TechRepublic Resources
- McAfee Total Protection for Network is an enterprise-class network security center
- I am writing to you live from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas while attending Interop. While here, I make it a point to identify new products that are of interest to those who can not attend. First up is the McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Network product...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Security, Network, Blade, Network Security, ToPS Suite, Content Security Blade Server, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Instituto Hondureno de Seguridad Social Assures High Levels of Constituent Service
- Instituto Hondureno de Seguridad Social (IHSS) provides medical services to 15% of the economically active population in Honduras. The institute helps approximately 850,000 beneficiaries annually. The company wanted to unify information into one database that will offer high levels of availability and dependability to increase data control and eliminate duplicate...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Service, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Isotrak Drives Its Business Forward as Dell Technology Delivers the Goods
- Isotrak wanted to increase the range of logistics services it offers its blue chip clients and needed to upgrade its Network Hub - the core of its business offering. This required a reliable hardware platform to complement and support in-house software. The company worked with Dell to create a second...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Isotrak, Supply Chain, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Business Operations, Hardware
- Case studies
- Holmesglen Institute of TAFE Plots Growth Strategy With Oracle Grid Technology
- More than 50,000 students in Australia and Asia rely on the Holmesglen Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) for vocational training and education. By 2004, the institute has more than doubled in size since 1997 and sometimes grows nearly 30% in a single year. Expansion on this scale demanded...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Institute, Utility Computing, Blade Servers, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Management
- Case studies
- Sud-Ouest Modernizes IT Infrastructure for Better Reporting, Editing, and Design
- Sud-Ouest was created in Bordeaux in 1944 and is now the French daily with the second-largest circulation. The company wanted to equip the business with modern tools that meet journalists' need for easy handling of the text and photo content in their pages and consolidate the newspaper's editorial teams and...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Sud-Ouest, Storage, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Blade Servers, Databases, Middleware, Hardware, Software, Servers, Data Management
- Case studies
- RAC Accelerates Time-to-Insight and Drives Increased Revenues and Enhanced Customer Value With Informatica Data Integration Platform
- Determined to place the customer at the centre of its business processes, RAC launched a programme for business change, dubbed Customer Centric Management (CCM). Integral to this new business model was a Customer Data Warehouse (CDW) which would have to centralise data from disparate operating units, provide a single view...
- Tags: Revenue, Informatica, Data Integration, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Sun Case Study: Metaldyne Corporation
- Metaldyne Corporation is a leading global designer and supplier of metal-based components, assemblies, and modules for automakers. Metaldyne designers rely on Sun workstations and servers running the Solaris 8 Operating System for CAD and CAE. Leasing some 40 Sun workstations, including the Sun Blade 1000 Workstation, Sun Blade 1500 Workstation,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, Workstations, Blade Servers, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- HP BladeSystem Helps Aegis Mortgage Corporation Conserve IT Real Estate and Build a Flexible Infrastructure
- Aegis Mortgage Corporation offers brokers and homebuyers a spectrum of mortgages and home equity loans through its diverse subsidiaries. With data center locations in Baton Rouge, LA, and Houston, TX, Aegis is experiencing an increase in their loan processing transactions. Aegis required a space management solution to handle their sizeable...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Data Centers, Mortgages, Storage, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Capital Structures
- Case studies
- Modular Server Blade Maximizes Capacity With the Intel Pentium III Processor - Low Power at 700MHz
- When increasing server capacity to meet a growing application load, IT managers have traditionally added new boxes inside the rack. Vendors searching for ways to improve network security and increase rack and system density need high performance components that can function well with low thermal output, low power consumption, and...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Intel Pentium, High-performance, Intel Pentium III, Intel Corp., Processors, Blade Servers, Leadership, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management
- Case studies
- Boerse-Stuttgart Moves to HP BladeSystem Allowing for More Growth in Less Space
- Boerse-Stuttgart AG is the second largest stock exchange in Germany. The company was challenged to build a secure and flexible IT foundation that would support its trading activities and enhance reliability. They examined vendors that offered server blade solutions, and concluded that HP BladeSystem could support the demands of Boerse-Stuttgart's...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Storage, Blade Servers, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies
- PC Blades Enable Cinergy to Outsource Work and Maintain Strong Security
- Cinergy is a household name in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, serving 1.5 million electric customers and 500,000 gas customers. Cinergy sourced its application development and support work to a company relying on a remote workforce. Cinergy knew that it could benefit from this type of model, but it had concerns...
- Tags: Cinergy Corp., Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Blade, Consolidated Client Infrastructure, Outsource, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Printers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Peripherals
- Case studies
- A Platform for Growth: A Web Portal Based on Blade Servers Lowers Costs and Improves Scalability
- Visa cards are the world's most widely used form of electronic payment. With several key Web applications showing their age, availability had become an issue and support costs had risen for Visa USA. Visa needed new features and a stronger infrastructure to support them. They needed trusted consultants to determine...
- Tags: Visa Inc., Blade Server, Blade, Scalability, Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Internet, Hardware
- Case studies
- Exploiting Parallel Operations With Real Application Clusters
- Use of parallel operations with Oracle Database is well known, with the feature first having arrived in version 7.1. The ability to execute SQL statements in parallel on traditional UNIX-based Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) architectures greatly increased utilization of the server and increased the speed of large resource-intensive operations. In Real...
- Tags: Operation, Oracle Corp., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- University of Porto School of Engineering Builds Highly Scalable, Reliable Infrastructure on Novell SUSE Linux
- With origins that date to the 18th century, Portugal's world-renowned University of Porto School of Engineering is one of the most respected engineering schools in Europe. The university wanted to securely manage information for more 30,000 students and 3,000 faculty across 13 campuses and develop a data infrastructure that is...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Blade Servers, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies
- Fucerep Reduces Financial Processing Time With Real Application Clusters
- Fucerep is a savings and credit cooperative that contributes to the economic and social benefit of its members. Fucerep wanted to install a technology platform to support company growth and the increase of information required by the Uruguayan Financial System. The company wanted to deploy a high-availability data architecture that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Fucerep, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Golden Gate University Standardizes on Dell Servers and Switches to Help Give Students a Technologically Rich Educational Experience
- Golden Gate University (GGU) is California's fifth-largest private university, with more than 6,500 graduate and undergraduate students. GGU needed to provide reliable, robust IT services to an adult, professional student population; construct a fast, dependable network backbone for multimedia content, offer reliable services for e-business processes, and build in scalability...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Dell Server, Gate University, Golden Gate University, Servers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware
- Case studies
- Porto Alegre Regional Labor Court Standardizes Operations and Lowers Costs With Oracle
- Established in 1946 in Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho 4 (TRT4) operates a network of 115 labor courts supported by more than 250 judges and 2,500 public service employees. they wanted to reduce paper processes and bureaucracy associated with TRT4's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Channel Management, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Extreme IT Makeover: New Intel Xeon Processor-Based Workstations and Blade Servers Fast-Forward Animation in India
- Maya Entertainment Ltd had outgrown its workstation-based IT infrastructure. Even though animators are in short supply in India, they sat idle while their workstations rendered scenes. Maya needed a completely new IT infrastructure to increase productivity and accelerate schedules when necessary to meet deadlines. With lower prices being a key...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Information Technology, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Workstations, Servers, Blade Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies
- Moonhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) of Korea: Intel Enterprise Blade Server Family for Graphics-Intensive Media Rendering Application
- Established in 1961, MBC is one of the three major television broadcasters of Korea and has 1,724 employees. Television broadcasting stations throughout the country require intensive graphic production on a regular basis. More and more programs demand display of elaborate images, creation of charts, and graphic presentation of information such...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Media, Broadcasting, Korea, Graphics, Intel Corp., MBC, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Electronic Arts Runs the Sims Online Game Faster and More Reliably, Saves $3.4 Million With Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux
- Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is the world's largest independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for PCs, game boxes and the internet. EA needed to build a solid computing infrastructure for The Sims Online - one capable of providing fast, uninterrupted service around the clock for hundreds of thousands...
- Tags: Linux, Oracle Corp., Electronic Arts Inc., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Games, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Personal Technology, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
