Data Center Design White Papers

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9 Reasons Why NetScaler Beats F5
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper compares two market-leading application delivery controllers (ADCs) to help your organizations find the one that best aligns with your business needs.
Posted: 12 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 May 2013

Citrix

Move To Application-Driven Virtualization for Real IT Savings
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Going beyond traditional server virtualization, Oracle VM's application driven virtualization approach not only provides the traditional server virtualization benefits of consolidation, reliability and flexibility but also delivers a unique integrated solution to addressing critical business needs.
Posted: 09 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

Oracle Corporation

A Different Take on Software Defined Networks
sponsored by Enterasys
WHITE PAPER: Get a different take on software defined networks, who they help, the benefits you can achieve from deploying one, and key tips for utilizing one within your organization.
Posted: 02 Aug 2013 | Published: 02 Aug 2013

Enterasys

Provision Infrastructure in minutes -- The Business Case for HP CloudSystem Matrix
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the potential capital and operational cost benefits of deploying IaaS for your private and hybrid clouds. Realize how this strategy simplifies optimization and provisioning enabling you to better meet today's dynamic business demands.
Posted: 01 Aug 2013 | Published: 02 Aug 2013

HP & Intel®

How Your Virtualization Platform Can Meet Your Needs Today and In Your Cloud Enabled Future
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to explore virtualization as the cornerstone of your IT optimization effort, and discover how it can help you address IT's biggest headaches. Also review criteria for selecting a virtualization partner, with emphasis on converged solutions from HP and VMware.
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Enterasys Data Center Networking – Connectivity and Topology Design Guide
sponsored by Enterasys
WHITE PAPER: View key concepts that will help you build a data center fabric capable of meeting the needs of both organizations and users both today and in the future. View now to learn more!
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Enterasys

Maximizing Information Systems Efficiency: How to Build a Workload Optimized, Highly-Automated, Heterogeneous Hybrid Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Though cloud computing is now a widespread technology, the next frontier in cloud computing is understanding what type of cloud suits your organization best.  This e-guide will take you through the necessary steps for implementing a heterogenous hybrid cloud.
Posted: 30 Jul 2013 | Published: 30 Jul 2013

IBM

VMware vSphere 5.1 Updates Including Web Client, Disaster Recovery
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for expert insights to help IT admins get familiar with the new availability and storage features of vSphere 5.1. Learn how the next-gen features can transform your IT environment today.
Posted: 29 Jul 2013 | Published: 29 Jul 2013

VMware, Inc.

Converged Infrastructure Matures And Proves Its Value
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Intel ®
WHITE PAPER: This resource presents the results from a Forester study about the adoption rates of converged infrastructure and their impact on businesses.
Posted: 22 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 May 2013

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Intel ®

VMware vCloud Implementation Example
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This reference guide provides an implementation example for deploying a private cloud in your VMware environment. Download now for a definition of vCloud and details about the architectural components and requirements for initial implementation.
Posted: 16 Jul 2013 | Published: 16 Jul 2013

VMware, Inc.

With Enhanced POWER7 Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper identifies the three major players in the UNIX landscape and points out the strengths and limitations of each.
Posted: 16 Jul 2013 | Published: 10 May 2011

IBM

Virtual server management provides strong security
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource takes a closer look at IBM's VMControl environment, uncover the key capabilities today.
Posted: 15 Jul 2013 | Published: 15 Oct 2011

IBM

IBM Systems Director: Optimized and simplified management of IT infrastructures
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource presents a new solution that is essential to bridge the gap between the daily reality of the IT manager and the strategic goals of the organization.
Posted: 15 Jul 2013 | Published: 15 Oct 2011

IBM

The Smarter, Faster Route to Virtualization: vStart
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines frequently cited obstacles to virtualization adoption. Learn how to simplify the virtualization deployment process by installing a pre-built and pre-assembled framework for your virtual infrastructure.
Posted: 10 Jul 2013 | Published: 10 Jul 2011

DellEMC and Intel®

Hybrid IT Service Management: A Requirement for Virtualization and Cloud Computing
sponsored by FrontRange Solutions Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the importance of ITSM as a well-established approach for managing IT that places corporate needs ahead of more technically defined, device or component-centric management methods.
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

FrontRange Solutions Inc.

Delivering IT as a Service With a Software-Defined Data Center
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper explains what ITaaS actually is, as well as the opportunities and challenges it delivers.
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2013

VMware, Inc.

Optimising your virtualised data centre
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource discusses how to strategically optimize server environments for highly efficient data centers.
Posted: 27 Jun 2013 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

IBM

A Quantitative Comparison of High Efficiency AC vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers
sponsored by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: This resource presents detailed quantitative efficiency comparison between DC and AC power distribution methods, including an analysis of the effects of power distribution efficiency on the cooling power requirement and on total electrical consumption.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 26 Jun 2013

Schneider Electric

Market Share Analysis: Data Center Hardware Integrated Systems
sponsored by EMC Converged Platforms.
WHITE PAPER: This resource presents the results from a Gartner report of the integrated systems market, providing an unbiased comparison of the six leading integrated infrastructure system technologies.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

EMC Converged Platforms.

Accelerate the Value of Cloud Computing With the Right Infrastructure
sponsored by Arrow & HDS
WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the four latest challenges in modern IT and explores what the data center of 2015 will look like. Learn how the cloud is driving a converged, virtualized and automated landscape for the future.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 26 Jun 2013

Arrow & HDS

4 Compelling Reasons to Virtualize your IT Environment
sponsored by VMware
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive white paper provides a helpful list of some of the operational and economical improvements that organizations have been able to realize because of virtualization, helping you get a better sense of what you can achieve.
Posted: 25 Jun 2013 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

VMware

Classification of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools
sponsored by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a classification system for data center infrastructure management tools, enabling IT pros to determine which physical infrastructure management tools they need and which ones they don't.
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 | Published: 12 Jun 2013

Schneider Electric

Competitive Overview: JBoss Fuse vs. Oracle Service Bus
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive paper examines a middleware platform that has the technical capabilities to support multiple solutions, allowing for flexibility and better developer tooling.
Posted: 11 Jun 2013 | Published: 11 Jun 2013

Red Hat

Helping you Optimize. Store. Secure. Technology Equipment…
sponsored by Chatsworth Products, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a key case study of an organization that conquered the challenge of limited available power by creating a "cooling wall" to create one of the most efficient data centers in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 | Published: 07 Jun 2013

Chatsworth Products, Inc.

E-guide: Server Hardware for Virtualization: Exploring the Options
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This expert resource provides insights into the various hardware options for virtualization technologies and private clouds. Learn about the next-gen blade servers specifically designed to optimize the benefits of virtualization.
Posted: 06 Jun 2013 | Published: 06 Jun 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®