WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn how truly future-proofing your environment involves a comprehensive approach and engagement with newer technologies and methods, aligning them with overall best practices —and strengthening your ability to innovate.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | High Performance Computing | IT Management | Microprocessors | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we demonstrate the concept of High Performance Computing in a cloud and show that HPC clouds can deliver the needed utilization and scalability on par with the current native HPC approach of designing dedicated systems for specific applications.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Equipment Maintenance Management Software | High Performance Computing | Independent Contracting | Infiniband Architecture | ISVs | Manufacturing | Platform as a service

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of Platform HPC Workgroup Manager (HPC-WM). HPC-WM dramatically simplifies both the installation and ongoing management of Linux clusters, making them accessible to even the smallest organizations.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Cost Benefit Analysis | High Performance Computing | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | Software Implementation | Software Infrastructure | Software Installation

WHITE PAPER - Read the second chapter of the Cloud Computing E-Book and learn what developers should consider before moving applications to the cloud and to what extent they will have to re-think familiar go-to languages to make apps work in the cloud.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Cloud Computing | High Performance Computing | Middleware | Software as a Service | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Performance Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | ROI | SOA

WHITE PAPER - The user experience associated with web applications relies in large part on the availability and management of their session data, its persistence, and its management. This white paper focuses on the topic of data availability and management for mission-critical web applications.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | High Availability | High Performance Computing | Oracle (Product) | SOA | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Change Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process - from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration

WHITE PAPER - Oracle's vision of the next-generation data center is the Oracle Grid Computing architecture, which provides the software building blocks for creating a service-oriented, shared-resource environment. Read this paper to discover more of what Oracle has to offer.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: November 7, 2007


Topics:  Blade Servers | Business IT Alignment | Data Center Management | Grid Computing | High Performance Computing | Oracle (Product) | Server Virtualization | SOA