Data Center Power Management Reports

ANALYST BRIEF: Read this solution brief to learn how virtualizing your infrastucture with Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series servers and VMware vSphere™ 4 can consolidate resources and improve your total cost of ownership by decreasing management costs and increasing asset utilization.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Limited space, power, and cooling capacity have led many organizations to recognize that capital and operating expenses for datacenters have become an increasing part of their budgets. Read this paper to learn about the range of technologies that can help you drive more efficiency in your datacenter.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization on industry-standard servers has transformed IT service delivery, enabling companies to dramatically consolidate infrastructure, reduce costs, and much more. Read this paper to learn about the features and benefits of Vmware vSphere and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP's approach to addressing those challenges.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 29 Sep 2010

CASE STUDY: The Dell IT group has virtualized more than 5,000 servers and saved the company over US$29 million using a scalable, worldwide virtualization model.

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 | Published: 31 Oct 2008

EZINE: Many factors are causing CIOs to wonder which is better: colocation, cloud computing or maintaining your own data center. Check out this month’s E-Zine from Enterprise CIO Decisions for expert opinions and advice on these important topics and learn best practices for managing your data center in this unpredictable economy.

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 | Published: 09 Sep 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Join Michael Rowan, Co-Founder and CTO, Viridity Software, and Michelle Bailey, Senior Research Analyst, IDC as they discuss why it’s important to accurately measure how power is being consumed by IT equipment, impending legislation affecting energy usage, and other issues related to the future of energy efficiency in the data center.

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 | Published: 07 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: In its most sophisticated form, complex managed hosting, companies can outsource high-level IT functions such as OS management, virtualization, load balancing, performance monitoring, security and more. Read this market survey to get a comparison of the different features offered by complex managed hosting companies.

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 | Published: 27 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximise the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualisation to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP's approach to addressing those challenges.

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

EBOOK: CIOs are under pressure to cut energy costs, but often lack a baseline from which to start their energy management effort. This e-book explores the techniques CIOs can use to measure energy consumption, to help improve data centre operations and the bottom line.

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: AMD and HP have collaborated to deliver an outstanding technology portfolio — from the desktop to the datacenter — that continues to grow more robust every year. Using AMD Opteron processors, HP delivers server designs that offer high performance, while at the same time helping to reduce power and cooling requirements. Read this paper for more.

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: The escalation in data center costs has been driven by the demand for computing. IT has responded to this demand by adding more servers and replacing older servers with newer devices that deliver more power in less space. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: While CIOs are focusing on managing services offerings, managing data center risks and keeping total costs down, forces are at play that will require the CIO to pay significantly more attention to data center energy efficiency and resource consumption. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: With up to 48 cores and 512GB of memory in a 4P configuration, the AMD Opteron 6100 Series platform is designed to help reduce power consumption, support more users, more transactions, and more resource-intensive applications – all while helping you achieve higher levels of efficiency and utilization in your virtual environment.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 02 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this presentation transcript, learn about the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for power and energy savings in the data center. The speaker will discuss the trends in this area and offer steps to improve power consumption and costs.

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 | Published: 14 May 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Most IT organizations are still looking for ways to cut costs in this economy. One way is to extend hardware life in the data center. In this presentation transcript, learn why this strategy is especially valuable to SMBs.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 25 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: In 2005, Intel IT began planning, engineering, and implementing a virtualized business computing production environment as part of its overall data center strategy. Read this white paper to learn more about how Intel’s virtualization strategy has helped lower costs, increase agility, and reduce energy consumption.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximize the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualization to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).

Posted: 18 May 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization on industry-standard servers has transformed IT service delivery, enabling companies to dramatically consolidate infrastructure, reduce costs, and much more. Read this paper to learn about the features and benefits of Vmware vSphere and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers.

Posted: 10 May 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Learn how Intel IT defined methods for analyzing computing energy efficiency within our design computing environment, using measurements of actual server power consumption and utilization.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Published: 09 Apr 2010

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Results of Intel IT's evaluation of Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager and Intel DCM that showed up to a 20% reduction in server power use with no impact on runtime, and potential for increased compute capacity, power savings and business continuity.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Published: 09 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Data Center carbon emissions are a growing global concern. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites data centers as a major source of energy consumption in the United States. This paper introduces a simple approach, supported by free web-based tools, for estimating the carbon footprint of a data center anywhere in the world.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

EBOOK: Chapter 4 of this e-book summarizes strategies for lessening the environmental impact of data centers and helps IT managers create a holistic four-phased approach to an energy-efficient data center project that includes persuading C-level executives to pursue energy efficiency, measuring data center energy consumption, and much more.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 30 Mar 2010