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Transforming the Data Center Through Standardization
Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control, driving costs up and jeopardizing service levels. That's why Symantec recommends companies standardize on a single layer of infrastructure software. Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control,...
Tags: Data Center, Standardization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2007-12-04
Remote Data Back-Ups (exe)
The Agent is the software application installed on your computer that manages the backup and retrieval of your files. The Agent connects, via the Internet or local intranet, to a facility called the Data Center to back up your files. Your backups are then stored at the Data Center until...
Tags: Data Center, Agent, West Tex Media, Data Centers, Real Estate, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations
Software downloads 2008-04-24
Sanity check: The top four trends in IT from Interop Las Vegas 2008
One of the top priorities for me at large trade shows like Interop -- with 18,000 attendees and 500 vendors -- is to try to sniff out big IT trends. I look at the booths that are getting the most traffic, the sessions that appear to be the most crowded,...
Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Green IT, Splunk, Data Centers, Strategy, WANs, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Networking, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-04
Reducing Energy Consumption in Data Centers - A Software Based Approach
Increasing energy consumption in the data center is causing problems for data center operators. Many are either running out of power or are unable to expand the data center to match their business needs. Often the solutions recommended tend to be expensive and require downtime. The presenter of this webcast...
Tags: Software, Symantec Corp., Data Center, Energy Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Webcasts 2008-02-22
Optimizing Data Center Operations for Greater Service Availability and Higher Customer Satisfaction
While data centers are often seen as cost centers, they can also be optimized so that they can actually serve as revenue drivers. For example, in service provider organizations data centers serve as critical revenue drivers by providing the platforms for service offerings. In order to improve contribution margins from...
Tags: Data Center, BladeLogic, Service Provider, Customer Satisfaction, Data Centers, Business Services, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Webcasts
The Reference Guide to Data Center Automation
This Realtimepublishers guide explains how data center automation can help your IT department do more with less. It offers valuable information on the concepts, techniques, and technologies that can help you better manage your computing infrastructure. From organizing content according to ITIL best practices to configuring network components, an automated...
Tags: Data Center, Network, Opsware Inc., Automation, Data Centers, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management
White papers
Cisco Data Center Tour
Welcome to the Cisco Data Center And Operational Control Center. What follows is a guided tour of the Cisco Systems main production data center, located in San Jose, California. This entire document is 64 pages long, with 45 photographs that help bring an experience of the Data Center tour to...
Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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Meridian IT Solutions Brings Outsourced WAN In-House; Deploys IP Communications for Cole Taylor Bank
Cole Taylor Bank is the largest independent bank in the Chicago area. The bank had an outsourced WAN that it wanted to bring in-house to realize improved reliability, flexibility, scalability, reduced costs, and the consolidation of a main site, branches, and functions to a new corporate headquarters building. In addition,...
Tags: Bank, Data Center, Information Technology, Outsource, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Cole Taylor Bank, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Case studies
Kindred Healthcare Increases IT Efficiency With Cisco-Based Storage Area Network
Headquartered in Louisville, Ky, Kindred Healthcare is one of the nation's largest long-term healthcare providers. The main data center is responsible for storing all the data for Kindred's corporate applications including enterprise resource planning, digitalized patient records, and clinical applications, while also providing centralized data backup. In planning their SAN...
Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, SAN, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
Case studies
Enabling Replication for Disaster Recovery
The Brown Shoe Company was looking to implement a real-time disaster recovery strategy to enable their large number of retail stores to continue operation in the event of a data center failure. The company turned to WANJet to accelerate the AS/400 replication of data between its two data centers, while...
Tags: Data Center, F5 Networks Inc., Replication, Mbps, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Retail, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Case studies
Proactive PC Replacement Offers Insurance Company $4.6 Million in Potential Savings
Intel Solution Services, a worldwide professional services organization specializing in distributed solutions and data center infrastructure, performed business client assessment work for a $3 billion insurance company1 that had more than 100 locations. The company did not follow a regular, proactive refresh cycle, and its client base included thousands of...
Tags: Data Center, PC, Professional Services, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Insurance, Microsoft Windows 95, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Finance
Case studies
Top Ten E-tailer Overstock.com Selects Foundry for Massive Datacenter Overhaul and New Corporate Headquarters Build-Out
In 2004, Overstock.com's Salt Lake City campus was about to sprawl. The company desperately needed to revamp its Web site, network, data center, and corporate WLAN. The online retailer wanted to improve performance with higher bandwidth capacity and network equipment that delivered performance, scalability, reliability, and support. Foundry's BigIron MG8...
Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Data Center, Network, WLAN, Overstock.com Inc., Data Centers, Wireless LANs, LANs, Networking, E-business/E-Commerce, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet
Case studies
Arsenal Digital Solutions
With more than 700 organizations relying on its fully managed storage, archiving, and disaster recovery services, Arsenal Digital Solutions requires a robust, high-performance business continuity solution. Arsenal Digital Solutions implemented VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter and Storage Foundation across 17 different data center environments encompassing multiple platforms. Results include enhanced data protection...
Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Center, High-performance, Business Continuity, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Storage, It Services, Leadership, Hardware, Data Management, Management
Webcasts
Peoria, Ariz., Relocates IT Operations to a State-of-the-Art Technology and Data Center
In 1980, Peoria, Ariz., was little more than a dusty suburb of Phoenix, with a population of roughly 12,000. Two and a half decades later, the population has grown by more than 1,000 percent. Such massive growth can tax a city's resources. Sometimes officials can overlook technology as they race...
Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Arizona, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Case studies
Case Study: Data Center Migration
In 2004, a global research-driven Pharmaceutical company engaged in a large corporate initiative to close down two existing datacenters and open a new, centralized datacenter 500 miles from their present location. In addition to the move, they implemented full Disaster Recovery for their most critical applications and upgraded the hardware/software...
Tags: Data Center, Data Systems Analysts Inc., Migration, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Major Book, Music, and Home Entertainment Retailer
The director of IT at a major book, music, and home entertainment retailer recognized that the company's data center was approaching capacity. In addition to being nearly out of space for new equipment, the facility had "Hot spots," making it difficult to maintain a consistent temperature. The facility also lacked...
Tags: Data Center, Forsythe Technology Inc., Music, Data Centers, Home Entertainment, Retail, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology
Case studies
Government Systems Integrator Chooses EM7 to Provide Proactive Service Level Management for Mission-Critical IT Service Delivery
As part of its secure managed hosting services for federal and commercial clients, such as the US Department of State, Computer Technologies Consultants (CTC) monitors and manages customer equipment in its data center for 24/7 availability of applications and web sites. The Data Center Manager at CTC needed a better...
Tags: Managed Hosting, Data Center, EM7 IT Management System, Data Centers, Storage, Service Level Management, Service Management, Web Hosting, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, It service Management, Internet
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Cisco Systems and CentrePath Help Fifth Third Bank Support Its Growing Business With a High-Speed, Highly Available Optical Network
Fifth Third Bancorp is a leading financial services company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. To accommodate the immediate needs, the company planned to lease additional data center space in an office several blocks away. But instead of dividing services between the two locations, they wanted to deploy a high-speed connection between...
Tags: Bank, Optical Network, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Telecommunications
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Reengineered Global Data Center Enhances Cisco Business Resilience and Agility, Lowers Costs
IT planners have developed a challenging long-range vision of where the Cisco Systems data center should be over the next few years. This vision will guide Cisco's testing and pilot deployment of several new technologies, some of them Cisco solutions and some from other vendors. The goal is a data...
Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Goal, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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Data Center Security white paper
The paper provides an overview of system security in the context of both rackmount and KVM-over-IP systems, and includes a description of the threats that face enterprise systems, as well as the security mechanisms that counter those threats.
Tags: Raritan Computer, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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