SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

DATA SHEET - 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.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Services | IT Spending | Self-Service Applications Software | Server Virtualization | SLA

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - 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.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | ROI | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Network Security | Risk Management | Security Management | Security Policies | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Distributed Computing | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Remote Offices | ROBO | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | TCO

EBOOK - 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Security | Risk Management | Security | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security | VM

PODCAST - 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 26, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure

WEBCAST - In this webcast, 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 26, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure

PRODUCT DEMO - For a limited time, you can evaluate a ZT Systems server for 30 days with no commitment to purchase. Experience the quality, performance, and flexibility that have made ZT one of the fastest growing manufacturers in the data center server space, and learn more about our platform customization capabilities.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Multi-core Processors | Server Hardware

DATA SHEET - An ideal solution for dense computing environments where energy and thermal efficiency are at a premium. Featuring the Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor 2419 EE, this solution is designed with ZT's signature data center server engineering expertise for the groundbreaking new levels of performance per watt cloud computing providers demand.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Multi-core Processor Architecture | Multi-core Processors | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | High Availability | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The modular, easy-to-install solutions from APC by Schneider Electric allow you to implement an appropriate IT environment that meets your current and future needs, without breaking the bank in the process.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | High Availability | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management | Server Software

WHITE PAPER - APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - High-density (HD) zones enable new technologies and unlock the doors to data center efficiency. APC® by Schneider Electric lets you deploy an HD environment anytime, anywhere. Learn how you can achieve this with APC's HD solutions.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper is intended to help simplify the process of starting a disaster recovery plan so as not to be so overwhelming. Through some basic steps, businesses can better protect themselves against data loss while working toward a more complete business continuity plan.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | RPO | RTO | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups