Data Center Consolidation Reports

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains why more and more companies are adopting a unified approach to data centre management and offers detailed guidance to help them address concerns over capacity planning, application performance, server sprawl, and more.

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Mar 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, learn how your company can successfully transition to a multi-tenant, virtual and converged data center.

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 | Published: 15 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that to accomplish the objectives of making more-efficient use of IT resources, lowering power consumption, and reducing operating expenses, many companies are turning to server consolidation and virtualization efforts—endeavors that increase server CPU utilization and reduce the number of discrete servers in a datacenter.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

EZINE: This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: When planning a migration to the cloud, IT pros must carefully map a strategic plan for a successful transition. This essential e-guide, directly from our editors, describes the top criteria and guidelines that should be followed when building a cloud strategy.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the attributes of efficient IT and reveals five core elements that you should focus on to keep pace in the virtual era. Hear from your peers on how they are successfully leveraging virtualization, managing ever-growing data volumes, preparing for the cloud, and more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

EZINE: Virtualization may be well underway, but it doesn't mean new challenges won't arise as you continue to navigate your initiative. This expert e-zine offers detailed guidance for achieving the right balance in your virtual data center and presents key findings concerning your peers' consolidation objectives for 2012.

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: Companies planning to expand their data center have many elements to consider. Download this e-guide and evaluate what the best strategy is for your upcoming data center project.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: This E-Guide from SearchStorage.com is here to help. By comparing two integrated stack solutions - NetApp's FlexPod and EMC's Vblock - this guide can help you understand the benefits associated with these technologies and help you decide which of the two will best meet your organization's needs. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to view key findings about converged application appliances.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a recommended approach to help you optimize your virtual infrastructure and position your business to take advantage of public and private cloud services.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper makes the business case for utility storage, the delivery of IT resources as a service (similar to a water or electric company), and introduces an infrastructure solution designed to leverage this principle and improve an organization's journey to the cloud. Read on to learn about this emerging technology and its benefits.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief paper introduces three solutions capable of working together to bring your business a complete and shared virtualized infrastructure, designed to help you simplify management and enhance resource efficiency. In this paper, you'll learn about each of these three technologies and the benefits they can bring your organization.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study outlines a recent development in Thompson Reuters' legal research service. In this study, you'll learn about the infrastructure technologies and solutions Reuters' implemented in order to successfully engineer this enhanced search platform, and learn about the benefits it brought the company. Read on for more.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study explores the journey that Suncorp took to eliminate IT inefficiencies, consolidate their seven existing data center locations into two and boost the production and cost-effectiveness of their IT operations. Read on to learn about the technologies they implemented in order to meet these goals.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

VIDEOCAST: View this brief video to learn how one business leveraged advanced cloud computing solutions to accelerate its business transformation. Discover how it was able to consolidate 2,500 applications, allowing them to increase cost savings and speed time to market.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Premiered: Jan 6, 2012

WHITE PAPER: Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with other ADCs.  This free report explains how Citrix NetScaler beats the competition. Shift to Citrix NetScaler.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the benefits associated with virtualizing Microsoft applications, and discusses how a newly-introduced infrastructure solution can simplify the management and cost associated with this process. Read on to learn more about this emerging technology and its benefits.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new type of virtual solution designed specifically to improve maintenance, management and mobility in today's virtual infrastructures. By minimizing latency across long distances, this technology allows for the quick and efficient delivery of data and applications from one server to another - all with minimal downtime.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com explains how you can leverage virtualization and other techniques to reduce the costs of running servers. Plus, obtain exclusive advice and answers to frequently asked questions about developing an effective server consolidation plan.

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 | Published: 29 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Discover how the Dell PowerEdge C6145 server is designed to meet the demands of intensive computational research of public and enterprise customers with the benefits of a shared infrastructure that saves space, weight, and energy.

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

EZINE: The IT in Europe virtual data centre e-zine covers the effects of virtualisation on data centres, including management headaches. Discover the challenges posed by an ever-increasing number of virtual resources and access three case studies from the Best of VMworld Europe 2011 User Awards.

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

EZINE: System management is a crucial issue in virtual environments, but selecting the most appropriate tools can be extremely challenging. Find out when it's better to deploy a comprehensive system management framework, when point tools are the right choice, and when an organisation should go with both.

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 | Published: 07 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: With the amount of data center consolidation occurring today, moving to server virtualization has happened very quickly. This whitepaper discuss SPB and TRILL, two emerging technologies that wish to virtualize networks without adding complexity.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011