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BMC Service Automation: The next step in the evolution of Business Service Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
 | Analyst Brief: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 03 Nov 2009 | |
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As you know, automation is a critical component in achieving long-term IT savings. We've compiled a few resources to give you an overview of the benefits of service automation and the technology behind our comprehensive solution.
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Increase Application Performance Up To 5X With Adaptec MaxIQ™ SSD Cache Performance Solution
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 02 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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Today’s data centers and cloud computing environments require increased I/O performance to support large-scale applications such as databases, web servers, e-commerce applications, file servers, and email. This whitepaper focuses on the performance benefits of using the Adaptec MaxIQ™ SSD Cache Performance Solution.
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On-Demand Hosting Provider SoftLayer Relies On Adaptec
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
| Case Study: | Posted: 02 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 21 Oct 2009 | |
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When On-Demand Hosting Provider SoftLayer needed a single provider of SATA/SAS who offered the flexibility they needed, they turned to Adaptec.
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Data Center Projects: Project Management
sponsored by APC
| White Paper: | Posted: 02 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 02 Nov 2009 | |
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This paper presents a framework for project management roles and relationships that is understandable, comprehensive, and adaptable to any size project.
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A Scalable, Reconfigurable, and Efficient Data Center Power Distribution Architecture
sponsored by APC
| White Paper: | Posted: 31 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 31 Oct 2009 | |
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This paper discusses some of the new approaches to power distribution including modular distribution and overhead power busway, and shows their advantages when compared to the legacy approach.
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Right-Sizing Your Power Infrastructure: How to Optimize Energy Efficiency Without Impeding Growth
sponsored by Eaton Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 30 Oct 2009 | |
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Read this paper to learn the ways in which new technologies are impacting power demand patterns, explores the consequences of having too much power capacity or too little and then provides concrete advice on strategies for right-sizing your power systems.
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Presentation Transcript: Stop Wasting Energy! Tips for Cutting Power Draws from PC Networks to Data Centers
sponsored by PC Connection in partnership with Intel
| Presentation Transcript: | Posted: 30 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 30 Oct 2009 | |
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Read this transcript featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel's Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments
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Adaptec Intelligent Power Management: Reducing IT Costs and Storage Power Consumption by Up to 70%
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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The challenge of saving power while maintaining server performance has become a primary concern within the IT environment. But, the latest generation of Adaptec RAID controllers provides Intelligent Power Management software and supports a variety of techniques that, together, enable significant savings without compromising performance.
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Getting Virtualization Right: Five Virtualization Rules Every Organization Must Know
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 25 Jul 2009 | |
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HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides
practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.
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Self-Service Provisioning for Dynamic Data Centers
sponsored by Surgient
| Data Sheet: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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Despite flat and even shrinking IT budgets, the demand for complex services and
infrastructure to support business initiatives continues to increase. The Surgient Virtual Automation Platform™ streamlines the administration of infrastructure delivery.
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Presentation Transcript: Architecting Deduplication and Virtualization for Best of Breed Data Protection
sponsored by Data Domain
| Presentation Transcript: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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In this presentation transcript Brad Blake, IT Director for Boston Medical Group, discusses his organization's rapid growth in storage requirements, relationship with Data Domain, and the benefits achieved from implementing Data Domain systems.
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Securing Virtualization in Real-World Environments
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 25 Jun 2009 | |
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This paper examines many of the concerns associated with virtualization and describes how the breadth of security experience, focused under the IBM Security Framework, helps customers better understand and prioritize these risks, and helps build a strong security posture that positions organizations to reap the full rewards of this technology.
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Best Practices for Virtualizing Distributed Environments: Enterprise-Class Virtualization for Remote Office and Branch Office Infrastructures
sponsored by VM6 Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.
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Introduction to Virtualization E-book, Chapter 6: How Virtual Infrastructures Change Security
sponsored by SearchServerVirtualization
| eBook: | Posted: 26 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 26 Oct 2009 | |
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Protecting the virtual data center doesn't need to be any more difficult than protecting a physical network. The key is to remain vigilant. In this chapter, you'll learn how to mitigate potential security risks to your resource pool and virtual machines without over-allocating administration.
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PODCAST: Mission Critical Computing In The NextGen Data Center Infrastructure - Vendor Podcast
sponsored by PC Connection in partnership with HP ThinClient
 | Podcast: | Posted: 26 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | 26 Oct 2009 | | | Speaker: |
Brad Day, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Tod Johnson, Northeast Region Solution Partner BCS Pre-Sales, HP
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In this podcast, learn about changing trends in the data center infrastructure. Discover tools to ensure high availability at a low cost to improve IT performance. Find out more about innovations to data center operations to help you remain competitive.
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