Data Center Consolidation
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(Source: Hewlett Packard) A typically complex, distributed, and heterogeneous IT environment is very difficult and expensive to manage, and a number of disadvantages to this model have become apparent. These include escalating operational costs, inflexible infrastructure, and erratic data security and integrity. Consequently, Butler Group believes that the proliferation of system silos found within the majority of enterprises today is not sustainable in the long term. Read this white paper to learn the significant benefits to data center consolidation and the adoption of a corresponding centralized management approach.
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This paper introduces some techniques for making backups without needing to stop the business applications. It also describes ways to simplify and reduce the cost of system operations.
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Data center management software pulls in more pieces of the infrastructure--virtual machines and virtual networks.
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The costs involved in running a data center now represent a large chunk of IT's total budget.
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(Source: Network Appliance)  This technical report discusses the virtual storage solutions that reduce cost, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges of backing up and restoring VMware ESX Server environments by using NetApp technologies.
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LIVE WEBCAST(Source: NetApp)  Join a live panel of speakers from Sprint Nextel, Enterprise Strategy Group and NetApp to learn how you can leverage NetApp virtualization, data center efficiency, and backup and recovery solutions to achieve: - 50% savings in power, space, and cooling- 38% total cost savings in VMware environments- 95% faster backups- Up to 20:1 space savings with deduplicationThis webcast will air on Tuesday, February 26th at 11:00 a.m. PST.
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NEC Solutions America&#39;s new four-processor Express5800/340Hb is designed for data-center applications, server consolidation, and server virtualization.
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Two new products are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
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Even though the practice was common in mainframes of old, convincing today's data center operators to pipe water through racks filled with expensive servers and invaluable data is not always easy.
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By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times  Feb. 19--I saw some amazing data centers in Redmond last week.   They were reliable, powerful, resilient and fault-tolerant.
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How a medical group solved its need to transfer large imaging files that were bogging down its Ethernet network.
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Company shows off labor-saving data center technology at Palo Alto research lab.
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Datacenter design is undergoing a significant transformation. The fundamentals of the datacenter -- servers, cooling systems, UPSes -- remain the same, but their implementations are rapidly changing, thanks in large part to the one variable cost in the server room: energy.
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Feature Consolidation runs and runs
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(Source: Lefthand Networks)  This white paper details the true cost of storage and server sprawl, proven approaches to virtualizing servers and storage, and how to maximize ROI using virtual machines on iSCSI SANs.
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Surging data center power usage is building to a potential crisis, but there are many steps that IT managers can take today to start reducing power consumption without making a huge investment -- or sacrificing performance or availability.
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(Source: HP)  See how to simplify your data center operations, respond more quickly to the needs of your business, and get more value from your IT investment - all at one time.