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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
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- Next year is THE year for cloud computing
- Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010. Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it?s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It?s especially difficult...
- Tags: CIO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, cloud, Indu Kodukula
- News items 2009-11-17
- AT&T plots compute cloud similar to Amazon Web Services
- Best InformationBest Information...I like ithttp://www.canada-radio.co.tv/http://www.canada-radio.co.tv/http://www.canada-radio.co.tv/Yea net nutrality isn't important at all....tell that to Amazon.So much for predictionsSince it has been predicted that there would be only four or five "clouds", seems like everyone is building infrastructure to handle massive work loads. I expect some are just "shells" and a lot...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Web Services, AT&T Corp., Web service
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- The real pros and cons of server virtualization
- YepVMwear is starting to look like Windoze - adding unneeded functionality just because it can. Moving VMs around from server to server live - is COOL. But why do you need it? If you are on a consolidation binge and utilization is king, then there will be no "extra" capacity...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Virtualization, server virtualization, VMwear, server
- Discussion threads 2009-11-07
- 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
- Gazprom Neft Makes Use of Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technology to Increase Efficiency and Reliability of Its IT Infrastructure
- In today's difficult economic environment, all companies seek ways to cut business costs. One of the possibilities for serious economizing in the field of information technologies can be reduction of costs on infrastructure, that is, on management of desktop computers and servers. This goal can be attained through employment of...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Gazprom Neft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2009-09-28
- 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
- Consolidating Enterprise Network Security Infrastructure: Ways to Cut Costs and Complexity
- Off late economy, large enterprise businesses and their IT organizations need to do more with less. It is the responsibility of IT to optimize limited resources and garner the greatest return on budgets. Enterprises are leading the way and reaping the benefits of consolidation, centralizing data centers and embracing virtualization...
- Tags: SonicWall, Enterprise Network, TCO, Roi/Tco, Firewalls, Web 2.0, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-08-01
- 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
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