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- Virtualizing High Network I/O Environments
- A virtual computing infrastructure allows you to improve the utilization of IT resources, heighten the availability of your mission-critical applications, and reduce your total cost of ownership TCO. But successfully consolidating server workloads in a virtualized environment requires that your server subsystems (processor, memory, disk, and I/O) be capable of...
- Tags: Parallels Inc., Roi/Tco, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Computing Infrastructure, Network, Servers, Networking, Finance, Hardware, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-03-01
Additional Resources
- Getting Down to Business With Enterprise Grid Computing
- Grid computing brings order to this chaos in the middle tier. Originally used for large-scale scientific and research computing, the grid computing model increases reliability, scalability, and manageability in the middle tier, all while reducing costs. A grid computing infrastructure turns information technology IT resources-computers, storage, and applications-into a single...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers
- Maestro-VC: On-Demand Secure Cluster Computing Using Virtualization
- On-demand computing is the name given to technology which enables an infrastructure where computing cycles are treated as a commodity, and where such a commodity can be accessed upon request. In this way the goals of on-demand computing overlap with and are similar to those of Grid computing: both enable...
- Tags: University Of Illinois, On-demand, Grid Computing, Cluster Computing, On-demand Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Virtualization, It service Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-02-23
- Matching Applications With Raw Power Using the Sun Customer Ready HPC Cluster
- Cluster computing is the natural outcome of an evolution of distributed computing technology that has been in process for more than a decade. High-Performance Computing HPC clusters provide a mechanism for solving problems that cannot be solved without massive amounts of computing power, and they incorporate not only servers, storage,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Distributed Computing, Computing, Cluster Computing, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Automating Network Management: Leveraging Dynamic Reconfiguration for Utility Computing
- This white paper outlines how innovations in automating network management can help you dynamically adjust your computing resources to meet changing business needs. The paper explains how you can approach utility computing, an infrastructure model that merges computing resources into a global pool so they can be changed on-the-fly,...
- Tags: Cassatt Corp., Network, VLAN, Network Management, LANs, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Networking, Network Technology, Hardware
- White papers
- MDB: The Foundation of Enterprise Infrastructure Management
- Businesses around the world want to move to on-demand computing to address the challenges of the infrastructure today - high costs, high management risks and a lack of flexibility and availability of the infrastructure. This problem can be solved with improved IT management software. CA's approach to meeting the demands...
- Tags: On-demand, Enterprise Infrastructure Management, Computer Associates International Inc.
- White papers 2005-02-11
- Project MegaGrid: Infrastructure Design
- This white paper discusses the infrastructure design that enables the Enterprise Grid Computing model. A well-designed infrastructure provides the foundation on which the advanced IP and storage networking technologies are utilized, so that Grid-enabled applications can fully utilize resources in response to fluctuating demands. This paper refers to the Enterprise...
- Tags: Storage Networking, Oracle Corp., Environment, Infrastructure, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Server-Hosted Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): The Future of Desktop Computing
- With the widespread adoption of personal computers in the enterprise, desktop computing has become a core part of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, the personal computer was never designed to handle the requirements of enterprise infrastructure. As distributed end-points, desktops are very difficult to manage, maintain and secure. As a...
- Tags: PC, Pervasive Computing, Computing, Virtual Iron, Desktops, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-14
- Middleware: The Key to Next Generation Computing
- Middleware is the key to next generation computing. From grid computing to pervasive computing and from Web service to peer-to-peer technology, the major gluing element is middleware technology. It is for this reason that there has been significant effort at the national level for middleware development and support. Middleware will...
- Tags: Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-06-29
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Server Based Computing: Comparative Highlights
- VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI is a relatively new method of implementing centralized computing. This paper presents a brief overview of VDI and compares it to Server Based Computing SBC, the current widely recognized method for implementing centralized computing. The paper highlights several advantages that VDI has over SBC, which...
- Tags: Desktop, VMware Inc., Computing, Ericom Software, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-09-01
- OpenUCI:A .NET Based Utility Computing Framework
- Future organizations must handle a very large and complex IT infrastructure that consists of very diverge and highly heterogeneous computing systems. Moreover, the future generation applications must access services and resources regardless of the geographical location, access methods, and domain of authorization. In order to meet these challenging requirements, a...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Utility Computing, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-10-16
- The Sun Grid Solution: Deploying Grid Computing for Competitive Advantage
- Along with the increasing demand for computing resources, the growth of grid computing has been fueled by availability of powerful, compact, and inexpensive rack-optimized systems such as the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers. Nevertheless, Sun understands that effective grid computing infrastructure requires much more than racks of...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Competitive Advantage, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Network Services for the Support of Very-Low-Resource Devices
- Visions of future computing scenarios envisage a multitude of very-low-resource devices linked by power-efficient wireless communication means. This paper presents the vision of such a scenario. From this vision requirements are derived for an infrastructure that is able to satisfy the largely differing needs of these devices. The paper also...
- Tags: Network, Network Service, Bluetooth, Wearable Computing, Vision, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Strategy, Management
- White papers
- White paper: IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment: Providing enhanced infrastructure capabilities for SOA environments
- Scale-out and distributed computing continues to gain prominence across the IT infrastructure landscape. Architectural approaches built on this kind of foundation offer inherent advantages, including the potential for price performance economic benefits and greater flexibility. However, management, availability and throughput concerns can quickly outweigh these associated benefits. As a result,...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Environment, Approach, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Benefits, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Human Resources
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Exploring Infrastructure Management Buzzwords, Trends, and Concepts
- This webcast presents a brief overview of infrastructure management history, examining the business and technology drivers for management change and clarifying some of the more important concepts and jargon such as business service management, business impact management, service level management, service delivery management, autonomic computing, virtualization and adaptive management, utility...
- Tags: Infrastructure Management, TeamQuest Corp., Management, It Management, It Services, It service Management
- Webcasts
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: The Solution for Mission-critical Computing
- Dealing with costly and inflexible infrastructure that doesn't deliver enough value? Your data center should drive business forward--not derail it. It's time for a better choice in enterprise computing, and that's why organizations worldwide are turning to SUSEŽ Linux Enterprise Server from Novell. This innovative data center powerhouse is ready...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Data Center, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Computing, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Data Centers, Open Source, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-08
- Grid Computing Update - Cycle IV
- Grid Computing Update Pilots move to Mainstream. The fourth update to Quocirca's Grid Index shows how initial pilots of Grid computing are now moving towards full implementations. However, large-scale Grid implementations, covering an enterprise's total IT infrastructure, are still rare. Organisations are going for discrete cluster Grids...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-11
- Virtualizing High Network I/O Environments
- Every enterprise can benefit from improving the utilization of IT resources. Improved utilization not only helps reduce costs but can also simplify IT infrastructure, leading to reduced operations costs. A virtual computing infrastructure can provide the features that enable these benefits. At the same time, a virtual infrastructure can heighten...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, I/O, Virtuozzo, Virtual Machine, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Perspectives on Grid: Grid Computing - Next-Generation Distributed Computing
- Two major needs have dramatically increased the value of the concept of grid computing in the last few years. A lean economy has forced those with a limited IT budget to more fully utilize their existing computing assets and to become more flexible to respond to rapidly evolving markets by...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Distributed Computing, Economy, Network Technology, Utility Computing, It Management, Corba, Networking, It service Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2004-01-27
- Amazon expands cloud computing to augment Web 2.0 ventures
- Amazon Web Services opened up its utility computing service, the Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) beta, to all developers, adding large and extra large instance types to provide more flexibility to EC2 users. A quote from Internetnews.com: "[The] 'elastic' nature of Amazon EC2 allows any developer...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Amazon.com Inc., Computing, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-10-21
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