WHITE PAPER - Read this 3-page case study to learn how GTE FCU avoided a costly “forklift” upgrade and instead benefited with Riverbed Steelhead appliances by reducing data traffic by fourfold, achieving RPO objectives, and enabling rich, granular reporting capabilities.
Posted: January 31, 2012 | Published: January 31, 2012


Topics:  Backups | Content Management | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | ROI | RPO | RTO | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper takes a closer look at HP CloudSystem, a comprehensive, integrated technology system that enables enterprises to build, manage, and consume services across all cloud environments. Discover the three easy steps you should take to provide a solid foundation for your data center.
Posted: January 25, 2012 | Published: January 25, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Services

WHITE PAPER - Read this brief white paper to learn about the benefits your peers are enjoying by expanding their cloud integration, such as faster application provisioning, higher service levels, improved business relationships, and more.
Posted: January 25, 2012 | Published: January 25, 2012


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Infrastructure Management | Integrated Development Environments | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews the results from a survey of 200 IT professionals that can help you optimize your cloud’s security. Key findings suggest that security plays a foundational role in the decision to implement a private cloud, protecting platform and infrastructure resources are top concerns and security drives outsourcing decisions.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: January 20, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Cloud Security | Data Security | Infrastructure Management | Outsourcing | Private Cloud

WHITE PAPER - Consolidating infrastructure servers across several business locations can reduce management costs, improve availability and help you transition towards a greener IT environment.  This white paper examines how one IT organisation accomplished this goal by deploying Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Datacenter Edition across all 12 of its locations.
Posted: January 11, 2012 | Published: January 11, 2012


Topics:  Infrastructure Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Virtual Server | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - Minimising your physical infrastructure can significantly reduce operational costs, but it is often easier said than done.  This white paper reveals how one retail business accomplished this goal by deploying Windows Server 2008 Datacenter and Hyper-V technology to manage over 300,000 store-based endpoints.
Posted: January 11, 2012 | Published: January 11, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Infrastructure Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses an exclusive survey where CFOs weighed in on their perceptions and understanding of cloud computing. Read more about what this CFO survey reveals about the potential economic and efficiency benefits of the cloud.
Posted: January 10, 2012 | Published: January 10, 2012


Topics:  CFOs | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Enterprise Services Architecture | Financial Management | Infrastructure Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - Uncover how monitoring technology can equip network administrators with the vital insights needed to govern and ensure availability of servers and applications, whether managed locally or in the cloud.
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Published: January 5, 2012


Topics:  Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Dashboards | Database Performance Management | Infrastructure Management | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Managers | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance | Network Traffic Analysis | Network Traffic Management | Networking | Private Cloud | Public Cloud | SLA

WHITE PAPER - Because perceptions of converged infrastructure (CI) often vary in the IT industry, HP and Intel contracted Forrester Consulting to survey IT decision-makers internationally on benefits and barriers to implementation of CI. Learn the results of that survey in this white paper.
Posted: January 3, 2012 | Published: December 1, 2011


Topics:  Converged Networks | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services

WHITE PAPER - Learn about unifying PC lifecycle management and IT service management, and how your service catalog, configuration management database (CMDB), and service level management (SLM) comprise the 3-legged stool that establishes IT as a strategic business partner.
Posted: December 21, 2011 | Published: December 21, 2011


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Configuration Management | Infrastructure Management | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - As businesses grow, their web traffic demands begin to multiply, many times at a pace their systems are not ready for. The cloud’s flexible environment allows your infrastructure to automatically scale as more users access your site. Read this white paper to learn how cloud computing can help you respond to change quickly and efficiently.
Posted: December 2, 2011 | Published: December 2, 2011


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Infrastructure Management | Web Content Accessibility | Web Services Architecture | Web Services Management

WHITE PAPER - Converged Infrastructure seems like the answer to IT sprawl. Find out how you can evolve your infrastructure from a product-centric approach to a service-centric management approach to simplify IT and enhance business value.
Posted: November 14, 2011 | Published: November 14, 2011


Topics:  Converged Networks | Data Center Management | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Spending | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper divides server virtualization into two dimensions and identifies a strategy to minimize various virtualization challenges. Also covered here are details on how one business realized maximize value by aligning its storage portfolio with its virtual infrastructure.
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: October 21, 2011


Topics:  Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Infrastructure Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The term “managed hosting” describes the provision of a ready to use IT stack including hardware and infrastructure software for thedeployment of applications.
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: September 16, 2010


Topics:  Host Management | Hosting Services | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services

WHITE PAPER - As more and more human activity moves online, it is easy to think that geography no longer matters—surely the internet is without borders? Whilst in some cases this is true, more often than not online activity spills over into the real world.
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: September 29, 2010


Topics:  Infrastructure Management | IP | IP Services