Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency Reports

EBOOK: Explore the various options for data center hardware, from choosing a single hardware source to opting to customize through multiple vendors and gain insight on how to approach such decisions and how to think about simplicity vs. flexibility.

Posted: 05 Feb 2016 | Published: 05 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide compares fiber and copper cables and takes a close look at where each type of cable might be used in today's complex data centers. Access now to ensure you're using the right cable for your network. Additionally, further explore fiber optic cable types and their effects on the data center.

Posted: 08 Sep 2016 | Published: 06 Sep 2016

EGUIDE: This expert eGuide offers information on a rolling, two-year data center investment strategy that is flexible enough to accommodate the latest technology trends and customer buying behaviors

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 | Published: 25 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This expert eGuide breaks down these 4 macro-factors, and consider the opportunities, risks, and the ways in which each affects the future of the data center including the end of traditional data center providers, new internal applications, the growth in infrastructure, and more.

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 | Published: 25 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This expert guide compares flash-based storage and hard disk drives (HDD), highlighting 7 ways in which flash storage beats out HDD solutions for all workloads. Also discover a Q&A session about the all-flash storage market with Dave Wright, founder and CEO of SolidFire.

Posted: 24 Aug 2016 | Published: 22 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This expert guide highlights key virtual server housekeeping tips to ensure a cost-effective, agile, and successful IT operation. Learn how to successfully clean up your storage and CPU, utilize monitoring tools, address over allocation, and more.

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 | Published: 17 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This exclusive eGuide addresses the role of this new concept, service level agreements (SLAs), some of the points of value it can offer your business, as well as number of helpful tips to keep in mind if you are deciding to implement the system.

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 | Published: 18 Jul 2016

EBOOK: This technical guide examines how data center network design needs are changing and which upgrades networking pros should consider to meet the challenge.

Posted: 13 Jul 2016 | Published: 15 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Is converging corporate infrastructure—to eliminate siloed servers, storage, data and processes—worth the risk of potential vendor lock-in? Discover how to yield maximum benefit from implementing converged infrastructure in your data center, as well as learn CI implementation best practices.

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 | Published: 21 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) can smooth out the problems in VDI deployment. However, one problem with HCI adoption is its hefty price tag especially for small and medium businesses skeptical of new technology. Learn about a new, cheaper HCI option for VDI in addition to HCI's ability to smooth out the rough patches of VDI in this e-guide.

Posted: 20 Jun 2016 | Published: 14 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: In this Q&A from Robert Crawford, a mainframe systems programmer with over 34 years of experience, find out answers to general questions which you may be wondering about, such as are IT certifications necessary, how are mainframes evolving, and more.

Posted: 20 Jun 2016 | Published: 15 Jun 2016

EBOOK: In this exclusive handbook, IT expert Dan Kusnetzky cuts into the hype surrounding the software-defined data center, and suggests ways IT decision makers can evaluate whether the SDDC is the right path forward.

Posted: 06 Jun 2016 | Published: 06 Jun 2016

EZINE: Enterprises must decide whether container orchestration is right for them -- and fast.

Posted: 19 May 2016 | Published: 19 May 2016

EBOOK: This Buyer's Guide helps networking pros select the best Ethernet for their enterprise and explains the fundamentals of Ethernet networking and latest technological developments.

Posted: 09 May 2016 | Published: 05 May 2016

EBOOK: While putting together a strategy for what to do about an aging IT infrastructure, make some small-scale data center improvements to extend the life of that existing facility.

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 | Published: 07 Apr 2016

EZINE: Read the latest Modern Infrastructure e-zine to get an exclusive look at this month's feature article, illustrating how DHL expects to develop innovative services for evolving supply chains with their new Asia Pacific Innovation Center. Additionally, read on to discover how cloud providers forge partnerships and alliances in Asean, and more.

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 | Published: 04 Apr 2016

EGUIDE: This e-guide highlights what server performance monitoring features you should focus on when selecting tools for your data center's needs and addresses common issues leading up to a new tool acquisition. With the right tools, your enterprise can produce more accurate results that will provide truly valuable insight into your server performance.

Posted: 07 Mar 2016 | Published: 04 Mar 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, experts discuss the rising popularity of hyper-converged infrastructures and some of the key features that draw users to these architectures, including flash storage capabilities, hyper-scale optimized servers, simplicity, and more. Read on to find out how new emerging hyper-converged solutions will affect the market in the future.

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 | Published: 29 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, expert George Crump outlines what you need to look at within your own infrastructure when considering hyper-converged, including how far you are down the virtualization path, the number of VMs you need to run your business, and more. Read on and you will also learn the benefits hyper-converged can offer to your enterprise.

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 | Published: 29 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: As the number of VMs exploded, so did the complexity of the infrastructure required to support VMs. To tame this complexity, users have two options: converged vs. hyper-converged storage. In this e-guide, you will examine the differences between each—such as IT integration approaches and limitations, and which environments each best suits.

Posted: 24 Feb 2016 | Published: 19 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: IT professionals are rethinking their assumptions about how to approach their on-premises infrastructure needs -- especially storage. In this e-guide, you will discover why hyperconverged systems prove a viable alternative to SAN and learn how small IT environments can integrate these appliances if they can't stomach a full-fledged SAN.

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 | Published: 19 Feb 2016

EBOOK: Simplicity and pre-configured components are key attributes of a hyper-converged product. But is HCI right for your business? This handbook explores the advantages and disadvantages of hyper-converged infrastructure.

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 | Published: 12 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: Find out how white boxing servers have led to converged infrastructures becoming a hot alternative and why convergence is providing a way to end white boxing. Also, experts share their hands-on experiences of whether or not converged infrastructure products lived up to their hype.

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 | Published: 04 Feb 2016

EBOOK: Preparing the infrastructure necessary for big data and IoT means shoring up your data center's processing, networking, storage and memory capabilities.

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 | Published: 09 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: What will the data center look like in five years? In this exclusive e-guide, you will get an inside look at the future of the data center, and examine how networking, servers and storage technologies evolve. Access this guide to see an additional article identifying why hybrid system integration is now a core IT service.

Posted: 27 Jan 2016 | Published: 26 Jan 2016