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Creating an action plan for green IT
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IT organizations are increasingly moving from awareness to action when dealing with the environmental impact of their computing assets. While migrating to energy efficient IT products is a cost-saving endeavor, there is still some confusion over what this migration actually entails. Download this expert Podcast to hear Forrester's lead green IT analyst, Chris Mines, discuss implementation best practices and how your organization can create an action plan for green IT initiatives.
The number one question IT professionals ask about green IT today is "how do we get started?" This Podcast will cover the process for creating a green IT plan and what critical content to include. Learn more about creating a strategy for green IT in your organization, including:
- Obstacles organizations face when investing in green technology
- Measurable advantages green technology provides
- Realties of creating a green data center and a new culture
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Available Resources from Compellent
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Nine Storage-Related Attributes of an Enterprise Cloud
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Posted: 04 Nov 2009
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A robust enterprise cloud should not be focused myopically on CPUs, memory, disks, and a range of IP addressees. Businesses instead should include the nine attributes presented in this paper when formulating an enterprise cloud platform strategy.
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Virtualization as a disaster recovery strategy
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Posted: 13 Oct 2009
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In this podcast, industry expert Mike Karp addresses how virtualization is increasingly being used within midmarket organizations and discusses the major pros and cons of relying on a virtual environment for backup.
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Lights Out: Disaster Recovery Solutions with VMware and Compellent
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Posted: 09 Oct 2009
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VMware provides a highly available virtualized server platform with hardware-independent disaster recovery capabilities. Compellent’s Replays allows fast local recovery from disk while Thin Replication enables DR functionality using native iSCSI ports for cost-effective WAN connectivity.
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New Storage Architectures Make SSDs More Cost-Effective
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Posted: 24 Jul 2009
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Many new storage systems enable broader, more-flexible uses for solid-state drives (SSDs). This Gartner research piece identifies the advantages and disadvantages of various SSD architectural alternatives, and discuss how to use them to facilitate the design of high-performance, cost-efficient storage infrastructures.
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Compellent - Harnessing SSD's Potential
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Posted: 24 Jul 2009
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Rather than just physically adding solid state disk to its hardware offerings, Compellent has integrated SSD into its existing block-level tiered storage management system, overcoming the major challenge of solid state adoption: ensuring easy and optimum usage of the premium IO capabilities of SSD.
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Secrets to Successful DR and Continuity Planning
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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This webinar reviews several enabling technologies that greatly simplify Disaster Recovery and business continuity like Silver Peak's WAN optimization solution. You'll also hear how OfficeWare was able to implement an effective and fully verified DR solution on a limited budget.
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3 Steps to Eliminate Unused Capacity
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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In this demo, Compellent technology professionals explain and demonstrate their dynamic capacity and thin provisioning techniqies, how they reduce TCO and energy costs, and dramatically eliminate unused storage space.
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Data Center Virtualization
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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Many organizations are adopting server virtualization technologies to reduce capital costs, create a flexible pool of resources and shrink the data center footprint. But to take full advantage of the benefits of server virtualization, organizations need the support of an advanced storage platform. This data sheet gives more details.
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Three Must Haves for the Virtual Data Center
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Posted: 09 Mar 2009
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To take full advantage of server virtualization, and create a true virtual data center, IT departments need a holistic storage solution that allows fully shared resources, easy and automated storage classification and migration and complete data protection. Read this white paper for three "must haves" to achieve those objectives.
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