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Virtualization Overview sponsored by Global Knowledge 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 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Hardware \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| Networking Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Server Consolidation \| Software \| TCO \| VMware

First the Tick, Now the Tock: Next Generation Intel Microarchitecture - Nehalem sponsored by Intel Corporation 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 TOPICS: Application Server Hardware \| Data Centers \| Database Server Software \| Hardware \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Web Server Software

The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper explains each of the seven layers of OSI model, including their functions and their relationships, also it provide with an overview of the network process, which can act as a framework for understanding the details of computer networking. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 01 Jul 2006 TOPICS: Data Link Protocols \| Data Transmission Standards \| Network Applications Software \| Network Architectures \| Networking Hardware \| Open Systems Standards \| OSI Protocols \| TCP/IP

High Availability for SQL Server 2005 Using array-based Replication and Host-based Mirroring Technologies sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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 TOPICS: Data Replication \| Deployment \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Recovery Point Objective

Virtualizing the Client PC: A Proof of Concept sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this paper Intel IT explores a proof of concept study that examined the viability of abstracting the client operating system from the hardware platform using virtualization. Posted: 21 Nov 2008 \| Published: 21 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Enterprise Systems \| Hardware \| OEMs \| Performance Testing \| Productivity \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| User Experience \| VM

Support PCI Security Compliance with Enhanced Solutions from IBM sponsored by IBM 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 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Security \| Hardware \| Security \| Software \| Vulnerability Assessments

Improving the mobile experience through solid state drive sponsored by Intel Corporation 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 TOPICS: Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Hardware \| Remote Access Hardware \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Network Management \| Solid State Disks

HP BladeSystem c-Class SAN Connectivity Technology Brief sponsored by PC Connection and HP WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the hardware and software required to connect HP BladeSystem c--Class server blades to Storage Area Networks1 (SANs) using Fibre Channel (FC) interconnect technology. Posted: 15 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| SAN \| Software \| Storage \| Switches

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: An Intelligent Approach to IT Challenges sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel 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 TOPICS: Hardware \| Processor Architectures \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Workstations

Dell PowerVault MD3000 1000 Mailbox Local Continuous Replication Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 1000 mailbox Exchange Server 2007 environment with Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature. Posted: 27 Aug 2008 \| Published: 27 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Databases \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Management \| Testing \| Troubleshooting