This resource examines hot-air and cold-air containment methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot-aisle containment is the preferred best practice for new data centres. 

Check out this first 2012 issue of Storage Magazine for in-depth analysis of the factors you need to consider when choosing the best type of DR site for your organization, including balancing costs against risks. 

This expert handbook explains how to set up a data center cooling monitoring system, looks at how increasing server inlet temperatures can optimize cooling efficiency and outlines methods for building hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment systems. 

In this expert briefing, veteran IT industry consultant Chris Evans drills into the specific challenges that storage managers face when implementing virtual desktop infrastructures, and provides practical tips to help guarantee a VDI project that meets expectations and delivers on its projected ROI. 

In order to get funding for a significant server consolidation effort, IT professionals will have the greatest chance of success by building an ROI blueprint, delineating the costs, benefits and savings involved in the project. This white paper will discuss key considerations in assessing the ROI of server consolidation. 

Technology upgrades are a constant in any IT environment, often driven by the need for more capacity or a platform’s end of life. Over the past few years, IT shops have been upgrading to improve their return on investment (ROI) as well. Read this white paper to learn about new ways to maximize technology ROI through better operations management. 

Organizations of all types and sizes are under pressure to boost efficiency, cut costs and reduce power consumption. Dell Compellent Storage Center - a highly integrated, feature-rich data storage solution- was designed to lower data storage TCO. Read this whitepaper to find out how Dell Compellent can save save your company millions of dollars. 

Download this presentation transcript to discover how to free yourself from vendor lock-in by expensive proprietary storage hardware companies, and learn how you can take advantage of today's new wave of storage buying. Find out how you can do more with your existing storage and spend less time and money to accommodate changing workloads. 

As organizations begin implementing server virtualization, it is critical that they consider the fact that backup and data protection processes will need to be done differently and may become more complicated. This DCIG analyst report discusses methods of effectively protecting data in virtual environments and the different solutions available. 

Desktop virtualization guru Brian Madden offers his insight on many desktop virtualization myths in this e-guide. In addition, he explores the best storage options for VDI. 

As SMBs continue to reap the benefits of server virtualization, it's important for businesses to keep disaster recovery for both physical and virtual servers in mind. In this essential resource, discover how SMBs can develop a cohesive backup and recovery strategy for hybrid physical and virtual infrastructures. 

In order to fulfill requirements such as managing e-mails, retrieving information, reducing data storage costs and long-term archiving of corporate information in your organization, Dell and OPTIMAL SYSTEMS GmbH now offer you a holistic content management solution. Read now to learn more. 

Read this paper featuring Forrester research now and learn about the total economic impact and potential ROI that enterprises are realizing by deploying IBM Netezza DW appliance with data analytics. By taking some time to digest this resource, you will know whether a similar installation within your company will have a similar financial effect.