TCO

Simplifying the Network with 10 Gigabit Ethernet Unified Networking sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Unified networking over the 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the data center offers numerous benefits for the virtualized data center. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| NAS \| Network Traffic Management \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers

10GBase-T for Broad 10 Gigabit Adoption in the Data Center sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Advanced technology – such as virtualization and unified networking – is putting increased demand on 10 GbE networks. Additionally, trends like data center server consolidation are putting challenges on bandwidth. One solution to these issues is adopting 10GbE in the data center. Posted: 29 Nov 2011 \| Published: 29 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Bandwidth Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Network Architectures \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management

Simplifying Network Management with Enterasys: Reducing the complexity and cost of network management with OneFabric™ sponsored by Enterasys WHITE PAPER: Traditional network architectures often cannot effectively support the business because they fail to meet the requirements needed. Review traditional architectures used in businesses today and see a new unified architecture that can bring existing IT fabrics into a single end-to-end network fabric. Posted: 23 Nov 2011 \| Published: 23 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| VDI \| VLAN \| WLAN

Speed Up Data Center Transformation with a Data-Driven Approach sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a data-driven approach to data center transformation that can speed up the transformation process while reducing risk. In addition, explore the advantages and disadvantages of data center transformation. Posted: 23 Nov 2011 \| Published: 23 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Compare and Contrast SPB and TRILL sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: With the amount of data center consolidation occurring today, moving to server virtualization has happened very quickly. This whitepaper discuss SPB and TRILL, two emerging technologies that wish to virtualize networks without adding complexity. Posted: 01 Nov 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| User Interfaces

CW+: Leverage memory technology to cut data centre power consumption sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Within modern data centers, virtualization has become the means of choice when it comes tooperating efficient server infrastructures for cloud and enterprise computing. On an individualsystem level, this translates into a massive increase of DRAM deployments per server. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management

Reconciling Datacenter consolidation and security: It starts with an integrated approach sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key drivers behind many consolidation efforts and points out the reasons why some organizations are putting off deploying virtualization. Gain insight into a holistic approach to ensuring security, high availability, and performance and discover the key technology components that comprise it. Posted: 07 Oct 2011 \| Published: 07 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Security \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

The Next Generation of Mission-Critical Computing sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights new technology that can help you meet growing IT requirements without straining your budget. Get detailed guidance on how you can maximize scalability, strengthen security, and simplify management in your organization. Posted: 29 Sep 2011 \| Published: 29 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| Security \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Increasing Government Efficiency with Consolidated IT Management sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: The benefits of server virtualization are well known, and now companies are feeling pressure to embrace the cloud. This white paper cites key findings concerning cloud computing and explores the advantages of combining it with multi-hypervisor environments. Posted: 16 Sep 2011 \| Published: 16 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization

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