Infrastructure Management Reports

EZINE: While many enterprises have moved to the private cloud model, have they adopted it entirely, and what are the roadblocks to getting there? In this inaugural edition of our Cloud Computing e-zine, we explore company strategies for private cloud adoption, some of the benefits of this model, and the challenges of a true private cloud infrastructure.

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 | Published: 16 Feb 2011

WEBCAST: In this demonstration you will get an inside look at Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM), and learn Dell AIM's value add in highly virtualized environments.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Premiered: Mar 15, 2011

VIDEOCAST: Watch this videocast from CDW Corporation to learn how consolidating your infrastructure can simplify your management platform.

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Premiered: Mar 11, 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to to learn how VMware View can help IT administrators decrease operating costs by centralizing management, data protection and security.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: According to AMR Research, more and more customers are saving on SAP operational costs this year with SAP infrastructure projects and virtualizing SAP applications. Read this e-guide and learn to identify areas of potential SAP savings as well as the best way to virtualize your SAP environments.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of a reference architecture prepared by Red Hat that fully documents how to build your own private cloud.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper lays out the characteristics of a cloud computing infrastructure. It describes the forms that cloud computing can take and how different types of technology providers and consumers of technology relate to each other.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

EZINE: Most organizations rely on multiple data centers to support geographically disparate divisions and DR facilities, but management must often be performed from a central location. This article considers the various options available from server manufacturers, third-party software vendors, and hardware-oriented options such as KVM over IP solutions.

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper we detail these four mechanisms and introduce several case studies and examples to show the increased economic value that Cloud Computing brings to an organization.

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

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

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing has created a lot of buzz in the marketplace, as well as confusion about its benefits. This free white paper is geared for both IT and business leaders. Read an overview of what cloud computing is, the types of "clouds" and examples of how clients are using cloud computing to reduce costs and increase efficiencies

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 | Published: 17 Jan 2011

ANALYST REPORT: In this paper IDC examines Hitachi's new Virtual Storage Platform and Command Suite management software and explains how they speed the benefits of virtualization and dramatically improve the management of the infrastructure while modernizing the storage architecture.

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper will explore some of the more common pitfalls that hamper successful data center transformations and the keys to overcome them.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

ANALYST BRIEF: This paper explains how to use shared services to instantly adjust to dynamic business demands, while reducing costs, complexity and server sprawl.

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 | Published: 17 Dec 2010

EGUIDE: Learn how virtualizing your applications can improve resource usage and reduce hardware costs for your organization. Also, find out how using virtual appliances can make software deployment easier.

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 | Published: 07 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: IBM conducted a survey in June and July of 2009 of 1,090 IT and line-of-business decision makers around the world. The purpose of this white paper is to share the survey findings, and to provide the IBM point of view regarding key steps and considerations for cloud adoption.

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 | Published: 03 Dec 2010

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

WHITE PAPER: While some individual users are experimenting with cloud processing, other users have already fully committed to the cloud as an important part of their enterprise architecture and operation. Read this white paper to learn about the evolution of cloud processing and whether or not the cloud processing boom will continue.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2011

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

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

PRODUCT LITERATURE: Intel Cloud Builders engineers design, build, and test cloud solutions with industry systems and software leaders. And now you can take advantage of their work and save time and frustration by downloading detailed reference architectures. Read this solution brief to learn more.

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

RESOURCE CENTER: This reference architecture describes the design for deploying and managing high-density clusters of VMs built on two hypervisors—VMware ESX* and Xen*—using Novell Cloud Manager.

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 | Published: 03 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: For many organizations, up to seventy percent of the overall IT budget is dedicated merely to maintaining the operational status quo—leaving only thirty reserved for development. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: What is news is that now you can protect your company’s valuable assets from web-based attacks with an innovative, effective new form of web security – cloud-based, reputation-driven defense. Read this paper to learn how.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing can help you organize and streamline your test environment. The business model of cloud computing facilitates better use of existing resources, allowing you to do more with fewer resources. As a result, you can achieve a highly simplified and so much more.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010