Hardware Management

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about the developments of IBM i on Power Systems. Discover how to achieve valuable benefits like reliability, simplified installation and administration, continuing hardware innovations and much more.

Posted: 18 May 2012 | Published: 18 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover how your organization can protect its expanding IT environment with effective support services. This white paper explores a proactive solution that can diagnose problems quickly to reduce downtime.

Posted: 11 May 2012 | Published: 11 May 2012

ASSESSMENT TOOL: Justifying a server refresh isn't easy, especially with today's tight IT budgets. This assessment tool calculates the savings you can expect after replacing your existing hardware so you can decide if a refresh is the right decision for your organization.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

CASE STUDY: Read this resource for the inside scoop on how one SMB increased their overall uptime without a lot of administration using a converged infrastructure. Additionally, you'll discover how your organization can improve recovery time, reduce hardware failures and increase reliability.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

ANALYST REPORT: In this report Ovum calls for a rethink of the traditional IT technology stack, to ensure better interoperability and adaptability.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 23 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: For SMBs, business intelligence is a critical technology initiative that allows them to gain competitive advantages and improve business responsiveness with limited costs. Access this white paper to learn the five crucial steps for delivering optimal BI in your organization.

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are two initiatives that are gaining popularity among the IT industry. This white paper highlights ways you can build a more stable, secure, and efficient computing environment around a virtual desktop infrastructure. Plus, learn how cloud and VDI work together to help you become an efficient business.

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 | Published: 17 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Dell™ Management Plug-In for VMware® vCenter™ virtual appliance integrates with the VMware vCenter management platform to enable centralized management of Dell servers in virtualized environments from the VMware vSphere™ client.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, the world’s first and only integrated middleware machine, dramatically surpasses alternatives and provides enterprises the best possible foundation for running applications.

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: In this e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, gain expert insight on how to approach a virtualization project to ensure maximum success. Understand what challenges you can anticipate and pitfalls to avoid. Plus, find out how to evaluate costs associated with virtualization and which areas can deliver the best advantages.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Dell's adaptive infrastructure management (AIM) framework has something competitors don't: support for heterogeneous hardware. In a nutshell, it's possible to have a completely automated infrastructure using all Dell gear, or a nearly completely automated infrastructure using an array of hardware from other vendors.

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

ANALYST REPORT: By acquiring Scalent, Dell is sending the message to competitors, partners and end users that it intends to compete more aggressively in the emerging fabric-based infrastructure (FBI) market. Learn more by downloading this Gartner research report.

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: With database virtualization your database will be running on virtual servers, yet the applications querying it will see it as a normal database. Read on to learn the many benefits of taking this approach.

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 | Published: 09 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Building private or enterprise clouds eliminates the concerns over control, compliance and privacy which come along with using the public cloud. This white paper will discuss the advantages of enterprise clouds, the optimal infrastructure for supporting cloud services, determining what you need in a new server, and more.

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 | Published: 09 Dec 2010

WEBCAST: Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This webcast provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step.

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This transcript provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step.

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 | Published: 06 Sep 2010

PODCAST: Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This podcast provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step.

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 | Premiered: 23 Aug 2010