Hyperversity Driven by Technical & Cost Differences
[ Source: Red Hat ]
December 2012-
Gabriel Consulting Group’s recent annual x86 Data Center Surveys have shown that the average x86 enterprise customer is using three different hypervisors to virtualize their
workloads. Their latest survey shows that most customers aren’t simply test-driving them in hopes of finding the “One True Hypervisor.” They have solid reasons, primarily focused on cost and technical differences, for using multiple solutions and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. This survey digs ...
EO 13514 and Smart Federal Government Data Center Management
[ Source: Raritan ]
November 2012-
EO 13514 has made the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions a priority. Federal agency data centers need to perform more efficiently and reduce energy usage. This white paper examines data center management measurement, use and saving of energy in relation to the goals established by EO 13514.
Deploying High Power to IT Equipment Racks
[ Source: Raritan ]
November 2012-
With average rack power consumption still increasing, the deployment of high power to racks is becoming more of a necessity for data center managers. This white paper will help you learn about high power best practices, trends, common configurations, future industry speculation and more.
Accelerate Deployment of mission-critical Virtualization on HP Integrity Server Blades
[ Source: HP ]
November 2012-
This technical white paper outlines the mission critical reference configuration that is part of the HP Virtual System family. This configuration for HP Integrity Server Blades provides a starting point for introducing virtualization into the mission critical data center. Consolidate old and new HP-UX computing environments, improve resource utilization, save on energy costs, and improve application availability during maintenance. Grow your configuration as you grow your data center.
Accelerate Deployment of mission-critical Virtualization on Integrity Superdome 2 Servers
[ Source: HP ]
November 2012-
Break through the IT sprawl, and turn technology assets into interoperable, shared pools of resources with a common management platform using HP VirtualSystem for Superdome 2/HP-UX . With this integrated solution, reduce the complexity of data center management, accelerate deployments, increase server utilization, and provide higher levels of service.
This white paper outlines and explains the core components and benefits of the HP VirtualSystem solution.
The Total Economic Impact To IBM WebSphere Application Server Migrating From An Open Source environment
[ Source: IBM ]
November 2012-
This analyst report shows the total economic impact of migrating from an open source solution to IBM WebSphere Application Server -- a 44%% return on investment (ROI) producing a net value of over $1 million, with numerous benefits, including reduced support costs, reduced support incidents, higher application availability, and more. This report from Forrester, a highly respect independent analyst, provides readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the WebSphere Application Server on their ...
Three Steps to a Cloud Ready Network
[ Source: Cisco ]
October 2012-
Are you cloud ready? Find out how other companies overcome the challenges of deploying cloud services with a Cisco cloud intelligent network. Learn how you can deliver flexible access and a secure, scalable cloud service.
ESG Analyst Whitepaper - Virtualization Management Critical to Achieving Scale and Efficiency
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2012-
This paper explains why customers are moving beyond traditional tools and processes when it comes to how they manage their virtual environments.
ESG global field survey provides proof points, while analysts provide recommendations for next steps in the virtualization journey.
Performance Analytics: How Normal is Your Data
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2012-
This VMware paper takes a technical look at a variety of IT performance data (operating system metrics, quality-of-service metrics, business performance metrics, etc.) to determine how well these metrics can be modeled as "normally distributed."
This concept is at the heart of VMware vCenter Operations' performance analytics capability, and provides a deeper insight into how the technology helps adapt and learn typical IT behaviors to then provide automated policies that keep alerts and ...
Organizing the Cloud
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2012-
Cloud computing represents a major opportunity for IT. At the same time it presents challenges. Lines of Business are already by-passing IT and going directly to external cloud providers. Running workloads on external cloud provider infrastructure isn't necessarily a bad thing but to regain control, IT must begin to think and act like a cloud provider.
This Whitepaper talks about traditional versus cloud view of the IT Operations organization while addressing the business ...