Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption
Outlining this sequential approach to reducing energy costs, this paper includes guidelines to removing the three most critical constraints faced by data center managers today: power, cooling and space.
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Mac OS X and Novell eDirectory Integration
[ Source: Novell ]
January 2008-The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance to others trying to further integrate Apple OS X based computers into a 3rd party directory service. This paper focuses on the Novell eDirectory environment; however the same concepts can be applied to any directory service that utilizes LDAP. The paper is aimed to build upon, and supplement, other papers on this topic. There are 3 main areas this paper focuses on. The first is LDAP ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Environmental Benefits Of Earthwise Remanufactured Toner Cartridges
[ Source: Imation ]
April 2009-This paper provides a look at the market of remanufactured toner cartridges and what environmental benefits are really achieved by using them. It is estimated that 300 million plastic toner cartridges are placed in landfills each year. At about 3 pounds per cartridge, this can equate to more than 450,000 tons of land filled plastic, steel, alumninum, rubber, foam, and other components. It is critical to review reuse and recycle opportunities. This paper explains what ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Focused Cooling Using Cold Aisle Containment
[ Source: Emerson Network Power ]
June 2009-As heat densities and cooling costs rise, data center professionals are looking for more efficient cooling solutions. This paper discusses the benefits of using both the hot and cold aisle approach, but focuses on the latter option as an effective method for eliminating data center hot spots and reducing overall cooling costs by as much as 30%.
Discover how cold aisle containment, as an addition to a conventional precision cooling system, consistently separates ....
[WHITE PAPER]
HP Remote Monitoring and HP Web Jetadmin Tools: Working Together to Deliver Superior Management of Printing and Imaging Devices
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-HP Remote Monitoring is used by HP to collect usage data and maintenance detail for HP Pay per use and Managed Services for Imaging and Printing engagements in which accurate billing information, on-time toner replenishment, and device support are contractually required. HP Web Jetadmin, an easy-to-use Web-based tool, enables customers to remotely install, configure, and manage their own imaging and printing devices. It can be used to monitor and proactively solve problems before they impact ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Innovating in Today's Economy: Sustaining Your Edge with HPC
[ Source: HP ]
May 2009-Learn how the game-changing technology of modeling and simulation with high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, systems software, and applications can boost the productivity and competitiveness of your enterprise. Hear how the new-found affordability and ease of deploying HPC solutions are fostering broad adoption. Listen to the Council on Competitiveness explain why now is the time for industrial adoption of modeling and simulation, and get practical advice from HP, ANSYS, Microsoft, and Intel on how you can ....
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HP Virtual Connect Technology Implementation for the HP BladeSystem c-Class
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-As datacenter density and complexity increase, so do demands for IT efficiency and responsiveness. As a result, simplifying system interconnections becomes significantly more important. HP has developed a new interconnect solution, the HP Virtual Connect architecture, to boost the efficiency and productivity of data center server, storage, and network administrators. HP is implementing the Virtual Connect architecture first in the HP BladeSystem c-Class. This paper explains how Virtual Connect technology virtualizes the connections between the ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Get More From Your Data Center
[ Source: Emerson Network Power ]
July 2009-This step-by-step guide will walk you through identifying gaps in your IT infrastructure, understanding how to apply new infrastructure technologies that give you greater resiliency against unforeseen events, and accommodate future growth without disruptions. Considerations include ensuring enough capacity for new equipment, installing adequate security and implementing proactive monitoring.
[WHITE PAPER]
Intel VTune Data Collector Enabling Kit for I/O Processors
[ Source: Intel ]
January 2008-This paper from Intel outlines the process of instrumenting the code to generate data that can be imported into the Intel VTune Performance Analyzer. The Intel VTune Performance Analyzer is a graphical performance profiling tool originally written for Intel Architecture Processors (x86 instruction set) running on the Windows Operating System. The Intel VTune Analyzer has many performance features such as, time-based sampling, event-based sampling, counter monitoring, call graphing and especially the Intel Tuning Assistant that ....
[WHITE PAPER]
10 Best Practices in Printer Fleet Management
[ Source: 366 Software ]
January 2008-Corporations recognize that they need to address out of control costs associated with network printing. This paper from 366 Software deals with all the print and print related costs of the entire corporation. The challenge is to move from supplying and supporting commodities and presenting in terms of ppm, meters and duty to understanding how the printer fleet can address a corporation’s business needs. PrinterRx, as such a printer fleet management tool, offers a competitive ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Multi-Core Processors: The Next Evolution in Computing
[ Source: Advanced Micro Devices ]
January 2008-Multi-core processors plays a central role in driving important advancements in PC security and virtualization technologies that are being developed to provide greater protection, resource utilization, and value for the commercial computing market. General consumers, too, will have access to greater performance than ever before, which will significantly expand the utility of their home PCs and digital media computing systems. Multi-core processors exemplify AMD’s vision to understand customers and deliver products that best meet their ....
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Blade Server Tech Report
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
March 2007-
The blade server market has been evolving, and many enterprises today can take advantage of much the improved manageability and facilities savings that blades can offer. The market has offerings from nearly every major vendor and some smaller vendors that can surprise and please both the server administrator and the data center manager. The NWC Analytics Blade Server Tech Report covers the market as it stands and can serve as a guideline for justifying investments ....
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SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform
[ Source: Anovatek Inc ]
December 2007-
SAS has developed an integrated platform for delivering enterprise intelligence. This platform, which we call the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform, optimally integrates individual technology components within your existing infrastructure into a single, unified system. The result is an information flow that transcends organizational silos, diverse computing platforms and niche tools — and delivers access to the insights that drive value for your organization.
The SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform extends the value of your existing ....
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Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel Active Management Technology in Retail Infrastructure
[ Source: Intel ]
January 2008-
Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) enabled Retail Point of Sales systems serve as a retail management program that allows users to maintain absolute control over sales and inventory while utilizing an easy and professional customer checkout. This paper illustrates the usage model of Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel Active Management Technology in Retail Infrastructure Point of Sales Systems. The paper explains the key features of these technologies and provides practical ....
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The Roadmap to Virtual Infrastructure
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2008-
Use this interactive tool to learn how you can best implement and maximize the benefits of VMware Infrastructure.
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Effectively Securing Virtualized Data Centers
[ Source: Apani ]
June 2008-
For security directors at large organizations, securing virtualized data centers is a major concern. Server virtualization offers several benefits including better total cost of ownership, increased operational efficiencies and more flexible management capabilities. But server virtualization may also increase security risks. Virtual machines (VMs) themselves are no less secure than their physical counterparts, but organizations often apply different procedures to their deployment and management. In addition, server virtualization while ....
[WHITE PAPER]
HP Reference Configuration for Virtualization - HP ProLiant BL685c Server and VMware Infrastructure 3
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-
HP BladeSystem c-Class features both full and half height blades. This paper discusses and diagrams deployment of the HP ProLiant BL685c, an AMD Opteron, 4-socket, full-height blade server in an architecture that follows both Hewlett-Packard and VMware best practices for maximum data and network redundancy. The paper graphically represents an enterprise reference configuration for HP c-Class BladeSystem running VMware Infrastructure 3 in the most redundant, rapidly recoverable and highly available configuration. Solutions utilizing HP c-Class ....
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Quick Migration with Hyper-V
[ Source: Microsoft Corporation ]
September 2008-
In this white paper, we begin with an introduction to quick migration of virtual machines using the Hyper-V technology. We then describe how to apply Hyper-V's quick migration to enhance the availability of services. We explore how you can prepare for planned downtime by using quick migration to save the state of a running virtual machine, move the storage connectivity from one physical server to another, and then restore the virtual machine (for unplanned downtime, ....
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How BladeSymphony Can Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
[ Source: Hitachi ]
July 2008-
Gartner, a neutral third-party company in the IT industry, was the first to advocate the concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This report is precisely categorized and tabulated based on system operation TCO components defined by Gartner. These TCO components are roughly divided into asset costs and staff costs to demonstrate how BladeSymphony can help reduce TCO.
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The Cloud on Your Terms: Your Apps, Where and When You Want Them
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2008-
Get a working definition of cloud computing, get tips to choosing the right cloud computing platform for your business, and learn the advantages of the VMware vCloud solution.
[WHITE PAPER]
Going Green In The Data Center Or Going Going Gone!
[ Source: CommScope ]
April 2008-
Faced with the stark realities of global warming and rising energy costs, government agencies and private firms worldwide are examining ways to protect the environment. To address what is increasingly being perceived as a crisis, there is a growing global movement to implement more environmentally friendly computing. CommScope looks at the value of going green in this presentation.
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How To Keep Things Cool In Your Data Center: 11 Tips For Summer
[ Source: Network Services ]
July 2008-
Now that summer is here, your heat worries turn to your data center. Is everything really being kept cool enough to be safe? Julius Neudorfer, director of Network Services for North American Access Technologies, provides 11 tips on how to keep things cool.
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Five Basic Steps for Efficient Space Organization within High-Density Enclosures
[ Source: APC ]
June 2009-
Organizing components and cables within high-density enclosures need not be a stressful, time-consuming chore. Thanks to the flexibility of new enclosure designs, a standard for organizing enclosure space, including power and data cables, can be easily implemented. Get five basic steps for efficient space organization within high-density enclosures.
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Beyond the Hypervisor: A Holistic Approach To Developing Next-Generation Data Center Architecture
[ Source: Cisco ]
June 2009-
Taking a holistic approach to virtualization can help IT meet the demands of better, faster, and cheaper, while laying the foundation for a dynamic, responsive infrastructure. Although today’s focus on virtualization begins with the server, the network also plays a key role as the only element that connects and enables communications between all data center components. While natural to start with the endpoints, architects need to subsequently consider thinking from the inside out, where core ....
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vSphere: New Features and Benefits
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
June 2009-
Virtualization of servers is one of the hottest topics in today's IT environment. VMware has made major improvements to the VI3 suite of products and released a new and exciting offering called vSphere. There are over 150 new features, and they are "across the board," ranging from the overall product and its packaging to the management interfaces used to configure it. This white paper takes a look at three main topics: what's new in configuration ....
[WHITE PAPER]
Building A High-Performance Data Center With VMware
[ Source: VMware ]
May 2009-
How does your data center score against the measurements of a high-performance data center? Is it efficient, effective, agile, and available? Learn about the four measures of a high-performance data center, and how VMware vSphere can provide the technology to help you build it.
[WHITE PAPER]
VMware Infrastructure: A Guide To Bottom-Line Benefits
[ Source: VMware ]
May 2009-
Learn why larger data centers mean greater risks and how you can meet data center challenges with virtualization. Unlocking the value of virtualization means cost savings, reduced energy consumption, and the ability to allocate resources on the fly.
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Eight Key Ingredients To Building An Internal Cloud
[ Source: VMware ]
May 2009-
Learn the fundamentals of cloud computing and understand the limitations of current industry solutions in this VMware white paper. Also learn about VMware technology and the vCloud Initiative, which enable enterprises to move toward a flexible, federated private cloud computing model.
[WHITE PAPER]
Desktop Virtualization Efficiencies With Citrix And NetApp
[ Source: Citrix ]
April 2009-
Deploying desktop virtualization challenges both storage and server requirements, and if not done correctly, any TCO gains from centralization can quickly be wiped out. Learn how Citrix XenDesktop and NetApp storage systems can deliver on the promise of a more efficient, secure, and easier-to-manage desktop environment.
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Clearly Better Virtualization With Citrix XenServer
[ Source: Citrix ]
April 2009-
Citrix XenApp can help achieve server consolidation, faster server deployment, improved application availability, and easier management by virtualizing servers using Citrix XenServer.
[WHITE PAPER]
Desktop Virtualization: Overcome Five Real-World Challenges
[ Source: Citrix ]
April 2009-
Before you buy, be sure your solution overcomes the five key challenges of desktop virtualization: Improved user experience, network latency tolerance, effective provisioning and patch management, agility and availability, and flexibility.
[WHITE PAPER]
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