In this paper, Evaluator Group highlights the critical features necessary to move beyond server virtualization by leveraging key integration capabilities between IT components with a particular focus on the important role that storage plays in the evolution of data center architecture.
Published: May 01, 2013
Adding, moving, decommissioning and renaming devices in the data center should be a simple process. But in today’s complex data centers, these tasks have become something of a high-wire act, fraught with inefficiency and risk. Trends like virtualization are only compounding the difficulty. In these dense environments,...
Published: Apr 01, 2014
The demands being placed on your data center are on the rise, with more users operating more devices than ever before – combined with increasing complexity as a result of virtualisation and the implementation of cloud strategies - and you’re under pressure to optimise application and service delivery while...
Published: Dec 01, 2014
Claranet’s Virtual Data Centre resources are built on enterpriseclass hardware, which means that the virtual infrastructure will deliver a high performance, reliable and secure platform for your applications.
The new service has been designed specifically to replicate the internal IT infrastructure model, and...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
his free eBook examines operations and the most likely causes of outages in a data center along with organizational strategies that can eliminate or minimize the potential for unplanned downtime in a data center.
Published: Jan 09, 2014
Ten years ago, IT was a lot simpler – especially when it came to backup and recovery. But now that recovery has less to do with tape backup and physical facilities and more to do with the cloud and virtualisation, IT needs to find a more adaptive approach to this critical process.
This infographic examines some...
Published: Mar 13, 2014
Oracle ERP systems are often the most critical IT applications an organization has. Any missteps in administration or hardware configuration can be very costly to a business. Given the complexity of the tasks they perform, the Oracle applications require the correct hardware configuration in addition to specialized expertise...
Published: Sep 04, 2014
Is this the right time? If your data center is rapidly changing and you need better insight into your Data Center activity, it might be. We address these questions and others in this e-Book
Published: Aug 22, 2014
Regulating temperatures in the modern data center can be a challenging task. In this data center cooling survey, Data Center Knowledge set out to find out how those responsible for managing data center environments coped with cooling them. It quizzed people with managerial roles in modern data centers to determine their...
Published: Jun 09, 2014
Faced with the need to expand once again they considered several options and finally chose to design, build and move to a new 4,000 square-foot data center facility.
Raritan executives had the opportunity to speak with Greg Rutledge, Data Center Manager, and Trey Jones, Director of IT Infrastructure Services,...
Published: Apr 25, 2014
The demand for more power in the computer cabinet has led many data centers to upgrade to three phase power distribution. Proper three phase power distribution has traditionally meant dividing power into multiple branches within the rack PDU (Power Distribution Unit).
In this paper we will explore the advantages of...
Published: Aug 19, 2014
When companies evaluate potential data centers and colocation service providers, they normally compare them using some kind of criteria or checklist. However, many such efforts fail to sufficiently evaluate the breadth and depth of detail necessary to make a well informed decision.
This white paper examines several...
Published: Jul 15, 2013
In business today, it’s all about the applications. Cloud, mobility, big data, and social media have made applications more critical than ever to delivering business outcomes. Are you confident that you have the right data center network to support your businesscritical applications?
Published: Sep 10, 2014
When power varies with time, a variety of new problems occur for the design and management of data centers and network rooms. A few years ago, this problem was negligible. The problem has now reached a point where it is significant and the magnitude of the problem is growing...
Published: May 07, 2015