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Electrical Efficiency Modeling of Data Centers

whitepaper Conventional models for estimating electrical efficiency of data centers are grossly inaccurate for real-world installations. A simple, more accurate efficiency model is described that provides a rational basis to identify and quantify waste in...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Selecting an Industry-Standard Metric for Data Center Efficiency

whitepaper The development of standards for the measurement and specification of data center efficiency is an essential step in the global effort to reduce the environmental impact of data centers. This paper explains some of the metrics that have been used...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

City IT Department Improves Data Protection and Backup Process Efficiency

whitepaper Southlake implemented the beta of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 and achieved continuous data protection, greatly increasing the efficiency of its IT operations. Southlake, Texas, is a small, growing city of 26,000 people.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Korea Food Service Corporation Installs Web-Based Ordering System for Greater Efficiency

whitepaper KFSC has always searched for innovative ways to improve operational efficiency. Founded in 1997 as a delivery center for McDonald's Korea, Korea Food Service Corporation (KFSC) expanded its activities to include food manufacturing and distribution.

Tags: erp

[11 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

[11 May 2008]

Championing Energy Efficiency in the Data Center: An IBM Server Consolidation Analysis

whitepaper Energy efficiency has long been a top priority at a large natural gas and electric utility headquartered in the United States. This utility company, teaming with IBM, is currently undertaking a server consolidation of their data center with the...

Tags: server consolidation

[11 May 2008]

M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth

whitepaper M.T.M.wanted to increase efficiency company-wide and improve activity planning for all fuel systems lifecycle. M.T.M.an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top...

Tags: erp

[11 May 2008]

Cinepolis Integrates Financial Information Systems and Achieves Operational Efficiency in 188 Theaters

whitepaper The challenge was to automate inventory processes to facilitate real-time inventory visibility and updating and reduce processing times for the company's high daily-transaction volume to achieve operational efficiency.

Tags: knowledge and data management

[11 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

[11 May 2008]

Five Strategies for Cutting Data Center Energy Costs Through Enhanced Cooling Efficiency

whitepaper This paper presents five strategies for increasing data center cooling efficiency. Coupled with emerging technologies such as higher-efficiency processors and new chip-based cooling technologies, these measures can keep energy costs in line as...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Power Company Optimizes Technology, Increasing Efficiency While Reducing Costs

whitepaper Edesur increased operational efficiency, enhanced system security, reduced maintenance and IT costs, and created a framework for future growth. Edesur, a distributor of electricity in Buenos Aires, Argentina, needed a strategic plan for upgrading...

Tags: customer support services, plan, desktops, microsoft office

[11 May 2008]

On the Safety and Efficiency of Firewall Policy Deployment

whitepaper Firewall policy management is challenging and error-prone. While ample research has led to tools for policy specification, correctness analysis, and optimization, few researchers have paid attention to firewall policy deployment: the process where...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Automotive Parts Manufacturer Boosts Efficiency With Enhanced Monitoring, Reporting

whitepaper To help its enterprise run more efficiently, Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of automotive and industrial belts and hoses, needed a monitoring system that could provide comprehensive reporting data on its 400 business-critical servers.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Reducing Acoustical Noise in Personal Workstations by Increasing Cooling Efficiency

whitepaper Personal workstations have provided users with substantial increases in processing power over the past decade. Increases in memory size, increased graphics capability and hard drive capacity, and much higher processor performance have all...

Tags: workstations

[11 May 2008]

MIT Podcast: How Enterprise Software Drives Higher Productivity Efficiency

whitepaper If you are a small business or midsize company currently thinking about investing in IT, you might be wondering if it is even worth it. Download this MIT Podcast, featuring an interview with Dr. Sinan Aral of MIT and NYU, to hear about the results...

Tags: crm software

[11 May 2008]

Fuel Transporter Improves IT Efficiency and Security With New Management Tool

whitepaper Explorer Pipeline managed its distributed network with a variety of tools, but the IT staff still had limited information about the environment and spent hours each week manually checking its health. By deploying Microsoft System Center Essentials...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Infomercati Modernizes and Automates Business Processes to Increase Operational Efficiency

whitepaper Infomercati is an obligatory association established in Italy under a 1996 law requiring creation and management of an information system for wholesale food and agriculture markets. Infomercati wanted to deploy a single tool for recording the...

Tags: database management

[11 May 2008]

University Optimizes Security for Campuswide Network, Increases IT Efficiency

whitepaper La Trobe University, a leading higher education institution in Australia, had to automate network access controls for all clients connecting to the campuswide network. With more than 28,000 students and 2,600 staff, this was no small task.

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Automate to Optimize: The Foundation for Data Center Efficiency

whitepaper Data centers experience constant change under pressure from technology and business drivers. IT systems are becoming more, not less complex as new technologies are introduced, and IT staffs are not growing to keep pace with the growth in size and...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

German Association Discovers a New Level of Efficiency and Flexibility With Business

whitepaper Employees at the German Alpine Association found it difficult to manage and consolidate all of the operations effectively. For the staff to operate effectively, some changes needed to be implemented, including the use of a common interface, a...

Tags: systems integration

[11 May 2008]

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