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TechNet Webcast: Overview and Architecture of System Center Essentials 2007 (Level 300)

whitepaper The presenter shows how System Center Essentials 2007 can help keep the systems updated with tools that accelerate problem resolution and enable automation of system updates and data collection. Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 is a new...

Tags: monitoring systems

[20 May 2008]

Discover How Automated Meter Management and SOA Can Light the Way for Utility Companies: Establishing the Necessary Infrastructure to Maximize Flexibility and Component Reuse

whitepaper One needs to go through this paper to explore the current architecture in the industry and why it needs an infrastructure that supports integration of customer information, call center, customer portal, and Automated Meter Reader (AMR) systems...

Tags: infrastructure management

[20 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

[18 May 2008]

Operational Best Practices for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

whitepaper The ability to maintain performance, availability, security, and manageability of those network devices is of paramount importance to the successful operation of their data center. With the wide-scale deployment of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series in...

Tags: switching

[18 May 2008]

Facilities Considerations for the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture

whitepaper The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile IT support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to provide the power, cooling...

Tags: network design

[16 May 2008]

School District Consolidates Backup Systems, Reduces IT Workload, and Lowers Costs

whitepaper The district deployed Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, a disk-and-tape backup system, to replace two tape-based systems. Tracy Unified School District in northern California wanted to streamline the work involved in daily...

Tags: monitoring systems

[16 May 2008]

Shipping Company Halves Data Backup Time, Lowers Costs, Boosts Dependability

whitepaper Most important, MSC data is more reliably safeguarded by a disk-based backup solution that is independent of slower tape systems. To shortcut the major time drain surrounding daily data backup and file recovery, MSC deployed Microsoft System Center...

Tags: monitoring systems

[16 May 2008]

Security Implications of the Virtualized Datacenter

whitepaper With enterprise-class virtualization software hitting the market from VMware and Microsoft (ESX Virtual Infrastructure and Virtual PC, respectively), large names and support dollars are backing the virtual data center migration.

Tags: security management

[16 May 2008]

Data Center Solutions: Planning Considerations for Data Center Facilities Systems

whitepaper Data centers are at the core of business activity, and the growing transmission speed and density of active data center equipment is placing ever-increasing demands on the physical layer. The deployment of high-density blade servers and storage...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

The Path to a Green Data Center

whitepaper Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade are committed to providing organizations with a cost-effective, eco-friendly, and socially responsible approach to managing data center growth and maximizing Storage Area Network (SAN) and File Area Network (FAN...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Facility Considerations for the Data Center

whitepaper The Cisco Enterprise Data Center Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile Information Technology (IT) support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Software Interoperability Increases System Availability and Reduces Costs

whitepaper Engyro, a Microsoft subsidiary, uses Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to help customers connect these diverse management systems. Many businesses use multiple management systems to manage applications.

Tags: monitoring systems

[15 May 2008]

Data Center Consolidation

whitepaper As both technology and government agency management systems improve, so too does the viability of enterprise-level Data Center Consolidation (DCC). The significant and short-term cost savings, as well as the resulting improvements in information...

Tags: data center

[14 May 2008]

Power Struggle: How IT Managers Cope With Data Center Power Demands and the Raptor Solution

whitepaper The primary goals for data center operators are to save power costs and cool the systems to prevent heat-induced failures, expand data center space without straining the company budget every time an expansion occurs and plan a distributed data...

Tags: data center

[14 May 2008]

Turkish Bank With 437 Branches Centralizes Windows Server System Infrastructure Management

whitepaper MOM agents are installed on some 800 computers, including most servers in the data center and all of the computers serving the bank's more than 400 branch offices. The company's technology subsidiary, Garanti Technology, uses Microsoft Operations...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Greater Access to Data Helps Danish Foreign Ministry Resolve Network Issues Quickly

whitepaper Multiple management groups in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 track the performance of the two environments. The ministry wanted a way to consolidate reports from these disparate MOM 2005...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Next Generation Federal Data Center Architectures

whitepaper The United States Government's E-Gov initiative established the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Program to build a business-driven Information Technology (IT) blueprint for the federal government.

Tags: data center

[14 May 2008]

Shipping Firm Centralizes IT With Data Center Network and WAN

whitepaper The Panalpina Group wanted to shift IT spending from systems maintenance to delivery of innovation and avoid US$500,000 in capital cost for Toronto data center upgrade. As a solution Panalpina Group deployed Cisco WAAS for WAN optimization, Cisco...

Tags: switching

[13 May 2008]

University Protects Vital Data With End-to-End Cisco Data Center Architecture

whitepaper The University installed redundant Storage Area Networks (SANs) based on Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switches, moved mission-critical applications to highly available, reliable SAN and Cisco-based SAN adds to data protection provided by...

Tags: switching

[13 May 2008]

Manufacturer Optimizes Data Center Network for SAP Portal

whitepaper Today, application servers and application acceleration solutions are deployed across the two data centers, including a pair of Cisco Content Switching Modules (CSMs) for Catalyst 6500 Switches. For one large European manufacturer of factory...

Tags: switching

[13 May 2008]

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