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Networking the Modern Data Center by SearchNetworking.com
where people work are all changing the way the data center should be designed. This e-book examines the issues and offers strategies for developing a data center network that will stand the test of time and emerging technology. Read on to learn more. Virtualization, the convergence of data and storage networks, and the evolution of how and where people work top the list of...
Implementation Guide: Using a High Performance Network Backbone to Meet the Requirements of the Modern Enterprise Data Center by Juniper Networks, Inc.
efficient, secure, scalable and flexible data center network. Data center managers are challenged with designing data centers that centralize servers and applications while keeping them accessible from a variety of locations. This white paper shows you how to create a best-in-class virtualized network environment that uses open standards-based and industry...
Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure by APC
a method for determining TCO of physical data center and network room infrastructure including power, cooling and protection. Predicting and measuring Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the physical infrastructure for network rooms and data centers is required for Return-on-investment (ROI) analysis and other business decision processes. In addition, an...
Not "Just a Switch" Anymore -- Data Center "Backbone" Architectures by Storage Decisions
have revealed their visions of a unified data center network infrastructure. It sound good, but what are the ramifications for the storage networking infrastructures you have in place. Explore this presentation to learn more. The leading switch vendors have revealed their visions of a unified data center network infrastructure. It sound good, but what are the...
Data Center of the Future: Virtual Tradeshow Event by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Please join us for a Data Center of the Future virtual event on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, where you will learn best practices and strategies for simplifying operations and data center infrastructure consolidation. Please join us for a Data Center of the Future virtual event on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, where you will learn best practices and...
IT Briefing: Improving Data Center Efficiency with Network and Storage Consolidation by Cisco Systems, Inc.
IT Briefing will talk about the nightmare of the data center sprawl in the age of virtualization and how network and storage consolidation can reduce your total cost of ownership (TCO). Data center sprawl is a common precursor to virtualization. It occurs when requirements grow and you buy the next point solution, box, storage system, appliance, etc., and you put it in the data...
Avoidable Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance in Data Centers and Network Rooms by APC
examines various mistakes that compromise data center colling systems, explains their principles, quantifies their impacts, and describes simple remedies. Most data centers and network rooms have a variety of basic design and configuration flaws that prevent them from achieving their potential cooling capacity and prevent them from delivering cool air where...
The Green and Virtual Data Center - CHAPTER 8: Data Storage - Disk, Tape, Optical, and Memory by SearchStorage.com
cost-effective IT services from their virtual data center in a clean green profitable manner. Written by Greg Schulz, Founder and a Senior Analyst for the StorageIO Group, The Green and Virtual Data Center examines the opportunities for organizations that want to sustain economical growth that is environmentally friendly.

In this chapter Schultz discusses how to...
Data Center Automation - Facing the Air of Change by Wipro Technologies
IT organizations still perform a majority of Data Center administration tasks manually. Today, manual techniques are obsolete as Information Technology is required to manage complex multivendor infrastructures cost-effectively. There is one way to meet this challenge and that is Automation. Are you still depending on manual Data Center management techniques?

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Transforming a Global Data Center Environment by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
purchases. This white paper will cover Global Data Center Environment Strategies such as:

  • Consolidating data centers, concentrating computing resources into fewer large, highly efficient hub data centers, and closing other local data centers
  • Accelerating server refresh, while implementing grid computing and server virtualization to increase utilization, and
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The Modern Virtualized Data Center by Pillar Data Systems
has been a positive evolutionary step in the data center, driving consolidation of these resources to maximize utilization and power savings, as well as to simplify management and maintenance. This white paper makes the case for the Pillar Axiom becoming the storage system of choice for the virtualized data center. Particularly in a virtualized data center...
Cost-cutting strategies for a virtualized data center: Blade servers by Dell, Inc. and Intel
and optimize performance in your virtualized data center. Listen to this expert podcast to learn more about how you can consume less power and cut cooling costs. Analysts are reporting that the newest blade servers are helping companies decrease power consumption and improve performance in the data center. In part two of this podcast series on cost-cutting strategies...
Data Center LAN Connectivity Guide by Juniper Networks, Inc.
introduces the issues related to changing data center needs and presents design considerations and recommendations for data center LANs. Today's IT organizations are need a data center LAN design that meets the growing performance demands of users and network-centric applications from a variety of locations. It must also economically scale and flexibly...
Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification by Hitachi Data Systems
is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying data center management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to...
Improving Rack Cooling Performance Using Airflow Management™ Blanking Panels by APC
cools itself by drawing ambient air from the data center or network room. If the heated exhaust air is allowed to return to the air inlet of the equipment, an undesirable overheating condition may occur. This paper explains how this problem compromises the cooling process and the benefit of using air blanking panels. IT equipment mounted in racks cools itself by...
Improving Data Center Efficiency with Network and Storage Consolidation by Cisco Systems, Inc.
This means IT managers must optimize their data center resources through consolidation which will increase resource utilization and improve operational efficiencies. Learn how Cisco and EMC can help you reduce your Data Center Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Attend this webcast today and learn how:

  • To build consolidated Storage Area Networks (SANs) that require
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The Complete Data Center Solution by ePlus Technology
Are your 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...
E-Guide: A Guide to Managing Data Center Power Outages and Consumption by APC
you will discover best practices for managing data center power usage, how to prevent power outages and learn how to ensure your data 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...
Five Key Considerations for Enterprise Disaster Recovery and Backup by SEPATON
part of any large data-intensive enterprise data center environment. This article describes five key factors to consider when choosing an enterprise disaster recovery solution. Disaster recovery planning is a critical part of any large data-intensive enterprise data center environment. In today's data-driven economy, a few hours of downtime can cost a company tens...
Network and Voice Management Software from CA by CA
It is critical to South Field's success that its data center management teams quickly identify and repair data faults. CA's Spectrum can immediately detect the change in configuration. Please view this video for more examples of how CA benefits South Field. Like any global enterprise, South Field Financial experiences IT faults that create issues throughout the system...
Modular Systems: The Evolution of Reliability by APC
organizing and simplifying a complex system. In data centers, modular design has already taken root in new fault-tolerant architectures for servers and storage systems. The mission of this paper is to illustrate how modularity delivers a profound reliability benefit: fault tolerance Nature proved early on that in complex systems, modular designs are the ones...
Automate Virtualization in Your Data Center - EMA Analyst Report by Hewlett-Packard Company
measurable ROI, looks at the challenges for data center management that virtualization introduces, and most importantly, it provides specific and actionable recommendations for managing virtual systems. Today's IT shops are tasked with maximizing network availability, performance, and efficiency, as well as meeting compliance requirements. But, a variety of...
Unleashing the Power of Virtualization by Cisco, EMC, & VMware
Symmetrix V-Max, purpose-built for the virtual data center.

Join us to learn how you can leverage these latest innovations to unleash the true power of virtualization in your data center.

HP Network Solutions by Hewlett-Packard Company
advantages of HP Network solutions, including Data Center Networking, Unified Communications, as well as Wireless and Mobility communication. This video explains how HP can help you reduce risk, grow your business, and lower costs. With an end-to-end portfolio of products and services encompassing global network and messaging solutions, HP has unique experience integrating multi...
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Understanding green IT and data center energy-efficiency regulations by By Lucian Lipinsky de Orlov, Contributor
and economical performance in both desktop and data center IT environments. This does not include data center servers but focuses only on the workstation and monitors used by office workers. It is not clear who would be responsible for carbon dioxide generation -- the corporate power consumer or the power generation facility. One thing is certain... More...
Saving money on the mainframe in tough economic times by Wayne Kernochan, Contributor
energy costs have suddenly become important when the data center is maxed out; and there are more choices for software in areas such as system and database administration, which provides more flexibility to drive down software costs even if systems are already fully virtualized and consolidated. Above all, it is easier than ever before to move off the... More...
Disaster recovery planning during the holiday season by Robert Rosen, Contributor
effect on fewer people. It's also a great time to review data center disaster recovery (DR) plans and look at staffing issues for those times when you have only a skeleton crew.

Managing disaster recovery personnel
Managing personnel is probably the biggest challenge in the data center, whether it's the holiday season or in the event of a disaster. One thing... More...

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HP's new server aims for cloud, Web 2.0 apps by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
of users, Martino said..

BigStockPhoto.com, a website that lets users upload and download photos, supports between 10 million and 20 million pages of content monthly. Its compute needs are less aggressive than the large scale-out companies HP targets with this system, but like the bigger Web 2.0 companies, BigStockPhoto is "growing constantly, so a... More...
Grow a green business: Cut costs and improve energy efficiency with green IT by Erin Kelly
the challenges businesses may face and offers energy-saving solutions. A free download of Chapter 1 of The Greening of IT, "The Importance of Green IT," is available for review.

Chapter 1 states many companies talk about reducing their total energy requirements, but are not actually going green where it counts. Why do you think this is true, and how can your... More...
IBM doubles refund for Sparc migrations: News in brief by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
could save about 4% on a server's power consumption.

The updates also include a way to download HP-UX from high-bandwidth replicated servers to reduce deployment time and allows users to update the operating system while still online, needing only a standard reboot to switch to the new version.

AdaptivCool offers 30-day trial
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