Server Consolidation Research
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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers for Microsoft SQL Server and Consolidation
Sponsored by: InsightExplore this solution brief to learn about a rack server series that offers standalone and integrated hardware configurations for cost-effective, scalable hardware options for your SQL Servers. Learn more about the unique benefits this hardware can provide your Microsoft environment.
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Microsoft Roadmap Chapter 5: Windows Server 2012 and Its Hardware Requirements
Sponsored by: SearchWindowsServer.comThis expert eBook from SearchWindowsServer.com provides a helpful guide to Windows Server 2012's hardware requirements so you can determine if your hardware is up-to-par or if you need an upgrade to get the most from the server OS.
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Too Many Racks? Simplify with Bladesystem, HP's Advanced Blade Infrastructure
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard CompanyRead this informative white paper that discusses the design and feature differences between state-of-the-art blade server systems and traditional rack architectures.
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Meet SQL Server Workload Demands Without Compromising Agility or Increasing TCO
Sponsored by: Cisco Unified Computing System with Intel® Xeon® processorAccess this solution brief to discover Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) rack and blade servers, and learn why they are an excellent platform for Microsoft SQL servers.
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Enhanced Messaging & Collaboration for Businesses of All Sizes
Sponsored by: Cisco Unified Computing System with Intel® Xeon® processorCheck out this resource to discover the Cisco Unified Computing System C-Series Rack Servers and B-Series Blade Servers that run Microsoft Exchange server to provide a solid foundation for corporate messaging solutions.
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Cisco UCS Guide: Application Optimization, Big Data Management & Collaboration
Sponsored by: Cisco Unified Computing System with Intel® Xeon® processorThis brochure offers comprehensive insight into Cisco Unified Computing System, a comprehensive line of blade and rack servers that combines virtual functionality to map servers to specific application requirements – and makes doing so easier than ever before.
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Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010
Sponsored by: Dell and MicrosoftThis informative white paper contains a comprehensive load testing study of a small virtualized SharePoint Server farm and provides various architecture suggestions based on how many users you wish to support.
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How Cisco’s UCS Compares to IBM Flex System
Sponsored by: IBMAccess this new assessment from Clabby Analytics that compares Cisco's UCS blade server offering to IBM Flex System's in a soup-to-nuts evaluation on a number of criteria.
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Maximizing Application Reliability and Availability with the SPARC M5-32 Server
Sponsored by: ORACLE APACAccess this white paper to discover the key capabilities of a leading next-generation server platform that will help your data center reach levels of reliability, availability, and serviceability that before were never possible.
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SPARC M5-32 Server Architecture
Sponsored by: ORACLE APACAccess this resource to learn about the next-generation SPARC M5-32 server platform with leading virtualization technologies built-in.
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Driving Up Price/Performance and Driving Out Cost with Oracle’s SPARC T5 Servers
Sponsored by: ORACLE APACRead this resource to learn about the SPARC T5 server platform from Oracle. Discover the data encryption capabilities, several virtualization features, and extremely powerful systems management tools that are built into this next-generation hardware.
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Selecting the right HP ProLiant scale-up server for your workloads
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®Read this white paper that provides sample workloads for scale-up servers so you can select the right architecture for your unique needs.
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Teradici APEX 2800 Server Offload Card
Sponsored by: Arrow and TeradiciThis white paper introduces the Teradici APEX 2800 Server Offload Card, a device that empowers IT managers to improve and protect user experiences by constantly monitoring the graphic encoding demands of each virtual machine in a virtual environment.
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Compudyne improves application performance by 20 percent with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®Access this resource that presents a case study of how one organization improved application performance and reduced power and cooling costs by deploying next-generation server hardware.
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MI University: Data Center Hardware
Sponsored by: SearchDataCenter.comThis classroom provides participants with guidance on the selection of modern high-capacity, enterprise-class servers to maximize virtualization and energy efficiency. It specifically addresses energy efficiency, blade/rack form factors, moving workloads to a new server and new approaches to server lifecycle management.
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The Evolution of Exchange Migrations: From One-Time Events to Continual Transformations
Sponsored by: BinaryTreeViewing your Exchange migrations as an on-going evolution as opposed to a complex, one-time upgrade can ease and improve the transformation process. Gain advice for understanding and planning your Exchange 2013 migration along with an in-depth outline of the features, benefits and methods for using Exchange 2013.
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Nemertes Research PilotHouse Awards: Servers for Virtualization
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Company and AMDThis white paper features awards given to technology vendors for their servers used as hosts for virtual machines. Included are analyses of server performance based on the perspective of business users.
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How Blade Servers Impact Data Center Management and Agility
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Company and AMDThis white paper offers an analysis of the international blade server marketplace, with an emphasis on enterprises that have adopted blade servers and have implemented virtualization. Included are statistical results as well as analyses that offer insight into the benefits of blade servers.
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IDC Analyst Connection: Server Refresh Cycles: The Costs of Extending Life Cycles
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Company and AMDThis resource discusses the impact on both capital budgets and operational budgets of extending server hardware assets beyond the recommended lifecycle.
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Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Blades Customer
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Company and AMDInside, review the 11 leading blade server vendors as reported by a recent Gartner research study. Learn more about their individual strengths and cautions to help you determine a best-fit hardware for your unique IT landscape.
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Forrester Video: Enterprise Adoption of Blade Servers
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Company and AMDIn the last few years, blade server adoption has been on the rise and the main driver behind it is virtualization. Access this exclusive video to find out why almost 50% of blade servers that are distributed become part of an organization's virtualization effort.
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HP Newsletter with Gartner Research: Maximizing Your Infrastructure through Virtualization
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard CompanyAccess this exclusive resource, featuring research from Gartner, to discover how to get the most out of virtualization by following some key best practices from the start of your project.
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Oracle's New SPARC Servers: Discover the highlights and benefits
Sponsored by: Oracle Corporation UK LtdWatch this exclusive video that presents the key features of the Oracle SPARC server family, and discover the many benefits of this next-generation family of hardware.
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Reduce Costs with CA's Mainframe 2.0
Sponsored by: CA Technologies.This expert e-guide discusses the key advantages of a family of mainframe management products that helps IT managers dramatically reduce administrative costs for mainframe server environments.
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Mainframe Server Consolidation Should be on Your Hit List
Sponsored by: CA Technologies.This expert e-guide explains why mainframe server consolidation should be a top priority because it not only yields reduced costs, it allows for improved robustness, scalability, and capacity flexibility.
