The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions. 

In this e-guide, readers will learn more about the basics of ERP and how to reduce maintenance and support costs for these systems. 

Natural disasters, attacks by hackers, a new application gone bad - any or all of these could result in costly disruptions and missed opportunities. Yet many businesses overlook business continuity planning. Learn how savvy enterprises are employing virtualization to strengthen disaster recovery plans. 

For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge. 

For hospitals, the only thing more important than access to patient data in a disaster is timely access to patient data. This Health IT Interactive Classroom will help providers create and implement effective disaster recovery and business continuity plans -- complete with advice from providers who had to put those plans into action. 

This IDC case study featuring Comcast explores the challenges the rapidly growing company faced, as well as the HR solutions which met and exceeded their needs. 

Access this essential resource to discover crucial tips when planning for any IT transformation, whether it be big or small. 

Regarding disaster recovery, expenses currently overshadow the risk of theoretical disaster. As a result, CIOs who hope to implement or upgrade their DR plans must compromise. This e-guide discusses how to make a value case for DR, along with a series of low-cost strategies for planning, implementing, and testing virtual DR plans. 

Planning is a key component of any IT transformation effort, whether the effort is large or small. This resource discusses top ten tips for successfully planning your IT transformation in an efficient, cost-effective manner. 

As SAP customers plan their BI strategies in the face of support deadlines for BEx tools that are inching closer, many customers are contemplating their next steps with BW. In this e-book, readers will learn the keys to planning a successful SAP data warehousing strategy, and get help deciding what role BW should play in it. 

Disaster recovery is essential for mitigating the various threats to the data center, and nowhere is this more true than the healthcare sector. Access this resource for a full analysis of the disaster recovery landscape in the healthcare industry and to learn how disaster recovery goes hand-in-hand with exceptional patient care. 

This e-book will help you to better understand the effective use of the WebSphere DataPower family of appliances. It provides guidance on the best methods identified to date for building the various components that implement solutions as well as a checklist of items to consider when planning a solution. 

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