Computer Appliance White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and get a look at how the next generation microarchitecture's dynamically scalable and design-scalable features directly contribute to power efficiency and performance.

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Combining innovations and best-known methods for air-cooled data center design helps provide new approaches for power and cooling. This white paper discusses real world examples of how to lower costs and improve performance within the IT infras...

Posted: 31 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2006

WHITE PAPER: As data centers reach the upper limits of their power and cooling capacity, efficiency has become the focus of extending the life of existing data centers and designing new ones. As part of these efforts, IT needs to refresh existing infrastructure with servers that deliver more performance and scalability, more efficiently. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Published: 08 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the technical limitations inherent in the architecture of traditional databases and other MPP (massive parallel processing) alternatives.

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Published: 09 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides the data needed to understand the options and the limitations for implementing remote replication solutions on a clustered HP server and storage area network (SAN)-based storage infrastructure.

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Intel IT is evaluating solid-state drive (SSD) technology to better understand the benefits to users and the impacts on the enterprise. We have initiated a proof of concept (PoC) study that includes extensive benchmark testing as well as deployment of notebooks with SSDs to the Intel workforce.

Posted: 27 May 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: While there are dozens of procurement software solutions available, there are really only two types offered: "on-premise" procurement software and newer "ondemand" procurement software. This paper outlines an approach to compute and compare them.

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008

EGUIDE: This guide offers a collection of our most popular articles on storage-related issues from the first few months of 2016.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 18 Apr 2016

EBOOK: In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how the architectures are configured, the suppliers building them – and the benefits to the organisation using them.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 14 Mar 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide we round up the key ways backup has changed since tape was king and look at developments such as backup appliances, the use of the cloud as a backup target and even the need for backups to protect your workloads in the cloud.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 May 2020

EGUIDE: Companies are finding that computational storage can solve the data bottleneck. In this 14-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly takes a closer look at its benefits, how it can be used and the advantages of faster computing.

Posted: 17 Jun 2021 | Published: 17 Jun 2021

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how internet of things technologies and "smart hives" are helping bee conservation. We examine Facebook's new digital currency, Libra, and analyse its pros and cons. And we look at how IT leaders are rising to the challenge of delivering ethics and sustainability in tech. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 25 Jun 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, researchers are racing to create the first commercially useful quantum computer – we look at one of the European candidates. Cyber security is one of the greatest risks facing the global economy, warns the World Economic Forum. And we examine the role of employee experience in hybrid working. Read the issue now.

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 | Published: 18 Jan 2022

EBOOK: The National Museum of Computing has again been looking into Computer Weekly's 50 years of magazine issues for another selection of articles highlighting significant news published in the month of July over the past five decades.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we reveal our annual UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK IT. We talk to this year's winner, HM Revenue & Customs CIO Jacky Wright about the challenges of government IT during Brexit. And we also examine the issues around upgrading SAP's ERP system to S/4 Hana. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 14 Dec 2018

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the head of Amazon's Braket quantum computing services about how the technology is progressing. We go behind the scenes at an ethical hacker event to find out how bug bounty programmes work. And we analyse the offerings of the major players in software-defined storage. Read the issue now.

Posted: 02 Oct 2023 | Published: 03 Oct 2023

EGUIDE: In the guide we look at the fundamentals of NAS and the use cases it best suits, the range of file access storage products available including in the cloud and in hybrid operation between cloud and datacentre. We also examine the question of NAS backup, looking at the challenges that have accompanied it and the solutions available.

Posted: 19 Apr 2021 | Published: 19 Apr 2021

EGUIDE: Organizations might sometimes consider cloud computing and cloud networking as interchangeable due to their similarities. But the two strategies have different goals and processes. In this infographic, learn more about the main features, uses and benefits of each of them.

Posted: 22 Nov 2022 | Published: 22 Nov 2022

WHITE PAPER: Download this eGuide and hear that modernizing and simplifying infrastructure is a key priority for IT organizations as they replace aging storage systems. Learn the benefits of Dell PowerStore to optimize, modernize, and scale business-critical workloads.

Posted: 06 May 2024 | Published: 06 May 2024

WHITE PAPER: Download this eGuide and hear that modernizing and simplifying infrastructure is a key priority for IT organizations as they replace aging storage systems. Learn the benefits of Dell PowerStore to optimize, modernize, and scale business-critical workloads.

Posted: 04 Nov 2024 | Published: 05 Nov 2024

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how Network Rail is ensuring train safety in the face of extreme weather thanks to advanced data analytics. Our latest buyer's guide examines the latest trends in storage technology. And we talk to the Ministry of Defence's first ever chief data officer. Read the issue now.

Posted: 19 Apr 2024 | Published: 23 Apr 2024

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, as security concerns prevent many organisations from adopting the internet of things, we examine mitigation strategies. Many firms are still struggling with GDPR policies – we assess if full compliance is ever possible. And we look at the technologies for delivering on-premise object storage. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 15 Oct 2019

INFOGRAPHIC: Recent research revealed the increasing importance of IoT in industrial applications, predicting that investment in IoT will soon overtake main technologies such as cloud computing, big data analytics and next-generation security. In this infographic, we selected 11 options for learning about IoT, from introductory to advanced levels.

Posted: 28 Mar 2022 | Published: 28 Mar 2022

EGUIDE: Threat management has become a vital component in the cyber security strategy of many businesses. In this19-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at why threat management should be tailored to your company's needs, the strength in combining it with other security systems and how cloud-based security can reduce costs.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 05 Apr 2019

EGUIDE: A digital workplace opens up a range of new possibilities for businesses, but it needs to be implemented in the right way. In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how digital workplaces demand increasing functionality, how to make sense of desktop as a service, and the value of unified endpoint management.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Aug 2018

EBOOK: In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how the technology cuts the numbers of discrete skills and associated costs while demanding that those who remain retrain to ensure they know how to manage all parts of the stack – and the organisation implements it with care and an understanding of the risks.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 24 May 2016

EGUIDE: Containerisation is becoming a key part of IT strategy. In this 12-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how it can help businesses in a post-pandemic world, assesses the main considerationsfor Kubernetes backup and discusses how to manage enterprise-class containerisation.

Posted: 31 Mar 2021 | Published: 31 Mar 2021

EGUIDE: The implementation of effective storage optimisation has becomean important factor in business. In this 12-page buyer's guide,Computer Weekly looks at cost implications, the hyper-convergedinfrastructure minefield and the alternatives to shared storage

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Jun 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we reveal our annual list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology, and interview this year's winner – investor and entrepreneur Sherry Coutu – to learn her thoughts on how to improve diversity in the IT workforce. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Oct 2017

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from early adopters of internet of things technologies about how to deliver on the potential of IoT. We examine strategies for combining hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud storage to best effect. And we find out how the UK government intends to use data to improve Britain's railways. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 17 Aug 2018

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, as the defence sector looks into using AI to create autonomous weapons, we examine the risks and ethics of military AI. AWS is under fire for not providing vital emissions data to customers – we investigate. And we find out what IT security teams can learn from cyber warfare in Ukraine. Read the issue now.

Posted: 02 May 2023 | Published: 02 May 2023

EBOOK: Discover how managed service providers and value-added resellers can leverage edge computing. Learn best practices, essential capabilities, tools, and partnership-building in this white paper to expand your edge expertise and presence.

Posted: 01 Aug 2024 | Published: 01 Aug 2024