ANALYST REPORT - With widespread release of SAP HANA on the horizon, SAP users and partners want to know how to initially approach products based on the new architecture.This Gartner research provides an overview of the midterm and long-term implications of SAP's emerging technology vision. Find out what you need to know in order to achieve the highest ROI.
Posted: January 23, 2012 | Published: October 13, 2011


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Application Infrastructure | Application Infrastructure Providers | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Data Management | NetWeaver | Platform as a service | Real-time Analytics | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - As we head into economic recovery, organizations are investing in analytics to be better prepared to capitalize on new opportunities. By putting the right information in the right hands at the right time, analytics helps organizations to identify potential revenue opportunities, minimize risk, and take actions that create competitive advantage.
Posted: January 4, 2012 | Published: March 31, 2011


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Data Analytics | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Warehouse Architectures | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware

WHITE PAPER - With every major IT purchase expected to deliver a rapid payback in the current economic climate, it is vital to demonstrate in hard numbers the return on investment for upgrading servers when they are struggling to support the business. This report offers a guide to calculating the ROI for moving to the latest server technology.
Posted: October 24, 2011 | Published: November 30, 2010


Topics:  Client-Server Protocols | Server Appliances | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Advances in server technology promise tantalizing benefits, such as higher consolidation ratios and reduced costs. Read this special report to discover the new capabilities updated software provides. You'll also learn the advantages of modern hardware and garner best practices on upgrading to newer software and hardware.
Posted: June 14, 2011 | Published: June 14, 2011


Topics:  Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000, Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000, and Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy- to-manage, vertically scalable systems with many of the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor exclusivity.
Posted: March 14, 2011 | Published: April 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | Oracle (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Solaris

WHITE PAPER - Small businesses need a mechanism to centralize the management of their most precious asset - their data - through server technology that consolidates administrative functions and streamlines management. For a growing number of SMBs, this solution is a Dell First Server. Read this paper to learn more!
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Data Management | IT Managers | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Small Businesses | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Your business has reached a crossroads. With employees collaborating on files shared across a number of computers, you realize consolidating access to the information would greatly improve your organization's operational efficiency and its productivity. You are ready for your First Server solution. Read on to find the right system configuration.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Productivity | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Small Businesses | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - A Dell First Server delivers many dividends providing a reliable, secure, robust, and feature-rich solution for a more collaborative, efficient, and productive small business. However, in order to realize these benefits, careful decision-making must take place to optimize all of the system's capabilities.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Backups | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for an informative guide to helping you consolidate your Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 and SQL Server 2005 databases from multiple machines onto a single SQL Server 2008 server system.
Posted: July 12, 2010 | Published: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for an exploration of how organizations can gain significant performance and cost benefits by upgrading legacy 2-socket servers to new Dell PowerEdge 11th generation 4/2-socket servers.
Posted: July 12, 2010 | Published: April 23, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Performance Testing | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software

EBOOK - Midmarket organizations considering physical server upgrades must evaluate their environments, sift through offerings and integrate the servers with existing tools. This e-book will guide you through these complex efforts by covering three components: determining needs and requirements, understanding your options, and putting it all together.
Posted: June 15, 2010 | Published: June 15, 2010


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | Multi-core Processors | Rack Servers | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Blade Scale architecture is anchored by the world’s first mission-critical converged infrastructure and serves up a unified blade architecture from x86 to HP Superdome, always-on resiliency, FlexFabric, Matrix Operating Environment and others. This white paper provides the inside information you need.
Posted: May 3, 2010 | Published: May 3, 2010


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Take the "Servers for SMB Survey" and share your input on server selection, application upgrades, and processor selection & preferred vendors.
Posted: May 1, 2010 | Published: April 29, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Small Businesses | SMBs | Storage Management

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Developed with key learnings from Intel IT's experience in justifying server refresh internally, this tool allows you to enter data about your existing environment and evaluate the benefits of replacing it with the latest generation of Intel-based servers.
Posted: April 9, 2010 | Published: April 9, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Multi-core Processors | ROI | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | TCO

VIDEO - In the traditional IT approach, every new software application required a new server. This added costs to every project and deployment took days to weeks. This also drove server sprawl. Watch this demo for an animated explanation of how virtualization addresses common data center challenges.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Downtime | Hardware Virtualization | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization