WHITE PAPER - It seems that there are a lot of myths floating around regarding virtualization technologies. This paper explores and subsequently debunks the top 10 myths about virtualization.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | SOA | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - Through a series of test scenarios that are representative of SQL Server application fundamentals, this document provides best practice recommendations on running SQL Server in Windows Hyper-V environment.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Microsoft Hyper-V | QOS | Server Consolidation | SQL Server | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper examines strategies for moving an organization toward more dynamic IT using datacenter virtualization technologies.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

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 - This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - Optimizing the benefits of a data grid built with Oracle Coherence relies upon creating a modular, balanced architecture. Matching the number of application servers, memory capacity, and quantity of processing nodes to the target workload characteristics is important to achieving the best performance.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Design Verification

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SLA | SMBs | Systems Management | TCO | VM | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | High Availability | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization is one of the hottest technologies in IT infrastructure today. Intel is helping enable the next generation of virtualization usage efficiently. Virtualization 2.0 focuses on increasing service efficiency through flexible resource management. In the near future, this usage model will become absolutely critical to data centers.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Mainframe Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - PlateSpin® Recon from Novell is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Network Capacity | Network Monitoring | Reporting Software | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This IDC Workbook discusses consolidation at the datacenter, server, and storage system levels, including the use of virtualisation. This paper also discusses how deduplication can help improve consolidation of resources and reduce storage footprint, as well as improve data protection and disaster recovery under heavy workload conditions.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Data Storage

WHITE PAPER - The current state of the datacenter demands a transformation that helps in improving space utilization and lowering power consumption while still providing the scale and availability the business requires. Read this report to learn how your organization can optimize data center efficiency and lower costs.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: April 14, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization is more than just a concept-- it is a concrete business strategy that can provide tangible value for companies in virtually any industry. Read this paper to learn more about Dell's virtual infrastructure solutions.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: December 17, 2007


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 21, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Email Management | Email Server Software | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware