WHITE PAPER - This resource center is a one stop shop for all of your storage research needs around Open Storage and SSD (solid state drive). Here you will find expert editorial content as well as technical resources, business resources and free trial downloads.
Posted: January 6, 2009 | Published: December 24, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Solid State Disks | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Meeting software licensing obligations is a challenge, but automating software jobs can simplify the process. Read this white paper to learn how you can benefit from ensured compliancy, lowered software expenses, and more.
Posted: December 22, 2008 | Published: December 22, 2008


Topics:  Applications Software | Business Process Automation | Compliance Best Practices | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Regulatory Compliance | Systems Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how organizations can centralize and consolidate the data center environment, allowing IT administrators to oversee and manage resources in fewer locations while still providing global access and reducing operating costs.
Posted: December 19, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Firewall Management | Network Security | Server Virtualization | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how to deploy a highly available, working cluster by taking the design considerations and applying them to an actual deployment.
Posted: December 19, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Firewall Management | IPSec VPN | Network Security | Routing | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and underlying technologies, and offers guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: December 11, 2008 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Management | DHCP | Enterprise | High Availability | Operating Systems | SAN | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Rising energy costs are driving IT and facilities managers alike in all types of organizations to come up with new and innovative ways to reduce the amount of energy used to power and cool the data center.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 13, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Information Security | Network Security | Rack Enclosures | Rack Servers | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - With cost improvements, businesses can stay more competitive and profitable, especially in intensive energy-use industries such as IT and retail.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 14, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Managers | ROI | Systems Management Services | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Energy efficiency isn't just about using windmills and solar panels, CIOs can reduce their power costs -- and help the environment -- by adapting virtualization and other innovative processes and technologies.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: November 24, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, we will address the basics of this Layer 2 technology and help you get your network switch up and running. For our examples, we will use Cisco's 2950 switch.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | GUI | Routers | Switching | VLAN | WAN Switches

WHITE PAPER - Companies must secure virtual systems without sacrificing the main benefits of virtualization: flexibility, portability and dynamic resource allocation.
Posted: December 9, 2008 | Published: December 9, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Databases | Physical Security | Security Infrastructure | Security Policies | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This Tipcast gives IT professionals an effective way to incorporate remote backups done locally and managed centrally from the main data center.
Posted: December 5, 2008 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | Remote Offices | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Today, many businesses face a new challenge that may take them by surprise: How to keep the IT equipment in their server or telecom closet cool during cold-weather months, when the rest of the building is heated.
Posted: December 5, 2008 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Rack Enclosures | Telecommunications Systems

WHITE PAPER - In this paper virtualization and blade server expert and industry analyst Barb Goldworm discusses the drivers, impacts, trends and economics of greener computing.
Posted: December 5, 2008 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | DC Power Supplies | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - VMware virtualization software helps organizations to deliver practical disaster recovery solutions that deliver improved protection across a far greater set of IT services while reducing the cost and complexity of disaster recovery.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Intel Premier IT Program members can review this presentation which explains how to optimize all of the elements in a data center in order to deliver the best energy efficiency.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 21, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Industries | IT Best Practices | Metrics | Power Supplies