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- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- This whitepaper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload profiling and portability technology which has helped thousands of organisations accelerate their consolidation initiatives and...
- Tags: Data Center, Citrix Systems Inc., Data Center Consolidation, Consolidation Initiative, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2008-09-03
- A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
- This paper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload profiling and portability technology which has helped thousands of organizations accelerate their consolidation initiatives and optimize...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Data Center, Data Center Consolidation, Consolidation Initiative, Data Centers, Server Consolidation, Roi/Tco, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2007-03-12
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- 8 Phases of a Successful Consolidation Initiative
- This white paper provides an overview of the factors driving server and data center consolidation and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. Find out why data centers are beginning to view server consolidation as an ongoing IT strategy with long-term benefits...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Data Center, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-18
- Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6
- Novell recently launched a new version of PlateSpin Recon, version 3.6. I've been watching both Novell and PlateSpin, the company Novell acquired a while ago (see Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor? and Additional thoughts on Novell acquisition of PlateSpin) for a long time. It is pretty...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., PlateSpin Recon 3.6, PlateSpin Recon, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- IT Consolidation with VMware and Dell Equallogic iSCSI SANs a Fully Virtualized IT Environment - Simple to Deploy, Manage and Grow
- Organizations trying to achieve higher levels of efficiency in their data center operations are broadly adopting server virtualization. To support 7x24 operations, enable advanced functionality, and extend the value of server virtualization, storage consolidation is also required. Classically, storage consolidation is a complex and expensive undertaking requiring proprietary infrastructure, expensive...
- Tags: IT Environment, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, SAN, Dell EqualLogic, IT Consolidation, VMware Inc., Storage, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware, Servers, Virtualization, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-08
- Sun and VMware Solutions Guide for Windows Server Consolidation
- Designing a Windows server consolidation initiative creates a new set of challenges for the storage infrastructure - storage solutions must offer simplicity, performance, availability, and ease of management. To this end, Sun offers a range of simple, high-performance, easy-to-deploy, low-cost, and innovative storage solutions for Windows consolidation efforts. When combined...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Worthington Industries Assesses IT Cost Reduction Opportunities to Boost Transformation Initiative
- Worthington wanted to better leverage current investment in Oracle products and identify potential IT cost savings associated with customization removal and application rationalization and identify opportunities to capitalize on advances in new Oracle product suites that were not standard offerings at the time of the customization creation. The challenge was...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Worthington Industries, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Revolution? Please, Not Again!
- I am appalled at what has been happening in the economy lately. Seems like we are moving from one crisis management to another. First it was the oil price increase crisis, now it’s the credit markets crisis, while the oil crisis seems to have disappeared. There are revolutionary approaches to...
- Tags: Recession, Economic Condition, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Xen engine 3.3 released
- On August 27th, the Xen engine version 3.3 was released on Xen.org, the site that houses the open source Xen project. In the words of the organization, "Xen 3.3 includes enhancements that further advance its position as a fast, scalable, secure virtualization engine for the industry’s broadest range of server...
- Tags: Xen, Virtual Machine, Xen Client Initiative, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Green is really just another way of saying 'energy-efficient'
- OK, we all know that when it comes to green tech, it's REALLY about lean tech. Right? I mean, I'm sure that's why many of the IT managers who read this blog even bother spending time. That's what CDW figures, too, so in addition to the...
- Tags: Power Management, IT Professional, CDW Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer
- Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...
- Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- WMS Consolidation: Getting the Instance Strategy Right
- Companies, worldwide, are realizing the benefits of rolling out standardized Warehouse Management System WMS processes across their national or global warehouses. Popularly referred to as WMS consolidation, this initiative is typically triggered from a need to streamline processes by extending best practices from the industry or within the company to...
- Tags: Strategy, Warehouse Management System, Consolidation, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Are you fatigued by green tech news?
- So, this is the time in the progression of green IT and green technology "industry" coverage where the general population starts blaming the media and marketers for excessive story-telling and one too many cute headlines. At least, that's what a new report out of IT reseller CDW implies. ...
- Tags: Green Technology, Green IT, CDW Corp., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Forrester: More big companies starting to walk their green tech talk
- Have a whole slew of green IT data for you this week, as I clean out my e-mail after a week of R&R down in Cozumel, Mexico. First up is a Forrester report that actually I picked up before I left ("More Green Progress in Enterprise IT") but didn't have...
- Tags: Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- IDC: Making the business case for IT consolidation
- Based on industry trends and customer data, IDC provides recommendations to help you get started with your IT consolidation initiative, explores business impact and benefits and shares HP customer examples to learn from.
- Tags: Business Case, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, IT Consolidation, International Data Corp.
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Email Consolidation, Record Retention, Archiving, and High Availability
- Symantec has successfully aligned its IT infrastructure with its business requirements. Symantec's technology showcase initiative has allowed the company to experience tangible financial benefits associated with the deployment of Symantec Enterprise Vault. Based on TOEI projections of The Alchemy Solutions Group, aggregate savings from January 2006 through December 2009 were...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Consolidation, Archiving, Microsoft Exchange Server, High Availability, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Implementing Virtualization in a Global Business-Computing Environment
- Intel IT planned, engineered, and has begun deploying a virtualized business-computing production environment at several data centers, a rollout that will continue through 2008. Its initiative has already confirmed anticipated virtualization benefits such as faster, Its more automated deployment. It initially consolidating older servers running applications that are not mission-critical;...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Rackspace - hosting of virtualized systems
- Rackspace announced that the company was going to add hosting virtual servers to its list of services for those needing access to a physical server without having to acquire the server, necessary software and hire an IT administrative staff. It will be interesting to learn how successful this offering is....
- Tags: Rackspace, Information Technology, Hosting Company, Service, Organization, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Measure by measure: IBM service helps companies document energy reduction efforts
- Wanted to share some more details on IBM’s new Efficiency Certificates initiative, mentioned last week by Dan Farber in this Between the Lines entry. The service, provided in partnership with Neuwing Energy Ventures, provides an assessment of energy usage patterns and reductions for data center projects. As...
- Tags: Data Center, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- BriefingsDirect SOA Insights analysts examine 'Microsoft-Oriented Architecture' and evaluate SOA's role in 'Green IT'
- Read a full transcript. The latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 27, provides a roundtable discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture SOA-related news and events with a panel of IT analysts and experts. Please join noted IT industry analysts and experts Jim Kobielus,...
- Tags: Green IT, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Green, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
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