SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Sun Ops Center cuts through the complexity of today’s datacenters with single-pane-of-glass management. It is a single, comprehensive, end-to-end system management tool that integrates physical and virtual management across the hardware/software stack and the entire system lifecycle.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: September 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Management | Database Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Operational Metrics (Systems)

PODCAST - In this podcast, listen to expert Scott Sawyer explain how Dell Services can help you plan for modernization of your legacy Unix infrastructure.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Premiered: September 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Open Source | Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) | Storage Best Practices | UNIX

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how to optimize your virtual infrastructure performance by allocating resources properly. Gain insight into essential steps you should take to begin the optimization process. Learn how to meet business requirements while increasing resource efficiency.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Premiered: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Network Performance | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VM

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - The VKernel VM Rightsizer is a simple tool for tuning your VMs with the right amount of resources (CPU, memory, and storage) to drive maximum VM densities without impacting performance.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Capacity | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware Server

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Quickly finds where resource capacity (CPU, memory, and storage) are being wasted in the virtual infrastructure. By identifying zombie VMs, expired snapshots, and other wasteful consumers, users can reclaim expensive capacity to optimize virtual environments and achieve a better, faster ROI.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | ROI | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

EBOOK - Buying Infrastructure as a Service is a mouth-watering prospect for CIOs and IT departments eager to drive down costs and speed up provisioning. But once IT is outsourced, keeping control of it is a major challenge.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Hosting Services | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | IT Management | Network Management | Outsourcing | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing

WHITE PAPER - Along with an in-depth discussion of energy measurement and management, this white paper provides a brief overview of IBM solutions that can help organizations support their initiatives for developing energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center

VIDEO - In this videocast, get expert advice on selecting a cost-effective server to fit your IT needs. Discover how blade and rack servers compare and learn the pros and cons of unified compute system (UCS) servers. Also, determine which hardware options to choose and decide whether it is better to scale-up or scale-out your virtualization project.
Posted: September 22, 2009 | Premiered: September 22, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Rack Servers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA®) research shows 75% of CIOs are facing budget cuts. Most CIOs need to go beyond obvious cost reduction measures to address the largest single IT cost - staff. This whitepaper will discuss the ways that Workload automation can effect real cost savings.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Job Scheduling Software | Log Management | SLA | Workload Automation

CASE STUDY - Find out how Argo Global Capital utilized server virualization to simplify, consolidate and reduce operating costs in their data center. Since implementing XenServer with everRun, Argo has had zero downtime, even during a significant hardware failure.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Citrix XenServer | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Downtime | High Availability | Network Performance | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Network Performance | ROI | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Oracle (Product) | Scalability Testing | SOA

WHITE PAPER - As companies continue to consolidate and look for best possible uses of both existing and new computer hardware, nowhere is this more apparent than server management. This paper will provide you some best practices and key success stories that you can use in designing and implementing your own virtualized SQL environment.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Network Performance | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SQL | SQL Server | VM

WHITE PAPER - The cost of operating the data center is outpacing the cost of IT resources themselves. High-density equipment pressures power and cooling systems to the max. Learn of the new approaches and technologies that are redefining the economics of running the modern data center.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 16, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) | UPS

PODCAST - This podcast explains how to successfully adopt virtualization to cut costs and simplify resource management. Discover how to manage hypervisor environments and properly allocate storage resources. Learn how to automate time consuming manual costs to improve productivity.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Premiered: September 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Citrix XenServer | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware