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. 

The key to a successful disaster recovery strategy is planning. Read this white paper to learn about the importance of being proactive about potential problems, discover how you can properly rehearse for disaster and understand the importance of knowing who's in charge of what when the time comes. Read on for more. 

This white paper discusses a gradual approach to building a new server room. Find out key factors to consider as you proceed with your initiative, such as site selection and size, energy, backup, and more. 

This resource explores the various electrical architectures for redundancy present in today’s mission-critical environments. 

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. 

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. 

Inside, explore 5 questions you need to ask before selecting a high-efficiency, multi-mode UPS for your data center. 

The way we work is now open to wide-ranging review. The concept of the office as the ‘dumb’ container for work, housing the corporation and its infrastructure assets, will be challenged by a number of factors explored in this paper. Work, in the future, will only be a verb. It is becoming a process, not a place. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are used. This paper  discusses the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and explores the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure. 

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. 

Managing privileged accounts requires balancing accessibility and control while ensuring audit capabilities.  Cyber-Ark enables organizations to increase administrator productivity while reducing risk.