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Dell Simplifies Server Management, Lowers Costs, and Increases Dell.com Performance: Dell manufactures, sells, and supports a wide range of personal computer and enterprise technology. Dell is working hard to simplify IT work for itself and its customers. By creating a low-touch infrastructure in its data centers, the company expects to lower costs and boost IT staff productivity. Key to Dell's...; Tags: Server Management, Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Dell.com, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Data Centers, Strategy, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management; Case studies 2008-03-13
Nonprofit Reduces Administrative Overhead, Streamlines Service With System Upgrade: Family and Children's Association of New York state provides service-oriented programs for individuals and families, including Senior Services, Runaway and Homeless Youth, and Substance Abuse. The organization began researching how to reduce server management efforts so that administrators could focus more time on core job responsibilities. It needed a server...; Tags: Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-06
IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 2 of 5): Desktop, Device, and Server Management (Level 100): There is more pressure than ever on IT departments today. The bulk of IT budgets are spent just "treading water," rather than adding new business value. Microsoft is focused on helping customers flip that equation through a more dynamic IT infrastructure. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the...; Tags: Desktop, Security, Server Management, Webcast, Information Technology, Server, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management; Webcasts 2008-02-12
Internet Hosting Company Reduces Server Management Time by 92 Percent: As a leading Internet hosting company serving the Benelux countries, COMBELL hosts Web sites, applications, and servers, and it registers and manages domain names for more than 20,000 small and midsize customers. The company wanted to offer its customers access to the most advanced and flexible Internet hosting services and...; Tags: Server Management, Hosting Company, Internet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-01
Chemical Company Simplifies Management and Saves Time With New Server Solution: Dead Sea Works, an Israeli chemical company, began deploying Windows Server 2008 Enterprise in late 2007 to take advantage of its advanced security features. Even in the early stages of deployment, the company found Windows Server 2008 highly secure and so easy to deploy and manage that it expects to...; Tags: Chemical Company, Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-01

IT Firm Streamlines Server Management, Saves Time With Newly Deployed Solution: Dataport provides IT services for multiple government offices in northern Germany. The organization needed to address management and storage challenges related to the rapid growth of its IT infrastructure. In October 2007, Dataport deployed Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, which saves time for Dataport administrators by centralizing server management and automating...; Tags: Server Management, Information Technology, Storage, Server, Dataport, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
Hosting Provider Saves Up to 85% of Power Consumption and Improves Server Management by Using Virtuozzo: ServInt specializes in full-service, high-bandwidth web hosting for business customers. ServInt also provides clients with high-speed Internet access through its Access Services group. ServInt built a successful dedicated hosting business, but wanted to reduce power consumption and better manage their servers. Virtuozzo provided a highly efficient solution for reducing power...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Server Management, Power Consumption, ServInt, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2007-10-16
Providing Comprehensive and Effective Storage Management in Critical Open Environments: As Austria's leading IT services provider to the public sector the BRZ BundesRechenZentrum was juggling an assortment of different storage and server management solutions. Excessive time was devoted to administration and the solutions were closely aligned with the respective hardware. With a mission to increase efficiency and compete more effectively,...; Tags: Server Management, Symantec Corp., Storage Management, Environment, Server, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2007-10-08
Fast-Growing Hosting Service Provider Centralizes and Simplifies Server Management: RackForce was the first hosting service provider to bring Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 technology to market. However, with hundreds of customers and an array of server nodes, managing the company's growing virtual environment was a challenge. Enterprise-ready and easy to administer, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager lets RackForce...; Tags: Server Management, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, RackForce, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2007-10-01
Improving Business Agility and Efficiency With Help From Symantec and NetApp: Challenged by exponential growth in data storage requirements - in particular with email messages increasing in volume and size - the AA Automobile Association decided to deploy a centralized storage infrastructure. The AA worked closely with Company-i, now part of Symantec, to optimize the value and performance of the NetApp...; Tags: Server Management, Symantec Corp., NetApp, Storage, Security, Hardware; Case studies 2007-07-20
TechNet Webcast: Server Management (Part 3 of 3): Looking Ahead to System Center (Level 200): The presenter of this webcast explores how Contoso transitions from Microsoft Operations Manager MOM 2005 to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, and from Microsoft System Management Server SMS 2003 R2 to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. The presenter introduces the other members of the System Center family of systems management...; Tags: Server Management, Webcast, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Systems Management, It Services, Network Administration, Networking; Webcasts 2007-01-12
TechNet Webcast: Server Management (Part 2 of 3): Monitoring Microsoft Antigen, Exchange Server, and Internet Security and Acceleration Server (Level 200): The presenter of this webcast looks at how to use Microsoft Operations Manager MOM 2005 and the MOM management packs to achieve the goals of the fictional company, Contoso. The presenter demonstrates how to use the Antigen management pack for MOM 2005 to monitor Antigen. The attendee will learn how...; Tags: Server Management, Internet, Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Acceleration Server, Monitoring, Microsoft Operations Manager, Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet Security, Microsoft TechNet, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2007-01-10
TechNet Webcast: Server Management (Part 1 of 3): Managing the Environment With Microsoft Operations Manager (Level 200): In this first webcast in a three-part series on server management, the presenter illustrates how a fictional company, Contoso, uses Microsoft Operations Manager MOM and the MOM management packs to achieve the firm's management goals. The presenter shows how MOM enables Contoso to monitor their IT environment and alert administrators...; Tags: Server Management, Webcast, Environment, Microsoft Operations Manager, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet; Webcasts 2007-01-08
Extensions for HP SIM on Windows: Overview: Extensions for HP SIM on Windows is a software package which extends HP SIM running on a Windows Central Management Server to include additional features. Version 1.0 includes links to server management tools for HP-UX 11i and Linux. The server management tools run on the HP-UX 11i and Linux managed...; Tags: SIM Card, Server Management, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle11i, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-01-01
How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 3): This paper explains about the two other features included in the Troubleshooting section; the Service Control Manager and the Performance Diagnostics utility. Just beneath the Event Viewer container in the Server Manager's Troubleshooting section is the Services container. If a person clicks on the Services container, then the details pane...; Tags: Container, Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware; White papers 2006-11-28
How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 1): This paper introduces the Server Manager and also discusses its capabilities and which Windows Server 2003 management interfaces it replaces. Although Longhorn Server is chocked full of new features, most of the features that existed in Windows Server 2003 still exist. What might be a bit disheartening to some administrators...; Tags: Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware; White papers 2006-11-02
How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 2): This paper focuses on troubleshooting by showing Server Manager's new Event Log interface. The paper shows the Event Viewer has been completely redesigned. Microsoft has completely rewritten the Event Viewer to make it easier to use and to make it possible to look at events across an entire system rather...; Tags: Server Management, Event, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware; White papers 2006-11-02
Virtuozzo Reigns in Server Management and Delivers Unmatched Performance: arvato mobile had been using an open source virtualization solution and was sufficiently satisfied until the number of servers grew and application availability became critical. The company needed to evaluate and control resource use inside their virtual environments. They also needed centralized control; with hundreds of servers it's really great...; Tags: Virtuozzo, Parallels Inc., Backups, Virtualization, Servers, Server Management, Performance, Hardware; Case studies 2006-07-17
IT Services Provider Improves Server Management Efficiency and Helps Stabilise IT: Mondo, based in Denmark, provides managed hosting services to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises SMEs. The business is growing 30 to 50 percent a year and the existing network of 450 enterprise servers is expected to scale out rapidly. To improve cost-efficiencies, maintain industry-standard server availability, and deliver real added value...; Tags: Server Management, IT Services, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Smb/Sme, Hardware; Case studies 2006-01-01
Server Consolidation: The Key to Simplified Server Management: Over the last decade, the lure of low-cost systems has resulted in the continuous deployment of armies of servers - referred to by some as server sprawl. The initial attraction of distributed computing faded as enterprises began realizing the actual costs of operating countless underutilized servers. Management, energy consumption, software...; Tags: Server Management, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2005-08-15