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- One pharmacy hub to rule them all
- The resulting site, which seems set to use the Surescriptsrxhub.com domain, would deliver a single network for processing nearly all the e-prescriptions in the U.S. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: CIGNA Corp., Payment, Consolidation, Industry, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Industry, SureScripts, Operational Accounting, Insurance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- HP's Hurd: U.S. demand 'spotty'; Data center, app consolidation continues
- HP CEO Mark Hurd was inevitably asked about the U.S. economy during the company's earnings conference call and the message was clear: It's hard to chart tech spending right now. HP reported a strong second quarter due to sales abroad, but analysts spent a good chunk of...
- Tags: U.S., Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consolidation, Mark Hurd, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Consolidation Through Virtualisation With Sun x64 Servers
- IT organisations must complete an almost impossible juggling act. Delivering more services at less cost. Increasing performance, yet managing fewer systems. Buying the right server for the job, yet adapting to change at a moments notice.As this Sun whitepaper explores, the Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade modular systems...
- Tags: Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtualization, Sun Solaris, Servers, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Operating Systems, Processors, Hardware, Software, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-05-13
- THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY
- Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can...
- Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-13
- Sun Achieves >80% reduction in space, power and cooling costs by Consolidating European Datacenters
- This compelling case study looks at how, in November of 2005, Sun's IT Operations ITOPS group faced lease expirations that drove the consolidation of multiple European datacenters into a single state-of-the-art facility in their Guillemont Park, U.K campus.This consolidation was in support of their strategy to reduce their mission critical...
- Tags: Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-13
- Debt Consolidation Software (exe)
- Debt consolidation software download gives you the best debt management advice available, including Individual Voluntary Arrangements IVAs and protected trust deeds. Get yourself financially back on your feet with the best debt management advice from experienced professionals, all in one software application. Download this software for free today (U.K. and...
- Tags: Software, Credit Card, Consolidation, Credit Card Balance Transfers, Tools & Techniques, Sales Channel, Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-04-18
- State Agency Upgrades Operating System to Support Consolidation and Virtualization
- The State of California relies on technology to run all facets of government. Department of Technology Services DTS wanted to encourage a shared services model in order to provide a higher level of service to customer agencies and decrease overall costs. In late 2007, DTS decided to upgrade its data...
- Tags: Virtualization, Agency, Operating System, Consolidation, Server Computer, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- HP Data Protector 6.0 Software Object Consolidation: "Best Practices"
- HP Data Protector Software A.06.00 introduces an advanced backup solution called synthetic full backup. This solution enables to create synthetic full backups and virtual full backups with an operation called object consolidation allowing implementing an incremental forever backup strategy. The incremental forever paradigm means that except for the first backup...
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consolidation, Best Practice, HP Data Protector Software A.06.00, Backups
- White papers 2008-03-01
- Middleware field consolidates in services direction as Workday acquires Cape Clear
- On-demand business applications provider Workday has acquired SOA and enterprise integration middleware vendor Cape Clear Software, the companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition is novel in several respects. A middleware software vendor is being absorbed by a software as a service SaaS provider to expand its enterprise solutions...
- Tags: Acquisition, Cape Clear Software, Consolidation, Workday, Integration, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Server Consolidation and the Combinatorial Effects of Multi-Core Processing, Virtualization, and Grid Technologies
- Information Technology IT is a fast moving target, constantly pushing the limits of human creativity in developing innovative solutions to meet user demands. But never has IT faced as radical an evolution as the one underway. Through the combined use of Grid, Virtualization and Multi-core technologies everyone is witnessing unprecedented...
- Tags: Consolidation, Multi-core, Technology, eXludus, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Financial Consolidation, Reporting, and Analysis Solutions for Government
- Today's government agencies face a vast range of complex financial reporting and consolidation requirements - and ever-increasing scrutiny by auditors. Transaction systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems should not be the automatic choice for financial consolidation and reporting requirements. Financial Consolidation, Reporting, and Analysis FCRA applications can provide...
- Tags: Financial, Consolidation, Government, Analysis, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Finance, Software
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Database Consolidation: Reducing Cost and Complexity
- The Bottom Line: Database consolidation projects offer companies the hope of lower costs, greater ease of database administration, and the chance to improve the quality of their database technology by reducing the number of database instances and emphasizing some vendors over others.This white paper has some of the latest information...
- Tags: Consolidation, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-01-29
- Database Consolidation Makes New IT Initiatives Possible
- The Issue: The proliferation of databases is Preventing money and staff from being devoted to new IT initiatives.Read this recent AMR Research survey which found that companies are reducing the number of database instances and minimizing the role of database vendors in search of superior technology and a smaller burden...
- Tags: Information Technology, Consolidation, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-01-29
- More consolidation as Agresso closes in on CODA?
- In a regulatory statement made on its website, UK enterprise financials vendor CODA today announced it has been approached by Agresso in what looks like a friendly takeover: Coda plc ("CODA" or the "Company") announces that on 18 December 2007 it received an indicative approach from Unit 4 Agresso...
- Tags: Consolidation, On-demand, CODA, Unit 4 Agresso, Approach, COA, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- The Big Switch: The network becomes the data center
- The Big Switch: The network becomes the data centerSounds like McNealy's Big Friggin Webtone Switch 2.0Sounds like McNealy's Big Friggin Webtone Switch 2.0. Only this time, there won't even be ANY servers. It will be in the magical cloud. The network is the computer, who needs computers....
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Reading, data center, server, consolidation, Big Switch, network
- Discussion threads 2008-01-13
- SAP Application Server Consolidation on IBM System z: Opportunity, Metrics, and Case Studies
- SAP customers never run just one SAP system - they run many. Part of the reason is that each production SAP system is part of a "flock" of SAP systems with associated non-production systems. These associated non-production SAP systems are for purposes such as development, test, training, and quality assurance....
- Tags: Consolidation, Application Server, SAP AG, Server, IBM Corp., Pricing, Marketing
- White papers 2008-01-10
- Microsoft offers to buy FAST for $1.2 billion; Likely to trigger enterprise search consolidation
- Microsoft said Tuesday that it will offer $1.2 billion in cash for Fast Search and Transfer FAST, a big player in the enterprise search market. The move is sure to shake up the enterprise search market, which thus far has been dominated by a series of smaller...
- Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Fast Search, Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- How Cisco IT Achieves Consolidation and Standardization in the Data Center
- The need to manage and build isolated islands for each application cost Cisco IT too much in resources and flexibility, and a solution was required. Underutilization of resources is a major factor in high TCO. Like many enterprises, Cisco is challenged to control the costs and improve the inefficiencies of...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Consolidation, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Standardization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-12-18
- Consolidation of Cisco Unified CallManager Clusters Improves Manageability and Reduces Costs
- Cisco needed a way to ensure business continuity if the WAN link between the hub and the remote office went down. In the event of a WAN outage, employees would need the capability to place calls, including E911 calls, and to receive calls over the Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN....
- Tags: Consolidation, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2007-12-17
- Total Cost Comparison: NetApp vs. EMC Solutions for Windows File Services Consolidation
- Once companies have made the decision to consolidate their Windows file services environments, a key consideration for many is which storage platform will provide the lowest total cost. This independent research by Mercer Management Consulting reviews the cost of acquiring, deploying, operating, and managing EMC Celerra and NetApp FAS environments....
- Tags: Consolidation, Microsoft Windows, EMC Corp., NetApp, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-12-01
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