PODCAST - In this podcast, hear from an industry expert as he discusses today's data center challenges and a flexible, end-to-end solution for the physical infrastructure that drives operational efficiency and financial advantages, allowing businesses to minimize risk and heighten agility.
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Premiered: March 18, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Management | Network Management Services

WEBCAST - Virtualization is driving innovation in the data center and this is changing the way the data center network should be designed. In this webcast, hear from an industry expert who offers design strategies for developing a data center network that will stand the test of time. 
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Premiered: March 18, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Management | Network Management Services | Network Performance

WHITE PAPER - In this Intel IT Brief, you'll learn about the value of server refresh by taking a look at the costs savings achieved by Intel while executing their four-year server refresh strategy.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: June 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning

TEST RESULTS - Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to consolidate 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server and storage solutions using VMware vSphere 4 (vSphere). Read this test report to learn about key findings from PT's consolidation testing.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Hardware | Testing | VMware

TEST RESULTS - Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to consolidate 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server and storage solutions using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. Learn about the benefits achieved from this consolidation solution in this test report.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Testing | Windows Server Software

EGUIDE - 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.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 11, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Co-Location Services | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Outsourcing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the native replication feature of ProtecTIER®, IBM’s enterprise-class deduplication solution, and demonstrates that deduplication-enabled replication provides dramatic improvements to Disaster Recovery operations.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: August 11, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Storage Management | Storage Security

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - IBM recognizes the need to not only consolidate data center storage, but also to reduce the amount of array capacity required to store multiple copies of business-critical information. Read this article for information on how data center storage issues can be addressed using innovations such as data deduplication.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: February 25, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Storage | Storage Appliances | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management

EBOOK - Some IT managers have steered clear of server virtualization technologies because the deployment process can seem too daunting to begin. But this step-by-step handbook maps out the deployment process in four easy-to-follow steps.
Posted: March 5, 2010 | Published: March 5, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Systems Management | TCO | VMware

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this presentation transcript to learn about different data center expansion options. Discover the pros and cons of colocation, cloud computing and IT outsourcing and determine which model is best for your organization.
Posted: March 2, 2010 | Published: March 2, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Co-Location Facilities | Co-Location Services | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | IT Management | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Spending | ROI | TCO

WHITE PAPER - 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 application agility.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: February 28, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Fixed Assets | Green Data Center | Load Balancing | Networking | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SOA

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Consolidating data centers directly affects OPEX by reducing costs -- not only of buildings, but the staff to run the data centers -- as well as reducing the complexity of the network. When consolidation is well architected, it calls for data mirroring, storage replication, and backup processes in order to proactively plan for business continuity.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Networking | Data Mirroring | Data Replication | Network Management | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This document provides guidance in designing consolidated, virtualized, and SOA-enabled data centers based on the ultra high port-density 10 GbE switch/router products of Force10.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: February 28, 2010


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Blade Servers | Cluster Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Grid Computing | High Availability | IT Management | Rack Enclosures | Routing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | SOA

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - In this technical 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.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Ethernet Networks | Ethernet Protocols | Fibre Channel | iSCSI Protocol | Network Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores in detail the methods used for deduplication, and the unique integration of software, servers, and storage that makes the SD3 appliance the solution of choice.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Deduplication | Data Storage | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity