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- TechNet Webcast: Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling Enterprise IT for Energy Efficiency (Level 200)
- Resource utilization. It's an increasingly important topic, and if the business is constrained by poor server and storage utilization, it's likely over-investing in hardware and wasting space and power, not to mention propagating operational inefficiencies. These in turn increase costs and lead to negative environmental impacts. The attendee will learn...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Webcast, Information Technology, Utilization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-05-05
- IBM System p: Improving Server Utilization
- Improving server utilization has become a hot topic in many businesses, especially with the increased focus on power and cooling consumption. This paper presents a general approach for improving server utilization, as well as an in-depth analysis of System p server capabilities for improving utilization. Last, recommendations on how to...
- Tags: Utilization, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-28
- Running IBM System z at High CPU Utilization
- One of the strengths of the System z platform is the ability to run processors at high utilization. By design, many System z customers consistently run their processors at 90+% busy for extended periods, and some will literally run at 100%. Several questions have been asked about this unique trait...
- Tags: CPU Utilization, Utilization, CPU, IBM Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-11-02
- Claim that Vista DRM causes full CPU load and global warming debunked!
- Update 9/1/2007 - Gutmann paper cites shoddy web forum postings as source Update 8/30/2007 - Peter Gutmann turns to smear tactics with help from PCWorld NZ Update 8/16/2007 - Gutmann retreats and refuses to provide slides or any data to support his theories Peter Gutmann...
- Tags: Theory, Digital-rights Management, Power Consumption, Utilization, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, CPU, Global Warming, Gutmann, HD, Peter Gutmann, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Bloc'Kit CPU Gauge 2.5 (Windows)
- Indicates the utilization of your processor. The Bloc'Kit widgets are a series of components which can be combined together visually. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Utilization, CPU, Gamenautes, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-07-09
- An Analytical Model for Evaluating Utilization of TCP Reno
- This paper presents an analytical model for TCP Reno. For this model an algorithm is derived to calculate the utilization and packet drop rate. The accuracy of the model is verified by comparing the calculated results versus simulation results. These results show that the TCP Reno is superior to another...
- Tags: Utilization, TCP, Model, University Of Rousse, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-07-04
- Distributed Utilization Control for Real-Time Clusters With Load Balancing
- Recent years have seen rapid growth of online services that rely on large-scale server clusters to handle high volume of requests. Such clusters must adaptively control the CPU utilizations of many processors in order to maintain desired soft real-time performance and prevent system overload in face of unpredictable workloads. This...
- Tags: Load Balancing, Utilization, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-10-04
Additional Resources
- SuperRam 6.11.9.2009 (Windows)
- SuperRam increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory back to your computer. By optimizing memory utilization your computer will operate at stable speeds and never run out of memory.With SuperRam your computer will run faster than ever before. Boost the performance of your PC the easy way.
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows, Computer, PGWARE, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- 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
- The real pros and cons of server virtualization
- PC style virtualization, derived from IBM's zVM ideas and now supported in both AMD and Intel hardware, is a revenant of data processing's failure to adapt to the age of digital computing - an expensive, user punishing, detour into 1920s management ideas in pursuit of that period's holy grail: 100%...
- Tags: Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-11-07
- Not enough hours in the day? There's a personal assistant for that
- Actually Under -PricedSounds like a pretty cool service. I doubt your "personal assistant sitting in a call center in middle America". I'm sure he or she is in a call center in middle India. But seriously, the service might actually be under-priced. I'd pay more than $10 and I'm sure...
- Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), personal assistant
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Solutions Brief:Â Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V:Â Enabling The Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
- Server virtualization is one of the most significant technology trends in IT environments today, and a key enabler of the next generation virtualized data center. Server virtualization relies on hypervisors to provide the abstraction layer between the operating systems and the physical hardware, allowing IT administrators the ability to consolidate...
- Tags: Virtual Data Center, Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, Microsoft Corp., Data Center Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-04
- Solution Brief: Dell Equalogic PS Series Can Offer Robust, High-Availability Infrastructure for Microsoft's 2008 R2 HYPER-V
- Virtualization has become a popular IT strategy for enhancing hardware utilization, helping organizations decrease power, cooling, and data center footprint costs, and enhance the flexibility of IT. While virtualization can offer a wide range of IT benefits, running multiple applications on each physical server can place availability at risk. If...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Virtualization, Information Technology, Dell EqualLogic, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2009-11-04
- FlexTk Ultimate 3.5.30 (Windows)
- FlexTk is an advanced file management toolkit allowing one to search and classify files, scan file systems and apply rule-based, file organizing or data migration policies, analyze storage utilization, copy large amounts of files in a fault-tolerant way, identify duplicate files and free-up wasted storage space. All file operations are...
- Tags: Fault-tolerance, Microsoft Windows, Flexense, FlexTk, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- FlexTk Professional 3.5.30 (Windows)
- FlexTk is an advanced file management toolkit allowing one to search and classify files, scan file systems and apply rule-based, file organizing or data migration policies, analyze storage utilization, copy large amounts of files in a fault-tolerant way, identify duplicate files and free-up wasted storage space.
- Tags: Fault-tolerance, Microsoft Windows, Flexense, FlexTk, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Media Revolution 2.8.8 (Windows)
- By it's enormous function range and the support of numerous media formats Media Revolution is the only player you really need on your PC. Apart from playing video and audio files as well as DVD's, you get a complete media administration and a digital video recorder. The product rounds useful...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, MEDIAKG, Digital Video, DVR, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server
- What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-29
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- InterMapper 5.1.6 (Windows)
- With InterMapper, network managers get complete visibility of their network, no matter how small and centralized or large and distributed. Live maps give a visual, real-time view of traffic flows through and between network elements and links. Status Windows and Strip Charts provide easy access to critical network data (traffic,...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Dartware, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Application performance can't be maximized in the dark
- When optimizing and managing how applications perform ? from the eyes of the user ? IT teams need light shed onto the actual trouble spots says OpTier's Motti Tal. Commentary - Sometimes, when end users experience application trouble, response times degrade slowly. Other times, applications seem to turn off...
- Tags: Performance, Monitoring, Application Performance, Response Time, Storage, Hardware, applications, database, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-20
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