Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers

The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. However, to date, many of the gains have been illusory...

Trend Watch: Mission Critcial x86

This paper examines how, over the past several years, research has shown many organisation moving mission-critical systems onto x86 servers.

Virtual SMB Centre in a Box?

What types of organizations have the most efficient IT operations? Data centers that provide highly available and resilient services with a minimum of human intervention and management? IT shops that can...

Virtualisation of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2

This whitepaper looks at how Virtualization is the concept of decoupling the hardware from the operating systems and applications. This can be implemented a number of ways as we will...

"We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us."

Organisations are being force towards indentity- based acess lifecycle management tools in order to support IT agility & flexability, safeley empowering staff and rapid evolution of data cetres and core...

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• Virtualization,
• Core,
• Structure,
• Staff

A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualization

"Server virtualization is helping IT organizations improve data center productivity in fundamental ways. It lets you consolidate multiple operating systems and applications per physical server, reducing the size and costs...

Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business

Energy should be spent when and where it provides business benefits. Intel® Microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, delivers performance on demand and conserves power through judicious use of the available resources. Within...

Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise

Based on our survey of 225 business leaders worldwide, we found that enterprises are operating with bigger blind spots and that they are making important decisions without access to the right information....

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• Diagnostics And Analysis

Centrinet case study

Centrinet launched an innovative business service - Smartbunker - based on renewable energy and energy-efficient technology(efficient IBM BladeCenter servers and Cisco networking hardware), It's the UK's first managed data centre...

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• Infrastructure Management

Comparing Two- and Four- Socket Platforms for Server Virtualization

Intel IT compared the performance of two and four processor-socket servers with Intel quad-core processors in a virtualized environment. Our results showed that for memory capacity-limited scenarios-keeping TCO consistent- a...

Creating a Dynamic Infrastructure through Virtualization

In almost every case,the transformation to a dynamic infrastructure will involve virtualization.Many IT professionals think of virtualization specifically in terms of servers.IBM,however,has a broader perspective,in which virtualization is seen as...

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• Back-up

Delivering Information in Real Time

With customer-centric approaches being the norm for most businesses nowadays, information delivery has taken on a more crucial role than ever before. IBM's acquisition of DataMirror enhances the value of customer...

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• Virtualization,
• Ibm Information Server,
• Integration,
• Acquisition

Desktop Virtualization on IBM BladeCenter and System x Servers: Taking Back Control of the Desktop

"Operational efficiency is imperative in today's competitive marketplace. Thus, the IT strategies and data center management at the heart of any organization need to be cost-effective and efficient. And with the complexity and...

Dynamic Infrastructure Helping Build a Smarter PlanetDelivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed

In this smarter world, we need our infrastructure to propel us forward, not hold us back. This infrastructure becomes instrumented, interconnected and intelligent to bring together the business and IT...

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• Back-up

Enabling sustainable compliance management across the organization.

From industry regualtions to data privacy laws and government mandate, meeting compliances has become a permanent citerion for doing business. This white paper discusses the growing tide of data security...

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• Privacy Issues,
• Privacy,
• Standards,
• Strategy

Enterprise mobility: connecting to a world of opportunity

Benefits of enterprise mobility span the business-to-employee (B2E), business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrums. Enterprise mobil-ity can improve an organization's productivity, optimizelogistics operations, enhance customer relationships and streamline supply chain...

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• Access Technologies

Escaping PCI purgatory. Compliance roadblocks and stories of real-world successes

By now, any companies driving high volumes of credit card transactions that are not compliant with the payment card industry (PCI) data security standards (DSS) faces steep penalties. This white...

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• Card,
• Point Of Sale Devices,
• Pci,
• Dss

Fact Sheet : IBMXIV Storage System

The IBM XIV® Storage System is a ground-breaking, high-end disk system, designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Built from a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, it is...

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• Disaster Recovery

Go Green with IBM System x Servers and Intel Xeon Processors

By "going green" with energy-efficient IBM® System x™ servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, you can win back control of your IT budget—and win the battle with data center power constraints.

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• High Performance Computing

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily,...

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• Database Management,
• Analyze,
• High Performance,
• Capture