PRODUCT OVERVIEW - To gain full value of virtualization, you need servers that are built to handle the heavy and ever-changing demands of a virtualized and consolidated computing environment. To help you get maximum benefits from virtualization, Intel has built a better physical server platform with unique hardware-assist features to enhance the virtual data center.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Downtime | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Processor Architectures | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Workload Automation

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Microsoft Windows Server® and SQL Server® 2008, together with intelligent server platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, deliver breakthrough performance and scalability within the same energy and space footprint as prior-generation processors.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Configuration Management | IT Asset Management | IT Departments | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Systems | ITIL | Memory | Microprocessors | Processor Architectures | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization allows you to dynamically allocate and manage resources in a utility-like way. It helps you break down the rigid IT structures that inhibit business agility. Virtualization also helps you increase utilization of valuable computing resources.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2005


Topics:  Grid Computing | HP VSE | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Systems | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The data protection market has evolved with a number of alternatives that can save costs. One type of solution is a disk-based backup solution. Implementing a disk-based backup solution can save up to 40% when compared to traditional tape backups.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disk Backups | Disk Mirroring | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | ROI

ANALYST REPORT - Read this paper to learn the results of a study that analyzes survey results from 615 UK businesses and IT managers about their current and future needs, motivations, uses, budgets, and strategies for enterprise data protection.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Encryption Software | Data Encryption Standard | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Encryption Standards | IT Managers

PODCAST - SOA governance is comprised of the strategies and technologies that ensure a SOA is developed to meet company standards and expectations.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Premiered: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Integration | Application Monitoring | Applications Management | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - Dorado Software recently introduced Redcell OpsCenter 6.1 platform and Redcell Advanced Monitors to help you visualize, clarify and monitor IT resources and the network fabrics that bind them. This paper explores these new capabilities and how they uniquely position Dorado Software customers for the benefits of an SLA?oriented management approach.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: November 10, 2008


Topics:  IT Management | IT Managers | Network Management | Network Managers | Networking | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services

VIDEO - Leveraging vast engineering and field experience architecting and implementing data warehouses with the Oracle Database, Sun created a set of data warehouse solutions to help IT managers quickly select a configuration, thus reducing the risk and deployment times for data warehouse solutions.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | High Availability | IT Managers | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is intended for IT managers, project leads, and developers who must implement open source business intelligence (BI) to support the ever growing business user needs. You will learn how to add new reporting features and functions to your applications without any scalability issues and more.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  AJAX | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | IT Managers | Open Source | Open Source Software | Reporting Software | Web 2.0 | Web Development Tools

CASE STUDY - To be successful, your organization needs the ability to see what happened, what’s happening now and what is going to happen. In this paper, learn how leading companies taking the ambiguity out of managing their organizations and are now leading their businesses into the next business boom.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

ANALYST REPORT - In this down economy, now is the time to examine the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your proprietary server infrastructure and migrate to a more cost-effective open systems platform designed for tomorrow. If this hits home for you, please read on.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: May 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Governance | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Open Systems Standards | Operating Systems | Server Management | Server Provisioning | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Security | Encryption Standards | IT Management | IT Managers | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Security Management | Security Managers

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - XenServer is the only free, enterprise-class virtualization platform. With powerful features such as live migration and centralized multi-node management, your datacenter is instantly smaller and smarter. For free. You can't afford not to download it now.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Increasing network availability, measuring network QoS, optimizing bandwidth utilization, documenting network infrastructure, improved application availability and keeping employees productive, customers happy and the business running.
Posted: July 6, 2009 | Published: July 6, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Bandwidth Management | IT Managers | Network Applications Software | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance | QOS | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures.
Posted: July 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Migration | Data Storage | IT Managers | NAS | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Tiered Storage