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Opportunities and Challenges with the Convergence of Data Center Networks by Juniper Networks, Inc.
This white paper presents an approach to data center convergence that rethinks the network from the ground up to provide a long-term, future-proof strategy and develop a converged data center fabric with the flexibility to scale to super data centers while driving down the cost and complexity of managing the data center information infrastructure.

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Green Networking in the Data Center by Arrow/HP ProCurve
centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency,with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues.

This movement toward greater environmental concern impacts every department and function in a company and IT is no exception. Many industry analysts, such as Gartner, have cited "Green...
Data Center Bridging: Extending Network Standards by Dell, Inc.
brief we provide an overview of the reasons Data Center Bridging (DCB) is being developed and how it can improve networking in the data center for applications, servers, and storage.

Data Center Bridging is a new network standard that can bring to networks the same consolidation benefits that storage and servers have enjoyed in recent years - higher utilization rates...
Green Networking in the Data Center by Hewlett-Packard Company
centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency, with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues.

Today, advanced technology ecosystems are what fuel business. This surge of technology is one that presents new capabilities but greater challenges as companies look to meet their...
Force10 Networks Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure Building the Cloud – Dynamic Optimization of the Virtualized Data Center by Force10 Networks
The data center has been, and continues to be, one of the key resources of innovation helping businesses become more agile and efficient while reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). This application note explores the means by which existing data center assets can be repurposed to increase utilization, and improved...
10 Gigabit Ethernet: Unifying iSCSI and Fibre Channel in a Single Network Fabric by Dell, Inc.
The advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), Data Center Bridging (DCB), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)offers enhanced performance and throughput for connecting networked storage to servers. Whether using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel protocols, organizations have a clear path for unifying a network fabric in 10GbE environments.

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Sun Microsystems & Force10 Networks Collaborate to Bring Network Automation to the Masses by Force10 Networks
Download this white paper to see how Sun's Crossbow, coupled with Force10's FTOS, provides an end-to-end standards-based approach to virtualization and automation.

Data center managers have been dealing with data center sprawl for years as they have attempted to balance the ever-increasing demands of application complexity with the "I need it now

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10GbE and FCoE and DCB: Ready for the Evolution of SAN Fabrics? by Dell, Inc.
article will provide an overview of the reasons Data Center Bridging (DCB) is being developed and how it can improve networking in the data center for applications, servers, and storage.

As economic conditions recover in 2010 many organizations will be looking to evolve their IT operations with new datacenter technologies while enhancing business processes. Server and...
Energy Logic: Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption by Creating Savings that Cascade Across Systems by Emerson Network Power
is a vendor-neutral roadmap for optimizing data center energy efficiency that starts with the IT equipment and progresses to the support infrastructure. This paper shows how it can deliver a 50 percent or greater reduction in data center energy consumption without compromising performance or availability. A number of associations, consultants and vendors have...
Data Center Consolidation & Business Continuity by Blue Coat
continuity.

When enterprises undertake data center consolidation projects they’re trying reduce the corporate footprint by reducing the number of physical centers while maintaining existing service levels and availability. This reduces the number of sites, servers, and operating systems supported (thereby lowering hardware, licensing, and management...
TechWiseTV: Unlocking the Potential of Virtualization by Cisco Systems, Inc.

How can you restore law and order in the data center? More important, how can you eliminate the downsides of virtualization so you can realize its full potential?

Special co-host and data center expert Steve Phillips joins the TechWise team to show you how the new Cisco Nexus 1000V and Cisco VN-Link enable you to automatically empower virtual servers with the same...
Understanding Data Centers and Cloud Computing by Global Knowledge
organizations continue to manage internal data center, many business managers are able to increase service levels, cover more users, and lower response times by outsourcing their out-dated server farms to third-party data centers and cloud computing providers. This white paper will define data centers and explore cloud networking.

Competitive business...
Building a Cloud-Ready Data Center Network by Juniper Networks, Inc.
Hype or no hype, cloud computing is a reality. Read this whitepaper to learn what you need to do to get your network and IT infrastructure ready. As talk of cloud computing swirls through the IT atmosphere, IT executives are sorting fact from fiction while trying to figure out what the new cloud computing model means for their organizations. Though...
Hitachi Consulting Sees Its Way to Application Control with Blue Coat by Blue Coat
applications, files and data in its Dallas data center to serve employees in all locations. To simplify serviceability in its branch offices, servers were limited, and a consistent network infrastructure was deployed across all offices to access centralized resources.

Over the years, Hitachi Consulting acquired companies and consolidated the associated...
Unified Physical Infrastructure℠ (UPI) Strategies for Smart Data Centers by Panduit
with deploying a Vertical Exhaust System in the data center, and its impact on the data center physical infrastructure. An example scenario is presented to demonstrate the cost savings that may be achieved by deploying a VES in a typical data center environment.

Business management applications and rich collaboration software for both employees and customers...
10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Center Architectures by Force10 Networks
consolidated, virtualized, and SOA-enabled data centers based on the ultra high port-density 10 GbE switch/router products of Force10.

Consolidation of data center resources offers an opportunity for architectural transformation based on the use of scalable, high density, high availability technology solutions, such as high port-density 10 GbE switch

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Application Delivery Controllers: Moving toward the application-centric network by F5 Networks
The data center has evolved, and so have the requirements placed on the network. Read this Pocket E-Guide to find out what you need to do to respond to these evolving changes. The data center has continued to evolve, and so have the requirements placed on the network. Not long ago, it was enough for the networking group to provide load...
Virtualize Network Connections and Capacity—From the Edge to the Core by Hewlett-Packard Company
and compliance.

The fundamental nature of data center computing is rapidly changing. The traditional model of separately provisioned and maintained server, storage, and network resources are constraining data center agility and pushing budget envelopes to the limit. IT organizations recognize that these static pools of isolated resources are being...
Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) Strategies for Thermal Management by Panduit
to close raised floor cutout spaces and improve data center cooling efficiency. Solutions that achieve the highest level of sealing effectiveness support network uptime goals by contributing to maximum cooling efficiency and providing superior cable management. One of the core issues affecting data centers is the ability to cost-effectively cool active...
Untangling the Data Center with Unified Fabric by Cisco Systems, Inc.
how unified fabric can be utilized to improve data center management. Discover the benefits of unified fabric, and learn how your organization can migrate to this data transport technology incrementally to preserve your existing data center investments.

Data centers are rapidly reaching a tipping point. The trend to server virtualization, combined with massive...
E-Guide: Expert Strategies for Managing Data Center Growth and Overutilization by Carousel Industries and Extreme Networks
In light of the economic downturn, data center overutilization problems can no longer be solved simply by constructing bigger facilities. In this expert Pocket E-Guide, you will discover alternative strategies for managing your growing data center.

In light of the economic downturn, data center overutilization problems can no longer be solved simply by...
Fibre Channel Essentials by Global Knowledge
of any major enterprise network, the corporate data center has evolved into an integral and highly complex environment. The data center is now important enough to be a separate strategic focus for Cisco and many other networking companies. The demand is high for skilled personnel in this area. But the objective of this white paper is not to describe the design or...
Transformer UPS vs. Transformerless UPS: Balancing High Levels of Availability with Efficiency by Emerson Network Power
Today's IT, facilities and data center managers face the daunting challenge of maintaining a high availability data center while simultaneously increasing energy efficiency. Learn how Transformer-based UPS designs are proven topologies for achieving high efficiency without compromising availability in large enterprise data center...
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Virtual SANs Advantages by Cisco Systems, Inc.
VSANs) in 2002 to address these issues in the data center. Today's data centers are faced with many challenges such as consolidation, resources optimization, power, cooling, cost reduction and more. Cisco foresaw these requirements and developed Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs) in 2002 to address these issues in the data center.

By using VSANs, customers can...
Managing Data Center Power and Cooling by Force10 Networks
computing power and storage capacity, typical data center power consumption and power density are both spiraling upward. Read this whitepaper to learn the potential benefits that can be derived from an increased focus on power consumption and power efficiency.

As server microprocessors become more powerful in accordance with Moore’s Law, they also consume more

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Using information lifecycle management for mainframe disaster recovery by Wayne Kernochan, Contributor
as it ages.

Implementing ILM in a mainframe-dominated data center and disaster recovery site has several interesting effects. ILM can be used to achieve more cost-effective application performance by associating high-performance disk with a much smaller cache of active changeable data (smaller compared to active archive data). It can speed up the... More...

Sizing computer room air conditioners for data center energy efficiency by Bob McFarlane, Contributor
Sizing a data center air conditioner is not like choosing a refrigerator. Bigger is not necessarily better! Correct sizing is even more critical to effective operation and energy efficiency than right-sizing the uninterruptible power supply (UPS). But with so many factors that determine capacity, it can be a... More...
What does the future hold for Oracle's virtualization acquisitions? by Richard Jones, Contributor
Jones is vice president and service director for Data Center Strategies at Midvale, Utah-based Burton Group. He can be reached at rjones@burtongroup.com.

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Data center manager of the year weathers hurricane, merger by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
and a disruptive merger, it has been a busy two years for Michael Greeney, data center facilities team leader at Chevron Products. But he's managed to keep chugging along.

In 2008, Greeney and his data center team weathered Hurricane Ike at Chevron's Houston data center. Last year he oversaw a reorganization prompted by Chevron's purchase of Texaco in... More...
Live data center modernization: A nail-biting experience by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
NASVHILLE, Tenn. -- Updating a data center is not for the faint of heart.

Todd Gale likened his company's recent data center modernization to picking up a running locomotive off one track and placing it on another without disruption.

The task was to upgrade a 25-year-old data center, built by AT&T during the 1980s... More...

Data center power management at forefront of IT agenda by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Data center power management is front and center of IT and facility managers' agendas, as they look to control energy costs and get the most from the data centers they have.

While those running out of power in their current facilities have looked to squeeze out as much capacity... More...