VIDEO - Where can you find one complete and highly secure suite of productivity tools that all work together? With cloud services, you can deliver fully hosted online productivity tools for real-time communication and collaboration that are all designed to work together. The Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite is one stop shopping in the cloud.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Collaboration | Communications Software | Data Centers | Data Security | Instant Messaging Software | Productivity | SLA | Web Conferencing Software

WHITE PAPER - Optimizing the benefits of a data grid built with Oracle Coherence relies upon creating a modular, balanced architecture. Matching the number of application servers, memory capacity, and quantity of processing nodes to the target workload characteristics is important to achieving the best performance.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Design Verification

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises today are seeking new communication technologies, such as wikis, blogs, and forums, to improve communication and collaboration and increase employee productivity.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Construction | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Centers | Data Communications Services | Networking | Social Computing | Social Networking

EBOOK - The chapters in this Techfocus eBook will discuss the importance of site selection and planning, data center conceptualization and cost analysis, and negotiating with contractors.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Centers | Network Architectures

EGUIDE - In this Pocket E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Adaptec, you will discover the steps essential for implementing green IT within your organization. Explore which components consume the most amount of power in today’s servers, and learn how this usage can be optimized.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: November 6, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Adaptec Series 5Z RAID controllers with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP - pronounced “zemcap”) provide maximum protection for cached data and eliminate the substantial costs and environmental impact of complex, messy and expensive Lithium Ion batteries, while improving cache protection and cache performance.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cache | Caching | Continuous Data Protection | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | RAID

WHITE PAPER - BMC Software's internal IT organization launched a virtualization and automation initiative that achieved financial payback in less than six months. The effort improved productivity, increased responsiveness, and saved the company $5 million per year.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

CASE STUDY - When On-Demand Hosting Provider SoftLayer needed a single provider of SATA/SAS who offered the flexibility they needed, they turned to Adaptec.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | PCI Ethernet Adapters | RAID | Systems Integration | Systems Management | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a framework for project management roles and relationships that is understandable, comprehensive, and adaptable to any size project.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - The challenge of saving power while maintaining server performance has become a primary concern within the IT environment. But, the latest generation of Adaptec RAID controllers provides Intelligent Power Management software and supports a variety of techniques that, together, enable significant savings without compromising performance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | RAID

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about a wide range of high availability (HA) alternatives that meet IT requirements and reduce the risk of downtime. Determine ways to justify an HA investment and how to mix and match tools for faster ROI. Watch this webcast to learn how to align your business needs with a high availability strategy.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Premiered: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Clustering | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Network Management | ROI | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SLA | SMBs | Systems Management | TCO | VM | WAN