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Air-Cooled High-Performance Data Centers: Case Studies and Best Methods sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: Combining innovations and best-known methods for air-cooled data center design helps provide new approaches for power and cooling. This white paper discusses real world examples of how to lower costs and improve performance within the IT infras... Posted: 31 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2006 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Data Centers \| IT Spending \| Load Balancing \| Multi-core Processors \| Power Supplies \| Server Appliances \| Server Management

Efficient Enterprise: Making a Successful Transition to a Green IT Infrastructure sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Green IT equals efficient IT - and that equals an efficient and sustainable enterprise with a healthy bottom line. Getting started along the path to a green data center does not have to be a complex undertaking. Read this paper to learn about the three critical steps that can empower CIOs to reduce both infrastructure costs and GHG emissions. Posted: 03 Mar 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Green Data Center \| Green Storage \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Hardware

5 Ways IT Equipment Rentals Can Save Your Neck sponsored by Canvas Systems WHITE PAPER: Find out how renting pre-owned IT equipment can help your business succeed in completing projects. Posted: 14 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| CRM \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Spending \| Software

Server Consolidation Blooming in Production Environments sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Learn how a virtual infrastructure empowers small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to transform, manage and optimize their IT infrastructure. Posted: 15 Nov 2007 \| Published: 15 Nov 2007 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Dell PowerEdge Half-height M610 and Full-height M710 Blade Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| CIOs \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| High Availability \| IT Spending

The Data Center Dilemma: Controlling Costs While Managing Risk sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: The escalation in data center costs has been driven by the demand for computing. IT has responded to this demand by adding more servers and replacing older servers with newer devices that deliver more power in less space. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Posted: 30 Jul 2010 \| Published: 30 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Hot Aisle Cold Aisle \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Enterprise Information Security in Transition sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper boils the reasons behind current issues in the information security field down into four major causes, and also lays out a list of specific, detailed changes that need to be made to the enterprise security model for these core issues to be resolved. Posted: 28 Jul 2014 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| CISOs \| Data Security \| Enterprise \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Risk Management \| Securities Industry \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Spending \| Security Standards \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Future-Proof Networking: Making Decisions That Last sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: To succeed in tough economic times, a business must be able to make strategic plans for growth while running a lean operation. The following paper presents seven primary areas where businesses can maximize IT opportunities and describes how Cisco can help build a sustainable network infrastructure to help you realize your strategic vision. Posted: 26 May 2010 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: IT Spending \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Advances in Data Warehouse Performance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Learn how DB2 can help you meet the demands of business intelligence by reducing query response time from hours to seconds, supporting real time data warehousing, and optimizing your storage while lowering operating costs. Posted: 28 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Clustering \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| DB2 \| IT Spending \| Logical Partitions \| Query Tools \| Self-Service Applications Software \| Server Management

Rethinking People Costs in Enterprise IT sponsored by Rackspace Technology WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to assess your IT people spend and position IT as a central driver of business growth. Posted: 15 Oct 2014 \| Published: 12 Aug 2014 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Talent Management