WHITE PAPER - The power/density paradox hinders end users from utilizing the very floor space that high density systems were intended to conserve. This brief explores what the power/density paradox is and how IT professionals can mitigate the risk.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Physical Security | Power Consumption Monitoring | Rack Enclosures | Rack Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces an array of new security risk challenges including compliance, separation, data leakage, forensics, and much more. If your organization has already deployed a virtualized environment, read this paper for advice on how to review your infrastructure and establish best practices going forward.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Physical Security | Data Security | Security Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - NetBotz protection brings a crucial layer of physical security to any IT environment—big or small—by constantly monitoring and protecting your IT assets from environmental threats and human error.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Physical Security | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Network Monitoring | Network Security | Network Security Appliances | Security Infrastructure | Security Threats

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Thin provisioning is not new, but there is still confusion about how it works and how to best use it in the data center. In this presentation transcript, Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst and Consultant, Taneja Group and Christine Taylor, Analyst, Tenaja Group, outline the various approaches and technologies behind thin provisioning.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning

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 - Because business processes are increasingly dependent upon an ever-expanding applications and technology network, many IT managers are seeking a more reasonable IT infrastructure strategy. This paper details several approaches to that end.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: January 31, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers