WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how discovery and dependency mapping (DDM) tools can help organizations overcome the challenges of virtual sprawl. Learn how you can leverage this mapping tool for effective infrastructure management without increasing costs and risk.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premieres: December 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: May 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

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

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - Learn application transformation strategies, such as legacy application modernization and exploiting mainframe alternatives, in this on demand virtual conference. Get innovated with Geoffrey Moore, best-selling author and managing director of TCG Advisors and Dale Vecchio, featured speaker from Gartner Research.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Legacy Applications Software | Mainframe Computers | Server Virtualization | SOA | Software Infrastructure | Software Project Management | Systems Management | TCO

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - Learn application transformation strategies, such as legacy application modernization and exploiting mainframe alternatives, in this on demand virtual conference. Get innovated with Geoffrey Moore, best-selling author and managing director of TCG Advisors and Dale Vecchio, featured speaker from Gartner Research.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Legacy Applications Software | Mainframe Computers | SOA | Software Infrastructure | Software Project Management | Systems Management | TCO

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - Learn application transformation strategies, such as legacy application modernization and exploiting mainframe alternatives, in this on demand virtual conference. Get innovated with Geoffrey Moore, best-selling author and managing director of TCG Advisors and Dale Vecchio, featured speaker from Gartner Research.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Legacy Applications Software | Mainframe Computers | Server Virtualization | SOA | Software Infrastructure | Software Project Management | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Desktop and server virtualization are not the same. This podcast, featuring virtual desktop experts, Brian Madden and Zeus Kerravala, explains how some methods and tools that work for servers disrupt desktops. Discover how to plan a successful virtual desktop project by addressing customization needs of users and meet your organization's goals.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Data Center Management | Desktop Computer Support | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Network Computers | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - It is becoming increasingly difficult for data center pros to manage their IT environments. This webcast explores best practices for automation and details the benefits you can realize from implementing the technology.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Premiered: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Configuration Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management

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 - This paper explores the problems IT operations can encounter in coordinating the activities of application and infrastructure specialist teams, and it proposes an approach-- consolidated operations-- designed to get incidents to the right person with the right information fast so problems can be resolved quickly, with no duplication of effort.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Management | IT Infrastructure | ROI | Server Management | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper describes five best practices for backup and long-term data protection and explores the aspects of disk and tape solutions that, when combined into a disk-to-disk-to-tape solution, provide the most robust answer to backup and archival for the data center.
Posted: June 23, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | IT Managers | RPO | RTO | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Tape Backups

EGUIDE - In this HP-sponsored E-guide, learn how virtualization and open source systems management tools better enable a data center to weather tight economic times. Discover why it is critical to scale back data center energy use to limit long-term capital expenditure.
Posted: March 18, 2009 | Published: March 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Network Management | Network Management Protocols | Open Source

WHITE PAPER - In 2008, HP introduced two products to the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Family. Both feature Dynamic deduplication based on an HP-patented algorithm that packs up to 50 times more backup data into the same disk footprint. This paper explains how Dynamic deduplication works and also establishes how a 50:1 deduplication ratio may be achieved.
Posted: March 3, 2009 | Published: March 3, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | NAS | RAID | SAN

WHITE PAPER - This EMA white paper addresses the challenges of a complex multi-tier environment. It highlights specific examples of how virtualization provides measurable ROI, looks at the challenges for data center management that virtualization introduces, and most importantly, it provides specific and actionable recommendations for managing virtual systems.
Posted: February 17, 2009 | Published: December 22, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | Enterprise Systems | High Availability | IT Service Management | Network Management | Regulatory Compliance | ROI