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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

Five ways SASE and SD-WAN can help improve compliance sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: Security and compliance are top priorities for networking and security teams. With Zero Trust and SASE architectures, the network can become a security solution—improving connectivity experiences and compliance at the same time. Read this paper to learn how. Posted: 01 May 2024 \| Published: 01 May 2024 TOPICS: Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Security \| Network Security Hardware \| Network Security Software

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

Essential Guide for Upgrading Your Network sponsored by TechTarget Networking WHITE PAPER: This SearchNetworking.com E-Book will explore the challenges, best practices and essential technologies for responding to the shortcomings of today's network, as well as future-proofing your network for tomorrow's business challenges. Posted: 10 Dec 2007 \| Published: 10 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Application Development \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Software \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Performance Management \| WAN

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

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

Choosing System Architecture and Cooling Fluid for High Heat Density Cooling Solutions sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: High heat in critical spaces compromises availability. This paper discusses the pros and cons of different cooling fluids and system architectures, and explores the role of supplemental cooling technologies as data center densities increase. Posted: 07 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Hot Aisle Cold Aisle \| Network Architectures \| Power Generation Equipment \| Rack Enclosures \| Systems Management

IDC White Paper: Diskless PCs: The Evolution of Enterprise PCs sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Diskless PCs used in conjunction with image streaming software can provide a PC performance and compatibility experience that is identical to that of a standalone machine, but with all the benefits that centralized environments enable. Posted: 23 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Architectures \| Data Privacy \| IT Departments \| Security \| Software

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