EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and BMC, you will discover expert tips for effective virtual systems management. Explore the top five target areas essential for improved virtual performance and availability management.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Enterprise Resource Management | High Availability | Network Infrastructure | Network Monitoring | Network Performance Management Software | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Service Level Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Change Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process *#45; from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration

PODCAST - In this expert podcast, learn how new capacity planning and performance management tools utilize automation and an intuitive interface to increase resource utilization and reduce capital expenditures for your virtualized data center.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Premiered: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Capacity Planning | Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Best Practices | Purchasing Best Practices | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | Reporting Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Quest's technical brief discusses how Quest's Storage Horizon® makes storage in VMware environments more efficient and cost effective. Read it today.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: January 16, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Replication | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - In this Quest white paper you'll learn how you can become proactive - not reactive - when managing your storage capacity. Learn best practices to maximize your existing resources, and how doing keeps your budget under control. Read the paper white today.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: January 16, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Storage | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Sun's built-in, no-cost Logical Domains (LDoms) virtualization technology allows applications to effectively leverage these processors. This white paper describes how LDoms can be applied in different scenarios to increase application scalability and system utilization.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Open Source | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

PODCAST - Today's data center pros need to cut costs wherever possible, and the mainframe presents significant opportunities to do so. This expert podcast explains how to use specialty processors, load balancing, and compression database software for this task.
Posted: June 3, 2009 | Premiered: June 3, 2009


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Server Software | Applications Management | Applications Software | Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Deduplication | File Compression Software | Load Balancing | Mainframe Operating Systems | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn ways of detecting leakage in your companie's ERP system, several time and labor trends that most companies overlook, and how to repair leakage using Kronos Inc's Workforce Central and Kronos 4500 terminal solutions.
Posted: May 20, 2009 | Published: May 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Capacity Planning | Data Collection | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Workforce Management Software | Workforce Planning

CASE STUDY - To address growth concerns, Wikimedia supplemented its existing Linux clusters with an affordable, high-performance, scalable solution based on Sun Fire™ X4150 and X4240 servers running Ubuntu Server, MySQL database, and Sun Fire X4540 servers running the Solaris™ 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) with the Solaris ZFS file system.
Posted: May 11, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Databases | Rich Media Content Management | Storage Capacity

WEBCAST - This webcast showcases virtualization platforms to optimize virtual lab infrastructure and automate the VM lifecycle. Learn how to drive accelerated, high-quality testing and delivery of IT services while reducing operating expenses and increasing business productivity.
Posted: May 11, 2009 | Premiered: May 11, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Capacity Planning | IT Service Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Testing

PRODUCT LITERATURE - To benefit from the capabilities that the virtual infrastructure offers, enterprises need clear guidance to assess their existing systems and applications, and then use that knowledge to plan, build and manage their infrastructure. View this now to learn more about CDI's VMware Operational Readiness solution.
Posted: May 7, 2009 | Published: May 7, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | Consultants | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Performance Testing | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Training | VMware

EBOOK - In this issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing eZine, we'll discuss a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a new testing environment as well as an Agile software development (ASD) methodology.
Posted: May 6, 2009 | Published: May 6, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Authentication | Authorization | Capacity Planning | Collaborative Product Development | IT Spending | Load Balancing | SOA | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Testing | Testing

EZINE - Renewed interest in data centers is presenting a unique challenge to IT professionals who must do more with less. Read in this latest issue how to use server virtualization to boost utilization while saving money.
Posted: May 6, 2009 | Published: May 6, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Best Practices | IT Management | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Virtualization

ANALYST REPORT - The Taneja Group's opinion is that real-time or near real-time performance-based analytics is the required foundation for building and managing a virtual infrastructure. This industry article presents an overview of virtual infrastructure optimization, answering common questions and exploring core capabilities differentiating emerging solutions.
Posted: May 1, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Database Administration | Database Performance Management | IT Infrastructure | Performance Testing | Real-time Analytics | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, you will discover best practices for managing data center power usage, how to prevent power outages and learn how to ensure your data center has enough power to operate at optimal capacity. It'll also discuss 5 essential steps for reducing data center power consumtion.
Posted: April 30, 2009 | Published: April 30, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Best Practices | Network Best Practices | Network Capacity | Network Management | Power Blackouts | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises, government agencies and service providers are increasingly employing virtualized environments to decrease costs, consolidate data center space and reduce environmental impacts. This paper describes a comprehensive set of CA tools for managing virtual environments.
Posted: April 29, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Fault Management | Fault Tolerance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of running a data centers. This paper explains how achieve electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Posted: April 29, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Power Supplies

EGUIDE - This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and ePlus Technology, Inc., discusses key virtualization strategies for any organization. Discover how virtual system management can be used to effectively improve your infrastructure.
Posted: April 27, 2009 | Published: April 27, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - When it comes to high disk capacity, the Sun Fire X4250 server is the best of its kind. The power and scalability of the Sun Fire makes it cost effective and appealing to Web infrastructure and technical putting applications as well as large single-app implementations and multi-app consolidations.
Posted: April 24, 2009 | Published: April 24, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Computer Industry | Computer Software Industry | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | High Performance Computing | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Software

WEBCAST - BMC Capacity Trending Advisor saves time and money, reduces the skills required for capacity planning, and delivers precision results that give you the data you need to procure the right resources to support business services. Learn more today.
Posted: April 24, 2009 | Premiered: April 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Capacity Planning | Data Management | Data Storage | IT Service Management | IT Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the new wave of analytic DBMS (database management system) and how vendors like Vertica Systems are using virtualization to achieve whats most important for customers in their database's performance.
Posted: April 21, 2009 | Published: April 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Database Architectures | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | Databases | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users.
Posted: April 17, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Capacity Planning | IT Governance | Mainframe Server Hardware | Performance Testing | z/OS

TRIAL SOFTWARE - MessageStats simplifies management of Exchange helping IT administrators to improve performance, increase efficiencies and plan for capacity requirements.
Posted: April 15, 2009 | Published: April 10, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance Best Practices | Messaging Security | Microsoft Exchange | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Reporting Software | Server Accelerators | Server Management | SLA