Expect More from your Web Infrastructure [ Source: Red Hat ]
May 2013- There's a reason Red Hat Enterprise Linux is consistently chosen as the operating platform for industry-standard performance benchmarks. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is designed to deliver scale-out and scale-up performance for small and large servers, offering documented scalability up to 4,096 CPUs and 64 Terabytes of RAM.
Linux in the Mainstream: Business Critical Workloads Quickly Becoming the Norm [ Source: Red Hat ]
May 2013- This IDC White Paper takes a look at the growth of Linux as a server operating system and how deployment form factors have changed over time. Today, commercial Linux has become a key platform across many workloads. This paper considers both workload data and the ecosystem that has grown up to support the opportunity for Linux deployments, including application software, application development and deployment software, and infrastructure software. Detailed case studies covering the Red Hat ...
Building a Bridge to the Next-Generation Data Center [ Source: Red Hat ]
May 2013- Making your datacenter more agile and responsive requires changes to tools and processes. Organizations can build a bridge to the next generation by selecting a widely adopted operating system as a foundational component.
How Red Hat Delivers a Secure Enterprise Platform for Next-Generation Datacenters [ Source: Red Hat ]
May 2013- Traditional security measures such as network firewalls are no longer enough to keep an enterprise secure. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, security mechanisms are incorporated and applied at the core of every solution, and security is extended to include all the open source packages that make up Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a result, customers experience a higher quality of service.
Eliminating the Need for WAN Acceleration Using the Cloud [ Source: Nasuni ]
May 2013-
Data is an organization's most important asset and the ability to provide access where and when it is needed is vital to the success of every company.
Download this white paper to learn about how the cloud is an exciting new alternative to traditional WAN acceleration. Specifically:
• WAN acceleration - the good and the bad
• The cloud as the new data center
• How Storage Infrastructure as a Service changes ...
The Top Ten Headaches Caused by Remote Office Storage [ Source: Nasuni ]
May 2013-
IT directors at growing, distributed enterprises face a number of unique challenges, particularly when it comes to storage. Nasuni has worked with hundreds of customers to alleviate the pain that today's enterprise IT departments face in trying to manage storage remotely.
We drew upon the insights and experiences of IT directors at enterprises that range from five to fifty locations and often cross multiple continents. In every case, IT has to ensure that ...
Top 10 Considerations for a Successful Windows 8 Deployment [ Source: Dell Software ]
May 2013- Research firm IDC reports that businesses sticking with an outdated OS incur significant costs for impaired productivity. Is yours one of them? Support for Windows XP will end in April 2014, and Microsoft acknowledges that enterprisewide migration can take 18 - 32 months. Whether you are currently running XP or Vista on your systems, there's no time to waste in planning and executing your deployment to the most up-to-date OS. We can help: Top 10 Considerations for a Successful ...
Cloud-based UC: A Foundation for Business Transformation [ Source: Mitel ]
April 2013- The unified communications (UC) market is undergoing a remarkable transformation, thanks to a perfect storm of cloud computing, advances in IP communications, and the onslaught of mobile innovations. At the same time, efficiency-obsessed CIOs are turning to cloud-based UC to reduce IT costs and focus resources on investments that give their enterprises the greatest strategic advantages. In a market undergoing such fundamental changes, how can IT managers take advantage of cloud-based UC and create a ...
O'Reilly School of Technology Proves that an Education in NetVault Backup Pays Off [ Source: Dell Software ]
April 2013- O'Reilly School of Technology's lead System Administrator, Trent Johnson, noticed his backups were taking an entire weekend to complete, so he turned to Dell NetVault Backup. By taking advantage of its native NDMP feature and integration with NetApp, he reduced his backup time down to a couple of hours with minimal effort and expense.
Controlling and Managing Superuser Access [ Source: Dell Software ]
April 2013-
Effectively managing privileged accounts (sometimes called superuser accounts) is becoming more and more critical as security and compliance emerge as the driving forces behind most IT initiatives. Unfortunately, native tools and manual practices for privileged account management are proving to be inadequate for today's complex heterogeneous enterprise.
This white paper explores the risks associated with privileged accounts, and explains how solutions from Dell mitigate those risks by enabling granular access control and accountability ...
Forrester: The Total Economic Impact Of VMware View [ Source: VMware ]
April 2013-
In August 2012, VMware commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential
return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by efficiently managing their virtual desktop infrastructure from a
single console using VMware View.
The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the
potential financial impact of VMware View on their organizations.
Key Considerations when Evaluating an Enterprise Collaboration Solution [ Source: Cisco ]
April 2013- How do Cisco and Microsoft collaboration solutions compare? From cloud-based voice and video to comprehensive BYOD and mobility support to deployment costs, this report highlights six key areas to evaluate in collaboration offerings.
Drive optimal application delivery [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- Application-centric networking solves the application challenges facing IT departments, helping them maintain visibility into and control over applications regardless of where they reside or are accessed from.
Cloud-Intelligent Network: Secure and Scalable [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- 72% of IT managers list "security" as their primary concern about the cloud. In this ZK Research report, see why transitioning to a cloud-intelligent network is key to addressing security, visibility, and scalability concerns in the cloud.
Prepare Your Branch Office Network for the Cloud [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- There is a growing gap between management expectations and the readiness of branch offices for cloud computing. In this Lippis guide, learn the latest Cisco solutions to help address this gap and support a transition to the cloud.
Prepare Your Network for the Cloud [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- Secure cloud-based applications and services need to be available anytime, anywhere. Find out how the Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network helps get networks cloud-ready, with improved application performance, faster deployment, and almost 100% uptime.
Cisco - Enabling the World of Many Clouds [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- Private, public, hybrid - Cisco enables a world of many clouds with new levels of agility and security. This report from ACG Research looks how Cisco's cloud strategy improves economics beyond simple data center virtualization.
Impact of the Cloud on the Network [ Source: Cisco ]
March 2013- Cisco polled 1,300 IT professionals from around the globe to uncover the key priorities and challenges of moving to the cloud. From infrastructure essentials to top migration trends, get full survey results and an infographic that breaks it all down.
Data Security Best Practices [ Source: Egnyte ]
March 2013- Company data is one of the most valuable assets of any business. So it's no surprise data protection is at the top of every IT checklist when it comes to file sharing and storage. But what are the necessary steps to stop a data breach as it's happening? And most importantly, how can companies proactively prevent data breach in the first place? Learn why file server attacks happen and best practices to avoid data intrusion ...
Management and Wireless in the Data Center [ Source: Raritan ]
March 2013- There are numerous advantages to using Wi-Fi for data center infrastructure management (DCIM) instead of hardwired Ethernet connections. This White Paper examines how wireless systems can support the reliability, performance and security requirements of mission-critical systems.
Global Collaboration Without VPN [ Source: Egnyte ]
March 2013- Learn how Learfield Communication has leveraged a combination of over 50 local storage devices and the cloud to provide access to files from any of these local storage devices to employees using smartphones, tablets, and computers - even when these devices don't have a network connection.
Mobile File Sharing provides $5M savings on construction project [ Source: Egnyte ]
March 2013- Learn how Balfour Beatty saved over five million dollars in one project alone by using file sharing on iPads. Balfour Beatty leveraged a combination of local storage on jobsites and the cloud to access large digital designs with Wireless LAN speeds instead of 3G speeds.
File Sharing Beyond the Firewall [ Source: Egnyte ]
March 2013- Learn how to provide local file access with any computer or mobile device outside the firewall, without the need for VPN. See why cloud-enabled storage is the next generation of file sharing infrastructure.
Entry-Level Solutions for Private Cloud Automation Deliver Rapid Returns [ Source: Cisco ]
February 2013-
IDC expects spending on cloud server and application management software will total more than $3 billion by 2016 as IT customers of all sizes and across many industries embrace more efficient and automated datacenter operations strategies.
Often, the first step in this journey focuses on
implementing an in-house private cloud environment to enable self-service provisioning for
end users. Traditionally, the provisioning of physical and virtual servers has been a complex, time-consuming multistep process. However,using ...
The Journey to Cloud [ Source: Cisco ]
February 2013-
Traditionally, the provisioning process for new application environments and infrastructure resources contains numerous planning, technical, communication, and testing steps that can sometimes span over multiple weeks or even months.
Condensing this long, error-prone and often painful process to 15 minutes is the promise of the private cloud. But how can you leverage server, network, storage, automation, and orchestration resources that are already in place in your own datacenter to create a private cloud?
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The Role of Virtual WAN Optimization in the Next-Generation Datacenter [ Source: Silver Peak ]
February 2013-
Growing data volumes, offsite data replication, and the increasing use of content-rich applications and Big Data are requiring IT organizations to optimize available network resources. Trends such as virtualization and cloud computing further reinforce this requirement. To help with this process, companies are increasingly relying on a new generation of software-based WAN optimization capabilities that are displacing standalone physical appliances by offering more scalability, flexibility, and manageability.
An optimized WAN environment can increase ...