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Cost-cutting strategies for a virtualized data center: Performance and capacity management tools by Dell, Inc. and Intel
In this expert podcast, learn how new capacity planning and performance management tools utilize automation and an intuitive interface to increase resource utilization and reduce capital expenditures for your virtualized data center. With limited resources and budgets, midmarket IT staffs are often handling multiple projects and not able to proactively...
MV Capacity Trending Advisor by BMC Software, Inc
time and money, reduces the skills required for capacity planning, and delivers precision results that give you the data you need to procure the right resources to support business services. Learn more today. BMC Capacity Trending Advisor saves time and money, reduces the skills required for capacity planning, and delivers precision results that give you the data you need to...
Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 7 by Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 7
39;s Virtual Data Center eZine. Also find out why capacity planning is so important and what the best practices are for selecting capacity planning tools.

This e-zine is made possible by the following sponsors:

  • HP
  • Dell
  • VMware

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    BMC Enhances its Performance Assurance for Mainframes solution by BMC Software, Inc
    This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users. This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the...
    MessageStats Version 6.5.1 - Exchange Server Reporting and Analysis by ScriptLogic Corporation
    increase efficiencies and plan for capacity requirements. Product Type: Exchange Server Reporting and Analysis

    Target User: IT/Network Administrator

    IT Problem:
    MessageStats simplifies management of Exchange helping IT administrators to improve performance, increase efficiencies and plan for capacity requirements.

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    eGuide: Virtualization Strategies: Key Considerations for Management, Security and Performance by ePlus Technology
    environment and implementing comprehensive capacity planning for virtualization initiatives. Gain insight into target areas for improved virtual performance and availability management...
    Network Management Solution Provider Brings Graphically Sophisticated Reporting Capabilities into Their Flagship Solution by JasperSoft
    resource management, capacity planning, compliance and audit preparedness, and service level agreement management. Since the solution's initial launch more than ten years ago, Entuity has worked to develop and enhance reporting capabilities aimed at meeting these needs.

    The team realized that continued in-house development of reporting...
    Be SURE About Storage Capacity Management by Quest Software
    not reactive - when managing your storage capacity. Learn best practices to maximize your existing resources, and how doing keeps your budget under control. Read the paper white today. Many times, the need for storage across the enterprise overwhelms your storage resources. Spending more on additional hardware is one answer, but do you really want to spend more...
    Is Your Data Center Running Out Of Power Or Cooling? by Eaton Corporation
    is the best way to augment and extend existing capacity within the constraints of tight budgets and limited support staff? How can you establish a power and cooling infrastructure that is ready for growth but not over-provisioned for an uncertain future?

    The solution. This white paper offers strategies that enable IT managers to:

    • Plan a more efficient and adaptable
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    Data Center Projects: Standardized Process by APC
    a physical room layout, or the electrical capacity. Regardless of the size or nature of the project, successful execution depends on the process that pilots it through its development and realization, from concept to commissioning.

    Read this white paper and discover how a standardized, documented, and understandable methodology assures a lean,...
    Reduce Storage Spending with Quest Horizon by Quest Software
    host virtualization? A comprehensive storage capacity management solution can help maximize your data capacity, saving you time, money and resources. Quest's technical brief "De-Mystifying VMware Storage Consumption" discusses how Quest's Storage Horizon® makes storage in VMware environments more efficient and cost effective. Read it today...
    E-Guide: A Guide to Managing Data Center Power Outages and Consumption by APC
    center has enough power to operate at optimal capacity. It'll also discuss 5 essential steps for reducing data center power consumtion. As businesses continue to pack more high-density computing gear into their data centers, power density and heat have been brought to critical levels. This has created a significant power management crisis for many organizations...
    Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management by BMC Software, Inc
    challenges in every step of the process *#45; from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software. Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process - from...
    How to get mainframe MIPS under control: Tips for shrinking your mainframe processing costs by BMC Software, Inc
    Today's data center pros need to cut costs wherever possible, and the mainframe presents significant opportunities to do so. This expert podcast explains how to use specialty processors, load balancing, and compression database software for this task. Today's economic climate means that data center pros need to make the most of existing...
    Presentation Transcript: The Efficient Next Gen Datacenter: Doing More with Less by HP, Intel and Oracle
    Read this Presentation Transcript to learn how to build a dynamic IT infrastructure and pro-actively manage your data center. Today's economy presents a significant amount of data center challenges that may prohibit a company's ability to perform well. While information is growing at a fast pace, budgets, staff and other IT resources are shrinking...
    Case Study: Avocent Increases Its Distribution Capacity and Throughput Without a Costly Physical Expansion by CDC Global Services - Catalyst
    Avocent needed to increase its distribution capacity and throughput without a costly physical expansion. Read this case study to see how Catalyst stood out as the clear choice to partner Avocent on this project plan of upgrading their SAP warehouse management system. Avocent needed to increase its distribution capacity and throughput without a costly physical...
    Reducing Storage Growth and Costs: A Comprehensive Approach to Storage Optimization by Intel Corporation
    opportunities that can reduce Intel's storage capacity requirements by 27 percent over the next five years while maintaining storage costs and delivering significant return on investment. Many organizations face the challenge of rapidly growing storage requirements and the costs that growth incurs. Read this white paper to learn about the storage...
    Industry Report: Virtual Infrastructure Optimization by Virtual Instruments
    lack the instrumentation to give us the data for planning, performance management, routine monitoring, compliance, or troubleshooting.

    The challenge facing administrators is really one of getting visible, meaningful data about their infrastructure on an on-going basis, and this leaves the IT administrator in the position of driving through unfamiliar terrain with...
    The Complete Data Center Solution by ePlus Technology
    data center needs outgrowing your space and capacity? Are you planning to consolidate data centers or branch office servers? ePlus can help transform your facility into a next-generation data center that will accelerate your business. Read this paper for details. Are your data center needs outgrowing your space and capacity? Are you planning to consolidate data...
    Dell Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Reference Architecture by Dell and Microsoft
    These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture. Customers are faced with many choices when planning a virtualization deployment. Server, storage, and software configurations can vary depending on workload and feature requirements. This paper proposes several sample virtualization...
    Tools to Help You Manage Capacity by Storage Decisions
    and best practices that are key to managing disk capacity. Knowing how much disk capacity you have allocated, how much is actually being used and what's left and available are basics for disk system management. But the tools you get with your storage arrays are often inadequate or simply don't provide all the details you need to make smart and effective decisions.

    In this...
    Control Capacity with Storage Virtualization by SearchStorage.com
    With ever-growing capacity, storage managers are struggling to ensure that their installed disk capacity is being used as effectively and efficiently as possible. By pooling capacity from disparate storage systems, storage virtualization can help control spiraling growth while easing storage provisioning and management. With ever...
    Presentation Transcript: Changing the Economics of Storage Infrastructure with Virtualization by LSI and presented by HP
    In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how to bring down the costs of storage infrastructures, but none of them describe how the design of a flexible and agile (adaptive) infrastructure actually facilitates these potential savings. In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how...
    Changing the Economics of Storage Infrastructure with Virtualization by LSI and presented by HP
    In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how to bring down the costs of storage infrastructures, but none of them describe how the design of a flexible and agile (adaptive) infrastructure actually facilitates these potential savings. In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how...
    Changing the Economics of Storage Infrastructure with Virtualization by LSI and presented by HP
    In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how to bring down the costs of storage infrastructures, but none of them describe how the design of a flexible and agile (adaptive) infrastructure actually facilitates these potential savings. In these hard economic times, so much information is already out there about how...
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    The mainframe as a "Green Monitor" by Wayne Kernochan, Contributor
    applications such as ERP (enterprise resource planning) from suppliers such as Oracle and SAP typically do not incorporate energy consumption considerations. Enterprises will simply have to piggyback on the mainframe's documentation of those business processes, with some help from business and IT consultants.

    So the mainframe can play a... More...

    Chilled-water production optimization for data center cooling by Mike Flaherty, Contributor
    of cooling annually, the need to invest in additional capacity can be significantly delayed or even totally eliminated through effective implementation.

    Optimizing chilled water production efficiency
    Effectively optimizing a chilled-water plant requires attention in three fundamental areas: piping or hydronic configuration, control... More...

    Mainframe performance management: Linux adds complexity by Wayne Kernochan, Contributor
    TCO. This, in turn, translates to less need to add capacity or new systems as user demands or the number of applications increases. To many users, mainframe robustness is a given; what really delivers added benefits is effective mainframe performance management.

    So, mainframe performance management has become important. At the same time, the... More...

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    CA announces Mainframe 2.0 by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
    experienced IT staff, to create greater uniformity among products, and to provide a service to remove mainframe burdens.

    Rich Ptak, an analyst at Ptak, Noel & Associates, believes that CA's initiative is a good idea.

    "It's a step in the right direction," Ptak said. "CA is in competition with mainframe-focused tools from BMC and IBM. They're all working hard to make... More...

    TPC eyes energy consumption and virtualization benchmarks by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
    systems are idle."

    TPC will also offer new ETL (extraction/transformation/loading and service-oriented architecture (SOA) measurements. Further, the organization plans to offer a series of workshops on using performance benchmarks to make server hardware and software buying decisions. The workshops will be held in various locations throughout the U.S., and... More...

    HP announces Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
    Capping, HP also announced the following:

    Energy-efficiency analysis and design service, much of which is culled from the HP acquisition of EYP Mission Critical Facilities last year. A redesign of the ProLiant BL460c server blade so it uses 44 fewer watts. A new HP 24,000W High Efficiency Hot-Plug Power Supply for its BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure, which HP... More...