VIDEO - In this videocast, get expert advice on selecting a cost-effective server to fit your IT needs. Discover how blade and rack servers compare and learn the pros and cons of unified compute system (UCS) servers. Also, determine which hardware options to choose and decide whether it is better to scale-up or scale-out your virtualization project.
Posted: September 22, 2009 | Premiered: September 22, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Rack Servers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses detailed best practices for deploying a 150-user, 250-GB, three-tiered SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: February 13, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | ERP | ERP Software | Server Appliances | Server Management | Server Provisioning | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Discover best practices for deploying a 250-user/250-GB three-tiered SAP ERP landscape in an HP BladeSystem c3000 blade enclosure with HP ProLiant BL460c blade servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 4400 disk array, and an Ultrium 448c tape blade with HP Data Protector software.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how the latest blade server modules from Sun Microsystems, based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, deliver significant performance gains and energy savings, plus an innovative approach to networking that virtualizes each 10GbE port and provides high-bandwidth connectivity to each virtual server.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Rack Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - Engineering teams from Sun and Intel are collaborating on optimizing how the Solaris ecosystem and the new Intel Core Microarchitecture (formerly code-named Nehalem) for the Intel® Xeon® processor work together, with compelling results. View this webcast to see how these results can improve your own infrastructure.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | IT Infrastructure | Network Architectures | Rack Servers | ROI | Server Software | Server Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Because their previous storage infrastructure was not able to meet their existing and future needs, Snapfish was looking for a storage solution that would offer extreme scalability and improve performance, storage management and flexibility. This case study details how they solved this issue.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Blade Servers | Clustering | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This paper is for decision makers that are familiar with and interested in VMware View as a desktop replacement strategy. An understanding of networking and fibre channel infrastructure and how they interact with HP Virtual Connect technologies, virtualization benefits and techniques, VMware software, and datacenter practices is recommended.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Best Practices | Rack Servers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware

BROCHURE - This brochure provides an overview of the HP Proliant G6 live of Servers. Based on AMD’s Opteron processor, HP delivers a line of servers offering high performance while reducing power and cooling requirements.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | High Performance Computing | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The recent push for more efficient computing platforms has businesses venturing beyond basic servers and systems. In order to manage resources more effectively, save data center space, reduce IT administrative tasks, and go green, many organizations have turned to virtualization. Learn how your organization can benefit from virtualization.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine | VMware

CASE STUDY - The Barkley ad firm implements consolidation, virtualization and replication to strengthen business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning. With the goal of getting to 100 percent availability, the firm uses HP's blade hardware, VMware's virtualization software and a variety of existing storage platforms.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware Disaster Recovery

WHITE PAPER - The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | CIOs | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | High Availability | IT Spending

BROCHURE - Whether you need a tower, rack, or blade server, or a combination of these, Dell's comprehensive, award-winning PowerEdge family can meet your needs. Dell servers excel in virtualization, power and cooling, embedded systems management, and purposeful design.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: September 2, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Construction | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Rack Servers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Tower Servers

WEBCAST - In this expert webcast, learn the basic factors that go into choosing a new server for your environment, with details on processors, server types, consolidation options and more.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Premiered: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Rack Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Storage Systems | Tower Servers | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Dell is committed to driving the cost and complexity out of virtualization, helping you accelerate adoption and achieve cost savings sooner without sacrificing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn about Dell's Business Ready Virtualization Configurations.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

ANALYST REPORT - One of the leading questions IT organizations face when thinking about their installed base of servers is when and how to refresh those servers. This white paper discusses why you should refresh, provides common approaches meet new requirements, and explores the x86-based Sun server line using Intel Xeon processors.
Posted: July 22, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | High Performance Computing | IT Spending | Linux Server Hardware | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Solaris