Breaking Through The Storage I/O Barrier For Cloud Computing
[ Source: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. ]
September 2011-
It's no secret that public and private cloud computing is experiencing exponential growth. IDC projects that by 2014, server sales will grow to $718M for public clouds and $11.8 billion for private clouds. IDC also projects public cloud services will grow at 30% per year, five times that of global IT spending in 2011. <br><br>
One of the biggest challenges in cloud computing is the storage I/O bottlenecks that come with large-scale virtual ...
Seven Tips for Optimizing IT Costs
[ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010-
Optimizing IT costs requires the ability to analyze IT service cost, utilization, alternatives, and business priorities together with flexible analysis and the ability to quickly explore what-if scenarios. This gives you the power to make intelligent decisions about investing in IT services that provide the greatest business value. Learn how to apply IT cost optimization to your hardware and software initiatives and service levels, through IT cost management.
Cummins saved $30 Million with IT Cost Management ~ case study video
[ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010-
View the Cummins case study video to learn how they saved $30 million by implementing IT Financial Management best practices. Learn how they were able to:
• Control IT Spend and Usage
• Reduce inefficiencies
• Reduce waste
• Drive accurate IT cost allocations
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 ...
The Green Data Center: Where Ecology Meets Economy
[ Source: Wipro Technologies ]
October 2008-
This paper critically examines ways to maximize your Data Center’s efficiency by providing you with a green perspective of your computing environment. Once you are able to look at your entire Data Center environment, it becomes clear how you can make it operate leaner and more efficiently. The way forward is to follow a green path where no processing cycle goes to waste. The result allows you to provide the same level of information ...
Moving to Virtualization: A Guide to What's Possible From VMware
[ Source: VMware ]
October 2010-
Did you know that over the next year, 50% of small and midsized businesses are moving to virtualization? That's because virtualization allows businesses to run multiple operating systems and applications simultaneously on the same server, delivering a range of great benefits.
Read our guide to learn how you can get started quickly with VMware. VMware delivers reliable, enterprise-class solutions at a price your business can afford. Create a more robust, highly available infrastructure at ...
Alternatives for Securing Virtual Networks
[ Source: Altor Networks ]
April 2009-
View the "Alternatives for Securing Virtual Networks" white paper which describes
virtualization security threats and challenges with virtual networks and cloud computing. Add defense-in-depth security to your virtualized data center with Altor VF virtual firewall.
An increasingly large share of data center network traffic is occurring between VMs within a virtualization server - on the “virtual network” - yet VM and network administrators have minimal ability to see or control inter-VM communication. By ...
Next-Generation Intelligent STORAGE for Virtualization
[ Source: Dell ]
January 2012-
The legacy storage technologies in use at most organizations today were designed and developed before the advent of widespread virtualization. That means they're fundamentally inadequate for the new challenges IT organizations face, including tremendous growth in data volume, serious limitations on infrastructure budgets and staff, intense pressure to achieve optimized application performance, and increasingly volatile fluctuations in business demand.<br><br>
Legacy storage technologies also prevent IT organizations (and the businesses ...
Is Your Data Center Ready for Virtualization? Important Power Considerations for Virtualized IT Environments
[ Source: Eaton ]
April 2009-
Virtualization brings the potential to deliver dramatic savings in terms of server count, footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements for data centers. For all its advantages though, virtualization also brings some unique challenges. Overall power consumption will be lower, but power demands per rack will be much higher. There will be fewer servers, but each one will be more critical than ever. Applications can be dynamically reallocated at will, but the support infrastructure cannot do ...
Virtualization Overview
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
August 2008-
Among the leading business challenges confronting CIOs and IT managers today are: cost-effective utilization of IT infrastructure; responsiveness in supporting new business initiatives; and flexibility in adapting to organizational changes. Driving an additional sense of urgency is the continued climate of IT budget constraints and more stringent regulatory requirements. Virtualization is a fundamental technological innovation that allows skilled IT managers to deploy creative solutions to such business challenges. This white paper provides an overview of ...