IT Infrastructure White Papers

WHITE PAPER: The Intel Cloud Builders program provides a starting point as it supplies a basic hardware blueprint and available cloud software management solutions such as the Cisco* Virtualized Multi-Tenant Data Center (VMDC). The paper focuses on the design of converged fabrics to meet the needs of the multi-tenant, cloud data center.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the radical change in datacenter and IT processes brought about by virtualization and by the inception of a cloud- or service-led model for delivery of IT resources. Perceived risks and organizational hurdles are analyzed, and guidance is given for organizations as they move to the cloud.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing cloud services, examines the business benefits and risks, and provides the steps you should take for a successful implementation.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: With advanced virtualization management, intelligent configuration management and more, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center helps IT managers reduce complexity, and simplify infrastructure management. 

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: To help you assess both the full costs and overall benefits of datacenter management solutions, this white paper examines the primary inefficiencies found in typical datacenters, and then presents the strategies commonly used to resolve them.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: In conducting in-depth surveys with 154 IT decision-makers in North America and the UK, Forrester found that enterprises achieved better IT efficiency and better support for corporate goals by providing integrated, real-time, and accurate information through the implementation of customizable, real-time dashboards.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 21 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper you will read about how IBM offers not only a flexible, scalable, cost-effective mainframe platform - the IBM System z™ - but also delivers a portfolio of innovative business intelligence and data warehousing solutions for the mainframe.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle introduces the new Sun Fire X4170 M2, the most versatile IT infrastructure building block server and the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server, the ideal server for clustered database and virtualized workloads.

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun Fire X2270 M2 server provides the most effective path to cloud and technical computing. They bring an enhanced next generation, small form-factor, high performance system to the datacenter. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 03 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems present a comprehensive multitier blade portfolio that lets organizations deploy the broadest range of applications on the most ideal platforms. This document describes the Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems along with their key applications, architecture, and components.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs--helping simplify data management, and increase application performance.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing cloud services, examines the business benefits and risks, and provides the steps you should take for a successful implementation.

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 | Published: 25 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: For enterprise IT and cloud service providers who need to use their existing data center infrastructure to supply cloud services to their customers, this guide, as part of the Intel® Cloud Builders, provides a comprehensive solution overview that covers technical planning and deployment considerations.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: For enterprise IT professionals looking to move data, applications, or integrated solutions from the data center to the cloud, it is often useful to start with the knowledge and experience gained from previous work. This paper discusses on-boarding considerations, as well as the key software tools and applications to make the effort successful.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how organizations are turning to Microsoft SharePoint to connect their knowledge workers, business processes, and enterprise-wide content. New features in SharePoint Server 2010 are aimed at improving the platform’s scalability and usability, inherently driving the SharePoint deployment to evolve and grow as business dictates.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the benefits to utilizing SharePoint Online, cloud storage, hybrid management, and the options organizations have for the proper management and governance of their hybrid deployments.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines that a data centre design  must meet specific requirements including; site selection, space, available power, air conditioning, load, environmental quality, and risk evaluation, but also the requirements of the electrical power supply system. It is also discusses how necessary it is to consider the cost of service downtime.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing simplifies enterprise application delivery with resource flexibility, investment-less OPEX models, and no need for specialized in-house support resources.

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: A decade or more ago, logs of events recorded by firewalls, intrusion detection systems and other network devices were considered more of a nuisance than a help. There were too many of them, they weren’t easily collected, and there was no easy way to make sense of which were important.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides IT security and compliance professionals a roadmap and practical advice for implementing an approach to compliance that helps overcome IT security issues.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 07 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Compliance is indeed a conscientious effort toward securing corpo­rate assets. IT organizations have committed much time and money to the cause. Despite security breaches still happening many still fly under the radar. This paper outlines what precautions need to be taken to avoid future security breaches.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper we will take a look at this disturbing trend and provide useful guidance for maximizing the value of SIEM and log management tools, while focusing on protecting systems and data not on simply checking the compliance check box.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: As the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS, or PCI) becomes more widely adopted in both the United States and Europe, organizations face five major challenges when navigating the PCI compliance landscape.

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 | Published: 07 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the exceptional Storage Economics principles built into the Virtual Storage Platform. It delineates how it helps enterprises reduce capital and operating expenditures, garner a greater return on existing storage assets and ultimately lower the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Among today's most pressing IT challenges is the need to reenergize the data center to readily accommodate changing business requirements and demands for always-accessible information. But with an erratic economic climate and escalating IT costs, the data center has become a ticking time bomb.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011