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- Integrated Data Infrastructure Pays Off for Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.
- Founded in 1997, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. is the largest provider of payday cash advance services in the United States. The organization wanted to replace siloed, non-integrated data infrastructure to enable more rapid application deployment and expanded visibility of critical data. The company wanted to improve the availability...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Infrastructure, Business Intelligence, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Copper State Bolt & Nut Co. Gains Enterprise-Class Reliability and Functionality With New Data Infrastructure
- Copper State Bolt & Nut Co., founded in 1972, is a manufacturer and distributor of fasteners, power tools, construction equipment and related products. The company wanted to implement a cost-effective, yet feature-rich data infrastructure to support continued growth and new business applications and ensure IT scalability. They wanted to implement...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Infrastructure, Performance Management, Construction, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software
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Additional Resources
- Confused Infrastructure Management Strategies
- Forrester recently surveyed IT decision-makers at 64 European financial services companies about their current situation and strategic plans regarding applications, application infrastructure, IT infrastructure, and IT infrastructure management. This paper will focus on survey results concerning data center strategies and infrastructure management. With a representative sample of banks, insurance companies,...
- Tags: Infrastructure Management, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., It Services, It Management, Financial Accounting, Strategy, It service Management, Finance, Management
- White papers 2005-05-11
- Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure
- This paper describes an improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data center and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure. Along with examples, the cost drivers of TCO are quantified. The largest cost driver is shown to be unnecessary...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Network, TCO, Infrastructure, Roi/Tco, Data Centers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Managing Data Integrity With Oracle Data Integrator
- Many companies underestimate the impact of poor-quality data on their overall business operations. Data integrity concerns become even more critical when new applications are integrated into the information technology infrastructure. Unless a company has implemented a systematic and reliable approach to data integrity, poor-quality data can propagate across the information...
- Tags: Data Integrity, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Trusted Infrastructure
- Running a business requires the availability and reliability of the IT infrastructure, which underlies most critical business processes. The reliability of the IT infrastructure is paramount. It implements the appropriate technologies to secure the end-to-end IT infrastructure, including data centers, networks, productivity tools, end-user desktops, and wireless devices. A trusted...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Information Technology, Storage, Security
- White papers 2006-02-07
- Single View Data Center Management: Enabling Visibility and Control of Your Storage Infrastructure With CommandCentral Storage
- Opportunities are waiting to be seized. But first one needs to set the priorities for the data center. Symantec believes that the key to creating an IT infrastructure that promotes business growth and profitability is best arrived at by implementing a strategy for optimizing operations across the three essential elements...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts
- VMware Infrastructure Architecture Overview
- VMware Infrastructure is the industry's first full infrastructure virtualization suite that allows enterprises and small businesses alike to transform, manage and optimize their IT systems infrastructure through virtualization. VMware Infrastructure delivers comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering. With a whole suite...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-09-06
- Impact of Communication Infrastructure on Forwarding in Pocket Switched Networks
- Recently, it has been established on multiple experimental data sets that human contact processes exhibit heavy-tailed inter-event distributions. This characteristic makes it difficult to transport data with a finite transfer time in a network of mobile devices, relying on opportunistic contacts only. Using various experimental data sets, the paper analyzes...
- Tags: Network, Association For Computing Machinery, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2006-09-15
- Momentum Webcast: Introduction to the Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model (Level 100)
- Infrastructure Optimization IO is the systematic process of reducing the complexity and costs associated with managing an IT infrastructure while improving its security and stability to achieve enhanced productivity for both those who support the infrastructure and those who use the infrastructure to accomplish the goals of the business. Microsoft...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Webcast, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Infrastructure Optimization Model, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts
- Computer Associates International Case Study: Telefonica Data
- Telefonica Data provides data transmission and Internet services, telephony, voice over IP, hosting, and tailor-made client solutions. To ensure reliability of the company's infrastructure in the US, Telefonica Data relies on best-of-breed service assurance tools in their Enterprise Management Solution Center EMSC. Telefonica Data's EMSC staff are more effective at...
- Tags: Enterprise Management, Telefonica, Computer Associates International Inc., Telefonica Data, Service Management, Service Level Management, Utility Computing, It Operations, It service Management
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- Data Center Infrastructure Architecture Overview
- This paper provides background information for designing a secure, scalable, and resilient data center infrastructure. It includes the sections like Data Center Architecture, Hardware and Software Recommendations, Data Center Multi-Layer Design, Data Center Protocols and Features, Scaling Bandwidth, and Network Management. At the aggregation layer, Cisco recommends using Catalyst 6500...
- Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Acquity Group, LLC Increases Competitive Advantage With Scalable, Reliable Data Infrastructure
- Acquity Group is a leading provider of business and technology solutions designed to optimize business performance. The company wanted to meet customer Service Level Agreements SLA for the company's new software-on-demand offerings and increase competitive advantage through enhanced product offerings. The challenge was to ensure IT infrastructure scalability to accommodate...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Competitive Advantage, Scalability, Acquity Group, Service Level Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Case studies
- Planning an Upgrade to VMware Infrastructure 3
- VMware Infrastructure is the industry-leading virtualized infrastructure suite for the dynamic data center. With central management of virtual machines, one can automate and simplify server provisioning. Because of the breadth of the changes in VMware Infrastructure 3, environments that currently run ESX Server 2.x and VirtualCenter 1.x must be upgraded...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-08-28
- Microsoft Webcast: Infrastructure Optimization (Part 01 of 11): Realize the Value of IT Investments
- As an IT manager, one can use infrastructure optimization to realize the value of the company's IT infrastructure investments and make the IT infrastructure a strategic asset. Ultimately, infrastructure optimization helps organizations connect with people, information, and business processes to increase market responsiveness and helps eliminate inefficiencies. To that end,...
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Information Technology, IT Investment, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts
- Message Management in Financial Services
- The Financial industry has been faced with the challenges of ensuring preparation to deal with e-discovery demands, various SEC and other regulatory mandates for access into information. However, somewhat lost in this rush to meet the demands of the courts has been a rationalization of the infrastructure and the collective...
- Tags: Financial Service, Computer Associates International Inc., Financial Industry, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Financial Planning, Storage Management, Financial Services, Data Management, Finance, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Does our Internet infrastructure need an upgrade?
- Do we need an upgrade?What would you do to improve the service and reach of the Internet in America?Personally, I would start doing more with QOS for time sensitive data types and work harder with telecom companies and other NGOs to get broadband rolled out even to rural areas. ...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet-infrastructure, Andy Moon, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Telefonica Depends on eHealth Suite
- Telefonica Data provides data transmission and Internet services, telephony, voice over IP, hosting, and tailor-made client solutions. To ensure reliability of the company's infrastructure in the US, Telefonica Data relies on best-of-breed service assurance tools in their Enterprise Management Solution Center EMSC. Telefonica Data's EMSC staff are more effective at...
- Tags: Enterprise Management, Telefonica, Computer Associates International Inc., Telefonica Data, E-health, Service Management, Service Level Management, Utility Computing, Healthcare, It Operations, It service Management
- Case studies
- Property Condition Assessments, LLC Increases Efficiency and Boosts Productivity With Integrated Data Infrastructure
- Property Condition Assessments, LLC PCA wanted to streamline its data collection process to coordinate and aggregate information received. The challenge was to increase capacity, productivity, and manageability of IT architecture to allow for rapid growth and provide an efficient, scalable infrastructure to meet future demands. PCA centralized its infrastructure with...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Infrastructure, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Microsoft Webcast: Infrastructure Optimization (Part 09 of 11): Accelerate Business Solutions and Drive Success Through Data Management
- An IT manager needs to provide the business with accurate, up-to-date data, which empowers people to make better decisions and helps accelerate business solutions. By optimizing the application environment infrastructure, one can also enable the IT department to provide a scalable Business Intelligence BI foundation, connecting systems across the company...
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Data Management, Digital Media, Databases, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
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