SmartBiz IT Research Library

VIRTUAL SEMINAR - Attend this live two-day virtual event, December 9-10, 2008, and determine what IT investments to make in order to control escalating costs and ensure an efficient and profitable future.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: December 9, 2008


Topics:  Business Development | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Financial Management | ROI | Server Consolidation | Strategic Planning | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Companies need enterprise class computing power with the flexibility to change computing capacity at a moment's notice. In this white paper learn more about a powerful and flexible solution for consolidating enterprise-class Unix deployments.
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Published: October 16, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Data Centers | ERP | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | J2EE | ROI | Systems Management

WEBCAST - In this Webcast learn more about the transition from HP 9000 to HP Integrity servers: HP Integrity Server Future and HP 9000 Server Roadmaps, Why HP Integrity Servers?, HP 9000 Server Evolution Program Provides a Smooth Path to HP Integrity...
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Premiered: October 16, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | ERP | Processor Architectures | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Software Migration | TCO

TRAINING GUIDE - This class will explain how a blade infrastructure reduces the number of servers and storage systems you need, maximizes rack space, reduces heat buildup, and increases manageability.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | eLearning | Rack Servers | ROI | Server Management | Storage Management | TCO

WEBCAST - This presentation looks at the factors driving data centers costs, their impact, how they can be controlled, and how to justify the data center you need.
Posted: September 15, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | SMBs

PODCAST - This audiocast offers concise information about what your company can gain from virtualizing desktops and the options your IT department should explore.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Premiered: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Computer Support | Desktop Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Recent studies show that your data center could be wasting up to 60% of its cooling capacity. This final chapter in a three-part Data Center Design and Infrastructure guide delves into this issue.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | EPA | IT Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Data center facility planning and design is one of the most complex and important undertakings for any company. This chapter focuses on site selection and data center design elements.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 24, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Data Center Management | Data Centers | ERP | Infrastructure Services | IT Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This chapter focuses on power management in the data center. Learn about the mounting pressure on data center managers to find more reliable-and yet less expensive-ways to power IT infrastructure, achieve energy savings, and avoid elect...
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 24, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | IT Asset Management | Loss Prevention | Power Integrated Circuits | RAS | Server Virtualization | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This White paper describes about the data center capacity challenges; and how data center consolidation and centralized management of IT resources can offer huge savings and reduce strain on IT resources.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | ROI | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes about the virtualization, data center transformation and IT challenges that are driving virtualization and data center transformation.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Centers | ERP | Security | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes about the convergence of two significant trends that we are seeing across our client base, and also the four specific drivers that are causing people to think about transforming their data centers.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  BASIC | Business Intelligence | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Leadership | Risk Assessment | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper compares cost analysis for blade-servers vs. rack-optimized servers for capital expenses, the operating cost of facilities, and the operating cost of management services; it also analyzes cost for both midsize and enterprise organizations.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Capital Expenditures | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Enterprise Systems | Rack Servers | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how data center transformation can help your organization outsource applications and shift spending from maintenance and management to projects that support business growth and innovation.
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration

WHITE PAPER - In this briefing, learn how Thermal Zone Mapping is a novel way of representing and visualizing the environmental behavior of a "greenfield" or existing data center, allowing for easier and more complete understanding of this behavior.
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration