System Maintenance

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This series overview points out the challenges of IT systems management and showcases technologies designed to overcome them. Learn how to simplify hardware and software inventory, patching, and more across your organization.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 08 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This informative paper describes the implications of managing the availability of IT infrastructure across the enterprise and looks at the typical cost of downtime for various industries and regions. Read today for best practices to minimize downtime and discover the role of support and advance support services in maximizing system performance.

Posted: 17 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The impacts of a system outage are felt within minutes of the incident and range from production and shipping stoppages to lost business, industry penalties and failed audits. Read this paper to learn how a disaster recovery (DR) plan based in the cloud mitigates these risks and protects the interests of shareholders, investors and customers.

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | Published: 13 Jan 2012

ANALYST BRIEF: The following report contains answers to 5 crucial data center questions posed by Hitachi Data Systems to Benjamin S. Woo, program vice president of IDC's Worldwide Storage Systems research, on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems' customers.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency.

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 | Published: 07 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the challenges of upgrading Microsoft Exchange and explains why it is essential that you successfully coordinate between server, storage, and network stacks to ensure stable business operations. Read this white paper to learn how a unified computing system can help you achieve this goal.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Companies must adapt their management practices to provide proper control over resources in the cloud. This white paper showcases a management tool designed with these types of environments in mind and discusses its key features and benefits.

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, Nick Lewis discusses the best ways to efficiently handle vendor security updates, how to prioritize patch deployment on mission-critical and non-mission critical systems, and why testing patches before deployment is such a crucial step.

Posted: 04 May 2011 | Published: 04 May 2011

EZINE: November's edition of Information Security Magazine covers a variety of IT security related topics. Check out this e-zine to learn about re-architecting your provisioning system, meeting mandates in the cloud, how the economy is affecting information security professionals, and much more!

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 | Published: 10 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the benefits of simplifying, standardizing and automating your management processes. It focuses on how IT departments can improve productivity and competitive advantage with a new solution for their data center.

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2012