PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Global data deduplication allows users to deduplicate data across multiple boxes, which can simplify management as companies back up more and more data. W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group, discusses the pros and cons of global deduplication, who should consider it, and which vendors are offering it today in this Q&A.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Data Storage

WEBCAST - Is data management costing you too much money? Join us for a webcast where two IBM DB2 customers will discuss proven strategies that they have incorporated into their IT operations that have resulted in lowering their overall database costs.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Data Management Software | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Economic Environment

WHITE PAPER - This white paper introduces Windows Server virtualization as a key component of the Microsoft datacenter-to-desktop virtualization strategy.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about a unified approach to IT management. Discover how to decrease complexity introduced by virtualization and cloud computing to ensure optimal performance of your virtual and physical environments.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Premiered: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Network Monitoring | Reporting Software | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Virtual Machine Monitor

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - When developing a security strategy, it is critical for businesses to consider their System i platform in order to protect themselves from data breaches. In this presentation transcript, learn how to control network access on System i and protect your organization from data loss.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Security | Database Management | DB2 | File Transfer Protocols | FTP | ODBC | Operating Systems | OS/400 | System i

CASE STUDY - When the Brazilian Navy needed to reduce the BRL 6 million (US$3 million) spent annually to keep their mainframe operational, they chose an HP- and Oracle®-based distributed platform as an alternative to the mainframe environment. Costs have been reduced by approximately 80% vs. mainframe database software costs.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: January 22, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Networking Hardware | Mainframe Operating Systems

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

WHITE PAPER - This paper sets out a framework for evaluating a data center. It considers the special factors that apply to an on-demand infrastructure, many of which go well beyond the standards applicable to the average enterprise data center.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Management | Data Centers | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | Software Architectures | Software Selection

WEBCAST - Join BMC's John McKinney with featured speaker Milind Govekar, Gartner analyst, for an informative webcast reinforcing the cost-cutting benefits of workload automation.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Premiered: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Spending | Job Control Language | Job Scheduling Software | Workload Automation

WEBCAST - Businesses rely heavily on their servers, so if they fail productivity is lost. This expert webcast explores the dangers of unplanned server downtime. Discover some of the most important planning, configurations and management issues for server high availability.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Grid Computing | High Availability | Network Management | Network Performance | SAN | Server Hardware | Server Management | Systems Management

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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript of the "Offering the Clouds to Your Clients" webcast, learn how new technologies, demographic shifts and emerging business models in the cloud computing market are changing the way VARs and MSPs are working with clients.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Infrastructure Management | Network Management | Network Provisioning | Platform as a service | Software as a Service | VARs

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover how to best maintain your mainframe infrastructure in light of the current economic climate. Explore the biggest challenges encountered by mainframe users today and gain insight into the distinct vulnerabilities and risks associated with mainframes.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Authentication | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | DB2 | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Software Migration

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper, Enterprise Linux and Windows Server 2008 are compared over a six-year period, with various e-commerce configurations covering small, medium, and large business scenarios.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | Productivity | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series provides a foundation for IT management to refresh existing or design new data centers to achieve greater performance while using less energy and space, and dramatically reducing operating costs.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management