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Feb 10, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Computer Rooms, Datacentres, Datacenters, Computer Centers, Internet Data Centers, Data Centres DEFINITION: A data center (sometimes spelled datacenter) is a centralized repository, either physical or virtual, for the storage, management, and dissemination of data and information organized around a particular body of knowledge or pertaining to a particular business. The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), for example, is a public data center that maintains the world's largest archive of weather information. … Definition continues below.
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IDC white paper: Delivering an Integrated Infrastructure for the Cloud sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing has emerged as one of the prevailing IT trends today. Cloud computing can help organizations become more nimble, reduce operating costs, improve application performance, and better allocate their compute resources. Inside, learn more about this emerging technology and what it can do for your organization. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Services

Exploring New Models for Enterprise IT sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive research report to understand how CFO’s and CIO’s around the world view cloud computing and learn how they are planning to implement this technology into their organization. Learn how you can leverage the cloud to reduce costs, become more responsive to customers, and improve scalability. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Security Management

Maximizing UPS Availability sponsored by Eaton Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explores how you can optimize UPS availability by focusing on minimizing repair time and maximizing redundancy, both inside your UPSs and across your power protection initiatives. Also learn why modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| UPS

Finding a Smart Alternative for Enterprise Scheduling sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: This resource presents many of the challenges and opportunities organizations face when setting up a job scheduling or workload automation process to manage their IT operations. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Job Scheduling Software

Making the Case for End-to-End Monitoring in Virtual Environments sponsored by PHD Virtual Technologies Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn about the benefits of an end-to-end visibility and monitoring solution for your virtual environments. Posted: 03 Feb 2012 \| Published: 03 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Networking \| Virtual Machine \| VM

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

Managing Virtualized Networks: Can You See Me Now? sponsored by Entuity, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Uncover the issues inherent to server virtualization, as well as information covering migration planning, executive sponsorship, virtualization support, and more! Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM

Using the Network to Optimize a Virtualized Data Center sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to uncover why and how the network must evolve to optimize the benefits of virtualization. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Switches

Cisco Prime NAM Everywhere sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn how you can overcome the challenges presented when IT transformation takes place. Ease manageability and enable quick access to network information with a solution that gives you end-to-end network visibility. Posted: 26 Jan 2012 \| Published: 26 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Appliances \| Network Applications Software \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Remote Offices \| Videoconferences \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Machine \| WAN

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation Accelerator Service sponsored by Red Hat. WHITE PAPER: Virtualisation can help today’s organisations respond to increasing business demands. This resource explores a service that can help you rapidly deploy virtualisation within your environment. Learn how to optimise virtualisation performance and obtain best practices to ensure maximum benefits from your investment. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Computing \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

How to Choose an Enterprise-Class Job Scheduling Solution Evaluation Guide sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Depending on the size of an enterprise, a job scheduler may manage thousands of individual mission-critical business processes every day. Access this resource for a brief history of the job scheduling marketplace and to learn what to look for in job scheduling software, including a checklist with which to evaluate your options. Posted: 24 Jan 2012 \| Published: 24 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Job Scheduling Software \| Workload Automation

Forrester Report: The Total Economic Impact™ Of The Cisco Unified Computing System sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper quantifies the advantages of unified computing and presents key findings from interviews with organizations who implemented it. Discover the savings you can expect across several key categories and determine whether this IT model is right for your organization Posted: 14 Jan 2012 \| Published: 14 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Systems Integration

The Journey to Unified Computing sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how data center needs have changed over the last five years and discusses the reasons why management of virtualized compute, network, and storage access should be integrated. Discover the vision behind a private cloud and learn how to avoid making common mistakes as you prepare for this new IT model. Posted: 14 Jan 2012 \| Published: 14 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Server Hardware

Data Center Management: The Key Ingredient for Reducing Server Power While Increasing Data Center Capacity sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The pressure to improve data center efficiency is nothing new. In fact, this demand has been growing for over a decade. This resource describes the key elements of effective IT management and compares the offerings of two key players in the market. Posted: 14 Jan 2012 \| Published: 14 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Server Hardware

How a Center of Excellence Can Boost Automation Benefits sponsored by BMC-Accenture WHITE PAPER: Today’s organizations are looking towards automation as a way to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Automation can help reduce capital expenditures by enabling businesses to retire administrative applications. It also minimizes risks and lowers labor costs. Access this resource to learn more about what automation can do for your company. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Systems Management

IT Transparency: Key to Agility and Business Alignment sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals common negative perceptions of IT and discusses 4 key metrics that can provide you with greater insight into your resource consumption. Learn how to make use of this information to align your budget and resources with critical business requirements. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Budgeting \| Business IT Alignment \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Service Level Management

The Next Step in Engineered Systems sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Now for the first time, IT departments can gain the performance and cost savings benefits of an engineered system on a flexible, general purpose platform that supports a diverse set of legacy, new, and custom applications. Download this Executive Brief to learn more. Posted: 11 Jan 2012 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Software \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software

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

Building Cloud-Optimized Data Center Networks sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Mastering the cloud requires a potent mix of scalability, performance, availability, and agility at the data center level. Read this white paper and learn how to stucture virtualization-optimized data center networks that meet these uncompromising requirements. Posted: 03 Jan 2012 \| Published: 03 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| Network Management Software \| Network Managers \| Network Performance

Building Virtualization-Optimized Data Center Networks sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: The new generation of virtualized data centers demand stringent performance, availability and agility. This white paper reviews the effects of server virtualization on the data center by demonstrating an approach to building more secure and automated networks that fully meet those demands. Posted: 03 Jan 2012 \| Published: 03 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| Network Management Software \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security

A Comparison of Oracle Performance on Physical and VMware Servers sponsored by Confio Software WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for a performance review of Oracle databases on physical versus virtual servers. Posted: 03 Jan 2012 \| Published: 03 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| VMware \| VMware Server

3 Secrets of a Successful Data Center sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the rapidly changing business landscape and explains how it is making limitless collaboration and on-demand information sharing possible. Discover a framework that unifies technologies, improves agility, and simplifies operations in the data center. Posted: 13 Dec 2011 \| Published: 13 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures

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

Case study: How the hotel industry’s no. 1 IT provider stopped missing SLAs sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Access this case study to learn how MICROS Inc. consolidated and virtualized its servers to accommodate growth in the face of data center space and power limitations. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

2011 Cloud Networking Report sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to read the first of a group of serial publications of the 2011 Cloud Networking Report. Cloud networking refers to the LAN, WAN, and management functionality that must be in place to enable cloud computing. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Centers \| Hybrid clouds \| ISVs \| LAN \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Public cloud computing \| SLA \| WAN

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DATA CENTERS DEFINITION (continued): … A data center (sometimes spelled datacenter) is a centralized repository, either physical or virtual, for the storage, management, and dissemination of data and information organized around a particular body of knowledge or pertaining to a particular business. The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), for example, is a public data center that maintains the world's largest archive of weather information. A private data center may exist within an organization's facilities or may be maintained as a specialized facility. According to Carrie Higbie, of Global Network Applications, every organization has a data center, although it might be referred to as a server room or even a computer closet. In that sense, data center may be synonymous with network operations center (NOC), a restricted access area containing automated systems that constantly monitor server activity, Web traffic, and network performance.
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