Green Data Center

WHITE PAPER: While energy consumption of overall data center operations and server-related equipment is generally understood, the story is quite different when it comes to storage systems. This paper offers practical advice on how to measure storage system efficiency and compares the efficiency numbers of several common storage solutions.

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: MySpace knows better than anyone the high demands that consumers can make on application and web servers. It maintains two sets of servers depending on application transaction load. Even so, continued transaction growth on these servers was resulting in poor performance. MySpace decided to give Fusion-io a try.

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: This session describes the emerging and continually maturing state of green energy management world wide from not only a data center view but a view across the enterprise.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 12 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: View this webcast to learn how green IT is successfully being implemented in enterprises today and to gain understanding of green IT from cost, compliance, investment, and customer perspectives.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 11 Nov 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This session will look at various techniques and strategies to optimize either on-line active or primary as well as near-line or secondary storage environment during tough economic times, as well as to position for future growth, after all, there is no such thing as a data recession!

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

EGUIDE: In this Pocket E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Adaptec, you will discover the steps essential for implementing green IT within your organization. Explore which components consume the most amount of power in today’s servers, and learn how this usage can be optimized.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

EGUIDE: Today’s businesses are being pushed to consolidate their data centers, address power consumption and implement virtualization in an effort to reduce operating costs and go green. But what are the best routes to achieving these objectives?

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this transcript featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel's Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: The challenge of saving power while maintaining server performance has become a primary concern within the IT environment. But, the latest generation of Adaptec RAID controllers provides Intelligent Power Management software and supports a variety of techniques that, together, enable significant savings without compromising performance.

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: In September 2009, Wipro Ltd (Wipro), a global corporation in the Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry which was head-quartered in Bangalore, India, was reviewing its Green IT plan. Read this white paper to learn more about Wipro's quest to become a true ecologically sustainable company.

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: Recently, the University of Plymouth, located in the U.K., completed a refresh of their 4,800 desktop PCs, upgrading the systems to PCs with Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology in order to offer students the latest in IT services. The following paper provides an ROI analysis of this PC deployment.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009

EBOOK: This book addresses the key topics related to “green” technology trends and gives you a plan in many key areas to embark on savings for your company.

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: IBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: Join this Webcast, presented by PC Connection, featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel’s Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Business interest in environmental footprinting stemmed originally from an understanding of supply chain vulnerabilities and complexities, and this remains an important driver. However, with growing public concern over environmental issues, environmental footprinting has grown in importance to many businesses.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

VIDEO: This session will look at various techniques and strategies to optimize either on-line active or primary as well as near-line or secondary storage environment during tough economic times, as well as to position for future growth, after all, there is no such thing as a data recession!

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This report looks at the potential for cost savings through use of IBM Systems Director 6.1 and Active Energy Manager to manage large numbers of IBM System x and BladeCenter systems. The study details areas of savings resulting in up to a 35% reduction in systems administration costs

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Along with an in-depth discussion of energy measurement and management, this white paper provides a brief overview of IBM solutions that can help organizations support their initiatives for developing energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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

ASSESSMENT TOOL: This online assessment tool designed specifically for organizations seeking to improve their Green IT capabilities, performance and ROI.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Learn more about offerings to improve energy efficiency across your infrastructure.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009

CASE STUDY: Wells' Dairy needed to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It deployed the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V™ virtualization technology. Today, it has a scalable server consolidation solution and a data center that is saving more than US.$12,000 in annual electrical costs.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009