Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the options IT managers have for hosting enterprise applications when replacing end-of-life POWER 4 or 5 servers. It compares an HP Converged Infrastructure, based on HP Integrity and Proliant server blades, to approaches based on IBM POWER. It also addresses customer options for business-critical application migration.

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper offers a guide for presenting the relatively high costs of expanding physical environments and the savings components of virtualization.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how failure to adopt modular standardization as a design strategy for data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) is costly on all fronts, unnecessary expense, avoidable downtime, and lost business opportunity. Standardization and modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in DCPI that streamline and simplify every process.

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper will explore some of the more common pitfalls that hamper successful data center transformations and the keys to overcome them.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains the need for local and dynamic airflow delivery technology and illustrates how these technologies work together with existing IT cooling systems to meet this variable load demand while maintaining high reliability and lowering energy costs.

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how virtualisation and cloud initiatives are creating new types of management challenges across physical and virtual data centre environments. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: What does sustainability mean for business and particularly for IT? Sustainable IT refers to efforts that increase the useful life and reduce environmental impacts of IT systems, and concurrently offer cost benefits to the business. Read on to learn how your business could benefit from going green.

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: At its heart, cloud computing is a new operational and business model for IT application hosting, rather than a new technology. It promises to deliver highly reliable, highly elastic services that respond quickly and smoothly to changing user demand.

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 | Published: 23 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: As more companies look towards collocation/hosted/ and managed services for either their primary data center there are considerations, both short and long term, when selecting a provider.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: You may have heard the term cloud computing or 'the Cloud', but could you describe what it is?

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Small and medium businesses need to support growth while wringing every ounce of value out of the investments they’ve already made. This paper looks at the benefits of virtualizing SQL Server databases, as well as how to get the most out of your virtual infrastructure.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for resources to help you determine how much powering and cooling the data center is costing your organization, and learn how the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can help reduce these requirements.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will help you understand the functionality included with Active Energy Manager and assist you in developing a plan to unleash the potential of an energy-optimised data center.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Many technology leaders understand the need for data center renovation and development – but going from understanding to implementation raises a lot of “how to” questions. As the leader in data center cost-effective and energy efficient approaches, IBM has the “go to” answers for “how to” questions. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: To meet today’s unpredictable challenges, changing requirements and technical growth areas, a modular data center design and strategy can yield significant benefits that provide flexibility to match short-term capacity requirements with long-term growth, and do so in a cost-effective manner. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes technical and business considerations for deploying a virtual infrastructure for SAP landscapes with EMC and VMware technologies. The white paper addresses a variety of key considerations for deploying such an infrastructure.

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Through this white paper, PTS Data Center Solutions (PTS) personnel validate these energy efficiency savings estimates using the upgrade of the IT system within its own data center facility and operations as a test bed.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper, with embedded links and videos, will highlight the most essential points IT and facility managers need to know when evaluating the benefits and costs associated with powering and cooling their hospital's network closets.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Important differences exist between precision cooling and building air conditioning (comfort cooling) in controlling these environmental conditions. In this paper, we compare both cooling systems’ ability to maintain favorable environmental conditions, and their energy efficiency and annual operating costs.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: As a leader of a SMBs, your expertise lies in improving your business, not the technology that runs it. With virtualization, it’s enough to know that your business can decrease costs, increase IT productivity and protect corporate assets. And VMware is the clear leader in virtualization solutions for SMBs. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Network closets in the healthcare setting are housing more powerful and critical equipment as hospitals and ambulatory offices rely on these spaces to support an increasing number of business-critical applications such as electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless communications and digital imaging.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: As IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures, maintaining datacenter agility is critical. By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 22 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how to find ways to cope with an expanding storage infrastructure, as well as provide continuous access to data stored on reliable and secure media, meet stringent compliance regulations and create operational efficiency while simultaneously cutting costs.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Dell ProConsult Services helped develop and implement a flexible, scalable, automated virtualized infrastructure for several companies, allowing them to take advantage of cloud computing and focus on their core business.

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010