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  • Shared Infrastructure Benefits the Data Center

    April 6th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    In a recent survey of the Data Center Knowledge audience we learned that 64% of you are planning to expand your current data center or build a new data center. That is why you will want to read this white paper from Dell on Shared Infrastructure: Scale-Out Advantages and Effects on TCO and learn how systems like these have the potential to greatly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for large data center deployments. Read More

  • Creating the Cloud-Ready Data Center

    April 5th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    The advent of cloud computing has created a significant new business opportunity for data center service providers. To win their share of this new opportunity, service providers need a cloud-ready infrastructure that can both support new service models at the scale necessary to meet demand and operate at an efficiency level that ensures profitability. Read More

  • Guide to Risk Mitigation for Financial Services

    April 4th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    An unplanned interruption can have a significant impact on operations, revenue and reputa¬tion. And it doesn’t have to be a fire, flood or hurricane to be a disaster. In fact, what’s more likely are events that are less dramatic but still have the potential to seriously disrupt your business. An accidentally cut cable. A security breach. A crashed server. Any of these might shut down your data center Read More

  • Protect and Grow with Converged Infrastructure

    March 29th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    “Converged Infrastructure” is all about delivering modular, standards-based technologies designed for convergence. The result is an infrastructure that simplifies, integrates, and automates it all: Storage, networking, servers, management software, even power and cooling. The efficiency gains allow you to shift the bulk of your IT budget from operations to business innovations. Read More

  • Protecting Data on Virtual Servers

    March 25th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    Server virtualization is firmly embedded in the mainstream of enterprise IT. The efficiencies and flexibility of virtualizing server operations have been demonstrated time and again in large enterprises: server virtualization makes it possible to increase server utilization, reduce power consumption, simplify IT workload, and rapidly adapt to changing business needs. Small and mid-sized businesses are now seeking to achieve many of the same advantages of server virtualization as large enterprises. Read More

  • Risk Mitigation Strategies for Mid-Size Organizations

    March 22nd, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    In the wake of the recent earth quake and tsunami in Japan, many business executives often wonder how to prepare for the possibility that a calamity could wipe out their IT operations. The words "disaster recovery" (DR) evoke images of the earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters that can take your data center offline for hours even days. Read More

  • Is Your Data Center Ready for STUXNET?

    March 15th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    The STUXNET worm initially spreads indiscriminately, but includes a highly specialized malware payload that is designed to target Siemens Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that control and monitor specific industrial processes common in a data center. This has operators of mission critical data centers concerned about any security gaps between IT and facilities systems. Read More

  • The Need for Intelligent DDoS Mitigation Systems

    March 8th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    Recently, the size and frequency of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. has grown as attackers take advantage of botnets to overwhelm network infrastructure. Companies and IT service providers with Internet-facing services must now be prepared to protect themselves and their customer from several types of DDoS attacks. Read More

  • 5 Tips for Effective Backup in Virtual Environments

    March 3rd, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    Virtualization offers many benefits, but also brings challenges that can erode its cost advantages and leave the infrastructure less protected than before. In this white paper, Quest’s data protection experts offer five tips for effective backup and recovery. Read More

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