WHITE PAPER - CIOs are increasingly aware that the Linux® platform offers a low-risk, robust, and value-for-money alternative to traditional UNIX® platforms. This whitepaper will list and describe a simple, six-step process for migrating from UNIX to Linux.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | UNIX | UNIX Server Hardware

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Management | IT Best Practices | NAS | Network Performance | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Management | NAS | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - IT projects are being increasingly scrutinized, so expenditures must support business requirements and contribute to the operational efficiency of the data center. Combined with HP technology, Oracle dynamically optimizes shared resources to simplify administration of the physical and virtual platforms, letting you meet those business objectives.
Posted: July 30, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Grid Computing

WHITE PAPER - IT managers are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency - to reduce power consumption and cooling requirements - to save money. Using HP Reference Architectures for Oracle, you get a modular, inherently flexible, and highly available application platform that accomplishes that. Read this paper for details.
Posted: July 30, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers

WHITE PAPER - IT organizations are always looking for ways to save money and time without compromising on issues like security or compliance. Exploring the value of your systems management solution is a lot easier when you know the right questions to ask. We have a few suggestions for how to get started.
Posted: July 29, 2009 | Published: July 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Enterprise Systems | IT Management | Linux | Open Source Software | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines the new capabilities and performance enhancements that NetApp / IBM N series clients can now realize with TSM 6.1 in two key enterprise backup and restore scenarios for network data storage.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Enterprise | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the principles for achieving power and cooling capacity management.
Posted: July 10, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Blade Servers | Capacity Management | Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | ITIL | Power Consumption Monitoring | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the issues of backup and recovery in VMware virtual server environments, and outlines the key features of HP Data Protector.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Physical Security | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | IT Systems | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses some of the common myths about infrastructure monitoring, and addresses how to ensure your infrastructure monitoring is responsive enough to satisfy and retain your customers.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Recovery

WHITE PAPER - Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | UNIX

WHITE PAPER - The current economic climate is forcing more systematic thinking about costs in general, including those associated with overall complexity and the security and resiliency of large distributed infrastructures. These trends intersect in powerful ways; a new wave of computing is gathering momentum as a result. And open source is playing a major role.
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: January 9, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Collaborative Applications Software | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Distributed Computing | Distributed Data Management | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | SaaS ERP | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Sun's built-in, no-cost Logical Domains (LDoms) virtualization technology allows applications to effectively leverage these processors. This white paper describes how LDoms can be applied in different scenarios to increase application scalability and system utilization.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Open Source | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy to manage, vertically-scalable systems with many of the benefits of traditional mainframes - without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Multi-core Processor Architecture | Multi-core Processors | Operating Systems

WHITE PAPER - Keeping datacenters agile is key as IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures. By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization