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E-Zine: THE GREEN AND VIRTUAL DATA CENTER - Chapter 4: IT Infrastructure Resource Management
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
 | Ezine: | Posted: 21 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 01 Aug 2009 | |
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Best practices, people, processes, and procedures combine with technology tools, hardware, software, networks, services, and facilities to enable a virtual data center. The importance of this chapter is to understand how all these elements coupled with existing and emerging technologies can be applied to improve IT service delivery.
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Identifying and Fixing Data Center Hot Spots - Expert Webcast
sponsored by APC
 | Webcast: | Posted: 21 Aug 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | | | Speaker: |
Dr. Bob Sullivan, Consultant
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Hot spots can seriously reduce the efficiency of an organization's computer equipment. Watch this webcast for expert tips on remediating your data center's hot spots and discover the costs associated with the task.
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ITIL®,the CMS and You
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 20 Aug 2009 | |
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This white paper describes the CMS (configuration management system) as emphasized in ITIL V3, and explores how it differs from a CMDB. Further, it shows how a CMS increases your ability to make better IT decisions that impact business agility, productivity, and quality of service.
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Management Mandate to Reduce Costs Leads to Increased Productivity
sponsored by SEGUS Inc
| Case Study: | Posted: 20 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 20 Aug 2009 | |
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Learn how an Alabama company seeking a replacement tool for their mainframe administration and automation discovered SEGUS’ Smart products that not only delivered better functionality with a good GUI, but would save the company $80,000 over a five year period, while also avoiding future costly upgrade fees.
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Windows Server and Storage eBook, Ch 3 - Assess Your Data Center Storage Needs
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
| eBook: | Posted: 11 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless without adequate storage. Storage solutions contain the operating systems, applications and virtual images needed to operate every server. This eBook chapter will help you better understand your data center storage challenges.
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Migrating From UNIX/ RISC To Red Hat Enterprise Linux® On Intel® Processor-Based Servers
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel® processor-based servers
is helping companies cut TCO by up to 50 percent and more versus comparable UNIX/RISC solutions, while providing a better foundation for growth. This white paper outlines the key benefits of migration and provides a step-by-step guide to conducting a successful transition.
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Top Reasons To Choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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You probably already know that some of the largest and most demanding companies trust Red Hat to drive the IT infrastructure behind their successful businesses. This whitepaper will list and discuss the top reasons you should choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux to power the demanding applications you rely on to run your company.
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Data Center Facilities IT Handbook, Ch 4 - Data Center Design and Build Out
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
| eBook: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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A successful data center construction or renovation project requires managers to
carefully follow each phase of the process - design, construction, review and acceptance. Read this eBook Chapter to learn more.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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This whitepaper will review some key features and benefits of both Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We will also explain why Red Hat Enterprise Linux
is an ideal solution for enterprises that are facing Sun and SPARC's uncertain future, whether you are considering launching a new IT production environment or migrating a legacy environment...
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VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 07 Aug 2009 | |
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As dependencies on computing increase, ensuring that applications are highly available becomes more critical. This paper gives VMware fault tolerance recommendations and considerations on VMware vSphere 4.
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Creating a Business-ready Infrastructure with HP and VMware
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 05 Aug 2009 | |
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HP and VMware help you change the economics of IT by creating a business-ready infrastructure based on three pillars: standardize, optimize, and automate.
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Migrate From Unix To Linux In Six Steps
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Aug 2009 | |
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CIOs are increasingly aware that the Linux® platform offers a low-risk, robust, and value-for-money alternative to traditional UNIX® platforms.
This whitepaper will list and describe a simple, six-step process for migrating from UNIX to Linux.
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De-Duplication Is Physical - Storage Management Is Logical
sponsored by Northern Parklife
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 05 Jan 2009 | |
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This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...
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Northern Solution Series: Profiting From Real-World Storage Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 03 Aug 2009 | |
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The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
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Oracle on the HP BladeSystem Matrix: Standardize, Optimize and Automate
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jul 2009 | |
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IT projects are being increasingly scrutinized, so expenditures must support business requirements and contribute to the operational efficiency of the data center. Combined with HP technology, Oracle dynamically optimizes shared resources to simplify administration of the physical and virtual platforms, letting you meet those business objectives.
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