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Save Money on Mainframe Hardware and Software: Five Simple Steps to Managing MIPS  by Compuware Corporation


September 03, 2009 - This paper will detail how to control and manage MIPS usage by employing a systematic, repeatable approach that uses powerful technology and a proven process and expertise.

 

Say Yes to Virtualization: Server Virtualization Helps Businesses Achieve Considerable Reductions in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)  by CDW Corporation


September 09, 2009 - Virtualized servers are yielding dramatic cost savings through consolidation of physical resources, reductions in power and cooling requirements, and slashed operational expenses. It’s delivering a magnitude of benefits that many businesses find virtually amazing. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the benefits of server virtualization.

 

SCALING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS ON SUN FIRE™ X4450 SERVERS: Evaluating Performance and Capacity with VMware  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation


March 01, 2009 - Managing desktop environments across the enterprise can be challenging for many organizations. Virtualization of desktop systems is an increasingly popular solution, but requires scalability and balanced design for successful implementation. This white paper discusses the use of Sun Fire X4450 servers as a virtual desktop infrastructure platform.

 

Secure your future now: run your business critical applications on industry standard platforms  by Microsoft, Intel and HP


October 28, 2009 - This webcast explores the business benefits of migrating from expensive, proprietary server architectures to cost-effective, industry-standard architectures. Gain insight into how this transition can enable your organization to increase reliability, availability and serviceability.

 

Securing Laptops with Full Disk Encryption  by PGP Corporation


February 16, 2008 - Read this paper to learn about the driving factors behind the increasing use of laptops in business activities, the data and information security issues associated with laptop systems, the overall benefits and challenges of encryption, the overall benefits of full disk encryption, and PGP Corporation's highly effective approach.

 

Securing your Web based infrastructure: Essential concepts for PKI deployment and best practices for life cycle key management  by Thales


August 13, 2008 - This paper discusses the benefits unique to deploying the integrated solution of the Windows Server 2008 PKI and the nCipher nShield and netHSM hardware security modules(HSM). This includes the essential concepts and technologies used to deploy a PKI and the best practice security and life cycle key management features provided by nCipher HSMs.

 

Security Awareness: Is User Education of Any Use at All?  by ESET


December 08, 2008 - This paper examines arguments for and against security awareness training and education, approaches to integrating social approaches to security, and user-friendly approaches to teaching computer hygiene to mixed audiences.

 

Security enables compliance: How a strong security posture helps you maintain compliance year-round  by Thales


May 14, 2009 - These slides offer a broad overview of some common compliance topics and an overview of the Hardware Security Model that can help address current security issues.

 

Security Goes Virtual  by AT&T Corp


October 28, 2009 - Virtualization offers the opportunity for a more hands off approach to security. It eliminates the need for local hardware, as well as the time required for security administration. It frees users from worrying about arcane technical details, and eliminates the need for constant attention. Read on to learn more about the benefits of virtualization.

 

Security on a Budget  by Global Knowledge


May 01, 2009 - We need to establish cost-effective security as a standard practice. This should be a long-term goal, not just one inspired by a tough economy. This paper explores several innovative ideas to help your organization save money on company security.

 

Security Threat Report: July 2009 Update  by Sophos Inc.


July 06, 2009 - Businesses are continuing to face a challenging threat landscape. Check out this paper to learn about recent security threats related to Web 2.0, social networking sites, email, mobile devices, and Mac computers.

 

Security Trend Advisory  by CDW Corporation


March 06, 2009 - Check out this document to learn how to best achieve server security while supporting collaborative platforms.

 

Serious About High Availability? Eliminate Storage-related Downtime, Not Just Hardware Failures  by DataCore Software Corporation


November 19, 2009 - The economic downturn is no time to compromise on data availability, especially when storage virtualization software has made it possible to eliminate costly, storage-related downtime without paying a premium.

 

Server Choices for Virtual Environments  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation


September 22, 2009 - In this videocast, get expert advice on selecting a cost-effective server to fit your IT needs. Discover how blade and rack servers compare and learn the pros and cons of unified compute system (UCS) servers. Also, determine which hardware options to choose and decide whether it is better to scale-up or scale-out your virtualization project.

 

Server hardware: Making the right choice  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


August 27, 2009 - In this expert webcast, learn the basic factors that go into choosing a new server for your environment, with details on processors, server types, consolidation options and more.

 

Server Room Planning: The Keys To Success  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


August 27, 2009 - In this expert webcast, learn the basic steps to take when selecting and setting up your organization's server room, with details on security considerations, environmental factors and more.

 

Server Virtualization: The Complete Story  by Intel Technology Provider


November 18, 2009 - Watch this webcast to learn about the little-known benefits of server virtualisation. Discover the critical role virtualisation plays in the security of your customers' data centre upgrades. Gain insight into different virtualisation technology you can provide to end-users.

 

Service Availability Tool  by Fluke Networks


November 04, 2009 - The Service Availability Tool helps network technicians and administrators verify and troubleshoot network services quickly and easily. With the Service Availability Tool you can quickly verify service port status, measure response time, run TCP trace routes, and more.

 

Simplify and Automate Desktop Management with Virtualization  by HP, Vmware and AMD


September 10, 2009 - There are two sides to desktop business continuity: users' needs and IT management. Users need on-demand accessibility of their desktops, applications and data. IT managers must limit complexity caused by supporting diverse users and hardware. This webcast discusses how to automate and simplify virtual desktop management to improve efficiency.

 

Six Easy Ways to Control Storage Growth  by NTP Software


September 15, 2009 - Controlling storage growth has become one of the most important challenges for many companies. This White Paper explores six ways that others have used with great success.

 

Smarter Products - The Building Blocks for a Smarter Planet  by IBM


May 01, 2009 - IBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more.

 

Smarter Products for a Smarter Planet  by IBM


October 06, 2009 - Join us to learn how to leverage IBM’s software, hardware and services to achieve competitive advantage.

 

Software Development Innovations Fueled by Intel® Xeon® 5500 series  by Intel


October 28, 2009 - This article provides real-life cases of how the software industry is delivering breakthrough solutions as they tap into the Intel Xeon processor 5500’s full capabilities. Learn how smart software combined with smart hardware saves time, money, and energy.

 

Solaris ZFS File System Features and Enhancements in the Solaris Operating System for Enterprise Users  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


November 27, 2008 - Solaris ZFS file system helps companies take advantage of open storage platforms, enhance data services, and ease administration, as evidenced by many Sun customers worldwide.

 

Solid State Disk and Open Storage: Addressing the Needs of Changing Economics  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


April 15, 2009 - In this Mediacast, you'll learn about the newest advances in open storage and SSD technologies and find out about an innovative approach that combines these technologies to deliver fast, simple, innovative new tools for storage management.

 

Solid State Storage - A New Standard for Enterprise-Class Reliability  by Fusion-IO


February 16, 2009 - With throughput and seek times faster than disk arrays, data centers are including NAND flash as part of their server infrastructure. Fusion-io offers solid state storage solutions with NAND flash that provides integrity for data exceeding today's solid state storage solutions and surpasses enterprise-class rotating magnetic storage devices.

 

Solutions for Small to Medium Data Centers  by APC


October 23, 2009 - APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.

 

Solving the Challenges of Exponential Data Growth  by Syncsort


October 12, 2009 - This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.

 

South Jersey Healthcare Simplifies Backups, Speeds Disaster Recovery  by i365, A Seagate Company


November 13, 2009 - This case study examines South Jersey Healthcare’s use of EVault Software to streamline their backups and speed up their disaster recovery process.

 

SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Series: Business Strategies  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


November 20, 2009 - It isn't always easy to know when to upgrade to the latest hardware or software release. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, there are many compelling reasons to make the move, including: Enhanced business intelligence; improved business continuity features; better performance and better management capabilities.

 

SQL Server 2008: What to Expect  by Global Knowledge


December 10, 2008 - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has many great new features that will allow you to develop higher performing, more scalable next-generation applications using more than just relational data.

 

Start your vacation early: Data protection on today's budget  by Thales


May 21, 2009 - In this white paper, Jon Oltsik, Principal Analyst at ESG, shows you where to start, how to focus on the real threats to data, and what actions you can take today to make a meaningful contribution to stopping data breaches. This is must read advice for storage and security professionals.

 

Step Up Your Strategy – Fine-Tune Use of Storage Availability Processes as a Part of a Business-Continuity Plan  by CDW Corporation


September 08, 2009 - Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.

 

Stop Wasting Storage: Reclaim Capacity, Reduce Growth Rate and Maximize Return on Hardware Investment (Presentation Transcript)  by Northern Parklife


February 25, 2009 - This presentation transcript highlights a solution that helps eliminate wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.

 

Storage Considerations for Accelerating Oracle Databases with Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


September 01, 2009 - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.

 

Storage Systems & Storage Management Track: Right-sizing Primary Data  by 3PAR


August 01, 2009 - Most companies allow far too much data to reside on expensive primary storage. In this presentation transcript, Anne Skamarock Research Director, FOCUS, discusses the most effective methods for reducing and managing the data footprint on primary storage -- including tools and techniques.

 

Storage Value: Key strategies for measuring the true value of storage solutions  by Xiotech Corporation


March 19, 2009 - To help you make an informed decision when considering various storage solutions, the Storage Value Index takes into account not only purchase price, but capacity, efficiency, and operating expenses as well. This paper explains how the Storage Value Index was designed and offers suggestions for finding the best storage value for your needs.

 

Strong data security to protect critical assets: A focus on security yields compliance for free  by Thales


August 13, 2008 - This paper offers thought leadership to help you address challenges surrounding information security and compliance issues. It will also introduce you to the value and importance of a hardware security module as a key part of any successful information security program.

 

Sun and Pentaho: Achieving enterprise business intelligence success with integrated, open, enterprise-class solutions  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


October 09, 2009 - Together, Sun and Pentaho provide integrated hardware, software, and services solutions for data warehousing and BI that provide full functionality, robust enterprise-class performance and scalability, and significantly reduced acquisition and ownership costs compared to proprietary hardware and software solutions.

 

Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server  by Oracle Corporation


September 09, 2009 - This data sheet highlights the features and benefits of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server, a storage product highly optimized for use with Oracle Database.

 

SUN REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR ORACLE 11g GRID  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


October 01, 2008 - This document is intended for executives evaluating the use of a horizontally scalable grid for database application deployment, as well as project managers, system engineers, integration specialists, and other technical staff looking to design, implement, and tune database applications in a grid computing environment.

 

SUN SPARC® ENTERPRISE! M4000, M5000, M8000, AND M9000 SERVER ARCHITECTURE  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


July 01, 2008 - Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy to manage, vertically-scalable systems with many of the benefits of traditional mainframes - without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in.

 

Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems: The Core of an Accelerated MCAE Workflow  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


December 03, 2008 - Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems accelerate MCAE workflow by speeding data to processors and then providing shared data access to all.

 

Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


October 22, 2009 - This paper describes the hardware and software components of Sun’s new reference architecture, Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL, studies the scalability of the architecture, and includes step-by-step directions for setup and configuration.

 

SUN SYSTEMS FOR ENTERPRISE 2.0 WITH ORACLE  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


November 11, 2009 - Enterprises today are seeking new communication technologies, such as wikis, blogs, and forums, to improve communication and collaboration and increase employee productivity.

 

SUN SYSTEMS FOR ORACLE COHERENCE: An optimal in-memory data grid architecture  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


November 11, 2009 - Optimizing the benefits of a data grid built with Oracle Coherence relies upon creating a modular, balanced architecture. Matching the number of application servers, memory capacity, and quantity of processing nodes to the target workload characteristics is important to achieving the best performance.

 

Sun™ Storage F5100 Flash Array Storage Considerations for Accelerating Databases  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


September 01, 2009 - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.

 

Supercharging Exchange with Solid State—without Breaking the Bank  by Fusion-IO


November 17, 2009 - In this webcast, see how a revolutionary solid-state storage technology is supercharging Microsoft Exchange, helping users get more performance and reliability for less. It helps Exchange users get the most out of every dollar by making it possible to support more mailboxes per mailstore, increase access times and decrease backup/recovery times.

 

Survival Guide: Securing Networks without Borders Show  by Cisco Systems, Inc.


November 20, 2009 - In today’s era of borderless networks, minimizing your exposure to outside threats is more crucial than ever. In this video, discover how to reduce the potential attack surfaces available to data thieves without buying any new hardware or software. Learn the latest methods employed by hackers to gain access to your network and how to eliminate them

 

Sustainable IT virtualization helps Earth Rangers accommodate 100 percent growth while saving 90 percent on data center space and 85 percent on energy costs  by Dell and VMware


March 01, 2009 - When it was time to refresh the headquarters' IT infrastructure, the Earth Rangers IT group knew that any new computer systems had to meet their own high environmental standards. In this case study, you'll learn why they decided to create a virtualized server infrastructure using solutions from Dell and VMware and the benefits achieved.

 

Sybase Analytic Appliance on IBM Power Systems  by Sybase, Inc.


July 07, 2009 - The Sybase Analytic Appliance is revolutionizing the data warehouse appliance market by integrating the leading column-based analytic software with hardware from the industry's number one provider of UNIX systems. Read this paper for more.

 

Symantec’s 7 Steps to Windows 7: Planning and Assessment  by Symantec Corporation


November 05, 2009 - With the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This webcast explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch.

 

System Integrator Slashes Retrofit Price While Adding Value with AutomationDirect Products  by AutomationDirect


May 01, 2008 - CorrTech was able to reduce mechanical complexity and increase flexibility of the machine's bundle pusher assembly with the addition of the GS series AC variable speed drive and Marathon inverter duty motor.

 

Systems Management Considerations for Hardware and Software Refresh  by Dell and Symantec


October 29, 2009 - In this videocast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.

 
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