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- Centralization of IP Communications
- Converged data and communication networks are a reality in most large and extra-large enterprises. How can one make the most of these resources? The digital natives have entered the workforce. How can one serve them in the most cost-effective manner? Mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs are standard events for large enterprises....
- White papers 2009-04-03
- Ministry of Defence's UNICOM Saves US$4.5 Million and Cuts Support Costs by 75% With Centralization
- Ministry of Defence wanted to reduce the cost of maintaining a distributed fleet of 450 servers, terminals, and software in over 300 locations worldwide and provide chain of command with timely visibility of all assets. The challenge was to build a simplified, agile environment with the scalability to support the...
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Information Security Control Centralization and IT Governance for Enterprises
- Information Technology IT governance is important in every Enterprise to ensure the execution of the firm's security policies and procedures. It is a subset discipline of Corporate Governance focused on Information Technology IT systems and their performance and risk management. This paper sights current some problems. It also presents the...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Accelerating Mission-Critical Oracle Applications Throughout the Distributed Enterprise
- From Oracle E-Business Suite to PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and JD Edwards World, Oracle offers a full complement of integrated business solutions that improve functional best practices, integrate Web services, provide predictive analysis and enable more flexible, collaborative business processes. Many businesses today rely on Oracle applications to...
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Who benefits from data center centralization?
- Who benefits from data center centralization?The difference is in control/managementCentralized processing with decentralized control works - centralizing both does not.But notice that Wintel/data processing essentially force the centralization of both, and Unix does not. You can centralize control with Unix, but you don't have to. Instead you put everything...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- IBM announces the Z10: Is the mainframe still relevant?
- IBM announces the Z10: Is the mainframe still relevant?z10 - Change of Ideology in EnterprisesI think the z10 is going to be the future winner, especially in the virtualization arena. The problem will be getting large corporations to "buy" in to the purchase. In the old days of...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Red shift meets event horizon
- Red shift meets event horizoncentralization risksPhil, Excellent post - much food for thought. I actually agree that there are dangers in too much centralization of the computing grid, though I think that, for economic reasons, we're going to see considerably more centralization for the foreseeable future (though far from total...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- Normative issues in the Cocoon strategy
- Normative issues in the Cocoon strategyCentralization is not all rosyPlacing ALL of your documents in one "basket" means a major single-point-of-failure. If your network/server infrastructure is anything but rock-solid, don't do it.Not to mention SOx and the "separation of roles" issues! Any server with sensitive docs would need all sorts...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-21
- The Benefits of Centralization in Wireless LANs Via the Cisco Unified Wireless Network
- This paper addresses the benefits of 802.11 wireless LAN centralization via the Cisco Unified Wireless Network. It discusses how centralization of Wireless LANs WLANs delivers advanced features and benefits that are easy to deploy, scale, and manage. These benefits include ease of deployment, ease of upgrades, reliable connectivity through dynamic...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Reduce IT Costs Using Citrix Presentation Server 4
- Nowadays, IT organizations are looking for ways to cut costs and deliver more value to the enterprise. They are turning to data center and server centralization and consolidation to significantly reduce costs, while at the same time, seeking ways to improve IT systems and infrastructure management to deliver even higher...
- White papers 2005-10-01
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- Delegating Network Security With More Information
- Network security is gravitating towards more centralized control. Strong centralization places a heavy burden on the administrator who has to manage complex security policies and be able to adapt to users' requests. To be able to cope, the administrator needs to delegate some control back to end-hosts and users, a...
- White papers 2009-08-21
- Managing Windows Server 2008 R2: Executive Overview
- Windows Server 2008 R2 represents a significant milestone in Microsoft's ongoing efforts to help customers streamline the management of their unique IT infrastructures. This white paper begins with a brief discussion of today's IT management challenges. It highlights many new and improved tools that can help ease management burdens through...
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Sun: Our quarter stunk; Oracle: We'll get our accretive earnings anyway
- Sun: Our quarter stunk; Oracle: We'll get our accretive earnings anywaySun's acquisition by Oracle I agree with you Larry, Sun's hardware division has been a drain on Sun for 9 years. IBM's z-series and HP's superdome consolidation/virtualization has made centralization cost effective over server farm. While x86...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- OB-On Call (Mobile)
- Have you ever been on call, covering Obstetrics for the evening, when you are caught completely off guard with a patient file? The OB triage nurse callsyou, expecting you to know everything about all the patients, but you cannot recall the patient preparing to be admitted to the hospital. Even...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- 10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicity
- For every action there is an equally potent reaction, and that is certainly the case in IT developments we've been seeing as of late. Call them paradoxes if you will, and I just published some of them in an article for Database Trends & Applications on the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for Microsoft
- EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for MicrosoftLet 'em have it.Because it won't change their behavior in any way. Instead of issuing a fine to the company, the EU should fine the shareholders. You want to see some quick action in a company's attitude change?...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-10
- What open source should tell the FCC
- What open source should tell the FCCyou are rightThe very wealthy in the US will not give up their power easily. Open and free internet is the enemy of the rich and powerful.The free flow if ideas is what they are trying to stop, here and in places like China.I...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- UC Berkeley scientists define cloud computing
- UC Berkeley scientists define cloud computingMy own definitions of Cloud Computing...Cloud Computing - 1. An unnecessary return to the dinosaur client-server model which was abandoned 20+ years ago when the personal computer became popular. 2. A buzz-word the media uses to describe anything which uses a local client to do...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- SOA design patterns, explored in detail
- Many organizations' efforts to move to SOA have been mired by organizational issues, by conflicting vendor messages, and by architectures that may amount to little more than Just a Bunch of Web Services. While no two SOA implementations are alike, Thomas Erl author of SOA Design...
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- The IT theme for 2009: simplify
- The IT theme for 2009: simplifyWhat's your outlook for the cloud Murph?With the dismal economic prospects, does not the cloud factor in as a means of controlling cost and simplifying? Yes?I am a registered AWS provider.Thanks Murph.Dietrich T. Schmitz[url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/blog/]Linux IT Consultant[/url]Mildly Surprisedhow much I relate to this post. e.g.:"and prayed...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-10
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