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May 26, 2012

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Infrastructure Management
ALSO CALLED: Managing Hardware DEFINITION: For an organization's information technology, infrastructure management (IM) is the management of essential operation components, such as policies, processes, equipment, data, human resources, and external contacts, for overall effectiveness. Infrastructure management is sometimes divided into categories of systems management, network management, and storage management. Infrastructure management … Definition continues below.
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4 Steps to Private Cloud Implementation Success sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Many IT professionals are overwhelmed by the process required to implement a private cloud. This white paper offers proven tips to help you effectively deploy and manage this technology so you can fully leverage its benefits. Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 25 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Public Cloud \| Public cloud computing \| Virtual Machine \| VM

UCS Performance Brief: 63 World Records sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the architectural advantages of one leading unified computing system. Explore the performance capabilities of this offering that expedite the implementation of applications and services in virtualized and cloud environments. Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 25 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Design \| Infrastructure Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

IT Infrastructure at Your Service: Today's challenging business climate is driving a move toward delivering IT functions as a service sponsored by NTT America, Inc., an NTT Communications company WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the top drivers behind IaaS adoption and discusses best practices for assessing and preparing the enterprise to transition to an IaaS framework. Posted: 24 May 2012 \| Published: 24 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| Infrastructure Management \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Security Management

The high cost of not upgrading your servers sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: This resource demonstrates how a buy-and-hold strategy can add data center costs that many of today’s enterprises simply can’t afford. Read on to learn more about server replacement cycles and the ongoing operational costs of holding on to legacy hardware platforms long past their recommended life-cycle. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

PULSE® cuts average transaction process ing time by 75% sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: Access this case study to discover how the use of blade servers and converged infrastructure helped one organization expand their business. Discover how your company can achieve valuable benefits like reduced TCO, improved transaction time and more. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services

Cedar Fair Keeps Thrills Coming with HP Converged Infrastructure sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: Access this case study to learn how one organization implemented converged infrastructure and achieved benefits like increased uptime, reduction of administrative costs, scalability and much more. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services

Get a Robust, Flexible Foundation for Enterprise Cloud Deployments sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper provides recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure. It covers deployment of software, hardware, storage, and network components. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Published: 16 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Databases \| Infrastructure Management \| Oracle (Product)

HP Converged Storage: a vision for the next era of computing based on modern scale-out storage architecture sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: It is becoming increasingly difficult for IT professionals to manage the substantial amount of information their enterprises are generating today. This white paper discusses how to combat this challenge with a converged infrastructure. Discover a system that can help you leverage this strategy and review the benefits it offers. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Published: 16 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage Services \| Converged Networks \| Data Storage \| Information Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Services Anywhere - By Design sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: By now you've heard all about what the can cloud offer, but before you jump the gun, you must also consider the risks that this infrastructure model can introduce. This white paper examines a new cloud system that enables a hybrid approach so you can enjoy the cloud without compromise. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Published: 16 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Hybrid clouds \| Information Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure

Optimize Application Delivery in Support of Data Center Consolidation sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn strategies for optimizing application delivery in support of data center consolidation. Learn how to reduce capital and operating expenditures with effective consolidation. Posted: 15 May 2012 \| Published: 15 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Infrastructure Management \| Server Virtualization

Improving VDI with Scalable Infrastructure sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover ways to improve virtual desktop infrastructure with scalable solutions. Learn how to optimize traffic between virtual desktop servers and target machines, enhance security and more. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Security \| Server Virtualization \| TCP \| Virtualization Security \| VMware

Cloud Security Insights for IT Strategic Planning sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing offers many benefits, but it's hard to ignore the security challenges that this dynamic environment can introduce. To combat these risks, you need an effective cloud security strategy in place. This white paper reviews key findings from a survey of 200 IT pros that can help you maximize data protection in the cloud. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Data Security \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Security Management

vCenter Operations: Enabling Administrators to Morph into Managers by Leveraging Real-time Analytics and Automation sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Discover how VMware's newest software enables your business to leverage new maangement tools designed for the dynamic virtual world. Traditional techniques of infastructure management simply can't keep up, so stay one step ahead and uncover the benefits vCenter Operations promises to bring. Posted: 24 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Infrastructure Management \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software \| Systems Operations \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware

Accelerate time to revenue with Infrastructure Test Optimization sponsored by Spirent WHITE PAPER: Release schedules are escalating, despite the fact that the solutions are more complex. Envision an infrastructure that automates repetitive, manual tasks like device configuration and test execution, or that automates the documentation of test execution. Posted: 05 Apr 2012 \| Published: 05 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Testing

Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: High Availability \| Infrastructure Management \| SAN \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

The Essentials Series: Solving Network Problems Before They Occur - How to Use WMI in Network Problem Resolution sponsored by Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn more about Windows Management Instrumentation – a platform-specific service – and how it can be effective for network monitoring. Posted: 13 Feb 2012 \| Published: 13 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Databases \| Email \| Infrastructure Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Server Management \| Troubleshooting \| Windows

Applying Factory Principles to Accelerate Enterprise Virtualization sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: In order for Intel to create the infrastructure for their private enterprise cloud, Intel IT has set a goal of virtualizing up to 75 percent of their Office and Enterprise computing environment. This presents the challenge of how to rapidly virtualize thousands of servers located across Intel and owned by a variety of Intel business groups. Posted: 13 Feb 2012 \| Published: 13 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Infrastructure Management \| Private cloud computing \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

GTE Federal Credit Union sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this 3-page case study to learn how GTE FCU avoided a costly “forklift” upgrade and instead benefited with Riverbed Steelhead appliances by reducing data traffic by fourfold, achieving RPO objectives, and enabling rich, granular reporting capabilities. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Infrastructure Management \| ROI \| RPO \| RTO \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Security

Cloud Security Insights for IT Strategic Planning sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the results from a survey of 200 IT professionals that can help you optimize your cloud’s security. Key findings suggest that security plays a foundational role in the decision to implement a private cloud, protecting platform and infrastructure resources are top concerns and security drives outsourcing decisions. Posted: 20 Jan 2012 \| Published: 20 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Data Security \| Infrastructure Management \| Outsourcing \| Private Cloud

Proactive Network Monitoring and Management sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Uncover how monitoring technology can equip network administrators with the vital insights needed to govern and ensure availability of servers and applications, whether managed locally or in the cloud. Posted: 05 Jan 2012 \| Published: 05 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Dashboards \| Database Performance Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| SLA

5 Conditions for choosing the right converged infrastructure vendor sponsored by HP & 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

CW+: Quocrica report: Managed hosting in Europe sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The term “managed hosting” describes the provision of a ready to use IT stack including hardware and infrastructure software for thedeployment of applications. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Host Management \| Hosting Services \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services

CW+ Quocirca report: Reaping the benefits of IP geolocation sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: As more and more human activity moves online, it is easy to think that geography no longer matters—surely the internet is without borders? Whilst in some cases this is true, more often than not online activity spills over into the real world. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Infrastructure Management \| IP \| IP Services

CW+ Open Group: Supporting requirements management in TOGAF sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This White Paper discusses methodology and language support for requirements management in TOGAF. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Architectures \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Architectures \| Infrastructure Management

CW+ Quocirca report: The evolving MPS landscape sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Managed print services (MPS) offer organisations the opportunity to control costs, reduce the complexity of managing a heterogeneous infrastructure and improve business processes. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services

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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … products are available from a number of vendors including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft. Among other purposes, infrastructure management seeks to:Reduce duplication of effortEnsure adherence to standardsEnhance the flow of information throughout an information systemPromote adaptability necessary for a changeable environmentEnsure interoperability among organizational and external entitiesMaintain effective change management policies and practicesAlthough all business activities depend upon the infrastructure, planning and projects to ensure its effective management are typically undervalued …
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