WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses new piping approaches, which can dramatically reduce the risk of leakage and facilitate high-density deployment.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Managers | Rack Enclosures | TCO

WHITE PAPER - An understanding of the 9 types of cooling systems and their attributes can be used to develop guidelines for when each type should be used, and such guidelines are provided in this paper for both raised floor and hard floor applications.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Managers | LAN | Storage Systems | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This document discusses ways to address power, cooling, floor-space, environmental (PCFE) issues and best practices for improving energy efficiency.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Data center professionals can rid themselves of messy racks, sub-standard under floor air distribution, and cable sprawl with a minimum of heartache and expense. This paper outlines several innovative approaches.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Rack Enclosures | Routing | UPS

WHITE PAPER - Both hot and cold air containment can significantly improve the predictability and efficiency of data center cooling system. This paper examines both and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Downtime | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains the growing importance of the CIO, the new technologies that can positively impact the data center's energy consumption without sacrificing performance, and exactly how to calculate the energy and cost savings.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | Cooling Equipment | Corporate Governance | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Industries | Network Security | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews a just-in-time technology to help IT pros defer the ever-increasing cost of the data center: raising the data center floor. Doing so can optimize space, power, and cooling, while also enhancing availability and service levels.
Posted: November 3, 2008 | Published: November 3, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Budgeting | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | Power Supplies

WHITE PAPER - This green data center e-book serves as an all-in-one guide to lead you through the process of creating an energy-efficient data center.
Posted: October 31, 2008 | Published: October 31, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Law | Metrics | Power Generation Equipment | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - To optimize your data center infrastructure, consider these four practical best practice steps that Upsite's engineers have devised for solving cooling inefficiencies through proper airflow management.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 9, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Industries | Environmental Compliance | IT Infrastructure | IT Systems | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide provides tips on using blades and virtualization, details new virtualization product enhancements and offerings and sets the record straight on myths and misconceptions surrounding power, cooling and consolidation.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | NAS | Networking | Power Supplies | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Want to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint in your data center? This report reviews the pulse of today's IT shops, providing insight on common topics and approaches so you can improve performance in your own organization.
Posted: September 30, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Best Practices | Budgeting | Business Processes | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Power Supplies | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Forrester spoke with executives at leading enterprises that have successfully executed IT consolidation efforts. This report provides guidance on how to prioritize and get started with a successful IT consolidation.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Enterprise | IT Asset Management | IT Spending | Power Supplies | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Adopting a virtualized infrastructure can result in a reduction of up to 35% of total annual server costs per user. This paper describes “basic virtualization,” which refers to basic x86 server consolidation using virtualization software.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Architectures | Business Intelligence | Cooling Equipment | ERP | High Availability | Microprocessors | Operating Systems | Power Supplies | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper learn why a migration to the HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem can boost your business results in two ways: by improving the performance of your critical business systems, and by reducing your data center facility costs.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Databases | IT Infrastructure | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Recent studies show that your data center could be wasting up to 60% of its cooling capacity. This final chapter in a three-part Data Center Design and Infrastructure guide delves into this issue.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | EPA | IT Infrastructure