This paper contrasts room, row and rack architectures and shows why row-oriented cooling will emerge as the preferred solution for most next generation data centers. 

The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and more. 

This paper provides network architects and decision makers with guidance for moving from GbE to 10GbE networking in their virtualized data centers. 

Cloud computing offers massive scalability -  in virtual computing power, storage, and applications resources - all at almost immediate availability and low cost, and business managers are demanding their IT operations assess the benefits this new computing model can represent. 

This paper lays out five "best practice" ways to fortify your planned or existing virtualized environment, ensuring that it is architected for security, malware suppression, and regulation compliance. 

This paper explores the relative value of making technology decisions that support and maintain infrastructure-wide interoperability with regard to your data management solutions. Read on to learn more. 

This paper  examines the big picture when it comes to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and what happens when a data packet traverses an MPLS cloud. 

SMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data.  This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives. 

Extremely high end-user expectations for enterprise mobile performance have IT teams scrambling to address its unique challenges. Read this e-guide for expert tips on choosing and implementing the best mobile performance management tools and strategies available today. Also, find in-depth industry analyst advice on functional testing. 

This case study examines Equifax's process of implementing a Business Rule Management System (BRMS) and the lessons learned. It provides readers with an understanding of BRMS as well best practices should they choose to implement a BRMS. 

In this expert webcast, discover best practices for optimizing your virtualized infrastructure and network, and address scenarios such as disaster recovery networking as well as networking for cloud computing. Find out how network performance improvements can alleviate traffic bottlenecks and other performance issues. 

Read this white paper to learn how fixed asset management software can benefit your company by increasing compliance, saving your accounting staff time, reducing theft and loss, responding more effectively to disasters, and improving tax planning and budgeting. 

Check out this white paper for a look into the challenges associated with dedupe that are still plaguing administrators, and discover the direction deduplication may be headed in. Also learn today's best practices for establishing a successful backup and recovery strategy.