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DEFINITION: A minicomputer, a term no longer much used, is a computer of a size intermediate between a microcomputer and a mainframe. Typically, minicomputers have been stand-alone computers (computer systems with attached terminals and other devices) sold to small and mid-size businesses for general business applications and to large enterprises for department-level operations. In recent years, the minicomputer … Definition continues below.
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Desktop Admin for BYOD: Security Chapter sponsored by SearchConsumerization.com WHITE PAPER: The risk presented by BYOD should not prevent companies from taking advantage of its benefits, including flexibility and cost savings. Inside, learn how to clearly define your BYOD security strategy and get the most out of this trend. Posted: 21 Feb 2013 \| Published: 21 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Data Security \| Hardware \| Laptop Computers \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC

Enterprise Mobile Computer Selection Made Easy sponsored by Intermec WHITE PAPER: Sorting through smart phones, PDAs and ruggedized computers for business use is no easy task. Rather than trying to stay on top of all the new products, companies can follow five basic tips to find the best option. This white paper explains these tips and how they can be applied to assist the enterprise mobile computer selection process. Posted: 12 May 2011 \| Published: 12 May 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Service \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Handheld Devices \| Hardware \| Mobile Device Management

Expert Integrated Systems: Can you put expertise in a box? sponsored by IBM PODCAST: Can you package expertise? More and more IT executives are adopting a new approach that makes it easier, faster and less expensive to deploy infrastructure and applications by integrating hardware, software and field-tested "patterns of expertise" in the form of expert integrated systems. Find out more. Posted: 19 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Mar 18, 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Content Integration \| Data Integration \| Hardware \| Software \| Software Infrastructure

Dell: Expanding Its Position as an HPC Market Leader sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: With several offerings available, choosing the ideal high performance computing (HPC) offering for your business can be a daunting task. This resource examines one well-reputed HPC vendor and explains how it differentiates itself in the competitive marketplace. Posted: 02 Apr 2012 \| Published: 01 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Hardware \| High Performance Computing \| Processor Architectures \| Server Hardware \| Storage Architectures

Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell Storage sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 SP2 with Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x64 Enterprise or Standard Edition on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault. Posted: 27 Aug 2008 \| Published: 27 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Databases \| Fibre Channel \| Hardware \| Software \| SQL Server \| Testing \| Windows

Deployment Framework Best Practices sponsored by Red Hat and HP WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines various Linux configuration and deployment options. Discover key installation considerations to take into account and obtain best practices to help you execute your implementation with ease. Posted: 18 Jul 2012 \| Published: 01 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Hardware \| Linux \| Linux Desktop Environment \| Linux Server Hardware \| Server Hardware

Desktops: Corporate IT Buying Behavior & Customer Satisfaction Survey sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® ANALYST REPORT: This Technology Business Research (TBR) study examines the results of the corporate desktop satisfaction competition for Q1 of 2009, for which Dell ranked in the top position. Read this to learn about each brand's competitive strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and overall satisfaction rankings. Posted: 20 Aug 2009 \| Published: 03 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Computer Hardware Industry \| Desktop Computer Support \| IT Spending \| Laptop Computers

Disaster Recovery Solutions from VMware: Transforming Disaster Recovery - VMware Infrastructure for Rapid, Reliable and Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: VMware Infrastructure is transforming the way disaster recovery is done today and in the future; it changes the disaster recovery paradigm to one that is cost effective, rapid and reliable. Posted: 20 Oct 2008 \| Published: 18 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Replication \| Disaster Planning \| Hardware \| IT Infrastructure \| RPO \| RTO \| VMware

Document Solutions IP Faxing versus Conventional Faxing: A Critical Analysis sponsored by Premiere Global Services WHITE PAPER: This white paper uses examples in three industries with the heaviest fax usage - finance, healthcare, and insurance - to demonstrate costs and risks that are shared across all industries. Posted: 10 Oct 2008 \| Published: 10 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Communications Systems \| Fax Services \| Hardware \| HIPAA \| IP \| ROI \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Security \| TCO

Documentum Digital Asset Manager sponsored by EMC Corporation SOFTWARE LISTING: EMC Documentum Digital Asset Manager exposes a set of powerful transformations and enhanced content previews, enabling you to fully leverage the value of your digital assets. Posted: 13 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Replication \| Hardware \| Software \| Virtualization

E-book: Developing a Mission-Critical Hardware Strategy for Your SAP Environment sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company EBOOK: Read this E-Book and learn how reducing hardware complexity can increase the performance of a SAP landscape and key considerations for designing or upgrading your hardware infrastructure. Additionally, best practices are explained for running a virtualized SAP infrastructure. Posted: 18 Sep 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Hardware \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Hardware Management \| SAP (Product) \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware

E-Guide: Best practices for selecting high quality hardware for mission-critical applications sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchSAP.com explores the specific requirements that must be met to maintain high usability and uptime within mission-critical environment such as SAP. Readers will gain access to tips and best practices for selecting server hardware that supports even the most demanding and critical business applications. Posted: 21 Jun 2011 \| Published: 21 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Application Server Hardware \| Hardware \| Hardware Selection \| SAP (Product) \| Software \| Systems Management

E-Guide: Nasuni Filer Adds SLA, Hardware Option for NAS Cloud Gateway sponsored by Nasuni Corporation EGUIDE: This SearchCloudStorage.com E-Guide profiles startup cloud vendor, Nasuni Corp., and offers insight into what they are doing to ease customer concerns about cloud storage – and guarantee uptime in cloud environments. Read on to find out about more Nasuni’s new product offerings and service-level agreements! Posted: 02 Sep 2011 \| Published: 02 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Storage \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| NAS \| SAN \| SLA \| Storage Management

E-Guide: Oracle server hardware decisions sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. EGUIDE: In this e-guide, readers will receive tips for choosing server hardware for Oracle environments, as well as a real-life case study. Posted: 22 Nov 2011 \| Published: 22 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Hardware \| Hardware Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Hardware \| Server Management

E-Guide: 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

E-Guide: Planning and Deploying Server Virtualization sponsored by Dell, Microsoft and AMD 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: 21 Jul 2010 \| Published: 22 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Project Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| VMware

E-Guide: Tips for rackmount server purchasing and consolidation best practices sponsored by Colfax International EGUIDE: This expert e-guide provides a comparison of blade and rack servers. Find out what key factors you should consider in your hardware decision and learn how to prevent sprawl through effective server consolidation. Posted: 05 May 2011 \| Published: 05 May 2011 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Hardware \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Virtual Machine

E-Guide: 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

Efficient Data Center: Using data center instrumentation and server refresh to optimize compute performance in constrained environments sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the current state of data center power and cooling. Explore the advantages of a hardware refresh and determine if an upgrade is right for your organization. Posted: 29 Aug 2012 \| Published: 01 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Hardware \| Server Hardware \| Server Management

eGuide: Data management best practices in the new world of archiving sponsored by IBM EGUIDE: In this e-guide, you will learn the best practices for managing archival data in a modern and effective world. Tips from expert Bill Inmon include strategies for organizing archival data into "time vaults," considerations for software and hardware releases and ideas on how to manage the day-to-day access of archival Posted: 16 Nov 2011 \| Published: 16 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Hardware \| Software \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Best Practices

Exchange Server 2010: Migration considerations and best practices sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores the new features of Exchange 2010 and compares this server to previous versions. Get advice to ensure a smooth transition to this platform. Posted: 01 Jul 2011 \| Published: 30 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Email Management \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Management

Expert Insight: Hardware Options and Business Considerations for Private Cloud Computing sponsored by Red Hat and HP EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchCloudComputing.com provides expert advice for making the case for enterprise cloud computing. Learn how one company utilized Infrastructure as a Service and Software as a Service to get started in the cloud. Posted: 14 Apr 2011 \| Published: 14 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Enterprise Systems \| Hardware \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| IT Infrastructure \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| SaaS business intelligence \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

Expert Server Considerations for Virtualization and Cloud Computing sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Virtualization and cloud computing technologies are here to stay - and this presentation transcript explains how each impacts the hardware landscape and how your server choice can influence the success of your IT environment. Posted: 28 Jun 2012 \| Published: 28 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Hardware \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization

Expert tips for realizing virtualization benefits through budgeting sponsored by VMware, Inc. EGUIDE: This expert e-guide highlights how to reap the benefits of server virtualization by considering four important factors: choice of hypervisor, software licensing, hardware and training. Posted: 09 May 2011 \| Published: 09 May 2011 TOPICS: Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Software \| Software Licensing \| VMware

Fenwick & West Use Metalogix for eRoom-to-SharePoint Migration sponsored by Metalogix CASE STUDY: In 2005, Fenwick & West selected Microsoft SharePoint as its next-generation intranet, extranet, and collaboration platform. It soon became clear, however, that migration would be an obstacle. Read this case study to learn about their migration solution. Posted: 29 Apr 2010 \| Published: 29 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Databases \| Extranets \| Hardware \| Internet \| Licensing

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MINICOMPUTERS DEFINITION (continued): … has evolved into the "mid-range server" and is part of a network. IBM's AS/400e is a good example. In an ascending hierarchy of general computer sizes, we find:The embedded systems programming computer, which is embedded in something and doesn't support direct human interaction but nevertheless meets all the other criteria of a microcomputerThe microcomputerThe workstation, as used to mean a more powerful personal computer for special applicationsThe minicomputerThe cluster, which is often several microcomputers or larger computers that share a workload and back each other up The mainframe or …
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