WHITE PAPER - The goal of this study is to determine if a multi?node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Multi-core Processor Architecture | Multi-core Processors | Oracle (Product) | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA®) research shows 75% of CIOs are facing budget cuts. Most CIOs need to go beyond obvious cost reduction measures to address the largest single IT cost - staff. This whitepaper will discuss the ways that Workload automation can effect real cost savings.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Job Scheduling Software | Log Management | SLA | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - Use Event Monitors to create an event-driven schedule for your enterprise using system events on your Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers to launch reactive jobs through Robot/SCHEDULE.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Job Scheduling Software | Linux | Log Management | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Reporting Software | Server Management | Service Level Management | System i | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - DBA's have always been faced with the difficult task of maintaining a successful database environment, but recently new trends have come along to further challenge them.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Performance Management Software | DB2 | High Availability | SQL | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores common challenges associated with server virtualization deployments and the ways Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V together with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager can help organizations maximize the value of server virtualization.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: July 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Desktop Virtualization | High Availability | HyperWave | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses why Dell chose BMC's CONTROL-M when they embarked on a broad initiative to integrate and upgrade its IT services to better satisfy business needs.
Posted: April 18, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Customer Service | Enterprise Architectures | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Job Scheduling Software | ROI | Systems Management | Workload Automation