Data Center Consolidation White Papers

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Discover The Power To Do More
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the attributes of efficient IT and reveals five core elements that you should focus on to keep pace in the virtual era. Hear from your peers on how they are successfully leveraging virtualization, managing ever-growing data volumes, preparing for the cloud, and more.
Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Converged Application Appliances: Delivering Simplicity And Faster Time-To-Application Value
sponsored by HPM Networks
WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to view key findings about converged application appliances.
Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

HPM Networks

Cisco Unified Computing System: Meet the Challenges of Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a recommended approach to help you optimize your virtual infrastructure and position your business to take advantage of public and private cloud services.
Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

HP 3PAR Utility Storage
sponsored by HPM Networks
WHITE PAPER: This white paper makes the business case for utility storage, the delivery of IT resources as a service (similar to a water or electric company), and introduces an infrastructure solution designed to leverage this principle and improve an organization's journey to the cloud. Read on to learn about this emerging technology and its benefits.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

HPM Networks

Why Cisco, NetApp, and VMware are the Best Choice for Your Cloud Infrastructure
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This brief paper introduces three solutions capable of working together to bring your business a complete and shared virtualized infrastructure, designed to help you simplify management and enhance resource efficiency. In this paper, you'll learn about each of these three technologies and the benefits they can bring your organization.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

NetApp

8 reasons why Citrix NetScaler beats the competition
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with other ADCs.  This free report explains how Citrix NetScaler beats the competition. Shift to Citrix NetScaler.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

Citrix

Running Microsoft Apps on FlexPod for Vmware
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the benefits associated with virtualizing Microsoft applications, and discusses how a newly-introduced infrastructure solution can simplify the management and cost associated with this process. Read on to learn more about this emerging technology and its benefits.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

NetApp

Cisco, NetApp and VMware Deliver Live Application Mobility Across Data Centers
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new type of virtual solution designed specifically to improve maintenance, management and mobility in today's virtual infrastructures. By minimizing latency across long distances, this technology allows for the quick and efficient delivery of data and applications from one server to another - all with minimal downtime.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

NetApp

Consolidation without compromise
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

Citrix

A Shared-infrastructure Solution for Maximized HPC
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and AMD
WHITE PAPER: Discover how the Dell PowerEdge C6145 server is designed to meet the demands of intensive computational research of public and enterprise customers with the benefits of a shared infrastructure that saves space, weight, and energy.
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

Dell, Inc. and AMD

Compare and Contrast SPB and TRILL
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: With the amount of data center consolidation occurring today, moving to server virtualization has happened very quickly. This whitepaper discuss SPB and TRILL, two emerging technologies that wish to virtualize networks without adding complexity.
Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

Avaya

Applying Factory Principles to Accelerate Enterprise Virtualization
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper points out the challenges of virtualizing a large quantity of servers and describes seven clearly defined steps that comprise the virtualization process. Get detailed information on each one of these phases and obtain lessons learned from one company that employed this approach.
Posted: 28 Sep 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Data Mart Consolidation
sponsored by Hexaware Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how Data Mart consolidation is an effective tool for saving money when dealing with large volumes of data.
Posted: 12 Sep 2011 | Published: 12 Sep 2011

Hexaware Technologies

Accenture Next-generation Data Center Services with BMC Software
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: Today's data centers must constantly evolve to continue to meet new business requirements. This white paper recommends a comprehensive strategy for improving management and performance and describes the key phases that comprise it.
Posted: 16 Aug 2011 | Published: 16 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture

The Evolution of the Datacenter and the Need for a Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is having a profound effect on the data center, and many IT pros are wondering what they can expect and how they should prepare for the future. This white paper explains why the increased adoption of virtualization calls for new approaches to data center management and cites the benefits and drawbacks of converged infrastructure.
Posted: 09 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

IBM

Data Center Efficiency in the Virtual Era: Three Key Steps
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the sources of inefficiency within today's data centers. Review three steps you can take immediately to reduce costs, simplify management, and leverage the cloud.
Posted: 05 Aug 2011 | Published: 05 Aug 2011

DellEMC and Intel®

IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Create a strong financial business justification with support TCO and ROI results.
Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

IBM

IBM Data Center Networking: Planning for virtualization and cloud computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IBM Redbook covers the impact of server and storage consolidation, data center network virtualization and consolidation technologies, and much more.
Posted: 23 May 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

IBM

Extending the life of your existing data center assets - How the IBM Lexington data center grew IT capacity eight times without expanding its energy footprint
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the challenges data center managers face, and details how an IBM data center successfully leveraged integrated IT and facilities solutions to get more from existing investments.
Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2010

IBM

IBM Enables the Data Center with LTO-5 Products, Increasing Capacity, Throughput & File Management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn how IBM appears to have the deployment issue down pat and how they have a variety of delivery vehicles to satisfy the tape needs of your enterprise. Keep reading to learn more about IBM’s LTO-5 offerings. 
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

IBM

Analyzing the Virtualization Deployment Advantages of Two- and Four-Socket Server Platforms
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Intel IT and Intel's Data Center Group conducted proof of concept (PoC) testing and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to compare two- and four-socket servers based on Intel Xeon processors for a variety of virtualization scenarios. Download this white paper for a detailed look at this test and its results.
Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Oracle's Sun Systems for Oracle Coherence - An Optimal In-Memory Data Grid Architecture
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper discusses a drop-in implementation of Coherence running on Oracle's Sun servers utilizing Oracle Fusion Middleware components, most prominently WebLogic Suite.
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

Oracle Corporation

Migrating from IBM POWER Server Silos to HP BladeSystem and Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the options IT managers have for hosting enterprise applications when replacing end-of-life POWER 4 or 5 servers. It compares an HP Converged Infrastructure, based on HP Integrity and Proliant server blades, to approaches based on IBM POWER. It also addresses customer options for business-critical application migration.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

HP & Intel®

Transitioning to a Dynamic Data Center
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: The speed of change in global markets and the challenges of new modes of business demand companies operate in and react to quickly changing landscapes. Nowhere is this more critical than in the means and methods the enterprise uses to power its business, typically via IT services.
Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 02 Feb 2011

Hitachi Vantara

Creating a Business Case for Virtualization in the SMB Data Center
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper offers a guide for presenting the relatively high costs of expanding physical environments and the savings components of virtualization.
Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®