What's the difference between agent and agentless backup for virtual environments? Learn how admins can simplify backup for mixed and virtual environments with agentless backup in this resource. Explore the pros and cons of both methods, and discover how admins can integrate the two techniques for the best of both worlds. 

Read this Aberdeen report, based on responses from 117 executives of successful companies, to find out how best-in-class businesses are proactive in their asset management. Learn techniques for optimizing maintenance and operations, creating a culture of collaboration and so much more. 

As IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures, maintaining datacenter agility is critical. By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs 

Storage demands are accelerating by leaps and bounds. But with IT budgets tightening, decision-makers need to stretch the bounds of innovation to deal with both the cost and complexity of storage. This comprehensive white paper explores the 6 top ways to reduce storage costs and complexity. 

IT organizations that find server deployment complex and inefficient are looking at new options, such as HP's BladeSystem Matrix. Using this converged infrastructure approach, organizations can reduce acquisition costs for servers, storage and network infrastructure, while reducing total cost of ownership. 

Intel IT faced rapid growth in storage demand, resulting in escalating storage costs. This paper explores the variety of techniques used to accommodate the growing demand for storage capabilities. Discover how they were able to achieve capital savings of USD 9.2 million while supporting significant capacity and performance improvements. 

This document focuses on key Oracle Database 11g capabilities that help IT departments better optimize their storage infrastructure, enabling administrators to deliver a cost effective, scalable information management platform that is easy to manage, and that continues to deliver the performance and availability that today's businesses require. 

<p>As technology evolves, so too must your IT strategies. SAP users are finding that upgrades, migrations, and re-platforming efforts are playing a key role in reducing their costs. Read this exclusive paper to learn how you can ensure that your IT managers remain flexible and prepared to make changes to SAP software at the drop of a hat.</p> 

Virtualized iSCSI SANs are increasingly being chosen for virtual datacenter deployments because they help simplify storage management and overcome performance, scalability and cost barriers of traditional SAN architectures. 

In the cover story of the Summer 2011 edition of Storage Europe, Manek Dubash highlights how two UK financial firms are leveraging server virtualisation for affordable DR provisioning. 

This paper discusses a five-step best practices approach to implementing a cost-effective and timely data privacy solution. It also details a brief case study illustrating how Compuware’s combination of tools, technology, best practices and customized services can save time and money. 

While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users. 

The Oracle Grid computing architecture features many powerful techniques that improve energy efficiency and data center productivity.