EGUIDE - Today’s businesses are being pushed to consolidate their data centers, address power consumption and implement virtualization in an effort to reduce operating costs and go green. But what are the best routes to achieving these objectives?
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Standards | Green Data Center | Green Storage

ANALYST BRIEF - As you know, automation is a critical component in achieving long-term IT savings. We've compiled a few resources to give you an overview of the benefits of service automation and the technology behind our comprehensive solution.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management

WHITE PAPER - The commissioning process flow is described and critical success factors are discussed. The commissioning process inputs and outputs are also placed in context with other key data center project process phases and steps.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Downtime | Power Generation Equipment | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses some of the new approaches to power distribution including modular distribution and overhead power busway, and shows their advantages when compared to the legacy approach.
Posted: October 31, 2009 | Published: October 31, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | DC Power Supplies | Network Performance | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Generation Equipment | Server Consolidation | UPS

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this transcript featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel's Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center | Network Best Practices | Network Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Management

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

ANALYST BRIEF - Learn the top 10 reasons to add Surgient's self-service provisioning and management to help you get even more from your VMware investment.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Energy Efficiency | Network Performance | Self-Service Applications Software | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VMware

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn about changing trends in the data center infrastructure. Discover tools to ensure high availability at a low cost to improve IT performance. Find out more about innovations to data center operations to help you remain competitive.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 26, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about changing trends in the data center infrastructure. Discover tools to ensure high availability at a low cost to improve IT performance. Find out more about innovations to data center operations to help you remain competitive.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 26, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - High-density (HD) zones enable new technologies and unlock the doors to data center efficiency. APC® by Schneider Electric lets you deploy an HD environment anytime, anywhere. Learn how you can achieve this with APC's HD solutions.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

CASE STUDY - Because their data center was reaching its physical limits, Taco, Inc. found their backup and restore processes getting noticeably slower. With their exposure to IT disaster scenarios a distinct reality, they turned to Syncsort for their data protection needs.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how to ensure application security and availability in your VMware environment. Discover how to provide quick recovery of applications and how to use automation for server application protection.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Premiered: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI SAN | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Exchange | SCSI Devices | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization