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Open, Manage, and Accelerate SSL Encrypted Applications sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: Enterprise users and their data have never been further apart. Business pressures that keep employees out of headquarters and close to customers and partners have met head-on with other drivers that are bringing far flung servers back to the datacenter. Posted: 20 Sep 2007 \| Published: 01 Sep 2007 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Data Centers \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| SSL \| SSL Accelerators \| Tunneling \| WAN \| WAN Hardware \| WAN Switching

The Top Five Virtualization Mistakes sponsored by Vyatta Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes five mistakes common to many implementations of enterprise virtualization. Most of these mistakes relate to virtualization and networking infrastructure. Ideally, after reading this paper, you'll be sensitized to these issues so that you can plan for them and make your virtualization projects more successful. Posted: 17 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Server Virtualization \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

Highly Distributed Computing Is Key to Quality on the HD Web sponsored by Akamai Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the basic requirements for delivering high-definition (HD) video via broadband and describes how Akamai, through highly distributed computing, is uniquely able to extend the Internet's capacity. Posted: 07 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Broadband Video Services \| Consumers \| Data Centers \| Deployment \| Internet \| Servers \| Video-on-Demand \| Video-over-DSL

The Perfect Storm - Why Now Is The Time For Open Source sponsored by Red Hat and Intel WHITE PAPER: Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions. Posted: 19 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Linux \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Operating Systems \| UNIX

Realizing the Value of the Green Data Center by Integrating Facilities and IT sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and how systems management technologies contribute to green management. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Data Centers \| Energy Industries \| Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Industry \| Environmental Law \| IT Infrastructure \| Systems Management

A Quantitative Comparison of High Efficiency AC vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers sponsored by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why a move to a DC-based architecture is unwarranted on the basis of efficiency by comparing the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods. Posted: 10 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Installation \| Modeling \| Power Connectors \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Power Supplies

Customer Stories: Plenty of Fish sponsored by Cogeco PEER 1 WHITE PAPER: The site has continued growing astronomically ever since and is now the No. 1 free online dating site in the world, averaging 8 million unique visitors per month. Posted: 10 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Business Development \| Customer Service \| Data Centers \| Search Engine Optimization

Create the Optimal Architecture for Your Critical Applications sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBM has the vision, expertise, experience and product offerings that enable you to build an optimal architecture for application performance that drives business success. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Data Centers \| Databases \| ERP \| IT Managers \| SAN \| SAP (Product) \| SOA \| Storage Infrastructure \| Supply Chain Management

Xeon Competitive Guide sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: Multi-Core Intel server processors offer breakthrough performance and energy efficiency for implementations of all sizes. For a greener processor, compare the Intel Xeon processor family to find the right server for your data center. Posted: 10 Mar 2008 \| Published: 10 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Data Centers

Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying IT infrastructure management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IT Management \| Network Monitoring \| TCO