Today’s IT pros are being challenged to convert their data centers from costly infrastructures into producers of business value. This resource explores how data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software tools can simplify operational processes, cut costs, and speed up information delivery. 

Most IT budgets work on the basis that 70% of costs go on operations, and 30% on innovation – but many IT managers would prefer that ratio to be reversed. Servers are often seen as an operational burden requiring costly management time, so how can you free up cost and time to allow more of your server budget to be spent on innovation? 

Read this white paper to find 10 cost areas that can be reduced by automation in SAP ERP software enabling businesses to abide by the recent trend to “do more with less”. 

With rising energy prices and increasing building costs, a data center’s running costs can have a big impact on your operational expenses. Try our online data center energy efficiency self-assessment tool to gauge your current energy usage and see how you can help reduce your data center operational costs. 

IT considerations are not given adequate attention or rigour in the due diligence prior to mergers and acquisitions, this report from Ernst & Young reveals. 

Storing data in the cloud overcomes a serious challenge for IT departments: how to manage the vast, and ever-growing, amount of data that must be protected. This paper makes the business case for cloud storage, outlining where capital and operational costs can be eliminated or avoided by using the cloud for backup and archive storage. 

Analyzing clinical data can accomplish many goals: Improving patient care through understanding trends and showing paths to improvement, enhancing research and creating business efficiencies and cutting operational costs. Inside this expert e-book, learn how to take advantage of business intelligence and data analytics at your healthcare facility. 

Discover how HP helps midsize businesses easily handle growth, decrease operational costs, protect data and deliver ROI with a converged infrastructure and advanced applications. 

Data centers are doubling their energy consumption every five years. At this rate, by 2030, data centers could consume 12% of the world’s total energy. This can seriously affect your operational costs. Watch this video to hear how ‘green’ data centers from IBM® not only reduce your energy bills but also improve your overall IT efficiency. 

In this demo, you'll see how VMware vSphere™ 4 enables you to: slash capital and operational costs through consolidating servers, enhance staff productivity and business responsiveness, minimize downtime and recover quickly from unplanned outages, and easily secure, backup and recover your business critical application and data. 

For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service. 

Discover optimization technologies that assist companies in the financial industry in making better business decisions faster. Gain insight into one strategy that enables rapid development and deployment of applications that address the financial sectors’ crucial competitive differentiators, and the 3 common challenges it resolves.