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Servers occupy a place in computing similar to that occupied by minicomputers in the past, which they have largely replaced. The typical server is a computer system that operates continuously on a network and waits for requests for services from other computers on the network. Many servers are dedicated to this role, but some may also be used simultaneously for other purposes, particularly when the demands placed upon them as servers are modest.

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SQL Server Consolidation: Insights from Customers, Analysts and HP
By : HP Published Date: Aug 26, 2008
Microsoft SQL Server has enjoyed phenomenal success as a database server. Its relatively low cost, steadily increasing capabilities and ease of deployment have all combined to accelerate its growth. However, that same growth has led to a phenomenon commonly called SQL Server “sprawl”— the rampant, often uncontrolled, proliferation of SQL Server databases.
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Virtualization in Action: Stories of Real Businesses That Have Deployed Virtualization
By : HP Published Date: Aug 13, 2008
In this session, HP and ESG Storage Virtualization experts will share real HP customer case studies who have deployed virtualization in their environments and realized significant business benefits as a result.
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KEMP LoadMaster Support for Windows Terminal Services
By : KEMP Technologies Published Date: Jul 29, 2008
KEMP Technologies LoadMaster Application Delivery Controller and Server Load Balancer appliances provide full support for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (WTS). The LoadMaster WTS capabilities helps organizations maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their networks. KEMP delivers this at an affordable price.
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KEMP Technologies’ LoadMaster Products Reduce Datacenter Power Consumption
By : KEMP Technologies Published Date: Jul 28, 2008
Kemp Technologies’ LoadMaster Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Server Load Balancer (SLB) appliances are low energy consumers. Reducing energy use at the point of consumption, LoadMaster provides benefits to other areas by reducing load on power and cooling facilities, which in turn reduce their own energy use.
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A Guide to Application Delivery Optimization and Server Load Balancing for the SMB Market
By : KEMP Technologies Published Date: Jul 28, 2008
Today’s small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) are undergoing the same IT evolution as their enterprise counterparts, only on a smaller scale. For SMBs, website reliability, flexible scalability, performance and ease of management are as essential to SMB website infrastructure as they are to an enterprise. It’s fare to say that these capabilities are an important operational imperative for businesses of all sizes.
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KEMP Technologies
TCO Calculator: Migrate from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell
By : Novell Published Date: Jul 16, 2008
Try this TCO calculator now and see how migrating from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell delivers all the reliability, performance and scalability of Solaris for up to 75% less.
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IBM System x3550 Express Server Keeps Costs Down and Reliability Up
By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
Discover the high performance, flexibility and extreme availability of IBM System x3550 Express rack-mount server. IBM PowerExecutive software manages energy usage to keep costs and heat output down. And advanced predictive failure analysis and Light Path Diagnostics keep you up and running, reduce down time and service costs. Watch this video demo of the IBM System x3550 Express to see how it compares to competitive products and how it can bring savings, power and reliability to your business.
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IBM System x3550 Express Rack-Mounted Server Saves Space, Energy and Cost
By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
Lower your data center energy needs with the advanced power management of the IBM System x3550 Express rack-mount server. It helps manage risk by providing 24/7 access to your business-critical data. In addition, it's budget-friendly with a dense yet powerful design that maximizes your IT investment. Look inside the IBM System x3550 Express and see the high-performance components for yourself in this interactive tour.
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IBM Cool Blue Energy-Innovation Solutions Help You Hold Onto More Green
By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
Energy consumption can add up to 40% of a typical data center's annual budget. Discover how IBM is finding new ways to reduce server-room energy needs and heat output without compromising reliability and availability with technologies such as X-Architecture, BladeCenter Servers and virtualization. IBM executives outline IBM's industry-leading energy-innovation solutions that can help your business save costs and prepare for the future in these short video presentations.
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Extend the Benefits of BladeCenter Beyond the Data Center
By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
Don't let your servers take over your office. The cost-effective IBM BladeCenter HS12 and JS12 blades enable you to neatly consolidate multiple servers into a single IBM BladeCenter S chassis. And they’ll make your IT easier to manage as you grow, at a price that maximizes ROI. Find out how the IBM BladeCenter HS12 and JS12 deliver availability, scalability and redundancy by watching this video.
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Explore the Benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the Inside Out
By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and networking into a single chassis that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, supports virtually all applications, and uses less energy than comparable systems. Get inside the IBM BladeCenter S with this 3D Virtual Tour that lets you dissect the BladeCenter chassis and look through its components.
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Disk-to-Disk Backup in a NetApp Vmware Environment
By : NetApp Published Date: Jun 12, 2008
Discover for yourself how NetApp disk-to-disk backup with SnapVault® can increase the storage availability of a VMware® ESX environment.
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NetApp
Reduce Energy Costs
By : VMware Dell Published Date: May 23, 2008
Energy consumption is a critical issue for IT organizations today. VMware virtualization gives you the power to right-size your IT infrastructure through server consolidation and dynamic load balancing across a pool of physical servers. Your IT organization can dramatically increase server utilization and reduce energy costs with VMware solutions.
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Stratavia’s Data Center Automation Value Proposition
By : Stratavia Published Date: May 20, 2008
This white paper provides an overview of current challenges in the modern data center, the impact those challenges have on the business, and Stratavia’s approach to solving those problems.
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Stratavia
IBM Power Systems Offer a Smart Alterative to Windows Servers
By : IBM Published Date: May 16, 2008
Maintaining data security, performance, availability and recoverability is a growing challenge. The IBM Power platform offers many advantages in performance, scalability and key functional capabilities to support key database serving. In addition, it simplifies virtualization, making it easier to reduce the number of physical servers required. This ITG report shows the advantages of the IBM Power platform as an alternative to commodity Windows servers in mid-sized companies.
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IBM Power Systems: Cost-Effective Linux Database Serving
By : IBM Published Date: May 16, 2008
Maintaining data security, performance, availability and recoverability is a growing challenge. The IBM Power platform offers cost-effective performance, scalability and key functional capabilities to support Linux-based database serving. It also simplifies virtualization, making it easier to reduce the number of physical servers required. This ITG report shows the advantages of the IBM Power platform for Linux database serving in mid-sized companies.
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Data Center Consolidation with Stratavia’s Data Palette
By : Stratavia Published Date: May 15, 2008
This document provides an overview of data center consolidation methodologies, the general impact of each method, and how Stratavia’s Data Palette helps data center consolidation initiatives.
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Stratavia
IBM System x servers: Open. Easy. Green.
By : IBM Published Date: May 07, 2008
Reliable IBM System x servers help businesses stand apart from their competition. Scalable systems and proactive tools help you simplify your IT so you can manage complexity, growth and risk. In addition, energy efficiency, consolidation and virtualization help you lower costs. Discover the features, functions and benefits of the family of IBM System x servers and find out which one is the right choice for your business.
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Customer Success: First American
By : VMware Dell Published Date: Apr 28, 2008
The First American Corporation is America’s largest provider of business information. Their numerous acquisitions and diverse lines of business meant that First American had multiple datacenters dispersed throughout the country. They turned to VMware virtualization technology to consolidate facilities. They standardized on VMware technology and avoided purchasing 700 physical machines.
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Accelerating the Next Phase of Virtualization
By : Riverbed Published Date: Apr 21, 2008
How do you make virtualization a reality for your enterprise without your users taking a performance hit? Start by downloading this white paper from Riverbed. Wide-area data services (WDS) is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to deal with the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN.
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Riverbed
Authoritative DNS - Establishing Redundancy with the PowerLink Pro Series
By : Astrocom Published Date: Apr 18, 2008
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical system that provides the IP addresses that correspond to a given Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN, often called a hostname or domain name). At the top of the tree structure are thirteen “root” Domain Name Servers that have the primary and secondary IP addresses of the DNS Authorities for all domains on the Internet.
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Astrocom
IT Consolidation with HP and VMware
By : HP Storage Virtualization Published Date: Apr 04, 2008
Server sprawl is out of control. Servers are underutilized, but virtualization helps solve these issues by consolidating many physical servers in one pool. See how HP servers and storage integrate with VMware to help you consolidate your IT environment.

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HP Storage Virtualization
Consolidating Microsoft SQL Server with HP PolyServe: The User View
By : HP Published Date: Mar 28, 2008
This paper discusses how HP's PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server combats SQL Server sprawl and compares HP PolyServe to alternative approaches. Download the complete document here.
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Data Center Asset Planning: Regaining Control of the Data Center
By : Quocirca Published Date: Mar 17, 2008
After years of uncontrolled growth, many data centers face a crisis as they run into space and power constraints. While remedies exist, present business practices do not encourage the prioritization of power reduction within one of the most power hungry areas of a business — the data center.
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Quocirca
The Availability Digest: Fault Tolerance for Virtualized Environments
By : Stratus Technologies Published Date: Mar 11, 2008
The need for reliable hardware that can maintain continuous uptime 24/7 is even more important in a virtual infrastructure. If you are planning to use virtualization to implement business continuity or disaster recovery, ensuring you have the most reliable hardware is essential.
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