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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Winning with HP Integrity servers for SAP with Windows Server 2003
sponsored by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel
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Companies face numerous challenges when managing and integrating information across enterprise business processes. Companies frequently choose an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution to fulfill business requirements. The leading ERP applications with the greatest market share are the mySAP ERP and SAP R/3 industry solutions from SAP AG.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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The Active Directory Recycle Bin: The End of Third-Party Recovery Tools?
sponsored by Quest Software
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Windows Server 2008 R2 offers a number of exciting new features, including an expanded Server Core offering, new Active Directory features, and - of special interest to anyone who has ever wished Active Directory had an “undo” button - a sort of recycle bin for Active Directory objects.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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Using VMware Infrastructure 3 with 3PAR Utility Storage in Datacenter Deployments
sponsored by 3PAR
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This paper discusses the complementary benefits of combining features of VMware and 3PAR technologies to gain increased performance and avoid the cost of over-provisioning servers and storage in an IT infrastructure.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 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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5 Secrets to SQL Server Availability
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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The following five secrets to affordable SQL availability will help you to implement a SQL environment with little or no downtime, zero data loss, and no added IT complexity.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009
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A Technical Overview of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009
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Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise Takes the Tension Out of Job Schedule Audits
sponsored by Help/Systems
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Learn how Robot/SCHEDULE, the job scheduling and batch management software for IBM AS/400, has helped companies pass their internal and external audits for over 25 years. You can monitor who changed what job, produce reports that prove you are monitoring the schedule, and demonstrate the basic security that prevents unauthorized editing of jobs.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009
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Consolidating Multiple Oracle OLTP Workloads on the Dell PowerEdge R710 Server
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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The goal of this study is to determine if a multi?node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009
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vSphere Virtual Infrastructure Business Ready Solutions for the R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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This white paper presents a sample Dell solution -- using the Dell R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series) -- designed to tolerate faults at multiple infrastructure layers to provide maximum level of availability for the virtual infrastructure.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009
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Robert Frances Group: Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
sponsored by IBM
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Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Breaking the Scalability Barrier with Infinite Cache
sponsored by EnterpriseDB Corporation
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Infinite Cache™ from EnterpriseDB revolutionizes distributed cache management on commodity blade server hardware by substantially increasing the amount of memory available to hold data including entire databases with outstanding performance.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Best Practices for Deploying anSAP Landscape Using The c-3000 Blade Enclosure and the MSA2000 (Windows/MS-SQL)
sponsored by Avnet, HP and Partners
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This white paper discusses detailed best practices for deploying a 150-user, 250-GB, three-tiered SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009
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SharePoint High Availability - Protecting All Three Architecture Tiers
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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SQL Server is the relational database used for storing all content, data, and configuration information used by Office SharePoint Server 2007. Protecting SharePoint requires protecting each of the three architectural tiers. This whitepaper will discuss the need to protect all three tiers of SharePoint's implementation architecture.
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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Leaping Forward: SQL Server 2008 Compared to Oracle Database 11g
sponsored by Microsoft
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Microsoft SQL Server has steadily gained ground on other database systems and now surpasses the competition in terms of performance, scalability, security, developer productivity. This paper highlights some of the mission-critical areas in which SQL Server 2008 excels.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009
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Drive Your Enterprise with Event-Driven Scheduling
sponsored by Help/Systems
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Use Event Monitors to create an event-driven schedule for your enterprise using system events on your Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers to launch reactive jobs through Robot/SCHEDULE.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270 and X4275 Server Architecture: Optimizing Performance, Density and Expandability to Maximize Datacenter Value
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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This white paper describes the architecture of the Sun Fire X4170, X4270 and X4275 servers, including the processor technology, I/O subsystem, built-in system management features, and range of supported operating systems.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009
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Reassessing Server Costs for Mid-Size Companies
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
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This paper argues that while the current economic climate might suggest delaying data center upgrades, the opposite will save you money. Learn how upgrading to Sun Fire servers can put more on your bottom line.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009
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The Solaris Operating System – Optimized for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
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This document is intended as a quick reference guide for developers and system administrators that want to optimize the Solaris™ OS on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series platform.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009
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SCALING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS ON SUN FIRE™ X4450 SERVERS: Evaluating Performance and Capacity with VMware
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
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Managing desktop environments across the enterprise can be challenging for many organizations. Virtualization of desktop systems is an increasingly popular solution, but requires scalability and balanced design for successful implementation. This white paper discusses the use of Sun Fire X4450 servers as a virtual desktop infrastructure platform.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009
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Planning and deploying a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure on HP hardware: Creating a 150 user VDI proof-of-concept implementation
sponsored by HP, Vmware and AMD
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This document is intended for IT decision makers, planners, architects, service professionals and installers that are evaluating VDI. A moderate level of technical expertise and familiarity with VMware, Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems as well as HP ProLiant and StorageWorks hardware is considered essential.
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Published: 15 Sep 2009
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Consolidating Multiple SQL Server 2000 systems using Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009
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