PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how many organizations are shifting their focus from tactical energy avoidance to strategic energy efficiency. Gain insight into the tools solution providers can offer their customers to help them make this transition in strategy.
Posted: December 3, 2009 | Premiered: December 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Energy Efficiency | Power Consumption Monitoring | VARs

CASE STUDY - CyberShift needed visibility into actual resource utilization to continually identify, predict, and resolve memory and storage capacity bottlenecks. Learn how they used VKernel's Capacity Analyzer and Optimization Pack to achieve better monitoring, managing, and optimizing with its VMware infrastructure.
Posted: December 2, 2009 | Published: December 2, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Network Monitoring Software | Reporting Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn the importance of effective virtual server management in your data center. Learn how virtualization health checks and consolidation planning can enable your organization to proactively predict when to improve capacity and resource utilization while minimizing contention.
Posted: December 1, 2009 | Premieres: December 14, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | ROI | Server Virtualization | VMware

INFORMATION CENTER - The demands on your data center are constantly increasing, and with data growing even fifty-fold in three years, how can you stay ahead? How can you optimize your data center? Take this interactive data center tour and learn more.
Posted: December 1, 2009 | Published: November 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Virtualization

VIDEO - IT pros often lack an understanding of the importance of energy efficiency in the data center. This videocast explores how operational efficiency can enable your organization to reduce infrastructure costs and improve resource utilization.
Posted: November 30, 2009 | Premiered: November 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management | Server Virtualization | UPS

CASE STUDY - The Dell IT group has virtualized more than 5,000 servers and saved the company over US$29 million using a scalable, worldwide virtualization model.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: October 31, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

CASE STUDY - Blackboard needs a highly available, very scalable platform for its mission-critical learning management system offered through managed hosting from six global data centers. Ease of set-up and monitoring are of paramount importance. Read this case study to learn how Dell servers and Intel processors make it happen.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: August 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | Server Hardware | Server Management

CASE STUDY - When a major acquisition made Layered Tech a larger company with new goals and an opportunity to expand its customer base, the IT team had to revamp its infrastructure to match. Read this case study to learn about the solutions they use to provide the technology and infrastructure that best meets the needs of their customers.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | Processor Architectures | Server Hardware | Server Software

CASE STUDY - Read this paper to find out how Instantis managed to accommodate rapid customer growth, deliver outstanding performance, ensure “five-nines” availability for customers around the globe, cut ongoing IT costs, and reduce the environmental footprint of data center operations through reduced energy consumption.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: August 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper examines strategies for moving an organization toward more dynamic IT using datacenter virtualization technologies.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

CASE STUDY - ITV.com’s IT management sought a future-proofed solution that would improve overall performance and future proof for High Definition editing without increasing the physical storage footprint requirements of their small datacenter. Nexsan was the only company that could deliver the solution they required.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Storage | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WEBCAST - Virtual desktops provide many consolidation opportunities, as well as some unique security and business continuity advantages. This webcast gives an overview of desktop virtualization, highlights several virtual desktop solutions, and analyzes the operational efficiency gains possible with desktop virtualization.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Premiered: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Desktop Computer Support | Desktop Management | Operational Support Systems | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Managing the virtual infrastructure end-to-end is becoming more challenging as virtual environments continue to grow and more data center elements meld into the "cloud". This whitepaper will discuss the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud", and present you with questions that will help you create the best organizational strategy.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

RESOURCE CENTER - The Xiotech Value Index was designed to establish an industry benchmark for evaluating disparate data storage systems. This formula determines each system’s “Value Index” by taking a holistic view of the system, analyzing its functionality versus its cost. Higher Value Indexs are more desirable.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Storage | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems