July 24, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime.
May 24, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.
March 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
July 29, 2010 - (Free Research) To achieve the full benefits of virtualization and power applications, scalable storage becomes a critical component of the next generation datacenter. Read this white paper and develop a better understanding of the benefits scale-out storage provides for virtual environments.
July 12, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper provides a list of the Top 10 ways you can improve SQL Server performance with the hardware you already own.
January 25, 2010 - (Free Research) The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology.
July 06, 2010 - (Free Research) This webcast provides a roadmap for configuring SharePoint. Learn how to select a server protection strategy and gain insight into the interdependencies between critical SharePoint components.
February 04, 2010 - (Free Research) The goal of an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system is to connect the people, processes, and information of an organization. This document is intended to aid IT administrators and other stakeholders responsible for deploying and managing an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system for their organization.
February 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Organizations large and small are rapidly adopting Microsoft SharePoint as a standard platform for their online collaboration, portal, and other mission-critical services. Learn how DocAve Backup and Recovery provides a granular, full-fidelity, item- through platform-level backup and disaster recovery solution for SharePoint.
March 01, 2010 - (Free Research) The Xiotech Emprise 5000 storage device and its foundation component, the Xiotech Intelligent Storage Element (ISE), are designed to redefine the construct of a storage foundation building block. The idea is to provide a storage target that delivers application-specific requirements, such as I/O operations per second (IOPS). Read more!
July 25, 2009 - (Free Research) This data sheet provides information about the IBM System Storage™ TS7650 ProtecTIER® Deduplication Appliance, a preconfigured solution of IBM storage, IBM server and IBM's revolutionary ProtecTIER data deduplication software.
August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper examines a new approach to improving application performance, which is capable of delivering millions of IOPS and tens of GB/s throughput and allows capacity and performance to scale independently. Read on to learn about this cost effective, easy to use approach to dramatically improving application performance.
August 09, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization.
August 04, 2010 - (Free Research) A database-backed application consists of several loosely coupled components, each of which must be secured independently. Security professionals must layer controls to compensate for multiple types of threats from multiple access point. Proper security of these applications requires a holistic approach.
May 05, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper defines six types of replication and looks at the advantages and drawbacks of each. It also provides an overview of factors (such as protocol and total cost of ownership) that should be taken into account when developing a replication strategy.
July 20, 2010 - (Free Research) The explosion in data management requirements tends to be even greater and more complicated for high performance computing (HPC) applications. The white paper examines Panasas, a company designing storage solutions specifically for HPC data management, building on its ongoing development of the PanFS file system and storage operating system.
June 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Many enterprises looking to increase the flexibility, improve the scalability, enhance the availability and reduce the costs of data storage have turned to SANs. The Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software.
October 2008 - (Free Research) Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and other SharePoint technologies are excellent tools for a modern, web-based office environment. This white paper gives pointers on managing them.
April 2010 - (Free Research) There is no out-of-a box software that you can buy to Next, Next, Finish your way to a complete virtual desktop environment. Instead, multiple technologies must be integrated in careful ways to create the necessary architecture. It's likely that you already have many components in place. Read this white paper to learn more.
August 2010 - (Free Research) The webcast offers a step-by-step demonstration on how Tape Vault Expert can be used to easily and efficiently manage your company's off-site tape backup.
October 2009 - (Free Research) This whitepaper will discuss the challenges you can have to backup and protect using native tools and how you can successfully protect your SharePoint environment using Mimosa NearPoint™ for SharePoint.
July 2010 - (Free Research) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promises strong incentives to encourage adoption of EMR and HIEs. But these advanced applications are just the tip of the iceberg; the back-end infrastructure (networking, security, virtualization) needed to support them are equally vital. Read this white paper to learn more.