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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript will discuss the top ten most useful advantages of Windows Server 2008 R2. Gain insight into improvements made to Terminal Services and Hyper-V that can provide your organization with increased flexibility.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Group Policy | Microsoft Hyper-V | Operating Systems | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server Software

WEBCAST - Get more utilization from your data center by consolidating with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on HP’s powerhouse ProLiant DL785 G6 servers. Discover how by consolidating hundreds of virtual machines onto one server, with no increase in licensing costs, can minimize power consumption and maximize return on investment with less risk.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Premiered: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Hardware Management | Load Balancing | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Provisioning | Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Maintaining an up-to-date IT platform is essential for the success of almost every business. Game-changing products such as HP’s G6 ProLiant servers can provide competitive advantages to business operations from the back office to sales and service.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Published: March 3, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Leased Line Services | ROI | Server Management | Server Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - By transitioning to HP from a Sun SPARC Solaris environment now, you can reap the benefits of a stable, reliable IT environment while reducing costs. Investing in industry-standard architectures today will ensure a smooth transition to next-generation systems.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Published: March 3, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Solaris

WHITE PAPER - This white paper demonstrates that a buy-and-hold server strategy adds costs to the data center, while refreshing server infrastructure on pace with newer technology can significantly reduce server costs over time.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Published: March 3, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | ROI | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Application virtualization technology is an important IT strategy to consider for Windows 7 migration.  This virtualization approach offers a better balance of central IT control and user flexibility. This paper outlines virtualization control and compliance considerations for OS migration, discovery, change control, and more.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Configuration Management | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | IT Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Please join us for a discussion with industry analyst Tony Asaro and the CEO of SANpulse, Peter Mehta – They will discuss the realities faced by an IT professional managing PBs of data storage and data migration efforts.
Posted: February 23, 2010 | Published: February 11, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Integration | Data Management | Server Provisioning | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Tiered Storage

ANALYST REPORT - Read how Enterprise Management Associates evaluates the workload automation offerings of BMC, CA, IBM, ASG, and several others. Hint: the report concludes, "BMC has the strongest product overall, scoring above average on functionality and higher than any other vendor on architecture and integration."
Posted: February 17, 2010 | Published: February 17, 2010


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Management | IT Service Management | Job Scheduling Software | Load Balancing | Process Control Software | Server Provisioning | Workload Automation

VIDEO - Please join us for a discussion with industry analyst Tony Asaro and the CEO of SANpulse, Peter Mehta – They will discuss the realities faced by an IT professional managing PBs of data storage and data migration efforts.
Posted: February 11, 2010 | Premiered: February 11, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Integration | Data Management | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, you’ll discover how to grapple virtualization's complexities by automating time drains like on/off control, making backups and snapshots, and provisioning resources (virtual machines).
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: February 8, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Compliance Software | Data Centers | Integration Server Software | IT Infrastructure | Performance Testing | Risk Management | Security | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | VMware

CASE STUDY - Accountancy service provider Freelance World worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Indigo Technologies to replace its custom-built IT systems. Read on for the details.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: February 8, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Enterprise Systems | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

EZINE - Tracking and identifying virtual machines on physical hosts or sorting out the source of I/O bottlenecks requires administrators to do a lot of investigative work. Software management tools can help, but well developed business processes are also important. Learn some tips and tricks to make managing virtual environments a little bit easier.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Published: February 2, 2010


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Capacity Planning | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | VM

PODCAST - IT infrastructures have become exceedingly complex, resulting in a highly interconnected network of old and new technologies. Find out how service automation can help you navigate technologies such as server virtualization, as well as legacy distributed and mainframe computing environments.
Posted: January 26, 2010 | Premiered: January 26, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | IT Services | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Operating Systems | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization

PODCAST - Is cloud computing going to take over the data center as we know it? Join us as we talk about cloud computing with whurley as he discusses some of the benefits of cloud computing as well as cracking open a few myths, discusses how cloud computing currently fits into the data-center picture, and talks about some new open source players in the cloud
Posted: January 26, 2010 | Premiered: January 26, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Configuration Management | Data Centers | Hybrid clouds | IT Management Services | Open Source | Open Source Software | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Provisioning