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Insurance Firm Uses Virtualization to Streamline Server Provisioning, Drive Agility

In business since 1917, today Alecta is the largest occupational pension provider in Sweden. The company's data center, located at headquarters in Stockholm, houses more than 100 older, underutilized servers. Alecta's IT staff deployed a Microsoft virtualization solution to improve hardware utilization, streamline server provisioning, and increase agility in responding...

Tags: Server Provisioning, Streamline, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Alecta, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Case studies 2008-02-01

IDC Excerpt: Worldwide Server Provisioning Software, 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares

The content of this excerpt is taken directly from the IDC Market Analysis Report, Worldwide Server Provisioning Software 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares, by Stephen Elliot. According to IDC market data based on detailed company-level revenue analysis as of August 17, the server provisioning software market grew to $277...

Tags: Server Provisioning, Opsware Inc., Server, International Data Corp.

White papers 2006-09-01

Up-and-Coming Hosting Provider Reduces Server Purposing Time by 95 Percent

Xiolink administrators are meticulous about provisioning the Microsoft Windows-based servers they use to support their dedicated hosted services customers. But that devotion to quality was taking a lot of time - between 12 and 18 hours per server, to be precise - and Xiolink officials wanted to find a way...

Tags: Server Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Hardware

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Credit Suisse Group Optimizes Resources With an Automated Server Provisioning Solution From Symantec

Credit Suisse Group is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. With business-critical applications residing on more than 1,000 Sun UNIX-based servers, server provisioning was a time-consuming endeavor for Credit Suisse Group. The problem was particularly acute for the development and engineering environment, with provisioning taking as long...

Tags: Server Provisioning, Symantec Corp., Credit Suisse Group AG, Servers, Hardware

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Technical Report:  Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with PS Series Arrays

Server virtualization is a common practice is today's data centers for server consolidation, power reduction, rapid provisioning, high availability, and data protection. All of these reasons lead to lower data center costs and TCO. Virtual servers together with intelligent virtual storage increase the chances for successful deployments of virtual data...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Dell EqualLogic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Data Centers, Server Consolidation, Data Center Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2009-11-04

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

VMware to step up data center automation game

ResponseThis is great news for the IT world. These tools will greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual environments. And VMware is smart to focus on automation. They understand better than anyone that automation is the key to virtualization and then cloud computing.Without it, you?re not likely...

Tags: Server virtualization, Virtualization, VMware Inc., game, automation, provisioning, virtual server

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?

Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

ServePath GoGrid - an F5 customer profile

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Telemachus Luu, Director of Product Engineering at GoGrid, the Cloud Computing Division of ServePath. Please introduce your company and your role GoGrid is the leading Cloud Computing, hosted, Internet service that delivers true �Control in the Cloud�. GoGrid enables system...

Tags: Load Balancing, Environment, API, ServePath GoGrid, F5, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-11

University Improves Performance, Provisioning; Cuts Costs With Virtualization

Founded in 1975, Universidade Vila Velha UVV has grown into the largest private university in Espirito Santo, Brazil. Its IT staff of 15 professionals is responsible for managing the entire UVV infrastructure, which is accessed by 1,500 faculty members and 18,000 students. UVV needed to replace its aging servers with...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Performance, Environment, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Manufacturer Cuts Costs, Improves Service, Streamlines Management With Virtualization

Calcados Marte is a leading manufacturer of women's footwear, with 2009 revenues expected to reach U.S.$165 million. The Brazilian company relies on technology to share data among its internal users and widely dispersed resellers. With just four people on its IT staff responsible for managing its IT infrastructure, Calcados Marte...

Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Manufacturer, Microsoft Corp., Calcados Marte, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Manufacturing, Gender And Diversity, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-01

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

Future cloud apps won???t need humans

So it's magic, eh?A dream.I think he's confusing "provisioning" with magic.-Humans are always in the loop. We still write the software. They don't develop a mind of their own just because we design them to be scalable.-Virtualization doesn't do anything special that would make it scary. It just allows the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

School Board Virtualizes Servers, Boosts IT Productivity, and Saves $30,000 in First Year

Based in Brick, New Jersey, the Brick Township Board of Education administers a school district for students from kindergarten through grade 12. To maximize computing services for 2,000 employees while minimizing costs, the IT department turned to server virtualization, but its VMware solution couldn't virtualize the district's many transactional systems...

Tags: Information Technology, Board, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Server Virtualization, Servers, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Virtualization, Management

Case studies 2009-08-03

Auto Data Firm Virtualizes Servers to Trim Time-to-Market, Cut Costs by $300,000

R.L. Polk provides marketing data and services to the auto industry in the form of subscription-based software applications hosted in R.L. Polk data centers. Getting new applications and services to market quickly and serving new customers requires rapid server provisioning. To speed server rollout and reduce burgeoning hardware and management...

Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., R.L. Polk, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

Starwind Enterprise Server 4.2 (Windows)

StarWind Enterprise Server is an advanced, reliable and powerful iSCSI SAN software that converts any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a scalable SAN that works over the existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise Server includes all enterprise-class features not offered in StarWind Server: Mirroring & Replication: synchronous & asynchronous...

Tags: Mirroring, Server Cluster, Starwind Software, StarWind Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-22

Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

University Cuts Costs, Improves Performance, Speeds Provisioning With Virtualization

The University of Miami UM is one of the leading research universities in the United States. With a server infrastructure that exceeded its facility's capacity and required the use of valuable resources to administer, the 10 IT staff in UM's enterprise Windows server group needed to consolidate servers and streamline...

Tags: Virtualization, Performance, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-07-01

Hoster Uses Hyper-V to Provide Servers on Demand and Boost Profitability by 55 Percent

PoundHost is a fast-growing hosting service provider in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, that embraced server virtualization as a way to curb hardware costs and lower hosting prices. However, the high cost of VMware and lack of management tools hurt competitiveness. PoundHost replaced VMware with Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and Hyper-V...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, PoundHost, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-06-30

QNAP introduces 'smallest 8-bay Atom NAS'

QNAP today introduced its SS-839 Pro Turbo NAS, the "world's smallest 8-bay, Intel Atom network attached storage" device, which supports eight 2.5-in. hard drives or solid state drives. Intended for business users who are looking for high performance, stability, scalability, low noise and...

Tags: NAS, Network, Server, QNAP, SS-839 Pro, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Networking, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-22