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Email Management Services (EMS): Providing a total solution for email and BlackBerry continuity, recovery, security, archiving, e-Discovery, and storage management 2008-05-14 Dell MessageOne

Email is indisputably the most important business application for most organizations, yet managing email has always been a no-win proposition. Security threats remain pervasive. New rules are changing legal discovery and compliance requirements. Performance issues and storage challenges continue to escalate. Even the shortest service outages are painfully felt by the entire organization.

Dell MessageOne's Email Management Services (EMS) helps eliminate all of these risks with maintenance-free, SaaS services. Unlike piecemeal solutions often found in use today, EMS shares a common architecture, has a centralized control and administration system, and uses a common data store to reduce storage and bandwidth costs. Upgrades are automated, maintenance is eliminated and the broadest enterprise requirements for scalability, security, integration, and data privacy are met. Unlike on-premise solutions, EMS can be fully deployed and tested in just a few hours - for any sub-set of users to organizations of 100,000 or more.

Read this guide to see why millions of people around the world depend on EMS as the only service to fully eliminate email downtime and data loss, to streamline archiving and e-Discovery search, and to protect their networks from spam and viruses. See how more than 1,000 CIO's at global companies including Motorola, Allianz, and Blue Cross Blue Shield trust Dell MessageOne to help eliminate the risks of managing email at the lowest total cost of ownership.

Tags: Security Management, Data Recovery - Security, Email, Legal

Quad-Core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

This in-depth study shows how Intel has created a market-leading processor family built on quad-core technology with a first-to-market advantage. Leading hardware and software vendors have expressed and exhibited full support. Early tests by a significant cross section of end users have proven the value and efficacy of the architecture. Intel has provided a foundation of software tools and industry training to accelerate industry readiness and adoption. Most server applications can already leverage the key quad-core attributes, and server virtualisation software with hardware assist makes application consolidation a key usage model.

The value proposition for Intel quad core processor based systems is clear. They outperform existing systems in all three major areas: compute performance, price performance, and performance per watt. As one of the HPC users commented, "Moving from dual core to quad core is a no-brainer." And the move from single core to quad core is even more compelling.

In a global economy it pays to protect your greatest asset 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

Datacenters are a drain on resources - yours and the planet's. After al, the average datacenter's power consumption doubled between 2000 and 2005. Powering the network consumes 100 billion kilowatts of electricity and costs around $7.2 billion every year.

And soon, the cost of running a server could be more that the cost of buying one. It adds up to a huge impact on the environment - and your bottom line.

But at Sun, we know that what's good for the planet can also be good for your business. This whitepaper shows how the Sun Eco Innovation Initiative can make sense for your business - economically and ecologically.

Sun Achieves >80% reduction in space, power and cooling costs by Consolidating European Datacenters 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

This compelling case study looks at how, in November of 2005, Sun's IT Operations (ITOPS) group faced lease expirations that drove the consolidation of multiple European datacenters into a single state-of-the-art facility in their Guillemont Park, U.K campus.

This consolidation was in support of their strategy to reduce their mission critical datacenter real estate by utilizing Sun's own technology. The consolidation needed to be completed quickly and achieve reductions in space and electric power consumption without the migration of large numbers of applications to new operating system versions.

Fortunately, Sun's server technology and expertise in datacenter design and operations, and services like custom Consolidation Architecture and Design Services, allowed the consolidation to be completed in less than a year, with no down time, while producing reductions in space and utility costs far more dramatic than originally planned.

Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

Consolidation and hardware technology refreshes enable datacenters to provide more applications and services in less space and at less cost.

This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage systems, IT organisation can take advantage of the latest advancements while saving on power and cooling.

Enabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server VirtualisationEnabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server Virtualisation 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

The rapid spread of software-based server virtualisation on x86 platforms over the past few years is making virtualisation an important solution for hardware resource sharing and server consolidation.

As virtualisation is being used more and more to increase utilisation within production workloads, server vendors are responding with platforms, management technologies, and solutions that incorporate and leverage the underlying virtualisation technologies.

This whitepaper shows how Sun Microsystems is taking a three-step approach to bringing more business benefits of deploying virtualisation to enterprises that use x86 servers.

The SunFire X4500: Addressing New Workloads with a New Blend of Server and Storage 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

This IDC report shows how the digital world has become more varied over time, and the types of data that must be stored as part of regulatory and compliance standards encompass more formats than ever before. Video images, medical images, document images, audio files, and large data sets generated by HPC workloads and database workloads all will need to be readily accessible by other devices on the network.

Sun has taken the initiative to combine the server and storage components of networked computing closer together. Its SunFire X4500 system has been optimised to support quick archiving for a range of data types . old and new .- and rapid access to that data once it has been stored. The approach that Sun has taken to bring high-speed data access and high-speed data storage to high-intensity computing workloads will likely have a speed-up effect on applications that are built around next-generation Web 2.0 computing tasks

THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can run at higher utilisation levels and reduce overall space, power, and cooling requirements.

In this whitepaper, Sun explore how reducing the total number of servers can help to reduce both administration and hardware maintenance costs. As a side benefit, IT organisations saddled with legacy applications running on obsolete hardware and operating-system platforms can use consolidation to upgrade to new, more powerful servers.

SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

In recent years, emerging applications and expanding Web services have fuelled an escalating demand for mission-critical IT resources, with increasing numbers of collaborative business initiatives focused on information sharing and continuous data availability. As a result, IT data centres experienced rapid growth as the number of applications, the population of users, and the quantity of transactions multiplied. Today IT managers face the task of administering a complex storage and computing infrastructure - one that typically contains many small servers that were added over time to meet ongoing resource demands. Since administrative, energy, and real estate costs continue to skyrocket, sprawl in the data centre can severely strain IT budgets.

This Sun whitepapers looks at how many companies are turning to consolidation and virtualisation to improve resource utilisation and enhance business agility.

Server Consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors 2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems

This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to consolidate test workloads from eight physical machines into virtual machines (VMs) running on a single server.

The dual-socket server completed the workloads 66 percent faster than the original eight servers based on the Intel Pentium III processor, using 86 percent less power per workload. The quad-core processors were also 34 percent faster than the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5148 running the same consolidated workloads, with workload completion times remaining much more uniform and predictable as the number of workloads increased.

The results show the strong potential of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series for high levels of consolidation and virtualisation, particularly with CPU intensive applications.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Email Management Services (EMS): Providing a total solution for email and BlackBerry continuity, recovery, security, archiving, e-Discovery, and storage management	2008-05-14	Dell MessageOne
Email is indisputably the most important business application for most organizations, yet managing email has always been a no-win proposition. Security threats remain pervasive. New rules are changing legal discovery and compliance requirements. Performance issues and storage challenges continue to escalate. Even the shortest service outages are painfully felt by the entire organization. Dell MessageOne's Email Management Services (EMS) helps eliminate all of these risks with maintenance-free, SaaS services. Unlike piecemeal solutions often found in use today, EMS shares a common architecture, has a centralized control and administration system, and uses a common data store to reduce storage and bandwidth costs. Upgrades are automated, maintenance is eliminated and the broadest enterprise requirements for scalability, security, integration, and data privacy are met. Unlike on-premise solutions, EMS can be fully deployed and tested in just a few hours - for any sub-set of users to organizations of 100,000 or more. Read this guide to see why millions of people around the world depend on EMS as the only service to fully eliminate email downtime and data loss, to streamline archiving and e-Discovery search, and to protect their networks from spam and viruses. See how more than 1,000 CIO's at global companies including Motorola, Allianz, and Blue Cross Blue Shield trust Dell MessageOne to help eliminate the risks of managing email at the lowest total cost of ownership. Tags: Security Management, Data Recovery - Security, Email, Legal
Quad-Core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
This in-depth study shows how Intel has created a market-leading processor family built on quad-core technology with a first-to-market advantage. Leading hardware and software vendors have expressed and exhibited full support. Early tests by a significant cross section of end users have proven the value and efficacy of the architecture. Intel has provided a foundation of software tools and industry training to accelerate industry readiness and adoption. Most server applications can already leverage the key quad-core attributes, and server virtualisation software with hardware assist makes application consolidation a key usage model. The value proposition for Intel quad core processor based systems is clear. They outperform existing systems in all three major areas: compute performance, price performance, and performance per watt. As one of the HPC users commented, "Moving from dual core to quad core is a no-brainer." And the move from single core to quad core is even more compelling.
In a global economy it pays to protect your greatest asset	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
Datacenters are a drain on resources - yours and the planet's. After al, the average datacenter's power consumption doubled between 2000 and 2005. Powering the network consumes 100 billion kilowatts of electricity and costs around $7.2 billion every year. And soon, the cost of running a server could be more that the cost of buying one. It adds up to a huge impact on the environment - and your bottom line. But at Sun, we know that what's good for the planet can also be good for your business. This whitepaper shows how the Sun Eco Innovation Initiative can make sense for your business - economically and ecologically.
Sun Achieves >80% reduction in space, power and cooling costs by Consolidating European Datacenters	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
This compelling case study looks at how, in November of 2005, Sun's IT Operations (ITOPS) group faced lease expirations that drove the consolidation of multiple European datacenters into a single state-of-the-art facility in their Guillemont Park, U.K campus. This consolidation was in support of their strategy to reduce their mission critical datacenter real estate by utilizing Sun's own technology. The consolidation needed to be completed quickly and achieve reductions in space and electric power consumption without the migration of large numbers of applications to new operating system versions. Fortunately, Sun's server technology and expertise in datacenter design and operations, and services like custom Consolidation Architecture and Design Services, allowed the consolidation to be completed in less than a year, with no down time, while producing reductions in space and utility costs far more dramatic than originally planned.
Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
Consolidation and hardware technology refreshes enable datacenters to provide more applications and services in less space and at less cost. This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage systems, IT organisation can take advantage of the latest advancements while saving on power and cooling.
Enabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server VirtualisationEnabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server Virtualisation	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
The rapid spread of software-based server virtualisation on x86 platforms over the past few years is making virtualisation an important solution for hardware resource sharing and server consolidation. As virtualisation is being used more and more to increase utilisation within production workloads, server vendors are responding with platforms, management technologies, and solutions that incorporate and leverage the underlying virtualisation technologies. This whitepaper shows how Sun Microsystems is taking a three-step approach to bringing more business benefits of deploying virtualisation to enterprises that use x86 servers.
The SunFire X4500: Addressing New Workloads with a New Blend of Server and Storage	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
This IDC report shows how the digital world has become more varied over time, and the types of data that must be stored as part of regulatory and compliance standards encompass more formats than ever before. Video images, medical images, document images, audio files, and large data sets generated by HPC workloads and database workloads all will need to be readily accessible by other devices on the network. Sun has taken the initiative to combine the server and storage components of networked computing closer together. Its SunFire X4500 system has been optimised to support quick archiving for a range of data types . old and new .- and rapid access to that data once it has been stored. The approach that Sun has taken to bring high-speed data access and high-speed data storage to high-intensity computing workloads will likely have a speed-up effect on applications that are built around next-generation Web 2.0 computing tasks
THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can run at higher utilisation levels and reduce overall space, power, and cooling requirements. In this whitepaper, Sun explore how reducing the total number of servers can help to reduce both administration and hardware maintenance costs. As a side benefit, IT organisations saddled with legacy applications running on obsolete hardware and operating-system platforms can use consolidation to upgrade to new, more powerful servers.
SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
In recent years, emerging applications and expanding Web services have fuelled an escalating demand for mission-critical IT resources, with increasing numbers of collaborative business initiatives focused on information sharing and continuous data availability. As a result, IT data centres experienced rapid growth as the number of applications, the population of users, and the quantity of transactions multiplied. Today IT managers face the task of administering a complex storage and computing infrastructure - one that typically contains many small servers that were added over time to meet ongoing resource demands. Since administrative, energy, and real estate costs continue to skyrocket, sprawl in the data centre can severely strain IT budgets. This Sun whitepapers looks at how many companies are turning to consolidation and virtualisation to improve resource utilisation and enhance business agility.
Server Consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors	2008-05-13	Sun Microsystems
This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to consolidate test workloads from eight physical machines into virtual machines (VMs) running on a single server. The dual-socket server completed the workloads 66 percent faster than the original eight servers based on the Intel Pentium III processor, using 86 percent less power per workload. The quad-core processors were also 34 percent faster than the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5148 running the same consolidated workloads, with workload completion times remaining much more uniform and predictable as the number of workloads increased. The results show the strong potential of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series for high levels of consolidation and virtualisation, particularly with CPU intensive applications.