VIDEOCAST - In this session, Joe Clabby provides best practices on reducing server costs by consolidating, virtualizing and provisioning your new data center.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Mainframe Operating Systems | Real Estate Industry | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | UPS

VIDEOCAST - Kenneth will discuss the impact of IT reliability decisions on energy consumption to simplify your cost concerns and help you set achievable energy reduction goals
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | UPS

VIDEOCAST - What are the cost drivers in building a data center? How do the cost drivers affect capacity planning? What are the costs of shooting too low or too high on capacity or reliability?
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

VIDEOCAST - Joe Clabby, from Clabby Analytics examines how much more you can afford to spend for energy efficiency based on local utility costs, data center tier level, remaining data center capacity and other important factors.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Industries | IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Tiered Storage

VIRTUAL SEMINAR - Participate in this highly-interactive, one-of-a-kind educational event on Tuesday, September 23rd to get expert advice on how to improve your data center while cutting costs.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper describes the available best practices for energy consumption in data centers. It also outlines the steps that can be taken in the future to improve data center energy efficiency.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Equipment Maintenance Management Software | Server Hardware | Systems Operations | Systems Software

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses how ACom3, as an internet application, is able to manage high volume transaction environments by using the concept of Work Units to distribute processing.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | File Sharing Protocols | Internet | Internet Applications Software | Process Control Software | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software

VIDEOCAST - This videocast covers the usage of storage transports for server virtualization, iSCSI's readiness for virtualization deployments, and how to choose between using iSCSI over fibre channel, and vice-versa, in virtualization deployments.
Posted: June 30, 2008 | Premiered: June 27, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | iSCSI SAN | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

VIDEOCAST - This Videocast Q&A discusses considerations and challenges around managing storage in a virtual infrastructure. Topics include what to consider when choosing a networked storage option and desktop virtualization's impact on storage.
Posted: June 30, 2008 | Premiered: June 30, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | iSCSI SAN | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

PODCAST - In this podcast, analyst Joe Clabby is interviewed about server platform decisions points in production-level virtualization.
Posted: June 17, 2008 | Premiered: June 17, 2008


Topics:  BASIC | Chassis | Rack Enclosures | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Fire suppression system solutions for most size rooms and enclosures has shown many firms the benefits of utilizing newer technology when protecting valuable assets.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Buildings and Facilities | Data Centers | Disaster Planning | Equipment Maintenance Management Software | Loss Prevention | Physical Security | Server Hardware

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this second issue of the Virtual Data Center E-Zine to learn strategies for taking on two of biggest virtualization challenges: I/O bottlenecks and email system virtualization.
Posted: May 19, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  BIOS | CPU | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Email Management | Fibre Channel | Microsoft Exchange | Network Performance | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses where virtual desktops make sense as part of an overall desktop strategy, explains the various types of desktop virtualization (including both server and client based options), and outlines key vendor offerings.
Posted: March 19, 2008 | Premiered: March 19, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Desktop Applications Management | ERP | Server Hardware | Server Software | Server Virtualization

DATA SHEET - With the power of a modern notebook processor, the HP t5730 represents a new class of thin client. Check out this data sheet for all the advanced bells and whistles on this world class notebook PC.
Posted: March 18, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Deployment | Desktop Management | Network Management | Networking | Productivity | Server Hardware | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization Software | Thin Client Software | Wireless Systems

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - The Intel Itanium processor 9100 series is delivering new levels of flexibility, reliability, performance and scalability for mission-critical and data-intensive applications. Read this report to learn more.
Posted: December 3, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Load Balancing | Microprocessors | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Testing

WHITE PAPER - Learn how to integrate Intel vPro technology with LANDesk management software. This white paper discusses the steps of integration and benefits, including improved desktop management and increased security.
Posted: November 21, 2007 | Published: October 13, 2006


Topics:  Change Management | Desktop Management | Downtime | High Availability | LAN | LAN Hardware | Microprocessors | Security Threats | Server Hardware | Server Software | Software Upgrades | Vulnerability Management

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology delivers a new advanced and unified approach for improving the management and security of all of your business PCs.
Posted: November 21, 2007 | Published: November 21, 2007


Topics:  Desktop Management | IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Patch Management | Remote Network Management | Security Threats | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Virus Protection | Vulnerability Management

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Based on the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series offers leading scalable performance and best-in-class virtualization for server consolidation.
Posted: November 21, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Load Balancing | Microprocessors | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Testing

SOFTWARE DEMO - Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series based platforms deliver breakthrough performance, energy efficiency making them the best choice for virtualization and business critical applications, enabling IT to become more efficient.
Posted: November 21, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Desktop Management | IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Patch Management | Remote Network Management | Security Threats | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Virus Protection | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - A number of industry trends are working both to increase the demand for cross-vendor interoperability and to help companies realize it. Read this white paper and learn why more people are running Oracle on Microsoft Windows platforms.
Posted: November 20, 2007 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  .NET | Active Directory | Database Management | Group Policy | Oracle (Product) | Security Management | Server Hardware | Server Software | Windows Server 2003

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Learn how Oracle continues to improve the performance, scalability, and capability of its Windows database server. This paper describes the architecture of the Oracle database on Windows and how it differs from its counterparts on UNIX and Linux.
Posted: November 20, 2007 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  .NET | Active Directory | Database Management | Group Policy | Oracle (Product) | Security Management | Server Hardware | Server Software | Windows Server 2003

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization can help you save time and money while achieving more with the computer resources you already own. VMware allows you to visualize and manage logical entities as easily and as well as physical entities.
Posted: November 6, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Network Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Resource Management | Virtual User Interface Software | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper outlines the challenges that virtualization and clustering create for IT and provides techniques for addressing the specific requirements of these environments.
Posted: November 6, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Clustering | Data Center Management | Network Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Resource Management | Virtual Offices | Virtual User Interface Software | VMware

WHITE PAPER - High-density servers offer a significant performance per watt benefit. But, depending on the deployment, they can present a cooling challenge. This paper provides ten approaches for increasing cooling efficiency, cooling capacity and power density.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2006


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Hardware

TRIAL SOFTWARE - PlateSpin PowerRecon Trial Download, must enter code EVALMKTG1WEB when prompted.
Posted: May 24, 2005 | Published: May 23, 2005


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Remote Network Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization