Virtualization and the Data Center: How to Build an Intelligent, Consolidated, Virtualized Data Center
[ Source: AMD ]
October 2011-
CIOs today must support more revenue generating projects without expanding, rebuilding or moving their data centers. Virtualization is one option to consolidate resources and make this happen. However, virtualizing the data center with existing servers is not the best solution - mainly because older servers have memory issues, lack the power efficiency to keep energy costs down and the ability to scale up and down as needed.
This white paper explains how to ...
PCI-Compliant Cloud Reference Architecture authored by Cisco, Coalfire, HyTrust, Savvis and VMware
[ Source: HyTrust, Inc. ]
November 2010-
Cisco, HyTrust, VMware, Savvis and Coalfire have collaborated to construct a cloud reference architecture that addresses some of the unique challenges of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).
Innovative technologies from Cisco, VMware, and HyTrust are used to implement the cloud architecture with a number of additional security controls to meet the intent of PCI DSS. The reference architecture was implemented in the Savvis lab and the team collaborated with Coalfire, which ...
The Benefits of Virtualization for Small and Medium Businesses
[ Source: VMware ]
March 2010-
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) of all sizes are rapidly adopting virtualization and achieving significant benefits in a number of areas. This survey white paper provides SMBs with the benefits and key findings as to why virtualization is rapidly growing in the SMB market.
Modeling the Virtual Data Center
[ Source: Elastra ]
November 2009-
The transition to cloud computing is not simply about outsourcing or applying old technology to new IT processes, it signals a shift in how IT is designed and delivered. The ultimate value of cloud computing is realized by significantly reducing lead times needed to deliver critical business services. And, to realize this value, a new approach to modeling the new “virtual” data center should be considered.
The quickest path to model-driven automation within ...
Breakthrough Event & Fault Management for the New IT
[ Source: Rivermuse ]
October 2009-
The last twenty years have seen the complexity of enterprise and telecoms service delivery infrastructures grow beyond the economic viability of systems put in place to enable service management personnel to keep order. Infrastructure change and complexity are too great to manually maintain business logic.
RiverMuse ushers in a new era of groundbreaking innovation in event management in order to cost effectively support the rapid adoption of a dynamic service delivery infrastructure by ...
Private Cloud ROI Case Study with Intel and Univa
[ Source: Univa UD ]
September 2009-
How can Private Cloud technology benefit you? Find out in this new case study and ROI analysis which describes the benefits Corus Automotive, a major European steelmaker, has received due to an Intel and Univa infrastructure transformation.
Corus is using Intel Nehalem processors and Univa UD software used to create a private cloud to run its technical computing applications and streamline its data management and storage processes. These applications allow an elite team ...
Virtualization Technologies Aid Disaster Recovery Planning
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-
The need to protect virtual server systems is paramount, and where companies want to reduce the costs associated with disaster recovery planning, virtualization can enable easier recovery without a great deal of additional cost. Learn more about enterprise-class disaster recovery and high-availability solutions for cutting-edge virtual environments.
Automating the Virtual IT Lifecycle: Delivering Compliance, Command and Control with Process Automation
[ Source: Enigmatec ]
September 2008-
There is a shift occurring in the way many organizations view their IT operations. The new focus is on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business, whether the customer is a development team, internal business unit, or external customer or partner. This shift is significant for IT organizations, as it forces them to think of themselves more as service providers than support teams. This discipline is termed IT Service Management (ITSM), and it's ...
Efficiently Isolating Contractors From Sensitive Data: The Many Advantages of Software-based Contractor Isolation
[ Source: Apani ]
March 2008-
For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks. Often contractors are hired to rapidly solve problems while operating outside the security policies of employees. Once within the network, they have free access to confidential data and business systems. Even when access is restricted, these savvy individuals can easily jump to unauthorized systems-unknown ...
Cloud Computing and How To Drive Efficiency in Virtual Environments
[ Source: CiRBA ]
September 2010-
A major shift is occurring in the way capacity is managed in the data center.
Download this whitepaper to get tips on how fortune 1000 companies are:
• Using Tetris (yes, the game!) to solve data center challenges
• Optimizing workload placements
• Leveraging capacity defragmentation as a management tool
As virtualization increases its penetration into production environments, and as public and private clouds move to ...