Downtime Reports

Best Practices for Virtualizing Distributed Environments: Enterprise-Class Virtualization for Remote Office and Branch Office Infrastructures
sponsored by VM6 Software
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

VM6 Software

Solutions for Small to Medium Data Centers
sponsored by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009

Schneider Electric

Presentation Transcript: Windows Server Provisioning for High Availability
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Businesses rely heavily on their servers, so if they fail productivity is lost. This expert webcast explores the dangers of unplanned server downtime. Discover some of the most important planning, configurations and management issues for server high availability.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009

Marathon Technologies

A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualization - Improving Data Center Flexibility, Performance and TCO with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
sponsored by Insight & Intel
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: To gain full value of virtualization, you need servers that are built to handle the heavy and ever-changing demands of a virtualized and consolidated computing environment. To help you get maximum benefits from virtualization, Intel has built a better physical server platform with unique hardware-assist features to enhance the virtual data center.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009

Insight & Intel

Disaster Got You Down?
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009

CDW Corporation

eGuide: Microsoft Hyper-V: Improving Availability, Management, and Performance
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
EGUIDE: Despite the obvious advantages associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, this virtualization platform does not come without its availability and resiliency challenges. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, Dell and Microsoft, you will gain insight into the improvements made to Hyper-V by Windows Server 2008 R2.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Maximizing CRM Effectiveness During Lean Times
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: When the economy turns around, as it will, how will your organization be poised to take advantage of the next expansion? Read the latest white paper written by Steve Diamond, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Oracle, to learn six areas your organization can focus on to improve business results.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

Oracle Corporation

VMware and Dell Solutions for Small to Medium Business: Ensuring Rapid, Reliable and Affordable Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Dell and VMware
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Affordable high availability and disaster recovery solutions are critical to the survival of all SMBs in the event of a disaster. Building on years of helping SMBs protect their information, VMware and Dell provide cost-effective and robust data protection, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions.
Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Feb 2009

Dell and VMware

CSS Boosts Worker Productivity, Slashes Costs by Running Lotus Notes and Domino On Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss
CASE STUDY: Learn how leading provider of global technology operations management services, Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS), migrated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux® from Microsoft Windows and dramatically improved application performance and improved productivity while freeing up IT resources.
Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 15 May 2009

Red Hat and JBoss

3 Best Practices for Reducing Exchange Downtime
sponsored by AppAssure Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Although there are many e-mail platforms available, Microsoft Exchange is by far the most dominate with a commanding 65-percent share of the overall market. This eGuide explains the three best practices for reducing Exchange downtime and teaches how to proactively approach disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange.
Posted: 02 Mar 2009 | Published: 02 Mar 2009

AppAssure Software, Inc.

Total Cost Comparison of Backup Technologies: IT Decision-Maker Perspectives on NetApp SnapVault Disk-to-Disk versus Traditional Tape-Based Backup Solutions
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: Download this exclusive article to gain insight on why a NetApp SnapVault backup system is 54% less expensive than a similar tape-based backup solution over a typical backup product lifecycle.
Posted: 09 Jan 2009 | Published: 09 Jan 2009

NetApp

HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Citrix XenDesktop
sponsored by Citrix and HP
WHITE PAPER: The HP and Citrix solution offers you the functionality of a stand-alone desktop, while enabling unified management of both physical and virtual infrastructures from the same centralized console.
Posted: 07 Jan 2009 | Published: 07 Jan 2009

Citrix and HP

Heil Trailer Moves Backups to ExaGrid to Gain Faster Backups and Restores
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Heil Trailer Moves Backups to ExaGrid to Gain Faster Backups and Restores.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Solaris 10 Operating System Innovation Matters-Increase Business Efficiency and Lower Costs
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The Solaris OS is the strategic platform for today's demanding enterprise and is the only open operating system that has delivered proven results, running everything from mission-critical enterprise databases to high performance Web farms.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

ISSU: A Planned Upgrade Tool
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the selection of an ISSU design, which requires a comprehensive approach that considers various permutations of redundant and non-redundant router architectures.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Sharepoint E-zine Vol.3: Using SharePoint's InfoPath feature to generate forms
sponsored by TechTarget Search Windows Server
EZINE: This guide explains planning global enterprise SharePoint deployments, creating custom global search scopes in SharePoint and top tips for harnessing Microsoft SharePoint governance.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008

TechTarget Search Windows Server

The Business Case for Enterprise Disaster Recovery Planning: Calculating the Cost of Downtime
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WHITE PAPER: Given the enormous long-term costs and implications of a systems interruption, companies need to carefully define and implement plans to mitigate losses. This paper arms you with how to build a strong business case for a recovery plan.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008

Iron Mountain

Five Ways to Ensure Your Virtualization Initiatives Effectively Support Applications and End Users
sponsored by Dell Software
WHITE PAPER: This white paper seeks to help application owners, operations managers and data center managers ensure their virtualization initiatives effectively support applications and end users.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008

Dell Software

Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best Of VMworld" Approach
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines-an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008

Citrix

Improving Operations with Reports, Plans and Metrics
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the critical roles IT plays in providing Operations with timely information in areas such as quality management, supply chain, and cost control.
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

IBM Cognos

Virtualization Licensing and Support Lethargy: Curing the Disease That Stalls Virtualization Adoption
sponsored by Burton Group
WHITE PAPER: Today, most applications can efficiently run inside virtual machines (VMs), and application vendors have a responsibility to develop licensing and support policies offering virtualization compatibility without the expense of added management to...
Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 22 Jan 2008

Burton Group

Best Practices for a Successful Upgrade Project
sponsored by HCL Software
WHITE PAPER: Upgrades help businesses to maintain a competitive edge in the market. Yet, upgrades pose their own set of challenges. This white paper lists the best practices that should be followed when upgrading to achieve maximum reliability.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 16 May 2008

HCL Software

SAP Upgrade Assessment: Mitigating Risk of Upgrade Projects
sponsored by HCL Software
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the challenges and risks associated with SAP Upgrades and analyze how a SAP Upgrade Assessment could be used as a risk mitigation tool.
Posted: 20 Jun 2008 | Published: 13 Mar 2008

HCL Software

Unix, Linux Uptime and Reliability Increase; Patch Management Woes Plague Windows
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Use this report, the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey, to make an informed choice on which servers best fit your needs.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

IBM

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership: Delivering Cost Effective Enterprise Business Intelligence
sponsored by MicroStrategy
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how MicroStrategy's enterprise strength, scalable platform and self-service technology enable organizations to achieve pervasive BI at the lowest industry ownership costs.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

MicroStrategy