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Security Implications of the Virtualized DataCenter by F5 Networks
can run multiple virtual instances of other operating systems--such as Linux, BSD, or Windows Vista -- using any number of freely available VMM software implementations. This flexibility, the move of virtualization software to everyday hardware, has allowed everyone direct & inexpensive access to run virtualized environments. While at first this access...
The Ideal Blade Solution to Replace Your Rack Server: IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express Blade by IBM
how to simplify your traditional UNIX, IBM i and Linux rack-mount and tower setup with the IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade and BladeCenter S chassis. Discover how it delivers a complete integrated business system. Replace your rack server with the IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade.

IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade brings the power of mainframes to...
Oracle VM: Performance Evaluation of Oracle VM Server Virtualization Software by Oracle Corporation
optimal server utilization, efficiency, and scalability levels. Read this white paper to learn about a Linux technology that offers superior performance and scalability. Is your server virtualization plan enabling optimal server utilization, efficiency, and scalability levels? This white paper chronicles an independent review of virtual...
Top Use-Cases for Replication Demand Integration with Backup and Restore Capabilities by CommVault Systems, Inc.
manager-embedded, application-embedded and system hosted software. Depending on the systems environment and rate of change of the data, each of these approaches has its own advantages and compromises to offer. Typically, however, storage- and network-embedded replication is deployed with UNIX systems while Windows and Linux environments...
Virtualized Environments: Access Control Reality by FoxT
Check out this webcast and learn how your company can effectively manage access control and user provisioning across physical and virtual servers. Rapid growth in the use of virtualized environments has allowed system administrators to reduce costs and consolidate servers. Unfortunately, this technology has increased the...
Introduction to Blade Servers by Hewlett-Packard Company
expenses, the operating cost of facilities, and the operating cost of management services; it also analyzes cost for both midsize and enterprise organizations. HP BladeSystems are now available for small and large configurations. The new BladeSystem c3000 enclosure provides the same benefits as the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure, including economies of...
Hyper-V Deployment and Best Practices by Microsoft
Server virtualization enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines (VMs). With server virtualization, you can consolidate workloads across multiple underutilized server machines onto a smaller number of machines. Fewer physical machines can lead to reduced costs through lower hardware, energy, and management...
IDC: Forecasting Costs for Initial Deployments of Blade Servers by Hewlett-Packard Company
lower total cost of ownership with blade server systems. For organizations that are weighing the choice between deploying a large number of servers, total cost of ownership (TCO) analyses favor blade server systems over rack-optimized server systems for reductions in both capital and operating expenses. Blade server systems are all about exploiting the...
Try XenServer Enterprise Edition Now with a Free 30-day Trial by Citrix
installation and configuration

- Move legacy operating systems and applications to newer hardware as virtual machines

- Simplify disaster recovery and business continuity plans by creating a uniform platform between multiple locations

- Demo complex multi-tier software setups using a single machine
Extreme Consolidation: Reduce Your IT Infrastructure Costs in the Most Demanding IT Environments by Hewlett-Packard Company
In this white paper learn more about a powerful and flexible solution for consolidating enterprise-class Unix deployments. IT managers are faced with fast-paced technology changes, and dwindling budgets, and the need to offer increasing support of their business. At the same time companies today need enterprise class computing power with the...
Server Virtualization - Deciding What You Need to Purchase by CDW Corporation
can run a different application on a different operating system. Server virtualization uses software to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual machines, each of which can run a different application on a different operating system. The first step in deciding what software platform is needed in order to implement server virtualization...
Dell Networking Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V by Dell, Inc.
available networking configurations, and the advantages and disadvantages of each with an emphasis on typical Dell system configuration and the hardware offerings. With the introduction of Hyper-V in Windows 2008, Microsoft has changed the way virtual machines interact with the host operating system and other network resources. Unlike the...
Intel IT: Taking Power Management to the Limit--and Beyond by Intel Corporation
management in an aging data center to add needed servers--without expensive new infrastructure. Intel's 20-year-old FM1 data center in Folsom, California, was almost maxed out: Even though it had just been through a power upgrade, it already had just about as many servers as its aging infrastructure could support. But Intel IT Global Facilities Services, which...
More Functionality, Less Infrastructure: Managed IT with Netboot/i by Double-Take Software
management is to separate the boot disks from systems and turn them into stateless compute devices. The netBoot/i technology separates state from compute devices and allows them to run from iSCSI SAN. This provides solutions for:

  • Managed Desktop - netBoot/i allows you to share read-only images across large numbers of desktop which keeps processing power closest to
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Streaming and Virtual Hosted Desktop Study by Intel Corporation
found when they compared the impact on servers and the network for both streaming software and virtually hosted computing models. Which computing model makes more efficient use of servers and the network: streaming software to clients that run applications locally, or Virtual Hosted Desktops, which rely on remote processing on a virtualized server? Intel...
Software On-Demand: Operating System/Application Streaming Client Study by Intel Corporation
Intel IT explored the technical feasibility and value of enterprise streaming. The study showed very favorable results with respect to performance, user perceptions, and the impact on IT operations. More demands are being put on IT departments to reduce costs, respond faster with new services, and improve operational efficiency. Innovative new...
eGuide: Hyper-V - Microsoft's Approach to Server Virtualization by Dell and Microsoft
64-bit operating system with virtualization and more. Organizations are looking to server virtualization to consolidate, increase efficiency and save money. Microsoft's approach to server virtualization is significantly different from that taken by VMware. In this informative E-Guide brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com and Dell, learn...
Server Virtualization: Does Server Virtualization Work for Small-to-Medium-sized Companies? You Bet by CDW Corporation
quicker, improve fault tolerance, and reduce server maintenance costs. This white paper shows you how. Often small- and medium-sized businesses require virtualization application functionality similar to enterprise businesses; they just do it on a smaller scale. These applications might include file and print servers, e-mail servers, databases...
Hot Spots: Managing Storage in a Virtual Server World by Storage Magazine
norm in data centers. The ability to host several operating systems and applications on a single server cuts capital costs for new equipment, and the reduction in physical servers helps trim the power and cooling, floor space and number of people required to keep them running. In many areas where power is limited, power and cooling can be the primary driver for adopting server...
Technology Assessment: The Impact of Virtualization Software on Operating Environments by VMware, Inc.
to review IDC's analysis of virtualization and how it is reshaping the dynamics of the industry. Virtualization of system resources aboard x86 servers is one technology that has the distinct potential to really change the dynamics of the industry in many ways as it quickly becomes a de facto component of modern computing. This IDC Technology Assessment...
FREE TRIAL: Patch Authority Ultimate Version 6.1 - Prevents Attacks! by ScriptLogic Corporation
patches in a few simple steps to all desktop and servers, local and remote. Download this free trial today. Patch Authority™ Ultimate, ScriptLogic's comprehensive, enterprise-class patch management solution, prevents attacks and exploits through centralized control of updates on all Windows desktops and servers.

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Better Business Continuity with VMware Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime. VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime.

Most data center downtime is typically planned. Organizations using VMware software can slash planned downtime by eliminating most scheduled...
Tideway Foundation ™ Community Edition 7.1.7 by Tideway Systems
of-the-box - such as software products, operating systems, hardware, distributed business applications, database structures and virtual machine dependencies. The result is a highly accurate, graphical map of assets and dependencies to give you the 'big picture' of your IT estate - and the ability to drill down to the detailed attributes of any of those objects. This...
Application and Server Virtualization Working Together by Citrix
This paper shows that server and application virtualization are complementary and how they can and often should be combined, not only to amplify the capabilities of the respective technologies but to achieve greater positive impact to IT and the business. IT organizations successfully deploy virtualization every day to maximize...
Dell Solutions Overview Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V by Dell, Inc.
Guide highlights Dell value propositions and provides an overview of Hyper-V, information on Dell hardware support for Hyper-V, and guidance on best practice information to implement Hyper-V in your environment. The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 is comprised of several components, including the following:

  • Hypervisor
  • Parent and Child
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Saving money on the mainframe in tough economic times by Wayne Kernochan, Contributor
seen these times before, most recently in 2001-2003 and in 1990-1993, and each time the prescription for cost savings was a little different. In the early 1990s, the answer was to buy cheaper hardware; software and administration costs were much less important. In the early 2000s, software and administrative people costs were much more important... More...
Mainframe New Year's resolutions by Robert Crawford, Contributor
motives like to use consultants to manage the ebb and flow of project staffing while keeping the number of employees constant. But a deeper look often belies the purported savings. Here are some of the hidden problems and costs in offshore outsourcing: Dubious software quality: This can cause production problems that need to be fixed by... More...
Virtualization in the data center fast guide by Adam Trujillo, Assistant Editor
data center faster than anyone imagined. And judging by the support vendors are building into their products, the forthcoming SPEC benchmark and other market indicators, it doesn't look like it's going to leave anytime soon. In this fast guide to server virtualization, you'll learn about the different types of virtualization being... More...
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Experian drills backup water supply to cool data center by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
Experian, which relied on city water to supply the chillers that cool its McKinney data center.

"We lost all city utility as far as water pressure," said Russ Burlew, the data center facility manager. "It took three and a half days to repair that line, and we were without water. We had vendors come in with water trucks and pumps to keep our tower full."

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Running Linux and z/OS on a single mainframe poses no problem by Mark Fontecchio, Nes Writer
Linux mainframe have more to do with politics than with technology.

"Most large data centers have mainframes with z/OS, and just about all organizations have Linux stuff that is a candidate for consolidation," said Wayne Kernochan, a senior research analyst at Aberdeen Group. At the same time, Kernochan explained that there is a lot of "graying of the... More...