CASE STUDY - In October 2003, DaimlerChrysler South Africa decided that significant cost savings could be achieved by migrating its mission critical systems onto a contemporary low cost platform and in the process remove the mainframe. This case study presents the challenges the company faced as well as the solution and benefits achieved.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  COBOL | Data Security | High Availability | IT Managers | IT Spending | ROI | Software Migration | TCO | UNIX

WHITE PAPER - The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Managers

WHITE PAPER - In September 2009, Wipro Ltd (Wipro), a global corporation in the Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry which was head-quartered in Bangalore, India, was reviewing its Green IT plan. Read this white paper to learn more about Wipro's quest to become a true ecologically sustainable company.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Management | IT Managers | Power Consumption Monitoring

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper provides an overview of using the operating systems deployment capabilities of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007™ to deploy a customized OS image on Dell client systems in a heterogeneous environment.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | IT Managers | Network Managers | Operating Systems | Systems Management | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of deploying Exchange 2007 Server in a virtualized environment using VMware 3.5 Update 3 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and EqualLogic iSCSI storage array. In this paper a solution building block is proposed for 4000 mailbox users to deploy in an ESX environment running on Dell hardware.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Email Server Software | Exchange Virtualization | iSCSI SAN | IT Managers | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware ESX

EGUIDE - This E-Guide provides insight into how service providers can broaden their reach beyond bandwidth and hosting services by learning how to capitalize on the cloud computing age.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Network Security | Telecommunications Industry | Telecommunications Services | VPN | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - The Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 provides unified processes and tools for desktop and server OS deployment using a common deployment console and a collection of best practices. The toolkit provides a single mechanism for image creation and an automated installation process to reduce deployment time.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | IT Management | IT Managers | Network Management | Network Managers | Operating Systems | Server Management

VIDEO - Oracle Exadata provides the reliability, scalability, and extreme performance that database customers have been demanding in today's difficult business environment. Watch this video and learn about the exponential increases in data delivery speeds and system response times that Oracle Exadata provides.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | IT Managers | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware

WEBCAST - Learn how new developments in BI make it easier and faster to serve those departments and groups whose BI needs have gone unmet. Birst hosts this educational webinar featuring Boris Evelson, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | IT Management | IT Managers | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - Bankinter, a multichannel bank, chose to work together with Intel and Infogroup in order to benefit from Intel® Core™ 2 Processor with vPro™ technology which it believed could meet its desktop platform manageability challenge.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: May 9, 2008


Topics:  Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Computer Support | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services

WHITE PAPER - The Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from Symantec™ provides a comprehensive management platform based on standardized IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes—facilitating the adoption of industry best practices and helping streamline and simplify IT management in enterprise data centers.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Asset Management | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | ITIL

EGUIDE - In this E-Guide brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com and Dell, you will discover expert tips for comprehensive remote data center management, server hardware maintenance and much more!
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | IT Managers | IT Spending | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper the main inefficiencies that can be found in a typical datacenter are examined and the different strategies that are commonly used to resolve them are discussed. Sun™ Ops Center is presented as a cost-effective solution to these inefficiencies.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | TCO

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Managing multiple desktops is getting more difficult and more expensive. IT Managers can barely keep up with updates and new OS rollouts, let alone maintain security standards for every PC. And what happens when you need to get a new office up and running quickly? Watch this video to learn how Citrix XenDesktop can help.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | IT Managers | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Intel® Intelligent Power Technology, delivers up to 50 percent lower idle power. By replacing aging single-core processor-based servers with new, more energy-efficient servers, you can gain capacity to grow and to increase IT performance using fewer servers.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Energy Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management