WHITE PAPER - This white paper details the top ten reasons IT managers and production support teams have come to rely on run book automation to support their IT infrastructure.
Posted: February 27, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Managers | Network Configuration Management | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how HP's PolyServe File Serving Utility delivers scalable performance and capacity with high availability services at a fraction of the price of traditional NAS.
Posted: July 19, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | File Server Software | High Availability | Linux | NAS | Storage Appliances | Storage Consolidation | Storage Spending | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores technologies and best practice that can help your organization respond to today's power and cooling challenges in a manner that reduces both energy expenditures and environmental impacts--while increasing computi...
Posted: June 11, 2008 | Published: June 10, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers

WHITE PAPER - By using a federated approach to a Configuration Management System, IT organizations can dynamically access information across teams and tools, resulting in faster, better, business-aware decisions that improve business service quality and cost.
Posted: June 18, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | IT Service Management | ITIL | SOA | Software Configuration Management | Software Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how data center transformation can help your organization outsource applications and shift spending from maintenance and management to projects that support business growth and innovation.
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration

ANALYST REPORT - This Forrester research brief reviews the top vendors in data center automation (DCA) and rates HP the highest due to the breadth of their solution in the very competitive DCA market.
Posted: April 25, 2008 | Published: April 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Change and Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Fault Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software

CASE STUDY - In this case study from HP, read how HP launched an IT transformation program with a focus on five initiatives: global data centers, portfolio management, technology workforce effectiveness, building a world-class technology infrastructure...
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, read how to meet the challenge of designing and operating mission-critical data centers in an era of constrained resources.
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration

WHITE PAPER - This paper is designed to help users who would like to understand virtualization better in order to evaluate the operational benefits it could provide.
Posted: June 30, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In "The Shortcut Guide to SQL Server Infrastructure Optimization," the new eBook from Realtime Publishers, leading IT author Don Jones explores the management burdens and hidden costs of sub-optimal data center infrastructures and lays out the paths...
Posted: December 10, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Infrastructure Management | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - In this briefing, learn how Thermal Zone Mapping is a novel way of representing and visualizing the environmental behavior of a "greenfield" or existing data center, allowing for easier and more complete understanding of this behavior.
Posted: June 6, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Network Design | Network Management | Systems Integration

WEBCAST - Hear how together HP and Cisco deliver high performance server interconnect technology that provides the high bandwidth and low latencies required for the most demanding computing environments.
Posted: June 14, 2007 | Premiered: June 26, 2007


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | Switch Fabric | Switches | Switching

WHITE PAPER - Without effective knowledge management it can be difficult for support teams to serve internal and external customers. Read this paper to learn how knowledge centered support can capture, organize and utilize its support information in your business.
Posted: June 21, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Information Management | Information Management Software | IT Service Management | Knowledge Management | Knowledge Management Software | Technical Support Staff