Servers White Papers

CIO Guide to Virtual Server Data Protection

Server virtualization is changing the face of the modern data center. CIOs are looking for ways to virtualize more applications, faster across the IT spectrum. Selecting the right data protection solution that understands the new virtual environment is a critical success factor in the journey to cloud-based infrastructure. This guide looks at the key questions CIOs should be asking to ensure a successful virtual server data protections solution.

Sponsor: CommVault

How Blade Centers Impact Data Center Management and Agility

This paper examines enterprise adoption of blade servers in the US, UK and China; the benefits of blade server use; and the connection between enterprise data center management and agility goals and blade server use. It reveals that blade servers are highly associated with core infrastructure consolidation and optimization efforts and offer high value to users as a virtualization platform and means of reducing OpEx.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Nemertes Research PilotHouse Awards: Server for Virtualization

The Nemertes Research PilotHouse Awards provide insight on the performance of technology vendors, according to feedback from IT decision makers who use their products or services. See which vendors were recognized for their servers built for virtualization.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers

The market for blade servers is becoming ever more complex and diverse due to the convergence of related modular form factors, a fast-growing interest in fabric-based infrastructure and the influence of cloud computing on buying behavior. Download the Gartner Magic Quadrant to see how the vendors in blade servers stack up.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Picking the Right Server solution to solve your Space, Power and Cooling problems

The type of server you install in a data center can have a big impact -- positive or negative -- on the space, power and cooling required. Knowing and choosing the appropriate server type can extend the effective life of your data center, saving millions of dollars, and make room to add new systems.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

How Blade Servers Impact Datacenter Management and Agility

Get help evaluating your next purchases and accelerate the business value of IT as your datacenter continues to evolve. Download this Technical Adoption Profile on How Blade Servers Impact Datacenter Management and Agility from Forrester Research.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Servers So Intelligent, They Redefine the Service Experience

HP has developed new online and enhanced remote service technologies designed to capitalize on the embedded HP ProLiant Gen8 management and monitoring capabilities. The most notable of these offerings - HP Insight Online - is the industry's first comprehensive, cloud-based management and support solution with a personalized dashboard for monitoring device and support status.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Intelligent Management and Greater Efficiency Throughout the Lifecycle

The new HP ProLiant Gen8 server features capabilities that speed and simplify three critical phases of the server lifecycle: configuration and provisioning, daily operational health monitoring and ongoing updates and maintenance. Download this short paper to learn more.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Explore the Power, Flexibility and Serviceability HP ProLiant DL360p and DL380p Gen8 Servers

The DL360p and DL380p deliver innovative advances in performance, serviceability and lifecycle automation to address the pressing demands of today's data-intensive and virtualized IT environments. Based on the HP ProActive Insight architecture, these intelligent servers can speed provisioning, increase uptime and greatly reduce the time and resources companies expend on server deployment and management.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configurations: High-availability virtualization with Dell PowerEdge R515 servers

Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configurations help companies simplify the design, ordering and deployment of a highly available virtualized infrastructure. This proven architecture is comprised of three servers, two switches and one storage array, plus the software you'll need to manage the environment to support over 500 users.

Sponsor: Dell

Forrester: Formulate A Database Security Strategy to Ensure Investments Will Actually Prevent Data Breaches and Satisfy Regulatory Requirements

Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core - their databases. Many don't have a comprehensive database security strategy to defend against sophisticated attacks, track sensitive data, or even meet emerging regulatory requirements.

Sponsor: Oracle

Has Your Server Infrastructure Kept Pace with User Demands?

Learn how your answer to this question compares to your peers by taking this quick poll. See how your peers are dealing with the challenge of ensuring a highly capable server infrastructure as technological shifts impact the application server platform.

Sponsor: AMD

Consolidating Lotus Domino x86 Workloads on IBM Power Systems

Many data centers run their email systems on numerous underutilized x86 servers. A rigid practice that creates availability, efficiency and user satisfaction issues, it can prove to be costly. Read the white paper to learn how moving up to Lotus Domino 8.5 and consolidating with IBM Power Servers can help you boost performance results and ROI.

Sponsor: IBM

Best Practices for Migrating Linux/x86 Applications to IBM Power Systems

Running your Linux workloads on inefficient x86-based server farms is complex and costly. But switching to a consolidated server solution can be difficult. Read the white paper to learn the best practices for migrating to Power System servers. You'll also see how simple it is to leverage IBM's offerings to maximize performance and cost savings.

Sponsor: IBM

Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS.

Sponsor: Amazon Web Services

Securing Internet File Transfers

Private data-so heavily protected on the corporate network-is instantly exposed to risk and attack once it sails onto the public Internet. Yet the business drivers that demand security within the corporate network-compliance with regulations, preservation of customer privacy, and protection of intellectual property-apply even more to your Internet transfers.

This solution brief describes the four essential elements of secure Internet transfers and tells you how Attachmate FileXpress overcomes the shortcomings of traditional file transfer practices to protect the confidentiality and integrity of data in motion.

Sponsor: Attachmate

ITG Report: Cost/Benefit Case for IBM XIV Systems: Comparing Cost

New research from the International Technology Group demonstrates that the three-year operating and capital expenses for deployment and use of IBM XIV storage systems average 69 percent less than for EMC VMAX equivalents. Download now to learn more.

Sponsor: IBM

Sorting Through the Confusion - Replacing Tape with Disk Backup

In view of the often confusing landscape of how best to replace tape backup, this white paper will discuss the factors to consider when evaluating the alternatives, including a framework for assessing the value to IT for each approach.

Sponsor: ExaGrid

Reducing Costs Through Better Server Utilization

As IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures, maintaining datacenter agility is critical By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs-without sacrificing performance or impacting service levels.

Sponsor: Oracle

Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives

Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it. SOA governance provides the ability to quickly and continuously translate and transmit business strategy and requirements into the processes, policies, and controls that will guide the evolution of your infrastructure and your enterprise. Download this whitepaper, Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives to see why many organizations are reaping the rewards of successful SOA transformations and what you need to do to make yours one of them.

Sponsor: Oracle

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