Infrastructure Services White Papers

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Migrating from UNIX*/RISC* to Red Hat Enterprise Linux®on Intel® processor-based Servers
sponsored by Red Hat - HPE
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides high-level guidelines for assessing cost and complexity of a Linux migration and provides tips for planning a smooth, successful and strategic transition. Discover how your organization can add value to its IT infrastructure with the use of open source software.
Posted: 18 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2009

Red Hat - HPE

Cisco Cloud Enablement Services
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Have too many questions on whether cloud computing is right for your organization? Access this key resource to alleviate your concerns and set you in the right direction to recognize the full benefits of the cloud.
Posted: 12 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Banco Azteca Spearheads Desktop Virtualization Initiative with VCE Professional Services
sponsored by EMC Converged Platforms.
WHITE PAPER: Access this case study to discover how one banking institution used an infrastructure platform for their VDI deployment with great results. Learn how this system jumpstarted the process by delivering accelerated assessment and planning and provided valuable benefits like accelerated proof-to concept completion and faster deployment time.
Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EMC Converged Platforms.

Client Virtualization in a Cloud Environment
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Client virtualization is a complex beast. This white paper highlights some of the general issues and concerns surrounding this initiative.
Posted: 10 Jun 2011 | Published: 10 Jun 2011

Intel

Better Leveraging Active Directory
sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Find out how your business can have a better and more efficient identity management system in this white paper.
Posted: 14 Apr 2011 | Published: 13 Apr 2011

Radiant Logic, Inc.

Red Hat Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture: Private IaaS Clouds
sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss
WHITE PAPER: Red Hat's suite of open source software provides a rich infrastructure for cloud providers to build public/private cloud offerings. This Volume 1 guide for deploying the Red Hat infrastructure for a private cloud describes the foundation for building a Red Hat Private cloud.
Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

Red Hat and JBoss

Revolution not Evolution: How Cloud Computing Differs from Traditional IT and Why it Matters
sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
WHITE PAPER: This paper details the revolution that Cloud Computing is bringing to IT and contrasts the new IT approach from traditional approaches. Read now to learn more!
Posted: 24 Jan 2011 | Published: 24 Jan 2011

Rackspace Hosting

Advancing your Virtualisation Journey
sponsored by CA Pacific
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines both the potential successes of a virtualised environment as well as the challenges. Learn the tools and strategies to help you achieve comprehensive data migration and protection across your company's virtualised infrastructure.
Posted: 30 Nov 2010 | Published: 30 Nov 2010

CA Pacific

Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Considerations for Overall SLA's for Facility Owners and Hosting Providers - Owner's Version
sponsored by Siemon Company
WHITE PAPER: Hosted data centers, both outsourced/managed and collocation varieties, provide a unique benefit for some customers through capital savings, employee savings and in some cases an extension of in-house expertise. Traditionally, these facilities were thought of as more SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) customers.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Siemon Company

Cloud rEvolution: A Workbook for Cloud Computing in the Enterprise
sponsored by CSC
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will get you up to speed on all aspects of cloud computing. It will help you examine cloud opportunities, review potential issues, and consider where and how specific information should be processed in your organization. Check out this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2011

CSC

Optimising Virtual Infrastructure with PowerVM and the IBM Systems Director VMControl Performance Summary
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IBM Systems Director supports the PowerVM environment and is the IBM platform management tool for multiple heterogeneous servers and advanced management functions such as workload lifecycle management, health check, and topology mappings, as well as the ability to take action on monitored events. Read this paper for more information.
Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

IBM

The Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free
sponsored by Aerohive Networks
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the controller-based architecture was created to solve manageability, mobility (as opposed to portability), and high operational expenditure (OPEX) problems that were prevalent in autonomous (fat, thick, standalone) AP implementations.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

Aerohive Networks

Comprehensive Data Protection and Disaster Recovery with Dell EqualLogic and VMware
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Read this solution brief to learn how the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' bundled Auto-Snapshot Manager and Auto-Replication features are used to effectively integrate with VMware for scalable online data protection of the complete virtual infrastructure. This paper also discusses protection and simplification for the virtual environment.
Posted: 15 Sep 2010 | Published: 13 May 2009

DellEMC and Intel®

Total Economic Impact™ Of Panduit’s Unified Physical Infrastructure℠ (UPI)
sponsored by Panduit
WHITE PAPER: This study illustrates the financial impact of moving from disparate and aging wiring systems to an integrated, building-wide IT connectivity infrastructure.
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 | Published: 06 Aug 2010

Panduit

Shedding Light on Cloud Computing
sponsored by CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Read this primer as Gregor Petri, Advisor Lean IT of TheCloudAcademy.com covers the various definitions of cloud computing, risks of cloud computing, the various types of cloud computing, cloud computing in an infrastructure context and more!
Posted: 28 Jul 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

CA Technologies

Securing Privilege Delegation in Public and Private Cloud Computing Infrastructure
sponsored by BeyondTrust Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As an emerging trend that provides rapid access to dynamically scalable and virtualized IT resources, cloud computing promises new and exciting opportunities for organizations to create lean, robust and cost-effective IT infrastructures that better align with business goals. Read this paper to find out more.
Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 10 Jun 2010

BeyondTrust Corporation

Business in the Cloud: Will Your Internet Connectivity Provide a Positive ROI?
sponsored by Internap Network Services
WHITE PAPER: Using a simple Return on Investment (ROI) approach, enterprises can quantify the value of best-in-class connectivity. What are the tangible financial drawbacks when you experience outages or latency? How do you measure your risk and then mitigate it? This paper addresses all the factors associated with being able to calculate your own ROI.
Posted: 06 Apr 2010 | Published: 06 Apr 2010

Internap Network Services

The Mobile Enterprise: Moving to the Next Generation
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Mobile technology will affect workers, customers and processes, as well as business operations, computer applications and technical infrastructure. For maximum impact, mobility must be woven into the fabric of the enterprise. Collaboration tools need to break out of functional silos, decision-making should move away from traditional top-down models
Posted: 05 Apr 2010 | Published: 05 Apr 2010

AT&T Corp

Cloud Computing: Business Benefits With Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives
sponsored by ISACA
WHITE PAPER: This paper clarifies what cloud computing is, identifies the services offered in the cloud, and also examines potential business benefits, risks, and assurance considerations. Read on to learn more about cloud computing from security, governance, and assuarance perspectives.
Posted: 10 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

ISACA

Why You Need an Infrastructure Provider - The Top 10 Things to Look For When Choosing One
sponsored by Verio
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn the benefits of outsourcing to infrastructure providers in today's competitive environment that can deliver solutions that meet the new demands of IT departments. Here are 10 things to look for when seeking out that provider.
Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

Verio

Achieving Financial and Functional Advantages in Connected Building Solutions with the Unified Physical Infrastructure℠(UPI)
sponsored by Panduit
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about being connected building planning requires tightly integrated, well-coordinated cross-functional communication and project management across four functional phases: organizational alignment, technology strategies, network design considerations, and financial analysis.
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

Panduit

The Unified Physical Infrastructure Approach
sponsored by Panduit
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, you'll learn that UPI-based solutions provide superior business value, helping customers keep pace with technology innovations and build a smarter, unified business foundation.
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

Panduit

IT Infrastructure at Your Service: Today’s challenging business climate is driving a move toward delivering IT functions as a service
sponsored by NTT America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines many of the key considerations organizations must understand and assess before adopting IaaS.
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 | Published: 13 Jan 2010

NTT America, Inc.

Platform HPC Workgroup Manager: Simplified Management of High-Performance Computing Clusters
sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of Platform HPC Workgroup Manager (HPC-WM). HPC-WM dramatically simplifies both the installation and ongoing management of Linux clusters, making them accessible to even the smallest organizations.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

Platform Computing Corporation

EMC's Comprehensive Approach for Building Proven Information Infrastructure Solutions
sponsored by Wipro
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, Wipro Technologies focuses on the methodology EMC follows for building its Proven Solutions for organizations of all sizes and domains. This paper also demonstrates the methodology using an example of the solution development process for Microsoft Exchange in physical and VMware environments.
Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2008

Wipro