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Aberden Group - Application Performance in Complex and Hybrid Environments
By Exinda | 18/10/2012
Companies that do not rise to the challenge of ensuring performance over complex networks find it increasingly difficult to compete in a virtualised, cloud based world. Organisations improve performance using several different technologies, which increases the complexity of performance management initiatives. The emerging nature of application deployment and consumption in today's business adds to this complexity. Now it is common for applications to be delivered via cloud based systems, both internal and public, and increasingly these applications are consumed on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Read more.
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A Data Center Fabric Is Critical to a Next-Generation Unified Data Center
By Cisco | 16/3/2012
The data center has gone through several major evolutionary changes over the past several decades, and each change has been defined by major shifts in computing. The shift to a virtual data center will be the single biggest transition in the history of computing. This transition will reshape all the major data center tiers: applications, storage, servers and the network. This paper examines the drivers of this transition, provides real-world case studies and includes data centre fabric best practices.
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A Foundation for Database Simplification, Consolidation and Cost Reduction
By IBM | 7/11/2011
Over the past decade the trend in infrastructure design has been towards scale-out architectures based on the x86 processor, where many machines are clustered together in order to create a virtual mainframe. In this paper we set out to challenge this approach and to demonstrate that modern mainframe technology represents a viable scale-up alternative to the current vogue for racks filled with blades, looking in parti cular at the way organisations can benefit in terms of improved agility, increased reliability and cost savings by consolidating Oracle databases onto IBM’s zEnterprise and Enterprise Linux Servers (ELS).
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Analyse Almost a Billion of Records Instantly
By Oracle | 26/9/2012
This demo shows how an Exalytics-powered application can deliver a speed-of-thought style of analysis that turns any user into an analyst.
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ASIC Optimises and Promotes Network Automation Using HP Software
By HP | 17/5/2013
Allianz Shared Infrastructure Services SE (ASIC) wanted to replace its current suite of management tools, some of which had been developed in-house, with a standard solution for the management of 600 network components in its data centre, in order to reduce costs and further improve quality. Find out what approach they took download today.
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Australian Red Cross Blood Service Enhances the Performance of Its Mission-Critical Applications
By HP | 17/5/2013
The Australian Blood service was looking for a solution and approach that would drive improvements in the quality, performance and availability of business critical services to ultimately improve their patients’ lives. Find out what solution & approach they took download today.
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A Whitepaper on Cloud Computing
By Avocent | 24/6/2011
This whitepaper will help to clarify exactly what the different models of Cloud Computing are, how the different models should be used, and when to embrace these models.
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Backup and Recovery Changes Drive IT Infrastructure and Business Transformation
By EMC | 24/1/2013
In this IDC whitepaper, we look at an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organisations and datacentres and specifically how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Download now.
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Best Practice Insight BPM case study: Maersk Line
By Oracle | 5/7/2012
This report examines the implementation of an extensive BPM programme to transform core operational business processes within Maersk Line, the world‟s largest ocean shipping carrier.
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Best Practices for Optimizing IT
By FalconStor Software | 22/2/2013
Organisations must leverage IT advancements to capitalise on their cost advantages, and align the infrastructure so that future improvements in technology can provide an immediate cost reduction. This paper proposes a best-of-breed approach – read on.
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