Our most recent GCG Unix Vendor Preference survey showed that our real-world survey respondents see IBM’s Power Systems brand leading the pack in terms of virtualization technology and support. We have also found that IBM-centric Unix users plan to embrace Unix virtualization at a significantly higher rate than customers who tend towards HP or Sun
Printers are all too often overlooked in an IT purchasing strategy – and this is a great shame. Your printers directly produce the material customers and business partners see, and they also represent a large and mostly unmanaged cost to your business. Recent research found that most organisations are blissfully unaware of the financial costs
This whitepaper discusses the partnership between IBM and Intel to create a family of servers addressing the increasing need for energy conservation, by focusing on efficient performance to help midsize businesses avoid extra costs in future structural expansions. This includes Intel’s Xeon 5500 processor series which reconfigures itself according to the single or multi threaded
This whitepaper considers how Intel has analysed computing efficiency and has increased the capacity at a data centre. The measurements have been made in server power. This includes using a computing energy efficiency metric to reflect on server performance, which is then combined with server power measurements including consumption and utilisation. When these are combined,
These insights on Business Process Management (BPM) come from Toby Redshaw, the Group CIO that is leading a successful BPM program at Aviva plc, the world’s fifth-largest insurance group. These remarks were made during Toby’s keynote presentation at the Lombardi Driven 2009 User Conference.
In the 1990’s, workflow vendors created quite a bit of confusion in the market when trying to define workflow and how it could best be utilized. Today, that situation is being replicated in the BPM industry. Ask 10 different vendors to define BPM or BPM suites, and you will likely get 10 variations of the
For several years running, improving Business Process Management (BPM) has become a top priority for companies. CIOs and IT executives continue to place business process improvement as the top business priority for their IT organizations1,2,3. Of course, there are many options for improving business processes – ranging from complete process re-engineering to adopting new process
Given that the past is coming again, at whatever speed it comes, Avocent is positioned to deliver on a vision of IT Service Management (ITSM) in the IT Infrastructure of the future, from the data center out to the desktop.
Getting a handle on power means installing tools that help you not only measure consumption but also right-size your electrical infrastructure and increase uptime.
Best Practices to Control Your Data Center Distributed enterprises and network operating centers require powerful, centralized, and remote control of computer systems, serial-based devices, and power distribution products such as UPS and intelligent power strips. To effectively manage all of these disparate devices from a single console, a comprehensive user interface is necessary to provide