Blades Reports

HP BladeSystem and the Sesame Street Characters Help Educate Children Online
sponsored by HP & Intel®
CASE STUDY: This case study provides details of real-world best practices in IT consolidation to turn a data center from a burdensome cost center to a strategic asset with robust security, enhanced business continuity and reduced operating expenses.
Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

HP & Intel®

Energy Logic: Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption by Creating Savings that Cascade Across Systems
sponsored by Emerson Network Power
WHITE PAPER: Energy Logic is a vendor-neutral roadmap for optimizing data center energy efficiency that starts with the IT equipment and progresses to the support infrastructure. This paper shows how it can deliver a 50 percent or greater reduction in data center energy consumption without compromising performance or availability.
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010

Emerson Network Power

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

Dell and VMware

Presentation Transcript: SMB Server School - Considerations for Integrating Windows Server into a Virtual Environment
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This transcript explores the virtualization benefits of implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 in your organization. Receive best practices on how to effectively integrate R2 into your current infrastructure. Discover how this integration can enable your organization to increase the performance and reliability of its virtualized environment.
Posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Published: 12 Mar 2010

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Red Hat Cloud Foundations, Edition One: Implementation Cookbook
sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of a reference architecture prepared by Red Hat that fully documents how to build your own private cloud.
Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

Red Hat and JBoss

Expert Tips for Selecting the Best Server to Support Your Data Center
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
EGUIDE: Although many x86 servers may seem the same, there are many differences in features and functions. Access this expert e-guide to discover why it’s important to plan ahead when choosing a server to make sure your mission-critical applications and virtual environment are supported.
Posted: 24 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Understanding Desktop Virtualization
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the variety of desktop virtualization models available, how each works, and the advantages and limitations of each model for key vectors such as security, manageability, and power consumption. Also identified are the major providers of software solutions and the end-point devices to deploy each model.
Posted: 14 Sep 2011 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

Intel

 Datacenter Efficiency with Oracle x86 Blade System Solutions
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: To address the ongoing IT mission to adapt IT resources and to improve levels of service, Oracle has integrated Sun hardware with Oracle's software applications and management tools to deliver a complete end-to-end solution that reduces IT complexity. Read this paper for more information.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

Oracle Corporation

Cisco Unified Computing System Blade Server Chassis Power Modes
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The Cisco UCS power configuration approach enables users to meet their redundancy and power density needs. The approach is simple yet flexible enough to adapt to the varying needs for different applications within the data center. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Migrating from IBM POWER Server Silos to HP BladeSystem and Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the options IT managers have for hosting enterprise applications when replacing end-of-life POWER 4 or 5 servers. It compares an HP Converged Infrastructure, based on HP Integrity and Proliant server blades, to approaches based on IBM POWER. It also addresses customer options for business-critical application migration.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

HP & Intel®