Wireless Infrastructure Management in the Cloud [ Source: Xirrus ]
May 2013- Wireless devices have changed the way organizations and their users interact. Mobile smartphones, tablets, laptops, and wireless enabled devices have driven the mindset that wireless networks must be ubiquitous, fast, and constantly available. These are demands that have traditionally put organizations and their users in direct contrast with their IT departments, as constructing and maintaining wireless infrastructures have typically been time-consuming, complex, and costly endeavors.
HP Cloudsystem: A Clear Path to Virtualization [ Source: HP/VMware ]
April 2013-
Cloud computing can not only extend the benefits of virtualization but, over time, it can transform the IT environment to become a key element of an organization?s competitive advantage.
Download "Innovate to Drive Agility" and take advantage of the business agility that cloud computing can provide by:
• Reducing the time to deploy, provision, and scale cloud infrastructure, to deliver both agility and speed to your business
• Integrating into your ...
Getting the Most From Your Cloud Implementation [ Source: HP/VMware ]
April 2013-
For cloud components to operate optimally, they cannot be assembled - they must be integrated. With inadequate integration, the cloud can fall short of expectations for speed, flexibility, and costs.
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Mobile Data Center Brings the Mobile Cloud to Life: Portable, Mobile Data Centers Aligned with Army Operations [ Source: MicroTech and NetApp ]
April 2013-
By following this blueprint, the Army has the opportunity to not only align itself with federal consolidation and cloud mandates, but also maximize the potential of the APC2 contract and achieve more flexible, cost-effective, and tactical IT operations with an APC2 Mobile Data Center (MDC).
APC2 MDC brings the Mobile Cloud to life with a range of energy-efficient, rugged, easily transportable cloud solutions.
This white paper provides the details needed for ...
Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure [ Source: Blue River Information Technology and Riverbed ]
March 2013-
Seamless integration between the data center and globally distributed locations at the edge
Maximizing user productivity regardless of where they reside is a key requirement but for branch offices, there is a particular challenge - where to place the resources the users need. Typically, it is a choice between the branch and the data center.
So what is the best approach? Until now, organizations had to choose between one or the ...
Managing Data through Replication [ Source: Dell ]
March 2013- Data is growing - and quickly. So how do you effectively manage and protect it? CIOs and other IT entities are looking for ways to secure their rapidly expanding data and ensure its availability during times of emergency and importance. Data replication may be the way. This issue brief explores the ins and outs of data replication?how it works, what it offers and its appeal to IT professionals.
Improving Shared Services and SLA Accountability through APM [ Source: Dell ]
March 2013- The escalation of shared services implementations in the public sector has emphasized the need for IT to deliver comprehensive performance and user experience metrics. Without them, organizations can't accurately measure common benchmarks that make shared services financially sound. To achieve this level of insight, organizations are increasingly turning to application performance monitoring (APM).
Optimize Programs and Fulfill Mandate Expectations with Project and Portfolio Governance [ Source: Oracle ]
March 2013- Knowing which programs your agency should support doesn't have to be a guessing game. With Oracle's Primavera Portfolio Management's enterprise approach to governance, agency executives can align projects with strategic goals, balance spending and assess risk. Plus, strategic governance provides greater levels of transparency and accountability, so compliance is never an issue and the return on taxpayer's funds is always rewarding.
Simplifying Programs for Better Performance and Reinvestment Opportunities in the Public Sector [ Source: Oracle ]
March 2013-
In the public sector, obtaining funding increases for anything except the most critical of mission objectives will be near impossible for the foreseeable future. Yet, agencies must continue to deliver excellent service to citizens despite stagnant or reduced budgets. The federal government leadership is being challenged to cut spending and reinvest in areas with greater opportunity.
This paper reviews the Federal CIO's strategic approach to achieve more with less. You'll also learn how ...
Succeed in the cloud with service lifecycle management [ Source: HP ]
March 2013-
Cloud computing is changing IT forever. Will it spell the demise of the enterprise IT department or be a catalyst for its rebirth? Find out how IT can use service lifecycle management to transform cloud from a source of heartburn into a source of revitalization.
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Enlightened data center automation in the cloud age [ Source: HP ]
March 2013-
The cloud beckons, with its promise of higher agility, IT efficiency, and cost savings. But no business can make the move to the cloud in a single leap. Learn how enlightened companies are using data center automation as a critical step to turning cloud potential into reality.
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IBM Platform Symphony Government [ Source: IBM ]
March 2013- The drive to capitalize on big data in government is strong, yet the influx of this data is presenting new challenges for IT departments. For example, analyzing and storing big data requires substantial infrastructure resources, but with declining budgets and limited data center capacities, IT groups cannot simply add hardware as they might have in the past. To control costs, they need to make better use of existing resources. To take advantage of big data ...
What is an Enterprise-Class MapReduce Distributed Run-Time Engine, and Why Use It? [ Source: IBM ]
March 2013- The explosive growth of data is creating significant challenges for many companies. Challenges include physical storage, lack of data mobility, and the escalating costs of managing, storing and processing large, growing data sets. Organizations need the ability to analyze and gain insights from vast amounts of retained data for a variety of business purposes including customer billing, fraud detection and data mining to find new revenue opportunities. This collection of challenges is often referred to ...
Accelerate your transition to the cloud with a prevalidated and secure infrastructure solution [ Source: GTSI, NetApp, Cisco, VMware ]
March 2013-
Jointly designed by NetApp, Cisco, and VMware, the FlexPod™ data center solution is a complete, integrated cloud architecture consisting of leading storage, networking, and server technologies. It was designed to reduce the cost and complexity of implementing the federal Cloud-First policy and other cloud initiatives, with a secure, pretested, shared infrastructure solution that has been validated in a lab environment.
• Reduce business risk and time to deployment for all your applications.
• Increase ...
Forrester Whitepaper: IT Operations Managers Must Rethink Their Approach to Private Cloud [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
May 2013-
Organizations of all types are attracted by the promises of private cloud computing, but few actually have the virtual maturity to be successful. This Forrester report reveals the latest virtualization trends so you can see how far your peers are in their journey to the private cloud. Read on and discover best practices for improving virtualization in order to prepare for the cloud.
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