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IBM Tivoli Software Demo: Availability Management for the SMB 2006-10-19 01:00:15 IBM

By the time an unhappy user contacts your help desk about an availability issue or other problem, the damage to your customer satisfaction levels has already been done. That's why today's small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) need a premier-grade infrastructure management tool. To learn about one such solution, view this Macromedia Flash demo from IBM. You'll see how IBM Tivoli software, a powerful and easy-to-use monitoring solution, helps you to:

Proactively manage infrastructure availability

Quickly diagnose and resolve bottlenecks, performance impacts,
and outages
Reduce the complexity of managing your IT environment

Monitor, analyze, correlate, and automate functions from a centralized and robust portal environment

View the performance metrics you need in a format you prefer

An Overview of the KX-TDA: Panasonic's Digital Hybrid IP-PBX System for SMBs 2006-10-18 01:00:18 Panasonic

If you're looking for a state-of-the-art phone system that can scale to keep pace with your growing business, consider the KX-TDA from Panasonic. With the KX-TDA, you can expand your phone system as your changing needs dictate, simply by plugging in additional cards and adding telephones. Its compact design and expandability are well suited to the space limitations and scalability requirements that are typical of most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In terms of maximum system capacities, the KX-TDA100 offers up to 96 ports and the KX-TDA200 offers up to 192 ports with 128 wireless telephones. Download this informative KX-TDA buyer's guide to learn more.

Virtual Server Technology for Seamless Scalability 2006-10-12 ONStor

Tired of remapping users or applications to accommodate changes in the storage? Virtual servers put an end to that and other storage management challenges by eliminating the restrictive fixed resource mapping found in traditional storage architectures. Virtual servers allow both processing power and capacity to be allocated when and where needed, and quickly redeployed to accommodate changing requirements& without disrupting users or migrating data. All changes to the storage infrastructure, whether in capacity, bandwidth, or availability, can now be transparent to users.

Tags: Virtualization,

ProCurve Networking partners with CERN to unlock the secrets of the universe 2006-10-12 01:00:18 Hewlett-Packard

ProCurve and CERN CERN � the world's largest and most powerful particle physics laboratory � needed a secure, reliable network capable of handling 15 petabytes of data per year. The logical choice was ProCurve Networking by HP, and CERN has now deployed over 1,000 high-performance ProCurve Switches to help manage their IT infrastructure. Download the case study to learn more

Blade Server Scalability 2006-10-06 01:00:14 Hewlett-Packard

Scalability is defined as the ease with which a solution can grow as the need arises. Scalability means the ability to grow or scale. Scalability is important across the board, from hardware to software. When purchasing servers, for example, one should consider how versatile they are. It's possible that in two years one may need to double the capacity or reassign those servers to another application. The trouble with accurately judging the needed scalability is that no one has managed to buy a crystal ball or find a failsafe fortune teller.

Component-Based Digital Library Scalability Using Cluster Computing 2006-10-02 University of Cape Town

Most institutions make use of Digital Library systems (DL) to deal with the information they use. DL systems allow them to provide information management services, including the ability to search through and browse the information they have made available. The current architecture of the systems however, does not scale well when the amount of information increases dramatically. A good example of a digital library would be a national collection of academic theses. Such a system provides anyone the service of searching, browsing and viewing the theses in its collection. These services allow users to effectively and efficiently locate and make use of the materials available. With an increase in the number of users and underlying information these systems degrade quite rapidly though.

Tags: Component-Based

VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 Configuration and Operation Using a PS Series Group 2006-10-01 Dell EqualLogic

This technical report describes how VMware virtualization software, including VMware ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2, can work together with EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SANs to provide a dynamic and scalable virtual environment. The report also provides flexible guidelines for designing and implementing a virtual environment appropriate to the IT ecosystem.

Tags: Virtualization

Scalable Resilient Overlay Networks Using Destination-Guided Detouring 2006-09-30 University of New South Wales

Routing policies used in the Internet tend to be restrictive limiting communication between source-destination pairs to one route, when often better alternates exist. To avoid route flapping, recovery mechanisms may be dampened, making adaptation slow. Unstructured overlays have been widely used to mitigate the issues of path and performance failures in the Internet by routing through alternate paths via overlay peers. The construction of such routing overlays often does not take into account the physical topology of the network which necessitates that all overlay nodes use aggressive online algorithms for end-to-end path discovery, limiting scalability. This paper analyzes a topologically-aware architecture to estimate end-to-end path availability for service on Internet.

BSI and Sun Microsystems Reduce IT Costs and Increase Performance for Premium TV 2006-09-27 01:00:21 Sun Microsystems

Premium TV (PTV) is one of Europe's leading publishers of broadband and mobile content. To ensure that its services remain available at all times, PTV needs an IT infrastructure that can deliver high levels of availability and reliability, and can be scaled to meet future increases in demand. Business Systems International (BSI) - a Sun Microsystems DataCenter Accredited Partner - completed a major project to refresh PTV's business-critical web serving and database environments, using the very latest Sun Fire V890 servers with UltraSPARC IV+ processors, together with storage solutions from the Sun StorEdge 3500 series and 3300 series.

Webcast: Best Practices in Data Center and NOC Operations: Network and Systems Monitoring 2006-09-25 10:58:56 CITTIO

To minimize costly downtime, network administrators often rely on automated monitoring solutions to alert them to trouble. However, the hidden costs and operational complexity of many traditional network monitoring solutions make them far too expensive for most companies to implement and maintain.

Fortunately, there's an alternative approach to monitoring that's grounded in best practices for managing heterogeneous data centers and NOCs (network operations centers). This new, managed-services model for maintaining your computing infrastructure offers a better ROI than conventional monitoring software because it:

Approaches data center monitoring and management as a business process, not a software tool

Runs within a Web-based portal environment and is backed by world-class service and support

Requires far less administrative oversight than traditional monitoring software

Leverages standards-based and open-source systems

Eliminates the need for costly consultants

Join us for this live TechRepublic Webcast to hear from Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of CITTIO, Inc., who will discuss this exciting new model for achieving data center excellence. Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this CITTIO-sponsored Webcast will offer important tips for selecting a monitoring solution, like how to avoid products with add-on modules or other hidden costs, and why it's vital that you demand simple license terms.

Our event will conclude with live Q&A, so you can ask our distinguished guests any questions you may have about choosing the managed service model for all your data center monitoring and management needs. Pre-register today!

Note: This Webcast will be recorded and made available on an on-demand basis following the live event. So pre-register today -- even if you're not sure you can attend on Sept. 28th -- and we'll notif

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Title	Date Added	Company
IBM Tivoli Software Demo: Availability Management for the SMB	2006-10-19 01:00:15	IBM
By the time an unhappy user contacts your help desk about an availability issue or other problem, the damage to your customer satisfaction levels has already been done. That's why today's small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) need a premier-grade infrastructure management tool. To learn about one such solution, view this Macromedia Flash demo from IBM. You'll see how IBM Tivoli software, a powerful and easy-to-use monitoring solution, helps you to: Proactively manage infrastructure availability Quickly diagnose and resolve bottlenecks, performance impacts, and outages Reduce the complexity of managing your IT environment Monitor, analyze, correlate, and automate functions from a centralized and robust portal environment View the performance metrics you need in a format you prefer
An Overview of the KX-TDA: Panasonic's Digital Hybrid IP-PBX System for SMBs	2006-10-18 01:00:18	Panasonic
If you're looking for a state-of-the-art phone system that can scale to keep pace with your growing business, consider the KX-TDA from Panasonic. With the KX-TDA, you can expand your phone system as your changing needs dictate, simply by plugging in additional cards and adding telephones. Its compact design and expandability are well suited to the space limitations and scalability requirements that are typical of most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In terms of maximum system capacities, the KX-TDA100 offers up to 96 ports and the KX-TDA200 offers up to 192 ports with 128 wireless telephones. Download this informative KX-TDA buyer's guide to learn more.
Virtual Server Technology for Seamless Scalability	2006-10-12	ONStor
Tired of remapping users or applications to accommodate changes in the storage? Virtual servers put an end to that and other storage management challenges by eliminating the restrictive fixed resource mapping found in traditional storage architectures. Virtual servers allow both processing power and capacity to be allocated when and where needed, and quickly redeployed to accommodate changing requirements& without disrupting users or migrating data. All changes to the storage infrastructure, whether in capacity, bandwidth, or availability, can now be transparent to users. Tags: Virtualization,
ProCurve Networking partners with CERN to unlock the secrets of the universe	2006-10-12 01:00:18	Hewlett-Packard
ProCurve and CERN CERN � the world's largest and most powerful particle physics laboratory � needed a secure, reliable network capable of handling 15 petabytes of data per year. The logical choice was ProCurve Networking by HP, and CERN has now deployed over 1,000 high-performance ProCurve Switches to help manage their IT infrastructure. Download the case study to learn more
Blade Server Scalability	2006-10-06 01:00:14	Hewlett-Packard
Scalability is defined as the ease with which a solution can grow as the need arises. Scalability means the ability to grow or scale. Scalability is important across the board, from hardware to software. When purchasing servers, for example, one should consider how versatile they are. It's possible that in two years one may need to double the capacity or reassign those servers to another application. The trouble with accurately judging the needed scalability is that no one has managed to buy a crystal ball or find a failsafe fortune teller.
Component-Based Digital Library Scalability Using Cluster Computing	2006-10-02	University of Cape Town
Most institutions make use of Digital Library systems (DL) to deal with the information they use. DL systems allow them to provide information management services, including the ability to search through and browse the information they have made available. The current architecture of the systems however, does not scale well when the amount of information increases dramatically. A good example of a digital library would be a national collection of academic theses. Such a system provides anyone the service of searching, browsing and viewing the theses in its collection. These services allow users to effectively and efficiently locate and make use of the materials available. With an increase in the number of users and underlying information these systems degrade quite rapidly though. Tags: Component-Based
VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 Configuration and Operation Using a PS Series Group	2006-10-01	Dell EqualLogic
This technical report describes how VMware virtualization software, including VMware ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2, can work together with EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SANs to provide a dynamic and scalable virtual environment. The report also provides flexible guidelines for designing and implementing a virtual environment appropriate to the IT ecosystem. Tags: Virtualization
Scalable Resilient Overlay Networks Using Destination-Guided Detouring	2006-09-30	University of New South Wales
Routing policies used in the Internet tend to be restrictive limiting communication between source-destination pairs to one route, when often better alternates exist. To avoid route flapping, recovery mechanisms may be dampened, making adaptation slow. Unstructured overlays have been widely used to mitigate the issues of path and performance failures in the Internet by routing through alternate paths via overlay peers. The construction of such routing overlays often does not take into account the physical topology of the network which necessitates that all overlay nodes use aggressive online algorithms for end-to-end path discovery, limiting scalability. This paper analyzes a topologically-aware architecture to estimate end-to-end path availability for service on Internet.
BSI and Sun Microsystems Reduce IT Costs and Increase Performance for Premium TV	2006-09-27 01:00:21	Sun Microsystems
Premium TV (PTV) is one of Europe's leading publishers of broadband and mobile content. To ensure that its services remain available at all times, PTV needs an IT infrastructure that can deliver high levels of availability and reliability, and can be scaled to meet future increases in demand. Business Systems International (BSI) - a Sun Microsystems DataCenter Accredited Partner - completed a major project to refresh PTV's business-critical web serving and database environments, using the very latest Sun Fire V890 servers with UltraSPARC IV+ processors, together with storage solutions from the Sun StorEdge 3500 series and 3300 series.
Webcast: Best Practices in Data Center and NOC Operations: Network and Systems Monitoring	2006-09-25 10:58:56	CITTIO
To minimize costly downtime, network administrators often rely on automated monitoring solutions to alert them to trouble. However, the hidden costs and operational complexity of many traditional network monitoring solutions make them far too expensive for most companies to implement and maintain. Fortunately, there's an alternative approach to monitoring that's grounded in best practices for managing heterogeneous data centers and NOCs (network operations centers). This new, managed-services model for maintaining your computing infrastructure offers a better ROI than conventional monitoring software because it: Approaches data center monitoring and management as a business process, not a software tool Runs within a Web-based portal environment and is backed by world-class service and support Requires far less administrative oversight than traditional monitoring software Leverages standards-based and open-source systems Eliminates the need for costly consultants Join us for this live TechRepublic Webcast to hear from Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of CITTIO, Inc., who will discuss this exciting new model for achieving data center excellence. Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this CITTIO-sponsored Webcast will offer important tips for selecting a monitoring solution, like how to avoid products with add-on modules or other hidden costs, and why it's vital that you demand simple license terms. Our event will conclude with live Q&A, so you can ask our distinguished guests any questions you may have about choosing the managed service model for all your data center monitoring and management needs. Pre-register today! *Note:* This Webcast will be recorded and made available on an on-demand basis following the live event. So pre-register today -- even if you're not sure you can attend on Sept. 28th -- and we'll notif