Business Intelligence Network - The Vision for BI and Beyond

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a five-step roadmap for standardizing and optimizing organization within both low and high density enclosure, with special emphasis on how to plan for higher densities.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | Disk Drives | Networking | Routing | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how the netBoot/i technology separates state from compute devices, allows them to run from iSCSI SAN, and provides many benefits to an organization.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Desktop Management | DHCP | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Operating Systems | Server Virtualization | Storage Devices | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - In order to determine what "security virtualization" really means, it is useful to understand how companies define and enforce their security and accompanying compliance policies today.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Security | Blade Servers | Data Centers | Databases | Malware | Network Processing | ROI | Security Policies | Security Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the experiment in consolidating physical server computers proved successful, and the Qualcomm IT department aggressively pursued virtualization starting in 2003.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: November 11, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | RAM | ROI | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Chapter 2 of Windows Servers and Storage (Revised edition, November 2008) discusses the physical aspects of server installation and topics include what a server room should contain, installation efficiency, and environmental factors.
Posted: November 12, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Capacity Planning | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Server Appliances | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Standards

WHITE PAPER - This chapter from Windows Servers and Storage (Revised edition, November 2008) contains information to guide administrators and IT managers in the selection and installation of servers, systems and subsystems.
Posted: November 12, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Blade Servers | Clustering | Data Centers | Grid Computing | Scalability Testing | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The server type selected for a consolidation or virtualization project lays the foundation for the entire plan, it even impacts the benefits you'll see from the investment.
Posted: November 11, 2008 | Published: November 11, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Rack Servers | SAN | Software Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Blade servers are popular for virtualization and consolidation projects, but do the increased engineering headaches outweigh the benefits? This expert guide outlines trends, benefits, and drawbacks.
Posted: November 10, 2008 | Published: November 10, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Load Balancing | Rack Servers

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the TCO of this blade solution at acquisition and at 1, 3, and 5 years. TCO includes hardware, support, management software, IO virtualization, power, cooling, network ports, and data center space.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 23, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Capacity | Data Centers | Performance Testing | Rack Servers | ROI | Server Virtualization | Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - IT shops can ensure availability of network and storage resources by addressing availability issues caused by changes in system configurations. This white paper explores a modular system that can help simplify this task.
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Published: October 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Blade Servers | Data Center Management | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Software Configuration Management | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The out-of-box experience of blade servers varies drastically-some systems take hours to unpack and assemble; others just 15 minutes. This independent study compares systems from Dell, HP, and IBM.
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Published: October 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Software Configuration Management | VMware

WHITE PAPER - It's essential to consider performance per watt when selecting a dual-socket blade server. Read this white paper to learn how systems from Dell, HP, and IBM stack, using an industry standard benchmark.
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Published: October 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Java | Power Generation Equipment | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Software Configuration Management | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Hardware | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Networking Hardware | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Software | TCO | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Egenera's Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture combines stateless, diskless processing blades with unique virtualization software (PAN Manager) to dramatically reduce data center complexity and deliver an agile, highly-available infrastructure.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: October 10, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | ERP | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - The NetWeaver BI Accelerator is a powerful analytic engine that sits alongside a BI server and offers fast response to complex, ad hoc queries against large InfoCubes, without requiring the effort to pre-compute aggregates.
Posted: October 7, 2008 | Published: October 7, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Business Intelligence | Data Compression | ERP | NetWeaver | Systems Management