To curb server proliferation and rising electrical costs, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center moved its virtualization infrastructure to the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Hyper-V technology, using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to manage its server landscape. 

This paper covers projects involving new construction or upgrades to the data center’s physical infrastructure - the power, cooling, and other physical systems that house and protect the data center’s IT equipment. 

The calibration method described in this article can be applied to any analog measurement such as pressure, amperage, weight, length or force. 

Wells' Dairy needed to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It deployed the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V™ virtualization technology. Today, it has a scalable server consolidation solution and a data center that is saving more than US.$12,000 in annual electrical costs. 

The chapters in this Techfocus eBook will discuss the importance of site selection and planning, data center conceptualization and cost analysis, and negotiating with contractors. 

Check out this white paper for a discussion on network changes; IP address management; Core Network Services solutions; and the benefits of integrated, automated IP. 

Specifying data center density has yet to conform to an established standard within the industry. This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of power and cooling infrastructure for data centers. 

About a billion people worldwide do not have access to telecommunications services, mostly from lack of a power grid that can support network infrastructure. Traditional wireless networks for remote locations rely on costly generators that are hard on the environment. Read this whitepaper to learn about cost effective and eco-friendly alternatives. 

Petmate enlisted the help of TAKE Supply Chain's X.PC to not only streamline the administration of contract manufacturing for Petmate. Read this case study to learn how X.PC transformed Petmate's manual approach to working with manufacturers through a Web-based collaborative environment that improved shared communications. 

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. 

Document process automation is an investment that can help turn accounts payable around to become a very efficient and money saving process by getting rid of all the paper and manual processing. Read this paper to learn how document process automation can help save your company money and time, overall adding to your company's bottom line. 

It is becoming increasingly difficult for data center pros to manage their IT environments. This webcast explores best practices for automation and details the benefits you can realize from implementing the technology.