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ALSO CALLED: Hardware Devices, Physical Devices, Machines DEFINITION: In information technology, hardware is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other devices. The term arose as a way to distinguish the "box" and the electronic circuitry and components of a computer from the program you put in it to make it do things. The program came to be known as the software.Hardware implies permanence and invariability. Software or programming can easily … Definition continues below.
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Reaching New Heights: High-performing, clustered Workstation environment cuts energy consumption by 50 per cent sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel CASE STUDY: Alenia Aeronautica, an Italian aviation company, wanted to increase processing speeds so that its engineers could run complex electromagnetic equations quickly and cost-effectively. Read this case study to see what solutions Dell had to offer. Posted: 24 Sep 2009 \| Published: 24 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Aerospace and Defense Industry \| Cluster Management \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| Hardware Selection \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Workstations

Storage Systems & Storage Management Track: Right-sizing Primary Data sponsored by 3PAR PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Most companies allow far too much data to reside on expensive primary storage. In this presentation transcript, Anne Skamarock Research Director, FOCUS, discusses the most effective methods for reducing and managing the data footprint on primary storage -- including tools and techniques. Posted: 19 Aug 2009 \| Published: 19 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Tiered Storage

Green IT Through Better Hardware Utilization sponsored by IBM VIDEO: This videocast highlights how to go green in your data center with better hardware utilization. Watch as industry pro David Payne discusses some of the challenges of this approach as well as how to start reducing energy consumption at the hardware level. Posted: 01 Jul 2009 \| Premiered: 01 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Centers \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| Virtual Appliance

Which Virtualization Management Tool Is Right For Your Organization? sponsored by Dell and VMware EGUIDE: In this informative Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, learn more about the virtual management tools on the market and their functionality. Discover which product capabilities organizations should consider when evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies. Posted: 22 Jun 2009 \| Published: 22 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| Project Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Service Creation Tools \| VMware

Planning and Deploying Server Virtualization sponsored by Dell and VMware EGUIDE: In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project. Posted: 22 Jun 2009 \| Published: 22 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Project Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| VMware

Red Hat and Intel: Moving Intelligence Forward sponsored by Red Hat PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Put state-of-the-art intelligence to work on the challenges of tomorrow by running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the latest Intel® Xeon® processors. Red Hat's open source, commercial-strength innovation delivers optimized results for performance, energy efficiency, and advanced virtualization on Intel platforms, all at an affordable price. Posted: 19 Jun 2009 \| Published: 19 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Hardware \| Linux \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization

Security enables compliance: How a strong security posture helps you maintain compliance year-round sponsored by Thales PRODUCT LITERATURE: These slides offer a broad overview of some common compliance topics and an overview of the Hardware Security Model that can help address current security issues. Posted: 21 May 2009 \| Published: 21 May 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Hardware \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security \| Security Audits \| Security Hardware

Green IT: Beyond the Data Center -- How IT Can Contribute to the Environmental Agenda Across and Beyond the Business sponsored by Accenture WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper looks at the ecological impact of a business's entire IT infrastructure and provides the CIO with a holistic prospective to a business's carbon footprint. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| Investments \| IT Infrastructure \| Procurement \| Server Consolidation \| Supply Chains

How to Become an SOA Superhero sponsored by IBM BROCHURE: This brochure shows how you can be a superhero by making WebSphere MQ the messaging backbone for your SOA, creating a common connection for the free flow of information. Posted: 12 Feb 2009 \| Published: 12 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Processes \| File Transfer Protocols \| Hardware \| SOA \| Software \| Visual Basic

TOTALLY Open™ Disaster Recovery sponsored by FalconStor Software WHITE PAPER: With bandwidth-saving technologies, efficient storage, instant recovery, and fast failover, FalconStor Software offers TOTALLY Open Data Protection that is complete - and saves you time and money. Posted: 10 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Compression \| Hardware \| Software \| WAN

Windows 2008 Server as a Workstation sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Server 2008 is a solid workstation product that makes for a nice demo machine and coincidentally gives you a platform (on the 64-bit version) for running Hyper-V. Posted: 23 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Device Drivers \| Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Security \| Server Management \| Workstations

Integrating HP Data Protector Software with HP Data Deduplication Solutions sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper will discuss HP Data Protector Software which fully supports HP data deduplication technologies allowing you to recover files more quickly while reducing your data management and storage costs. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| High Availability \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Vendors

Virtualization Overview sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Hardware \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| Networking Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Server Consolidation \| Software \| TCO \| VMware

Solaris ZFS File System Features and Enhancements in the Solaris Operating System for Enterprise Users sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. BOOK: Solaris ZFS file system helps companies take advantage of open storage platforms, enhance data services, and ease administration, as evidenced by many Sun customers worldwide. Posted: 02 Dec 2008 \| Published: 02 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Data Management \| Enterprise \| File Compression Software \| File Management Programs \| File Server Software \| Hardware \| Linux \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Remote I/O: What You Should Know before Using Remote I/O sponsored by AutomationDirect VIDEOCAST: In this video, learn some introductory facts about remote I/O, whether remote or expansion I/O is the more cost-effective solution for your organization, and how AutomationDirect's hardware can meet your remote I/O needs. Posted: 14 Nov 2008 \| Premiered: 14 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Computer-Aided Manufacturing Software \| Computer-Aided Software Engineering \| Hardware \| Industrial Applications Software \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Execution Systems

A Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and Service Automation sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and IT Service Automation provides an insightful overview of virtualization and IT Service Management. It helps demystify virtualization and helps you determine if virtualization is right for your environment. Posted: 10 Oct 2008 \| Published: 10 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Enterprise \| Hardware \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Network Infrastructure \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Systems Development Life-cycles \| Systems Management Software

E-book: The Top 5 IT Budget Killers (and How You Can Fight Back) sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This e-book by IBM, will introduce you to the five big IT budget killers and some of the best ways to knock them out. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 06 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Database Administrators \| Databases \| Hardware \| Regulatory Compliance \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Management \| Systems Management

Network Management Planning Guide sponsored by Blue Coat EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: This E-Guide explains the changes in traditional network management and how Web 2.0, SOA, IMS and other application-heavy delivery platforms are changing the management requirements. Posted: 05 Aug 2008 \| Published: 05 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Access Control \| Accounting \| Hardware \| IPTV \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| SOA \| Software

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HARDWARE DEFINITION (continued): … be varied. You can put an entirely new program in the hardware and make it create an entirely new experience for the user. You can, however, change the modular configurations that most computers come with by adding new adapters or cards that extend the computer's capabilities.Like software, hardware is a collective term. Hardware includes not only the computer proper but also the cables, connectors, power supply units, and peripheral devices such as the keyboard, mouse, audio speakers, and printers.Hardware is sometimes used as a term collectively describing the physical aspects of telephony …
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