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Infrastructure Consolidation

Consolidation may be a key tool for realizing the goals of many organizations. In particular, if some form of consolidation advances the business goals of the organization, then consolidation should be considered. However, it will not match the business goals of all organizations or it may not be a priority...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Consolidation, Infrastructure Consolidation

White papers 2009-05-12

Hennepin County Streamlines Inter-Departmental Communication Through Infrastructure Consolidation and Business Integration

The Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections' DOCC Adult Field Services AFS division provides probation, parole and pre-trial services to the Fourth Judicial District and the communities of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The challenge was to streamline data exchange, Web-enable systems, enhance disaster recovery capabilities and improve cost-efficiency for adult justice...

Tags: Minnesota, Business Integration, Infrastructure Consolidation, IBM Corp., Integration, Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Servers, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies

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Gartner research suggests data center energy metrics still mystery to many businesses

Sometimes I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with these blogs, especially when reporting the results of ongoing Green IT research. The latest disheartening report, for me at least, is the declaration by Gartner that along close to 70 percent of data center managers say that...

Tags: Data Center, Green IT, Gartner Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-04

Management Software Consolidation

More and more organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty and are increasingly challenged by the need to do more with less by reducing costs while still striving to align their business and IT infrastructure. Fortunately, a new generation of management software solutions is providing a cost-effective way...

Tags: Software, Service Management, Consolidation, IBM Corp., It Services

White papers 2009-09-18

Power Distributor Switches Server Infrastructure and Cuts Costs

Powerco is New Zealand's second largest electricity and gas distribution company, servicing approximately 410,000 consumers across the upper central and lower central North Island. Powerco had previously maintained both Oracle RAC and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 platforms, which meant the business incurred the expense of supporting, operating and maintaining two...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Powerco, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-13

AggreGate Network Manager for Windows 4.30.01 (Windows)

AggreGate Network Manager is an enterprise-grade network management and monitoring platform. It tightly integrates with other smart building management systems, such as physical access control, HVAC, lighting, and time/attendance control. The system has common scalable architecture based on the core of AggreGate Device Management Platform, providing unique abilities for...

Tags: Network, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Tibbo, AggreGate Network Manager, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-09

HiveLive: the beginning of community app consolidation?

Knowledge bases need the wisdom of the crowd to provide sustainable valueSocial media clearly has shown tons of value to the CRM model and RightNow's acquisition of HiveLive makes perfect sense and should provide material value to their customers. What this means to customers using Lithium and RightNow is...

Tags: HiveLive

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Accelerating Server Consolidation in the Branch Office

Businesses looking to leverage server resources and save costs have increasingly turned to virtualization to consolidate their IT infrastructure while enabling greater flexibility. While the cost saving benefits of consolidation are clear, many businesses are leery of going down this path because of the potential performance hit their users in...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, WANs, Servers, Hardware, Networking

Webcasts 2009-08-27

TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualization

Simply put, there is no value in itand a massive number of headaches.RE: TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualizationWell I see lots of advantages.1) IF the workstation do not have hard drives, this will reduce the cost per seat. Most Desktop hard drives...

Tags: Desktops, Virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization, VDI, Emory Healthcare

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Conversation with Virtuoso, a Liquid Computing Customer

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Joel Chaplin, CIO at Virtuoso, a Liquid Computing customer, and thought you'd like to read a bit about that conversation. By the way, I posted Liquid Computing and the dynamic datacenter back in March 2009. Please introduce...

Tags: Virtuoso, LiquidIQ, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Pivot3 - a different take on unified computing

Pivot3's Lee Caswell and I spoke about a different take on unified computing architectures and storage centric computing. Lee and I crossed paths while he was with Sun Microsystems. Furthermore, Pivot3's take includes memory virtualization/distributed caching elements as well. Here's how Pivot3 describes itself ...

Tags: Network, Environment, Pivot3, Storage, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Utility Analysis for Internet-Oriented Server Consolidation in VM-Based Data Centers

Server consolidation based on virtualization technology will simplify system administration, reduce the cost of power and physical infrastructure, and improve utilization in today's Internet-service-oriented enterprise data centers. How much power and how many servers for the underlying physical infrastructure are saved via server consolidation in VM-based data centers is of...

Tags: Data Center, Wayne State University, Analysis, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Servers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-24

Enterprises seek better ways to discover, manage and master their information explosion headaches

Listen to the podcast. Download the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript. Download the transcript. Learn more. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. Join a free HP Solutions Virtual Event on July 28 on four main IT themes. Learn more. Register. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Podcasts, Strategy, Data Centers, Internet, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Consolidate Management Software and Reduce Cost

Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty—directly in their own financial statements, with their business partners and customers and through the constant barrage of stories about troubling economic conditions and weak market and industry trends. Faced with challenges to reduce costs, at the same time they strive to closely...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, Application Management, IBM Corp., It Services

Webcasts 2009-07-20

Novell PlateSpin Migrate really moves Solaris workloads

Novell introduced me to the features of the newest release of PlateSpin Migrate the other day. If you'll recall, I've offered a number of posts on Novell's PlateSpin unit. The most recent of these is Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6. Novell appears to be one of the few suppliers that offer...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Workload, Data Centers, Sun Solaris, Servers, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Optimization: Creating the dynamic infrastructure today's economy demands

Issues like increasing interconnectivity, explosive growth of data, and the mounting costs of data center operations make IT optimization a very hot topic. Find out how initiatives such as virtualization and consolidation can create a more cost-effective and dynamic infrastructure that is leaner, more flexible and smarter.

Tags: Data Center, Optimization, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-14

News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Video, Psystar, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Corporate Communications, Projectors, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Backup and Recovery for VMware Infrastructure - Driving Costs Out of Your Virtual Environment

Meeting backup windows is always a challenge. But, with more data to backup, more data to move, and higher server consolidation and utilization rates, VMware pushes existing backups to the max. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to best backup and protect the VMware environment. The attendee will...

Tags: Recovery, Virtual Environment, Infrastructure Inc., VMware Inc., Backups

Webcasts 2009-07-02

Live Webcast: Safe and Cost Effective Migration for Legacy Hardware

Businesses need to shift to more sustainable computing. This involves being aggressive about refreshing technologies that reduce energy consumption and save on operating expenses. Join this live TechRepublic Webcast, presented by PC Connection and featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, and Paul...

Tags: Webcast, PC Connection Inc., Migration, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-07-02

Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?

Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-29