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- An examination of server consolidation: trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge
- This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks at the potential cost savings associated with server consolidation and offers information on how organizations can sustain the advantage they...
- Tags: Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-11
- Large Midwestern Utility Cuts Capital and Operational Test and Development Costs
- As Exelon Corporation's infrastructure grew through mergers and acquisitions, so too did its test and development environment to support duplicate domain and management systems. To help reduce hardware and labor costs while maintaining its stringent testing standards, Exelon decided to implement virtual machines in the test and development environment using...
- Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Development Environment, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Boral Achieves a Significant Reduction in Server Management Costs With Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Boral Limited began in 1946 as Bitumen and Oil Refineries Australia Limited, and was the first Australian-owned operation of its kind. With a large number of people working for the company over a widely dispersed geographical area, Boral relies heavily on its network infrastructure to enable resource-sharing and communication. As...
- Tags: Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Avanade, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Server Consolidation, Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- VMware ACE Data Encryption Protects Valuable Client Data for Baker Hill
- For more than two decades, Baker Hill has been focused on the banking industry, delivering solutions that address business process needs and working as a trusted advisor to its banking clients. The senior network administrator for Baker Hill had been working with New Age Technologies to implement a VMware virtual...
- Tags: Baker Hill, VMware Inc., Encryption, Banking, Server Consolidation, Financial Services, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- WTC Communications Keeps Rural Kansas Connected With Vmware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Located in the Kansas River Valley next to the scenic Flint Hills, Wamego and the surrounding communities of St. George and Paxico have been served by Wamego Telecommunications Co. WTC since 1912. With the company's rapid growth and commitment to innovation, WTC began to look for a server consolidation strategy...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Connected Corp., Server Consolidation, Desktops, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- VMware Software Enables Fast Server Deployment and Management, Effective Disaster Recovery, and Remote Desktop Environment
- With the company's rapid growth and commitment to innovation, Wamego Telecommunications Co., WTC began to look for a server consolidation strategy in January 2005. At the same time WTC began looking for a server consolidation solution, it was also looking for a solution to streamline desktop computer deployment. WTC set...
- Tags: Software, Remote Desktop, Environment, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, VMware Software, WTC, Server Consolidation, Servers, Desktops, Hardware
- Case studies
- At the Forefront of Educational Excellence, Republic Polytechnic Uses VMware for Innovative Problem-Based Learning
- Republic Polytechnic RP is Singapore's newest polytechnic school and first educational institution to fully adopt the advanced Problem-Based Learning PBL approach. As part of the PBL pedagogy, the school wanted to create a realistic environment for training its students. For the intrusion detection module, the school wanted to create a...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Republic Polytechnic, Intrusion Detection, Server Consolidation, It Services, Servers, Network Security, Security, Hardware, Networking
- Case studies
- Sun Case Study: TransCanada PipeLines Limited
- Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, TransCanada is a leading North American energy company focused on natural gas transmission and power services. To enhance manageability and bring down the costs, TransCanada considered consolidating their mid-range server environment with an aim of achieving a common platform to run the business-critical applications. Since server...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Feasibility, TransCanada, Server Consolidation, Telecom & Utilities, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- VHV Gains Premium Performance With Server Consolidation
- The challenge faced by VHV were construction of an integrated system base for the secure and efficient operation of complex insurance applications and future e-business services; reduction of administrative effort and increase in performance and availability; platform and database migration for server consolidation and system harmonization. So the IT team...
- Tags: Performance, IBM Corp., Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- GSX Server 3 (Featuring Live Product Screencam Video)
- In this introduction to the VMware virtualization technology, focusing on what's new in GSX Server 3, you will see industry statistics, customer case-studies, and a demo. GSX Server is enterprise-class virtual machine software for software development and testing operations, as well as departmental server consolidation projects.
- Tags: EMC Corp., Virtual Machine, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Getronics Enables Server Consolidation, Desktop Standardization, Lower TCO Via Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
- Postkantoren BV, which runs the Netherlands' postal service, was continuing to manage its infrastructure on the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 platform. But that software - state of the art when it was first deployed - was not intended to address today's security issues, or to take advantage of today's...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Getronics, Microsoft Windows XP, Server Consolidation, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Standardization, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Server Consolidation With VMware Saves Itron Money and Resources Without Compromising Performance
- With more than 2,000 clients worldwide, Itron Inc. is the leading global provider of solutions for collecting, analyzing and applying electric, gas and water usage data. With server management becoming a costly headache, Itron sought a solution that would reduce the number of servers without sacrificing performance. In August 2003,...
- Tags: Itron, Performance, VMware Inc., Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Mutual of Enumclaw Maximizes Return on IT Investments With VMware ESX Server
- Few companies know the value of efficiency like Mutual of Enumclaw. When its growing hardware base began exceeding space limits and outlasting maintenance warranties, the company investigated how to make IT more efficient through server consolidation. By enabling the team to run multiple applications and operating systems - each in...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Investment, VMware Inc., TCO, VMWare ESX Server, EMC Corp., VMWare ESX, Roi/Tco, Server Consolidation, Storage, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- Case studies
- TechNet Webcast: Server Consolidation With SQL Server (Level 300)
- Microsoft SQL Server supports multiple options for server consolidation, providing organizations with the flexibility to choose the consolidation approach that best meets their requirements in order to centralize data services management and reduce hardware and maintenance costs. By providing centralized management, auditing, and monitoring capabilities, SQL Server makes it easy...
- Tags: Data Service, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft TechNet, Server Consolidation, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- MGM MIRAGE Server Consolidation Beats a Full House
- MGM MIRAGE, one of the world's leading and most respected hotel and gaming companies, sought to reduce the associated costs of purchasing and maintaining an increasing number of servers by consolidating over 125 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases while improving manageability and providing future expandability. MGM MIRAGE deployed two eight-processor...
- Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Intel Itanium 2, Microsoft Corp., MGM MIRAGE Server Consolidation, Server Consolidation, Databases, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies
- Leading Insurance Company Test Lab Turns to Virtual Machines to Improve Efficiency
- Allstate, one of the leading insurers in the United States, was adding hundreds of servers to its data centers each year. If that rate of increase continued, even with the average server using typically less than 10 percent of its CPU capacity, the company would have required additional facilities. To...
- Tags: Insurance, Virtual Machine, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- IT Infrastructure and Hosting Leader Cuts Costs With Server Consolidation
- TELUS, Canada's market leader for mission-critical IT infrastructure and application hosting, is constantly aiming to reduce technology costs for its customers. To meet that goal more effectively, TELUS will offer hosted environments using virtual machines running on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The company expects server...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Leader, TELUS Corp., Microsoft Corp., Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Statistics Canada Harvests $1.3 Million in Savings
- STatistics Canada STC is a government agency responsible for producing data that helps Canadians better understand their country's population, resources, economy, society, and culture. STC with its Strategic Streamlining Initiative SSI had focused on four major areas for department-wide use: centralized storage, centralized backup/restore, file/print, and server consolidation. This was...
- Tags: EMC Corp., Virtual Machine, Server Consolidation, Storage, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Somerset County Council Helps Itself to a Virtualized IT Platform
- Somerset County Council has provided a wide range of services to the public for more than 100 years. The council was facing an increase in the number of physical servers was causing both management and environmental issues, the latter in terms of power usage and cooling demands. This was solved...
- Tags: Information Technology, Council, EMC Corp., Somerset County Council, Server Consolidation, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- TechNet Webcast: Branch Office Server Consolidation (Level 300)
- The viewer of this webcast will receive guidance on what one should consider before, during, and after a server consolidation, and the role virtualization can play in this scenario. The presenter shows how to identify whether the branch office servers can be virtualized, and if there are benefits to virtualization...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Office, Microsoft TechNet, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Digital Media, Hardware, Storage, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
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