Moving to a consolidated data center reduces the number of servers, which can minimize required investments in hardware, hardware maintenance charges, data center space costs and energy use. This e-book outlines a systematic approach you can use to server consolidation to ensure that your data center reaps all the benefits of virtualization. 

This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of cooling for wiring closets. 

<p>You need to maintain control over your data center as it expands, regardless of where it is physically located. This white paper describes a management tool that can assist you in this process by gathering real-time data, enhancing infrastructure efficiency, and more.</p> 

The phrase “augmented reality” was coined by Boeing researcher Tom Caudell in the early 1990s to describe a digital display viewed through a headset  which guided workers through electrical wires in aircraft. The term has since gained currency and is now taken to describe digital information overlaid on the physical world. 

Today, IT has become a valuable asset of any organization. Because of this, data center availability has become essential. Yet businesses still remain vulnerable to a variety of threats, including electrical power systems. This resource explores 10 best practices for building and maintaining a highly available data center power infrastructure. 

This brief video looks at how The New York Philharmonic utilized Alfresco's content management software to provide universal access to their vast archives of historical music. 

The approach to end-of-life compliance that many manufacturers are taking today will not scale with the rapid growth and increased complexity of regulations and industry or supply chain requirements. Read this paper to discover the benefits of best-in-class approaches to environmental management programmes and the systems need to support them. 

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) in Australia was experiencing rapid rates of growth in data volumes - increasing around 60 percent annually - when they decided to increase their SAN capacity. They chose the IBM XIV Storage system. Read this and get the details. 

This paper explores how you can optimize UPS availability by focusing on minimizing repair time and maximizing redundancy, both inside your UPSs and across your power protection initiatives. Also learn why modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. 

In 2011, Q1 Labs continued its rapid growth and became more visible in competitive evaluations. The QRadar appliances can be deployed as all-in-one solutions for smaller environments, or can be horizontally scaled in larger environments using specialized event collection, processing and console appliances. 

In this presentation, we'll review how to make the most of logs to augment an organization's security posture. 

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. 

This paper is the second in a two-part series exploring the innovation barrier – the point at which testing can no longer keep pace with development in the equipment manufacturing industry. It examines the innovation barrier’s symptoms – from slowdowns in development to mounting quality issues – and the potential impact on equipment manufacturers.