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ESG Lab Validation Report on Brocade Virtual Fabrics and Director Power Efficiency sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Hands-on lab testing of Fibre Channel directors including measurements by an independent electrician. Learn how power savings can leave more watts and amps available per rack and per floor tile for bladed servers and storage. Posted: 15 May 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Backups \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Power Supplies \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization \| Switch Fabric \| Tape Libraries

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Investment Protection sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper serves as a guide to the investment protection offered between first-generation and second-generation Cisco MDS 9000 Family linecards, supervisor, and chassis. Posted: 01 May 2006 \| Published: 01 Apr 2006 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IP SAN \| LAN Switches \| Switch Fabric

Optimizing IT Service Delivery: The Need for Linux System Management sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss WHITE PAPER: One way IT organizations are handling the growing need to achieve IT efficiency is by implementing systems management functions in their business environments. As the business value of Linux based deployment increases, so does the need for Linux systems management. This IDC white paper will examine the key benefits of system management software. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Database Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Linux \| Network Monitoring \| Open Source \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Reporting Software \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software

Can Your Data Center Infrastructure Handle the Heat of High Density sponsored by CyrusOne WHITE PAPER: High density computing is today's standard in best-in-class performance and availability, and those that fail to keep pace or fall behind will find themselves no longer competitive in today's markets. Posted: 11 Aug 2008 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Architectures \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| IT Managers \| UPS

Business-Model-Driven Data Warehousing: Keeping Data Warehouses Connected to Your Business sponsored by Kalido WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence. Posted: 04 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 TOPICS: Architectures \| Business Models \| Business Performance Management \| Communications Systems \| Data Modeling \| Data Warehouses \| Enterprise \| Master Data Management

Cisco Interconnect Solutions for HP BladeSystem c-Class sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: The latest switch technology allows you to cut down on the amount of physical assets, reduce problem resolution times and ensure information security and regulatory compliance in the data center. Posted: 29 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Network Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Server Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Systems Design and Development

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

Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more. Posted: 14 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Decision Support Systems \| Model Driven Architecture \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Software \| Systems Design and Development

Five Things Your IT Resources Should Be Telling You - And Aren't sponsored by Unisys WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper describes the types of information IT managers should expect to gain from leading-edge IT resource governance tools. Posted: 22 Jan 2009 \| Published: 22 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Collaboration \| Executive Management \| IT Management \| IT Managers

Achieving Cost Savings in Backup with Deduplication sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication. Posted: 09 Jul 2010 \| Published: 09 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| IT Management \| Storage Management \| Tape Backups \| Tape Libraries