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8 Questions You Should Ask About Linux Systems Management sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss WHITE PAPER: IT organizations are always looking for ways to save money and time without compromising on issues like security or compliance. Exploring the value of your systems management solution is a lot easier when you know the right questions to ask. We have a few suggestions for how to get started. Posted: 29 Jul 2009 \| Published: 28 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Linux \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Open Source Software \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software

Cisco UCS – A Real World TCO Analysis sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals five opportunities for infrastructure cost savings. Learn how to simplify management of your data center through integration and automation of network, compute, and virtualization technologies. Posted: 03 Jun 2011 \| Published: 01 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Server Management \| Storage Management \| Systems Integration \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management

Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency. Posted: 07 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Metrics \| Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Maintenance

Oracle Database 11g High Availability sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we will review the common causes of application downtime and discuss how technologies available in the Oracle Database can help avoid costly downtime and enable rapid recovery from unavoidable failures. Posted: 15 Oct 2007 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 TOPICS: Backups \| Cluster Software \| Database Administration \| Database Performance Management \| Grid Computing \| High Availability \| IT Infrastructure \| Oracle (Product) \| Productivity \| Software Upgrades \| Systems Maintenance

Monitoring the Computer Room's Physical Environment sponsored by Sensaphone WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the greatest environmental threats to the functionality of small to medium computer rooms and presents the time and cost savings associated with the integration of a remote monitoring system. Posted: 22 Apr 2008 \| Published: 22 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Computer Room Air Conditioning Units \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Remote Access Server Hardware \| Remote Network Management \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management Software

A Layered Approach to Securing Remote Maintenance Consoles sponsored by Raritan Inc. WHITE PAPER: Existing techniques for accessing maintenance consoles are inefficient and leave security holes in the network. Learn how, by deploying a secure console server, maintenance consoles can be secured and the availability of the network improved. Posted: 18 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Network Performance \| Network Security \| Remote Backups \| Remote Network Management \| Systems Maintenance

16 Ways Dell OpenManage Helps Your Business sponsored by Dell Technologies & Intel® WHITE PAPER: Access this infographic that highlights the 16th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers with 16 examples of how OpenManage portfolio enhances server range. Posted: 15 May 2024 \| Published: 15 May 2024 TOPICS: IT Management

Making Web 2.0 Work for Your Enterprise: Internal Deployments sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Making knowledge more visible increases innovation and shortens turnaround times. Increased collaboration accelerates productivity. With Web 2.0, your company transforms into a more-socially connected organization that reacts faster and more effectively to the market. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Blogs \| Collaboration \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Knowledge Management \| Market Trends \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Social Computing \| Social Networking \| Tagging \| Wikis

The Netweaver Upgrade: Ensuring Performance While Balancing Cost with Risk sponsored by HyPerformix WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses critical factors every IT decision maker needs to know when upgrading to NetWeaver, to ensure system performance and availability, and to balance cost with the risks of downtime. Posted: 16 Jul 2008 \| Published: 16 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Collection \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Management \| NetWeaver \| Spreadsheets

The Desktop Dilemma: Liberty vs. Lockdown sponsored by Bit9, Inc. WHITE PAPER: CIOs and IT departments are under tremendous pressure to implement better processes over how software is deployed, managed, and used by their employees on their company computers. This document will outline a nine-step methodology that can make or break your transition to a well-managed and controlled Windows environment. Posted: 09 Jun 2009 \| Published: 09 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Monitoring \| Applications Management \| Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Employee Monitoring \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| Software Installation \| Windows