Data centre power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than...
Data centre power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt hours per year of electricity that does no useful work powering IT equipment. This paper explores data centre...
View ArticlePlan, measure and improve data center efficiency
This paper explains how data centre efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modelled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring
View ArticleDramatically reduce the electrical consumption of data centers
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership for the data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers...
View ArticleHow do you find “the smoking gun”?
A crime may leave a proverbial “paper trail”, but when the probative information spans confiscated documents, electronic records, e-mail, wiretap transcripts, handwritten notes, audio files, and social...
View ArticleGreen IT: saving money while saving energy
This white paper provides substantial support for implementing practical, yet cost-effective power management policies and tools to “green” your IT environment and boost your bottom line.
View ArticleBest practice guide: The top steps to take a website to a global audience
In todays internet-driven, global environment, it is more important than ever to develop a website in which content is carefully crafted and adapted to meet local needs and requirements. This paper...
View ArticleVirtualisation; optimised power and cooling to maximise benefits
Data centers are routinely and unknowingly missing a great portion of their entitlement from virtualisation. Beyond virtualisation’s undisputed IT benefits - from reduced rack footprint to disaster...
View ArticleEco-mode: Benefits and risks of energy-saving modes of UPS operation
This paper shows that eco-mode typically provides a reduction of 2-4% in data center energy consumption and explains the various limitations and concerns that arise from eco-mode use. Situations where...
View ArticleDell SharePoint infrastructure optimisation
Dell’s SharePoint Infrastructure Optimisation solution takes a comprehensive SharePoint infrastructure approach which consolidates unstructured content, backup, and archive datasets. Thus improving end...
View ArticleA strategic process for hiring an all-star support team
There are no shortcuts to good hiring. But with the right process in place, you can have an all-star support team in due time. This article shows you how to build a sustainable process for hiring the...
View ArticleRethinking server virtualization
IT managers are looking for clarity in how they are using existing capacity and methods which can be used to increase efficiency going forward. This paper explores and discusses the value of new...
View ArticleDynamic data capture technology
Often, the tools that are available in traditional data capture environments are not flexible enough to solve a particular task, or they require solutions that are complicated, expensive or difficult...
View ArticleA practical guide on improving data centers and efficiency
Many today struggle with the growth of applications, servers, and storage within in the data center. This report outlines how EMC improved there data centers and can be used as a practical guide for...
View ArticleData consolidation - moving from distributed to shared storage
This Computing webseminar examines the advantages of moving from distributed to consolidated storage of data and managing that data as a single resource. Sponsored by Dell.
View ArticleVDI solutions Guide: solving VDI challenges with affordable 100% flash storage
In this paper we're going to explore how a new, 100%-flash based approach to VDI can overcome the key VDI failure traps, and deliver a VDI solution that both end-users and IT administrators will love....
View ArticleEverything i need to know to evaluate Flash: buyer’s guide for enterprise...
This guide provides the questions that will serve to help prospective all-flash storage systems buyers to compare and contrast the various solutions presented to them. It will also help to understand...
View ArticleSolve VDI challenges with affordable 100% flash storage
In this paper we're going to explore how a new, 100%-flash based approach to VDI can overcome the key VDI failure traps, and deliver a VDI solution that both end-users and IT administrators will love....
View ArticleUnlocking the power of Flash
Continuous data growth coupled with a new generation of multi-core CPUs has placed new demands on storage systems. In this paper, IDC examines the evolution of storage controllers, from traditional HDD...
View ArticleEMC's Flash strategy
Solid-state storage has been around in some form or another for over three decades, but only in the last few years has it become widely adopted. This report first takes a quick look at the world of...
View ArticleSaving time and money with savvy use of flash in automated storage tiering
This IDC paper explores flash and storage technologies, and evaluates one industry-leading vendor's response. Read on to learn how this convergence can lead to: 1)Increased storage and data management...
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