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Partner With EMC Consulting to Set and Achieve "Green" Data Center Goals

The organization can become more efficient and achieve Green IT objectives through the right combination of virtualization technology and IT efficiency initiatives. EMC Consulting can help to streamline and virtualize the infrastructure, consolidate and relocate data centers, and improve energy efficiency as well as the efficiency of IT infrastructure and...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, EMC Corp., EMC Consulting, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Webcasts 2008-12-11

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Deduplication market undergoes rapid changes

In May, I blogged about NetApp's announced acquisition of deduplication pionneer, Data Domain. The announcement triggered an unsolicted counter-offer from EMC, followed by another counter from NetApp. But after a month of offers, counter-offers and regulatory reviews, EMC ultimately outbid NetApp with an all cash offer of $2.1 billion. I believe...

Tags: NetApp Inc., De-duplication, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Stephanie Balaouras

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Educational Foundation Cuts Server Footprint by Approximately 66 Per Cent With a Virtualized Infrastructure by Dell

Educational foundation Skipov, wanted to virtualize its infrastructure to improve availability and provide a more powerful and scalable platform for future growth. The foundation turned to Dell Consulting Services to help design a new virtualized environment, running on Dell PowerEdge servers and a Dell/EMC storage area network. The environment is...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Infrastructure Inc., Storage, Servers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware

Case studies 2009-06-01

Getting the Message Across

The messaging infrastructure at Taylor's University College impeded resource sharing and staff mobility, offering little support to accommodate an expanding user base. Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services helped the college deploy clustered Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers, a Dell/EMC Storage Area Network SAN array, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to centralize...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-06-01

Covetus the Sun installed base

The value of Sun’s Solaris installed base proved its worth once again this week as Oracle found it too tempting to pass up and pulled the trigger trumping IBM. A large percent of Oracle’s most profitable customers run their Oracle wares on Solaris and for them to fall further into...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Software, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Automating Storage Capacity and Performance Management

With a storage decision solution from EMC Consulting, one can leverage business intelligence technology to automate management reporting of storage metrics. As a result, one can not only improve capacity planning, but also increase availability, scalability, and performance. The attendee will learn how to increase availability, scalability, and performance. The...

Tags: Performance, Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Webcasts 2009-03-26

Global Manufacturer Pelican Products Uses Dell Blade Servers to Deliver World-Class SAP Performance and Reduce Hardware Costs by 25 Percent

Business growth required Pelican Products to move to a more robust and scalable Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system, but the data center lacked sufficient space. Dell's Global Infrastructure Consulting Services team helped design a worldwide SAP system based on Dell PowerEdge blade servers and Dell/EMC storage that fit the available...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Performance, SAP AG, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-03-01

Precision Automation and Robotics India Ltd Reduces Server Footprint by 50 Percent and Energy Costs by 30 Percent

Precision Automation and Robotics India Ltd PARI was experiencing strong business growth and wanted to move to a centralized IT platform to support its existing applications and future expansion, while maximizing resources and reducing costs for the future. Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services worked with PARI to implement an infrastructure...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Automation, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Blade Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-02-01

Report: Tech layoffs skyrocket in 2008; not looking much better for '09

When the economy started to crumble for the housing, automotive and banking industries last year, there's was some optimism that Silicon Valley and the tech industry might be able to withstand the storm. Clearly, that was a short-lived dream. A report released today by...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Job, Layoff, Unemployment, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Business Process Solution Helps Dental Equipment Maker to Increase Sales

A-dec, a leading manufacturer of dental equipment and furniture, wanted to automate its cabinetry-sales quoting process. For each order, employees made technical drawings so that customers could see what they were buying. This process took up to three days and impeded quality control. Also, the company's ordering system didn't provide...

Tags: Business Process, SOA, Quality Control, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Quality, Sales Force Management, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-11-01

VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months

VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...

Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services Helps Kings County, California, Migrate to Microsoft Exchange Approximately 50 Percent Faster Than Anticipated

An existing Novell GroupWise collaboration infrastructure slowed the daily work of staff in Kings County, California, reducing productivity. With the help of Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services, Kings County migrated to Microsoft Exchange 2007 running on Dell PowerEdge servers and a Dell/EMC Storage Area Network SAN in less time than anticipated....

Tags: Consulting Service, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Collaboration, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-08-01

Virtualized Environment at Irish Oil Company Uses 30 Per Cent Less Power

Oil company Maxol wanted to future proof an existing Microsoft environment. They needed to build an architecture that would reduce power consumption and lower carbon emissions. It was important to consolidate the existing servers, improve business continuity, and support the rollout of new software in the coming year. Working with...

Tags: Oil Company, Dell Computer Corp., Environment, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2008-08-01

Simplify Access to Patient Information - Part Three

Is difficult-to-access clinical information making it hard to treat patients in a timely manner? Do manually coding medical records limit the ability to process claims efficiently and cost-effectively? With a solution from EMC partner Fujitsu Consulting, one can streamline processes to improve patient care - all while maintaining compliance, enhancing...

Tags: Patient, Microsoft Access, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-06-12

Serving Up Faster Registration

The university needed more computing power to support online class registration - but didn't want to pay for processing cycles it needed only twice a year. It also wanted to avoid expensive database upgrades and reduce the risk of losing key business data. Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services demonstrated and successfully...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Storage, Data Centers, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-06-01

UK Council Simplifies Management and Saves Up to £15,000 Per Year in Electricity Costs With Virtualized Infrastructure

Winchester City Council found that management of its fast-growing server infrastructure was time-consuming and expensive. In addition, the distributed storage environment could not scale to accommodate a new Electronic Document Records Management System EDRMS. The council chose to consolidate its server infrastructure by introducing a scalable virtual environment based on...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Servers, Storage, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-19

European Fashion Leader Significantly Reduces Customer Waiting Times With Dell | EMC and Oracle Solution

The Veldhoven Group is a multinational company which designs and markets three premium fashion labels: Sandwich, Stills and NO-NO. The company needed to upgrade its Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system, which uses an Oracle 10g RAC database. This involved replacing the existing server infrastructure so that it could provide users...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Leader, EMC Corp., Veldhoven Group, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Storage, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-18

Dell Case Study: MaximumASP

MaximumASP needed reliable hardware to grow its Web hosting business and support innovative, first-to-market product offerings such as the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Beta. MaximumASP has been running Dell hardware since the day the company powered on its first servers in 2000, and has since deployed a combination of Dell...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., MaximumASP, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-01

Dell Case Study: Ryerson University

The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant stress on IT staff and data center capacity. Ryerson University wanted to speed server provisioning; reduce space, power, and cooling needs; and implement rapid disaster recovery. As a solution Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services led a project to identify underutilized...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Blade Servers, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-02-01

Michael Dell's new focus on storage

Wave good-bye to your 60% gross margins! Michael Dell is on the warpath, seeking to revive Dell's flagging fortunes. Storage, with its 60% gross margins, is ripe for the plucking through commoditization. And who knows more about commoditizing IT than Michael Dell? Right, the $1.4 billion...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-21