The Top 5 Server Monitoring Battles and How You Can Win Them
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
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The uses, requirements, and complexity of servers have all increased dramatically. Consequently, server monitoring has more importance in today's environments. This guide looks at some of the most pressing challenges you might face in ensuring optimal server performance. It offers insights into the tools and strategies for addressing these demands.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009
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A Scalable, Reconfigurable, and Efficient Data Center Power Distribution Architecture
sponsored by APC
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This paper discusses some of the new approaches to power distribution including modular distribution and overhead power busway, and shows their advantages when compared to the legacy approach.
Posted: 31 Oct 2009 | Published: 31 Oct 2009
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Right-Sizing Your Power Infrastructure: How to Optimize Energy Efficiency Without Impeding Growth
sponsored by Eaton Corporation
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Read this paper to learn the ways in which new technologies are impacting power demand patterns, explores the consequences of having too much power capacity or too little and then provides concrete advice on strategies for right-sizing your power systems.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009
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Corporate networks: Business 2.0 and beyond
sponsored by SonicWALL
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The performance and security needs of corporate networks have evolved greatly in the last five years. This brochure provides a management overview of what's changed and why. But more importantly, it shows why flexibility, visibility, agility and affordability are now the key factors in network decision-making. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009
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Why Virtualize?
sponsored by AT&T Corp
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There are compelling reasons to virtualize computing infrastructure. Hardware resources can be more efficiently utilized to consolidate devices, boost business continuity, and serve high-priority applications and users. This paper explains the potential benefits and key decisions associated with virtualization projects and how to get started.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009
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How to Virtualize
sponsored by AT&T Corp
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Many organizations are looking into virtualization as a means of decreasing capital expenses and launching energy conservation initiatives. This paper explains why one must consider how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and security strategies will need to change before jumping into a deployment.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009
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Solutions for Network Closets
sponsored by APC
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Convergence, consolidation, virtualization - today's IT trends have turned the network closet into a mission-critical environment. APC solutions give you the level of control, monitoring, and management that today’s more critical systems demand.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Application Delivery Networks -- Enabling Video Ready Networks
sponsored by Blue Coat
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This paper takes a look at some of the advantages of video conferencing in terms of both cost savings and time savings, explains some of the problems and challenges in making video conferencing work, and gives advice for making the network ready to accommodate video conferences.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Reference Guide: Fundamental Protocols of Network Management
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
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The goal of this five-part Reference Guide is to assist you with understanding and successfully employing the top 5 network management protocols. Building upon the very simplest in Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), this guide explores the latest network management solutions.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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The Importance of Network Time Synchronization
sponsored by Symmetricom
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This paper explains why accurate network time -- and therefore precise network time synchronization -- is critically important for network management. Read on to learn more about the importance of network time synchronization.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Mainstreaming the vSwitch: HP Network Automation Extends Control to Virtual Computing Environment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform.
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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Storage Virtualisation and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.
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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Three Steps to Improving Server Virtualization ROI with everRun
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009
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Increasing Reliability and Availability in a Virtualized SQL Server Environment
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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As companies continue to consolidate and look for best possible uses of both existing and new computer hardware, nowhere is this more apparent than server management. This paper will provide you some best practices and key success stories that you can use in designing and implementing your own virtualized SQL environment.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009
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Redefining the Economics of Running the Modern Data Center
sponsored by Eaton Corporation
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The cost of operating the data center is outpacing the cost of IT resources themselves. High-density equipment pressures power and cooling systems to the max. Learn of the new approaches and technologies that are redefining the economics of running the modern data center.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Sep 2009
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'Lights Out' IT Management -- Automate Problem Identification & Resolution
sponsored by Dorado Software
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Lights-Out IT Management refers to the automation of both problem identification and problem resolution. The successful implementation of Lights-Out IT Management is built upon an integrated system that provides three key management functions: find, configure, and monitor. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Sep 2009
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Mainstreaming the vSwitch: HP Network Automation Extends Control to Virtual
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009
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De-Duplication Is Physical - Storage Management Is Logical
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009
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When Less Is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the (Red/ Yellow) Box for Protecting Endpoints
sponsored by Sunbelt Software
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Endpoint security issues simply can't be ignored, regardless of the size of the organization. This paper will discuss how internet threats and vulnerabilities affect us all and what criteria businesses should use in order to pick out a proper endpoint security solution.
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Jul 2009
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The End Of Anti-Virus As You Know It: A First Look At VIPRE Enterprise
sponsored by Sunbelt Software
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Here you get a first look at VIPRE Enterprise,a new solution that combines anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, and other technologies into a seamless, tightly integrated product.
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Jul 2009
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VIPRE Takes A Bite Out Of Bloatware
sponsored by Sunbelt Software
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Sunbelt Software's new VIPRE Enterprise package is ideally suited to combating legacy and new blended malware threats from traditional viruses to the newest spam and Trojans.
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Jul 2009
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Optimizing Virtualization to Deliver Best-in-Class Outcomes
sponsored by VKernel
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This EMA paper (prepared for VKernel) discusses the challenges in achieving virtualization goals in the enterprise and how capacity management can help optimize resource utilization while maintaining performance.
Posted: 24 Jul 2009 | Published: 24 Jul 2009
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Business Together with Microsoft: the unified communications and collaboration solution of Orange Business Services and Microsoft
sponsored by Orange Business Services
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With the momentum of IP convergence and the movement toward an all digital world, professional communication systems combining telephony over IP, e-mail, instant messaging and audio/video conferencing services are sparking serious interest due to the benefits they offer. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 20 Jul 2009
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