Today’s datacenter needs to use resources efficiently to flexibly adapt to changing business requirements. Check back for updates on how to get the best performance from your IT infrastructure at the best total cost of ownership.
Savvy companies look at IT infrastructure as a strategic enabler of business initiatives, not as a cost center. Check out this specialized content to see how business needs can drive the data center.
With business requirements evolving so quickly, find out how your enterprise can ensure the longevity of its IT investment and deploy technology today to meet tomorrow's needs.
Scaling Out Strategically Posted 11.07.07
When we launched the Scale Out Advantage site about a year ago, our goal was to explore and discuss ways to make the data center more efficient. As our site's title expressed, our overarching philosophy was that flexible, adaptive industry-standard IT architecture offers the best path for enterprises to compete in today's constantly changing marketplace.
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Scaling Business Applications
There's a move underway that is quietly signaling a fundamental shift in enterprise computing. Over the last couple of years, many businesses of all sizes have moved their critical applications from proprietary UNIX platforms to industry-standard servers running Windows and Linux. Read more»
Multi-core Computing: Delivering Outstanding Performance and Performance-per-watt
With the cost of electricity to power and cool the datacenter going through the roof, enterprises are looking
for relief. Today's new dual-socket, multi-core servers deliver the performance needed to build a truly scaled-out
infrastructure, while consuming a lot less power. Read more»
iSCSI Storage: The Advantages of iSCSI Storage in a Virtualized Environment (Part 2 of 2)
Enterprises that have enjoyed virtualization's benefits in their test/ development environments have long wanted to use it in their production systems. But until recently, many small and medium-sized businesses have been put off by the cost and complexity of connecting virtualized servers to storage area networks. Read more»
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