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Customer Experiences With NetBackup PureDisk and VMware

whitepaper Data deduplication and server virtualization help storage, backup and IT managers improve efficiency within the data center. How can these two technologies work together to provide customers with even greater benefits?

Tags: back-up

[16 May 2008]

Data Center Efficiency in the Scalable Enterprise

whitepaper Energy efficiency is a top concern as IT managers struggle with rising power bills, cooling problems, usage limits imposed by local utilities, or requirements to deploy additional servers without expanding an existing data center or building a new...

Tags: data center

[16 May 2008]

A Power Benchmarking Study on the IBM System z9: Applying Energy Efficiency Metrics to Performance

whitepaper Over the past few years energy efficiency in the data center has become one of the top concerns for IT managers. As the cost of power grows significantly, the application of energy efficiency to systems performance becomes a metric that can not be...

Tags: mainframes

[15 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy

Comment In the end efficiency and effectiveness must trump control as a rationale for implementing processes for IT functions. Managers tend to recoil from any discussion about process because they equate it with bureaucracy.

Tags: project management, process

[12 May 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Print issues in black and white

Comment A think-big-start-small approach can quickly demonstrate how assessing and optimising the printing practices of one department or location can eventually translate into savings and efficiency improvements across the enterprise.

Tags: managed services, outsourcing, printers

[22 Apr 2008]

Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities

Comment The main business priorities driving IT spend in 2008 are the usual issues of efficiency and cost-cutting but the need to increase profitability through IT is now also high on the list for CIOs. Tech budgets will remain flat or fall in 2008 for...

Tags: cio agenda

[18 Apr 2008]

The New Power of Payment Call Centers: Organizational Impacts of Outsourced TEL ACH Origination Services

whitepaper As a result of this view, call center performance is commonly evaluated based on operating expenses and efficiency metrics. From on-going measurement of these kinds of numbers, call center managers often develop performance goals expressed in terms...

Tags: customer support services

[12 Apr 2008]

Expanding IT Strategies Successfully: Dynamic Data Center Services

whitepaper Customers who already rely on dynamic IT solutions for SAP, Terminalservices or Oracle environments confirm that the Dynamic Data Center from Fujitsu Siemens Computers increases flexibility, efficiency and quality in data centers.

Tags: data center

[11 Apr 2008]

Utilizing Temperature Monitoring to Increase Datacenter Cooling Efficiency

whitepaper There are a number of strategies available to IT managers such as virtualization, redesign of the datacenter and exchanging power hungry servers with more energy efficient devices. Now there is significant focus being placed on the IT Department to...

Tags: data center

[11 Apr 2008]

Consolidating Tape Storage Using StorageTek's L5500 Tape Library

whitepaper Storage managers are also taking advantage of solutions that optimize efficiency by matching workloads to the cost and performance characteristics of various storage solutions. At the same time, IT managers must extract increased value from their...

Tags: storage management, tape, human, scalable

[10 Apr 2008]

Centralised or decentralised IT?

Comment Pool software developers and save money, or disperse them to business units and improve efficiency? Typically, they are project managers or business analysts who know both business and IT, are adept at drafting system requirements, and strong...

Tags: centralisation, software, development

[09 Apr 2008]

Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Data Centers

whitepaper In the broadening data center cost-saving and energy efficiency discussion, data center physical infrastructure preventive maintenance (PM) is sometimes neglected as an important tool for controlling TCO and downtime.

Tags: infrastructure management

[09 Apr 2008]

Collaboration and information: Using the web to stay competitive and improve efficiency

whitepaper Now - more than ever before IT managers are required to understand a broad range of communication channels and associated information formats.Read this white paper to see which communication platforms will move from niche technologies to strategic...

Tags: collaborative web, platforms, niche, formats

[08 Apr 2008]

Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals

News The consulting group made its claims in a submission to the government's Public Services Industry Review (PSIR) that is looking at how to improve efficiency in the £40bn-a-year public outsourcing market.

Tags: compass, outsourcing

[04 Apr 2008]

Pipeline Operator Enhances Efficiency and Service With New Web Application Platform

whitepaper Because the company's developers frequently update and improve the application, its IT managers were looking for technologies that would streamline the development process. Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline uses a custom-built Web application to...

Tags: application servers

[23 Mar 2008]

New Operating System Helps Municipal Organization Boost Efficiency, Productivity

whitepaper The organization's IT managers and developers now can be more efficient and productive, and they can spend less time on redundant tasks. The IT staff for Comune di Roma manages an informational Web site, which over the past year has been visited by...

Tags: application servers

[23 Mar 2008]

Green carrots needed for IT chiefs

News Szubert argued data centre managers would be more inclined to improve efficiency if they are the ones who have to pay the bills. Speaking to silicon.com, Szubert said: "There's a lack of information, [IT managers] don't know how much power they're...

Tags: green, carbon, quocirca, data centres

[19 Mar 2008]

Growing Energy Utility Chooses Virtualization Solution to Drive Agility and Cut Costs

whitepaper IT managers chose Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. However, this period of rapid growth and expansion into global markets has put pressure on...

Tags: application servers, virtual, markets, reached

[29 Feb 2008]

Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best of VMworld" Approach

whitepaper Adding cost and complexity can erode the cost savings and efficiency benefits of server virtualization. IT managers and executives have enthusiastically embraced server virtualization because it greatly increases server utilization, reduces capital...

Tags: server consolidation

[29 Feb 2008]

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Comment So it's in many ways fulfilling the promise of the internet by creating efficiency and allowing anybody to participate in the global economy no matter where they are or where they live. If you put those search terms in you're going to find...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[28 Feb 2008]

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