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iSCSI: Superior Storage for Virtualization
White Paper IT management is increasingly focused on better utilization of infrastructure, containment of "Server sprawl," and improving responsiveness to business needs. Virtualization and iSCSI are two technological advances that, in themselves, can help... [05 Jun 2007]
Centralized IT With LAN-Like Performance: Myth or Reality?
White Paper Using Wide-area Data Services (WDS) technology from Riverbed, organizations have been empowered to eliminate data sprawl, centralize servers, and even reduce bandwidth expenditures. Through this webcast one can learn how organizations are taking... [20 May 2007]
Guaranteed Execution in a Service-Oriented Environment: Centralized Command and Control of Enterprise Applications
White Paper However, the current execution environment for SOA is based on static clustering, a reality which prohibits service levels from being met or exacerbates server sprawl in the data center as IT is forced to over-provision to handle unpredictable load. [22 Mar 2007]
Guaranteed Execution in a Service-Oriented Environment: Centralized Command and Control of Enterprise Applications
White Paper However, the current execution environment for SOA is based on static clustering, a reality which prohibits service levels from being met or exacerbates server sprawl in the data center as IT is forced to over-provision to handle unpredictable load. [22 Mar 2007]
Transforming Your Enterprise: Synchronizing Business and IT to Capitalize on Change, Summer 2006
White Paper Avoiding IT sprawl This Summer 2006 issue of HP's "Transforming Your Enterprise" will help you understand the issues that underscore many of today's most compelling technology trends. The articles in this collection cover these timely topics and more: [01 Feb 2007]
With Intel Server Technologies Built In, You Have Flexibility and Savings Built In
White Paper Reduce data center sprawl and management costs while taking on new projects and challenges. In the fast-paced business world, there is more to do with fewer resources. Increase capability while cutting costs. [26 Dec 2006]
Standardizing on AMD for the Company That Sets the Reseller Standard
White Paper The server sprawl had gotten enormous in the last few years and the company needed a way to help control it. Founded 24 years ago CDW is now a Fortune 500 company. As a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government... [13 Dec 2006]
Using Closed-Loop Change and Configuration Management to Optimize Your Data Center
White Paper The BMC Change and Configuration Management solution combines change management, capacity management, and other IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) discipline-oriented processes to provide a comprehensive, integrated solution for meeting the... [08 Nov 2006]
VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter and Vmotion Transform System Management, Reduce Server Sprawl and Underpin Disaster Recovery Strategy
White Paper Addleshaw Goddard is one of the UK's leading law firms. A core aspect of Addleshaw Goddard's business is document production and client communication. To support these activities, the firm requires a reliable IT system that performs well. [09 Aug 2006]
VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter and VMotion Reduce Server Count by 85 Percent; Resolve Disaster Recovery Issues; and Significantly Reduce Management Workload
White Paper In the long term, they needed a way of keeping server sprawl under control as the number of companies using the centralized system increased. The Aveve Group is Belgium's largest agricultural and horticultural supplier, with a diversified portfolio... [09 Aug 2006]
Top Ten E-tailer Overstock.com Selects Foundry for Massive Datacenter Overhaul and New Corporate Headquarters Build-Out
White Paper In 2004, Overstock.com's Salt Lake City campus was about to sprawl. The company desperately needed to revamp its Web site, network, data center, and corporate WLAN. The online retailer wanted to improve performance with higher bandwidth capacity... [16 Jun 2006]
A Quantitative and Analytical Approach to Server Consolidation
White Paper A significant part of the challenge is the sprawl that can occur over time as applications and servers proliferate. Over the past 20 years the IT infrastructures of most organizations have moved away from a reliance on centralized computing power... [26 May 2006]
The McCue Interview: Manpower global CIO, Rick Davidson
Comment But that still left the not insignificant issue of the IT sprawl across the company's 4,300 offices worldwide. Rick Davidson is a very busy man. As global CIO of recruitment and staffing agency Manpower, he spends most of his time on the road and... [30 Jan 2006]
The McCue Interview: BT CIO Al-Noor Ramji
Comment IT undoubtedly will play a key role in BT's transformation and Ramji is a year into overseeing the 'One IT' programme that aims to consolidate the spaghetti technology sprawl that previously existed at the telco. [28 Oct 2005]
A Study of Smart Growth Initiatives Using GIS: The Case of Austin, Texas
White Paper Smart growth has recently become a widely accepted concept as well as a nationwide movement that aims to correct problems caused by urban sprawl. Smart growth initiatives are generally designed to encourage infill development, concentrated... [30 Aug 2005]
