Blades Reports

Presentation Transcript: Methodologies and Technologies to Reduce Power and Cooling Demands in the Data Center
sponsored by Schneider Electric
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Access this exclusive resource to discover how server consolidation can lower data center energy bills by consolidating multiple servers on to fewer physical platforms.
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

Schneider Electric

Hay Group Moves Services to Secure Private Cloud
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: This case study details how virtualization enabled one company to achieve 99.999 percent availability. Find out how the decision to virtualize paved the way for a private cloud and gain insight into various managed service offerings available.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

E-Guide: Selecting Server Hardware for SQL
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL
EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to discover the hottest in high-performance SQL Server hardware, including a new breed of technologies that can provide multiprocessor power to SQL Server on multiple hosts. Find tips and best practices for choosing server hardware for both virtual and non-virtual SQL environments.
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

Dell and Microsoft SQL

VMware® and Intel® Technology Provide Rock-Solid Platform for SAP Deployment
sponsored by VMware and Intel
CASE STUDY: Southwestern/Great American chose to swap its dual environment (SAP ERP ran off of a legacy IBM AS/400) for a leaner infrastructure based on VMware ESX and IBM blade servers with Intel Xeon processors that could run both SAP ERP and its Windows applications. Read this case study to learn about the combined VMware and Intel solution.
Posted: 28 Sep 2010 | Published: 28 Sep 2010

VMware and Intel

Getting the MAX from your Virtualized Investment: Comprehensive Solutions from VMware and IBM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: VMware & IBM paper for small and midsize companies, System x, BladeCenter, and VMware virtualzation solutions offer cost-effective options for transforming IT into a simple more powerful computing infrastructure. Look to IBM and VMware to show you how you can be distinctly competitive and profitable.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

IBM

HP Integrity Server Blades: Meeting Mission-Critical Requirements with a Bladed Form Factor
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP's approach to addressing those challenges.
Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

HP & Intel®

The Journey to Unified Computing
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how data center needs have changed over the last five years and discusses the reasons why management of virtualized compute, network, and storage access should be integrated. Discover the vision behind a private cloud and learn how to avoid making common mistakes as you prepare for this new IT model.
Posted: 14 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 31: How to Make the Transition from Physical to Virtual and Back
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
EZINE: “Workloads in transition” is one way to characterize virtualization, which ranges from physical-to-virtual to virtual-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical. Although each type of migration has its advantages, it has its challenges too. Find out where potential problems lurk, and keep them from dragging down your process.
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

VMware, Inc.

Reference Architecture Guide
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: It can be difficult to design, deploy, manage and support Microsoft Exchange 2010 environments with hardware components from multiple vendors. This solution reduces the complexity of Exchange environments by using servers and storage. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

Hitachi Vantara

BlueCross BlueShield Case Study: A Health Approach to Server Sprawl
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how Dell helped BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York harness blades to shrink its data center footprint by 75 percent and improve efficiency by more than 50 percent.
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

DellEMC and Intel®