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The Business & IT Benefits of a Server Upgrade with Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration

Posted February 25, 2013 - 12:00 pm

Pressure on IT budgets is forcing many organizations to take a critical look at hardware upgrades, but running new software on existing servers can prevent organizations from reaping the full value of their investment.
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Dell PowerEdge 12G Servers With Windows Server 2012: The Time To Migrate Is Now

Posted February 25, 2013 - 12:00 pm

Dell 12G servers provide a powerful platform for Windows Server 2012 and its advanced features, giving your organization better performance, reliability and management, all of which improve return on investment (ROI) and your bottom line.
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IBM eyes mobile, social add-ons for mainframe

Posted February 25, 2013 - 7:18 am

IBM is looking to bring mobile and social workloads onto mainframes as a way of keeping the expensive machines competitive.
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What Cloud Brings to Windows Server 2012

Posted February 22, 2013 - 5:45 pm

Many services are moving to public or private clouds, but not every workload, such as Active Directory, is suitable for such a move since its infrastructure components may not function as well in the cloud.
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Microsoft Lync Server Consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 GL

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Principled Technologies measured communications performance between Dell PowerEdge R720 server running Microsoft Lync Server 2010 in four virtual machines and an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server running Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
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Capacity Control: Why Capacity Management Needs to Evolve

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

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Cloud Enabling Your Mainframe Data

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Find out how you can improve competitive advantage by exposing mainframe-application data to the cloud. This two-page solution brief provides an overview of problems and solutions.
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Freightliner Uses Verastream to Simplify Mainframe Processes

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

This UK-based freight transporter automated EDI messaging and rolled out real-time online tracking, generating 2 million customer messages per year.
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Capacity Reservation System for Virtual & Cloud Environments

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

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The Evolution of Capacity Management

Posted February 22, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Virtualization technology and the recent adoption of cloud computing have changed the world of IT completely. The new virtual data center is much more complex.
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Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configurations: Scalable Performance and Simplicity in Setup

Posted February 22, 2013 - 3:15 pm

Dell Reference Configurations provide a solid platform upon which to build a highly-available virtualization infrastructure with simplified setup and upgrades that can take under 30 minutes.
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Encryption in NAS Environments: Requirements and Keys to Success

Posted February 22, 2013 - 3:15 pm

This paper details why encryption is vital in NAS environments that house sensitive assets, and offers some key considerations for picking the right NAS encryption platform.
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HP's first 'Project Moonshot' server due next quarter

Posted February 21, 2013 - 9:22 pm

Hewlett-Packard's first low-power server for hyperscale computing environments, developed under a project it calls Moonshot, will go on sale next quarter, CEO Meg Whitman said on Thursday.
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IBM makes big mobile push with MobileFirst

Posted February 21, 2013 - 1:07 am

The company has marshalled its mobile products and services under a new brand
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ESG Virtual Application Networks business white paper

Posted February 19, 2013 - 3:30 pm

HP has put forth a strong vision for enabling networks for the cloud era. Leveraging the FlexNetwork architecture can enable organizations to virtualize their network infrastructures and provide automation and orchestration.
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HP quadruples virtual machines in new blade

Posted February 19, 2013 - 12:04 pm

Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company's previous offerings.
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I cannot tell a lie

Posted February 18, 2013 - 10:30 am

Working on Presidents Day is a drag
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Getting the Most Out of Your Applications With Oracle Exalogic

Posted February 15, 2013 - 2:45 pm

This paper explores how Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, an engineered system for business applications, can help enterprises deploy and upgrade applications quickly.
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Transforming Customer Experience: The Convergence of Social, Mobile, and BPM

Posted February 15, 2013 - 1:30 pm

The convergence of a trio of technologies and business practices-social computing, mobile computing and business process management (BPM) - is opening up interesting avenues for business.
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B2B Integration on Cloud: Real World Solutions & Advances

Posted February 14, 2013 - 7:30 pm

Watch the webcast with IBM experts to learn about the advancing capabilities and strategic direction for B2B Integration on Cloud.
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Small Data Centers: Unique Challenges, Unique Opportunities

Posted February 14, 2013 - 6:15 pm

Four IT pros outline the top challenges of running a small data center, and what to do about them. This free advice is based on over eight decades of experience.
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Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip's future

Posted February 13, 2013 - 11:24 pm

Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers.
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The Application Delivery Firewall Paradigm

Posted February 13, 2013 - 12:45 pm

Learn how you can effectively combat these modern attacks with a new firewall paradigm that protects the datacenters and ensures reliability.
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An Effective Approach to Addressing the 3 Primary Threat Vectors

Posted February 13, 2013 - 12:45 pm

Learn how you can effectively combat these modern attacks with a new firewall paradigm that protects the datacenters and ensures reliability.
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Intel releases SSD cache acceleration software for Linux servers

Posted February 12, 2013 - 2:34 pm

Intel today released its Cache Acceleration Software for applications running on SSDs inside Linux servers.
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