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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
- Temperature Scan (zip)
- Temperature Scan is an affordable Temperature monitoring system that allows you to be notified of changes in temperature as they happen. This tool can be used to monitor server room and data center temperatures to prevent disaster. A plug and play solution to bring important ambient temperature monitoring where you...
- Tags: Data Center, Temperature, Becker Solutions, Temperature Scan, Data Centers, Monitors & Displays, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- 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
- Energy Camp trades PowerPoints for user discussions to explore Green IT
- On Monday, the day before the main events of Interop Las Vegas 2008 officially kicked off, a group of about 70 professionals from the technology industry huddled up for an unconference called Energy Camp, which used a free-wheeling, user-driven format to explore the issues of energy efficiency and Green IT....
- Tags: Idea, Green IT, Microsoft PowerPoint, Attendee, Conference, Data Centers, Corporate Governance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- News to know for Monday, April 14, 2008
- "News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines: Tricia Liebert: The impact of the hive mind- all of us are smarter than one of us ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, PaaS, Garett Rogers, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Google: Green good guy or power grid glutton?
- On March 29, Google "turned off the lights" on its home page, changing the standard white theme to black (see below) for Earth Hour, a global grassroots initiative in which businesses and communities turned off the lights for an hour as a symbolic commitment to energy conservation. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- UPDATED: Calendar of U.S. technology conferences and events in 2008
- Despite repeated complaints from me and many others in the IT industry, it's still difficult to find a good master list of all the IT-related conferences, expos, and events. Thus, I've put together my own calendar in order to help TechRepublic readers find the events that best serve their interests...
- Tags: Event, Orlando, Information Technology, San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Computer Associates International Inc., Conference, Summit, International Data Corp., NV, Feb., Mar., FL, Apr., June, Sept., Oct., Web 2.0, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Microsoft reaches out to touch someone (your data center)
- Microsoft has just released beta versions of several technologies that will help it's System Center Operations Manager 2007 software to communicate with platforms other than Windows. The new extensions will allow the platform to manage virtual and physical servers including Unix, Linux, and VMWare ESX, and also include integrating with...
- Tags: Data Center, Olive, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Software Development, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Software/Web Development, Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Fire suppression for the server room
- I had a unique job interview when I was being considered for my current position. I never saw the computer room or any of the servers I would be supporting. It was highly unusual but the circumstances demanded quick action. My predecessor was being fired...
- Tags: Server Room, Servers, Data Centers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- 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
- Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages
- The IT industry and business in general are slowly waking up to the impact they are having on the environment. While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions...
- Tags: Data Center, Aperture Technologies, Data Centers, Storage, Public Relations, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications
- White papers 2008-03-11
- 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
- Case studies
- Service Provider Uses EM7 to Simplify IT Management and Web-Based Ticketing
- End users expect messaging services to be available 24x7 to match their demanding business schedules. To meet these requirements, Apptix delivers its services from a complex platform consisting of multiple environments in three separate data centers, located in northern Virginia, Chicago, and St. Louis. However, monitoring and managing this complex...
- Tags: Web, IT Administration, Apptix, Information Technology, Messaging, Data Centers, Groupware, Service Level Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management
- Case studies
- 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
- White papers
- Tax Agency Migrates to Windows 2003 Terminal Server Environment, Enhancing Security and Savings
- For years, the data center for North Rhine-Westphalia's (NWR) Tax Authorities has used a terminal server environment for distributing tax programs to its dispersed user base. With 550 servers comprising its IT environment, stability and reliability are critical for success. However, the security provided by its existing environment did not...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows 2003, Environment, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Tax Agency, Data Centers, Taxes, Free Trade, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies
- Travel Industry Innovator Widens Consumers~ Horizons With Open Architecture
- Each day, Amadeus handles more than 280 million transactions and processes up to 2 million Internet bookings at its data center in Erding, Germany, one of the largest civilian data centers in Europe. HP servers running the HP-UX 11i v2, Microsoft Windows, and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Industry, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software
- Case studies
- Remote Access Service - Development Environments Via the Internet - Module 1
- The latest development platforms (software and hardware) are hosted in data centers around the world, providing protected, timed access exclusively to Early Access Program members. Remote Access allows you to easily evaluate and develop software safely and securely on platforms over the internet. It's the quickest and surest way of...
- Tags: Environment, Intel Corp., Development Environment, Remote Access, Internet, Data Centers, Telecommunications, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts
- Remote Access Service - Development Environments Via the Internet - Module 2
- The latest development platforms (software and hardware) are hosted in data centers around the world, providing protected, timed access exclusively to Early Access Program members. Remote Access allows you to easily evaluate and develop software safely and securely on platforms over the internet. It's the quickest and surest way of...
- Tags: Environment, Intel Corp., Development Environment, Remote Access, Internet, Data Centers, Telecommunications, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts
- Oracle Case Study: MLT Vacations Inc.
- MLT Vacations Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines Corporation and is one of the largest providers of vacation packages in the United States. The company wanted to improve the availability of business-critical IT systems and Web sites and reduce overall IT costs. They wanted to create a...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Web Site Development, Data Centers, Web Technology, Channel Management, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Software, Management
- Case studies
