Cost-effective Strategies for Building the Next-generation Data Center
sponsored by ZT Systems
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This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Solutions For Server Rooms
sponsored by APC
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The modular, easy-to-install solutions from APC by Schneider Electric allow you to implement an appropriate IT environment that meets your current and future needs, without breaking the bank in the process.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Solutions for Small to Medium Data Centers
sponsored by APC
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APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Solutions for High-Density Environments
sponsored by APC
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High-density (HD) zones enable new technologies and unlock the doors to data center efficiency. APC® by Schneider Electric lets you deploy an HD environment anytime, anywhere. Learn how you can achieve this with APC's HD solutions.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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A Practical Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning: The Basics to Getting Started
sponsored by Double-Take Software UK
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This paper is intended to help simplify the process of starting a disaster recovery plan so as not to be so overwhelming. Through some basic steps, businesses can better protect themselves against data loss while working toward a more complete business continuity plan.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Reinventing Your Infrastructure with IIMv3
sponsored by CompuCom Systems, Inc.
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This paper is the first in a series of white papers designed to provide a complete view of IIMv3 and its value proposition to the enterprise. Look for additional white papers on IT transformation, the IIMv3 architecture, and the Next Generation Data Center.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Cutting Costs with Greener IT
sponsored by Wipro Technologies
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The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.
Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009
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Green IT Matters at Wipro LTD
sponsored by Wipro Technologies
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In September 2009, Wipro Ltd (Wipro), a global corporation in the Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry which was head-quartered in Bangalore, India, was reviewing its Green IT plan. Read this white paper to learn more about Wipro's quest to become a true ecologically sustainable company.
Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009
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Four Critical Imperatives for Data Protection and Recovery: BEX Innovative Architecture Delivers Holistic Data Protection
sponsored by Syncsort
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This paper describes an innovative, unified data protection model – developed by Syncsort – that not only supports each of these imperatives, but leverages them to provide actual return on your business investments.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Virtualization, Deduplication, and the Data Protection Connection: Reinventing IT Infrastructure Consolidation with Efficient Data Protection
sponsored by Syncsort
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As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Windows Server Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 Product Overview
sponsored by SHI
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This white paper introduces Windows Server virtualization as a key component of the Microsoft datacenter-to-desktop virtualization strategy.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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The Acid Test for the On-Demand Data Center: A CIO's Evaluation and Selection Guide
sponsored by NetSuite
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This paper sets out a framework for evaluating a data center. It considers the special factors that apply to an on-demand infrastructure, many of which go well beyond the standards applicable to the average enterprise data center.
Posted: 13 Oct 2009 | Published: 13 Oct 2009
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Solving the Challenges of Exponential Data Growth
sponsored by Syncsort
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This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Published: 12 Oct 2009
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Sun™ Ops Center: Changing the Economics of Datacenter Operations
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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In this white paper the main inefficiencies that can be found in a typical datacenter are examined and the different strategies that are commonly used to resolve them are discussed. Sun™ Ops Center is presented as a cost-effective solution to these inefficiencies.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009
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Leading Virtualization 2.0: How Intel is Driving Virtualization Beyond Consolidation Into a Solution for Maximizing Business Agility Within the Enterprise
sponsored by Insight & Intel
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Virtualization is one of the hottest technologies in IT infrastructure today. Intel is helping enable the next generation of virtualization usage efficiently. Virtualization 2.0 focuses on increasing service efficiency through flexible resource management. In the near future, this usage model will become absolutely critical to data centers.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009
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PlateSpin Forge®: Plug In and Protect Server Workload
sponsored by Novell Inc.
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In the event of downtime, workloads can be rapidly powered on in the PlateSpin Forge recovery environment and continue to run as normal until the production environment is restored. PlateSpin Forge® ships with everything you need to begin protecting your servers straight out-of-the-box.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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PlateSpin® Recon: Virtual Capacity Management and Consolidation Planning
sponsored by Novell Inc.
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PlateSpin® Recon from Novell is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Which UPS is Right for the Job?
Considerations in Choosing Standby, Line-Interactive, Double-Conversion Designs - and New High-Efficiency, Multi-Mode Capabilities - for Your Data Center
sponsored by Eaton Corporation
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This white paper describes how various UPS topologies work and looks at the impact of operating mode on five key factors of UPS performance
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Executive Guide: Assess the Value of Deduplication for your Storage Consolidation
sponsored by Data Domain
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This IDC Workbook discusses consolidation at the datacenter, server, and storage system levels, including the use of virtualisation. This paper also discusses how deduplication can help improve consolidation of resources and reduce storage footprint, as well as improve data protection and disaster recovery under heavy workload conditions.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Techniques to Avoiding Disk Bottleneck in the DataDomain File System
sponsored by Data Domain
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This paper presents a set of techniques to substantially reduce disk I/Os in high-throughput deduplication storage systems. These techniques are general methods to improve throughput performance of deduplication storage systems.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Optimizing the Data Center for Cost and Efficiency
sponsored by Dell India
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The current state of the datacenter demands a transformation that helps in improving space utilization and lowering power consumption while still providing the scale and availability the business requires. Read this report to learn how your organization can optimize data center efficiency and lower costs.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Backup and Deduplication Storage
sponsored by Data Domain
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Unreliable backups and recovery times that are too long have long plagued IT organisations. This paper takes a look at the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Configuring High Availability for Windows Server 2008 Environments
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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All organizations are becoming increasingly reliant upon their computer systems. The availability of those systems can be the difference between the organization succeeding and failing. This series will examine how we can configure our Windows Server 2008 environments to provide the level of availability our organizations need.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009
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Cost Effective Security and Compliance with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance and the deployment of strong internal controls.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009
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Lower IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. You’ll discover how its new options and features can help you reduce server and storage costs, improve query performance, and ensure availability during database application upgrades.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009
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