Lower TCO and Improved Business Value With Dell PowerEdge Servers and Microsoft Windows Server 2003
[ Source: Alinean ]
January 2008-
This paper from Dell independently compares the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for various enterprise applications hosted on select configurations of proprietary RISC based UNIX servers from SUN, IBM and HP versus hosting on industry standard Dell PowerEdge Xeon based IA-32 servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The paper compares the capital investments, change costs, annual recurring operating and capital expenditures, availability, security risks, and business value of these competitive solutions for several different workloads ....
Green Data Center: The IT Industry's Energy Efficiency Initiative
[ Source: AMD ]
April 2008-
Faced with surging demand for data processing and storage, the IT industry is focusing on making data centers more energy-efficient.
Architecting Low Latency Cloud Networks
[ Source: Arista Networks ]
June 2009-
As data centers transition to next generation virtualized & elastic cloud architectures, high performance and resilient cloud networking has become a requirement for delivering always-on, always-available applications.
Over the last decade response time requirements have been rigorously tightened, toward fractions of a second, and both network and compute latencies need to be reduced in parallel. An architectural approach is needed so that response times are consistently and measurably enhanced across a wide set of ....
Cloud Networking Services
[ Source: Arista Networks ]
June 2009-
Cloud computing is a compelling way to deliver web-based and non-web-based applications that better utilize the physical infrastructure, while lowering costs by moving from silos of expensive customized servers to racks of cost-effective ones. Due to the elastic nature of clouds, a particular application may be delivered from one physical location at a given moment but from a different, potentially far-away location in the same cloud at a later moment. Performance and scaling of cloud ....
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
[ Source: BeyondTrust ]
November 2009-
This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing and using proprietary cardholder. BeyondTrust PowerBroker provides an auditable process that controls, monitors and records that access.
The Pursuit of a Standardized Solution for Secure Enterprise RBAC
[ Source: BeyondTrust ]
November 2009-
Each RBAC implementation varies in its capabilities and method of management. In a multi-platform environment, these differences introduce higher administration hours and costs because the various RBAC models are not consistent in administration and operation methodology. The differences among these implementations also increase the potential for misconfiguration and related security issues.
This paper will discuss how integrating BeyondTrust's PowerBroker with the basic RBAC implementations of Sun, HP and the Linux community, provides an all-encompassing solution ....
Keeping Pace With Mainframe Evolution: What the Mainframe Can Learn From Distributed Systems - Where ITIL Fits In
[ Source: BMC Software ]
January 2008-
The mainframe environment has evolved significantly over the years from a monolithic, centralized environment to a distributed environment. Today, the mainframe is tightly intertwined with other computing resources in a complex enterprise IT infrastructure. As a result, the mainframe operations staff faces a significant challenge - effectively managing the mainframe in this distributed computing environment. This paper examines the evolution of the architecture and role of the mainframe in IT organizations and discusses the need ....
Power Monitoring 101: Supervisory, Connectivity and Protection Options That Add An Umbrella of Protection Over Your Entire IT Infrastructure
[ Source: Eaton ]
August 2009-
Monitoring options are now available for organizations of any size. You can remotely monitor and manage a single uninterruptible power system (UPS), an enterprise-wide network of many UPSs and power distribution devices, or a complete IT support infrastructure, including generators, environmental systems and detection devices, and other components from multiple vendors.
This white paper discusses the imperatives of intelligent power monitoring.
Strategies for ensuring clean, continuous power to essential IT systems
[ Source: Eaton ]
September 2009-
Data centers rely on a continuous supply of clean electricity. However, anything from a subtle power system design flaw to a failure in the electrical grid can easily bring down even the most modern and sophisticated data center.
Fortunately, organizations can significantly mitigate their exposure to power-related downtime by adopting proven changes to their business processes and electrical power system management practices.
This white paper discusses 10 such underutilized best practices for building ....
Assure continuity of mission-critical services
[ Source: Emerson Network Power ]
June 2009-
In few industries will you find the link between IT availability and business continuity stronger than it is in retail financial services. As the largest community credit union in Connecticut, American Eagle Federal Credit Union provides everyday financial services to nearly 100,000 members. Its central data center houses more than 50 servers that perform continuous IT functions. Until the spring of 2008, the servers had been protected by a single Liebert Series 300 UPS installed ....