Server Hardware Research
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Exclusive Comparison of Server Performance and Power Consumption
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Choosing the right hardware for your virtual environment can be a painstaking process, especially since it is difficult to predict how a platform will perform once it is deployed. This white paper examines one hardware configuration and measures the number of orders per minute and virtual machines it can support.
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IBM’s Three Server Approach to Workload Optimization vs. Oracle’s Exadata Single Server Approach
Sponsored by: IBMAccess this resource to learn about IBM vs. Oracle’s different methods of workload optimization. Review the differences between IBM’s three server approach and Oracle’s one-size-fits-all approach to deep analytics, operational analytics, and transaction processing, and decide which technology best suits your organization.
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Running New Workloads Like Linux
Sponsored by: TechTarget Data CenterThis expert e-book explores the changes to mainframes in the past ten years. Discover how your organization can lower TCO and achieve other benefits by moving workloads to the mainframe.
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Web-servicing mainframe applications
Sponsored by: Micro FocusDiscover how your organization can implement the mainframe component of a service-oriented architecture. Inside, you’ll learn how to convert mainframe applications into web services and achieve benefits like increased architectural flexibility, reduced administrative costs and more.
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The Smarter, Faster Route to Virtualization: vStart
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This white paper examines frequently cited obstacles to virtualization adoption. Learn how to simplify the virtualization deployment process by installing a pre-built and pre-assembled framework for your virtual infrastructure.
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RHEV for Servers: Competitive Pricing whitepaper
Sponsored by: Red HatThis document compares the pricing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) with the pricing of VMware vSphere 5 for server virtualization. Inside, find detailed pricing comparisons for the use cases of 100 and 250 virtual servers.
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RHEV for Desktops: Competitive Pricing Whitepaper
Sponsored by: Red HatThis document compares the pricing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops (RHEV) with the pricing of VMware View 5 for desktop virtualization. Access a detailed price comparison for the use cases of 100 virtual desktops.
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Expert Tips for SQL Server Virtualisation
Sponsored by: EMC CorporationIn this e-guide, uncover why SQL Server virtualisation isn’t just a fad and the benefits it has to offer organisations like yours. Also discover tips for how to select and implement the right kind of hardware for your organisation to ensure sufficient support for a virtualised SQL Server infrastructure.
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HP ProLiant Gen8: Automated Energy Optimization
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®This brief video introduces cutting-edge smart servers that give you insight into your IT infrastructure so you can prevent common issues before they lead to data loss or downtime. Discover how they can enable you to optimize application performance and reduce energy consumption, in addition to many other significant benefits.
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Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms
Sponsored by: Schneider ElectricAccess this white paper to discover innovative approaches to eliminating chaos in your data center or server room. From quick fixes to long term solutions, this resource has it all.
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Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Server Deployment
Sponsored by: Schneider ElectricAccess this white paper to discover ten cooling solutions to support high-density server deployment. Read on to learn how your organization can increase cooling efficiency and more.
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When blade servers meet virtualization: Cost concerns
Sponsored by: IBMCustomers interested in purchasing blade servers must carefully assess the costs of implementing and maintaining these platforms. This expert e-guide presents a cost/benefit analysis of blade servers and explains why virtualization should be factored into investment decisions.
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Cabot Partners: Optimizing Business Value for Midsized SAP Landscapes with IBM PowerLinux: Simpler by Design
Sponsored by: IBMx86-based Linux platforms may seem like an affordable option for supporting SAP workloads, but ongoing maintenance costs quickly exceed the low acquisition costs of these architectures. Learn about a recommended alternative that can be integrated with virtualization and find out why it is ideally suited for your SAP environment.
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Brandbank uses Sanbolic’s Melio to Deliver High Availability and Improve Performance for Image File-Serving Service
Sponsored by: Sanbolic Inc.This case study details how one company leveraged a dedicated software to gain simultaneous access to critical information, eliminating the need for redundant copies of data and realizing tremendous storage savings.
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MicroScope - April 2012: A special issue looking at the opportunities for resellers in the server market
Sponsored by: MicroScopeThemed ezine looking at the issues in the server market and the opportunities for resellers.
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Oracle Solaris and Oracle SPARC T4 Servers – Engineered Together for Enterprise Cloud Deployments
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn today’s complex business environments, IT managers are driven to lower both capital and operating expenditures while increasing capacity for more application services and growing markets. Read this white paper to learn how many of these challenges can be addressed by effective implementation of chip multithreading (CMT) technology-based servers.
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SPARC T4 Servers – Optimized for End-to-End Data Center Computing
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationRead this white paper to learn how Oracle’s SPARC T4 servers deliver new levels of end-to-end data center performance never before seen in the T-Series line of servers.
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Introducing the New SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 E-Book
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationView this e-book to see how the new SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 combines the very best of Oracle’s high-performance technologies in a single machine – giving you an engineered system that is designed, tested and optimized to handle the most complex multi-tier workloads with unparalleled ease.
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Introducing the Next Generation of SPARC Servers E-Book
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationDiscover the benefits of Oracle's new SPARC T4 servers and how they deliver world record performance for a wide range of enterprise applications, and offer enhanced reliability and security, improved virtualization tools, and reduced costs. View this e-book packed with valuable information, customer success stories, and a 3D demo.
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Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: System Overview
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationRead this white paper to learn about Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, an Engineered System consisting of software, firmware, and hardware designed to meet the highest standards of reliability, serviceability and performance.
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Where is My Data? Storage Solutions Video
Sponsored by: IntelWatch this short video on a new line of NAS servers specifically designed to provide your business with all the special features you require, along high speed performance. Learn how adding a small and energy efficient chip enables your business to share, access, and protect all your files quickly and painlessly.
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IT Handbook: Planning a Server Refresh
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Server buyers should consider the implications of vendor roadmaps and consolidation and look to capacity planning and objective tools when updating data center hardware. In this IT handbook you will learn the importance of a server roadmap, factors to consider in server selection, tips on server consolidation and capacity planning, and much more.
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Dell: Expanding Its Position as an HPC Market Leader
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®With several offerings available, choosing the ideal high performance computing (HPC) offering for your business can be a daunting task. This resource examines one well-reputed HPC vendor and explains how it differentiates itself in the competitive marketplace.
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Success Story: The New South Wales Fire Brigades
Sponsored by: SUSEIn this resource, learn how one organization moved its SAP applications to a virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to improve the availability and performance of mission-critical services while significantly reducing infrastructure costs.
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Presentation Transcript: The Path to Cloud Enablement: Modernize and Migrate
Sponsored by: Red Hat/Cisco/IntelIn part one of this guide to consolidating, virtualizing and enabling a successful and scalable cloud infrastructure, discover how you can modernize your data center with technologies from Cisco, Intel and Red Hat.
