EZINE - In this month's issue, learn how to keep compliance a priority in a virtualized environment. Also in this issue, get advice on how to buy hardware for virtual systems, and take a closer look at your storage needs.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | Regulatory Compliance | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware ESX

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 - Intel’s family of workstation platforms provides you with a range of options to meet your needs. They give you the tools to multi-task more productively, iterate through alternatives faster and innovate more.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Digital Network Hardware | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Memory | Memory Management | Memory Management Interface Standards | Memory Management Units | Microprocessors | Processor Architectures | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Workload Automation | Workstations

WEBCAST - This webcast explores how thin client deployments can enable businesses to achieve efficiency and high-performance benefits in your infrastructure. Receive recommendations for developing your own thin-client strategies.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Premiered: September 22, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Thin Client Hardware

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 - Companies face numerous challenges when managing and integrating information across enterprise business processes. Companies frequently choose an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution to fulfill business requirements. The leading ERP applications with the greatest market share are the mySAP ERP and SAP R/3 industry solutions from SAP AG.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Integration | Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Applications Management | ERP | HP VSE | Memory | Memory Management | SAP (Product) | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Enterprises that rely on enterprise resource planning and business intelligence applications have a solution that can manage exploding volumes of data while lowering cost and simplifying operations. HP Integrity server blades are designed to be always available, always scalable, and always virtualized to support applications such as SAP.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | ERP | IT Systems | Oracle (Product) | RACF | Rack Enclosures | Rack Servers | Server Hardware | Server Management | Workload Automation

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This tool allows you to enter data about your existing server environment and evaluate the benefits of replacing x86 server technology with the latest generation Sun servers powered by Intel® Xeon® processors.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This white paper proposes a spectrum of reference configurations using Sun servers based on Intel processors, the broad range of Sun storage systems and appliances, and the VMware suite of virtualization products to configure cost-effective information systems for these businesses.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: August 31, 2009


Topics:  High Availability | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cluster Management | Database Design | Database Management | IT Infrastructure | Platform as a service | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software

PODCAST - This podcast explores how thin client deployments can enable businesses to achieve efficiency and high-performance benefits in your infrastructure. Receive recommendations for developing your own thin-client strategies.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Premiered: September 22, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Thin Client Hardware

TEST RESULTS - In this report, we estimate both the number of older solutions each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution can replace and the payback period for replacing those older solutions. One key finding discovered is that each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution with VMware ESX can replace seven Dell PowerEdge 2850 solutions, and could yield a payback in under 18 months.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Performance Testing | Server Accelerators | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Test Results

TEST RESULTS - In this report, we estimate both the number of older solutions each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution can replace and the payback period for replacing those older solutions. One key finding discovered is that each Dell PowerEdge R710 solution can replace up to nine Dell PowerEdge 2850 solutions, and could yield a payback in around 9 months.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Operational Metrics (Systems) | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Design and Development | Systems Management | Systems Operations | Test Results

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents a sample Dell solution -- using the Dell R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series) -- designed to tolerate faults at multiple infrastructure layers to provide maximum level of availability for the virtual infrastructure.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

TEST RESULTS - One key finding discovered from this test is that the Intel Xeon Processor E5520 2.26GHz-based Dell PowerEdge 710 server achieved 75.9% higher SQL Server 2008 performance than did the Intel Xeon Processor E5506 2.13GH-based Dell PowerEdge 710 server. Read this test report summary to learn more key findings.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Exchange Virtualization | IT Infrastructure | Performance Testing | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Test Results