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Virtualisation: Pre-Empting The Pitfalls

By Tim Stammers
Best Practice

Server virtualisation has many benefits, which is why it is being taken up so quickly. But the v-word carries downsides that can wipe out all of its advantages and cause a reduction of IT service levels.

Data Centre Portal

Hot Aisle versus Cold Aisle Containment

By John Niemann
Whitepaper

Both hot and cold air containment can significantly improve the predictability and efficiency of data centre cooling systems. While both approaches eliminate the mixing of hot and cold air, there are practical differences in implementation that have significant consequences. This paper examines both methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.

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Virtualization Portal

How to Virtualise your Disaster Recovery - and Why is it Mission Critical?

By IBM
Whitepaper

You have eagerly implemented virtualisation to reap its many benefits – but if disaster strikes, will you find your disaster recovery techniques and hardware configuration have not kept pace with your changed production environment?

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Service Management & BPM Portal

IT Service Management

End-to-end Systems Management and Reporting

By NetIQ
Video

Would you like end-to-end monitoring of your heterogeneous environment? Can you provide timely reporting and analytics to those that need it? NetIQ's AppManager Suite delivers comprehensive systems management, including monitoring, reporting & analysis, diagnostics and resolution.

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Information Management Portal

Next G Business Applications: game on IBM and Oracle, and so long HP

By Sam Higgins
Insight

When Larry Ellison throws down the gauntlet of transaction processing benchmarks and offers to pay "any company $10 million if [their] Oracle database application doesn't run at least twice as fast on SUN hardware as on IBM's fastest computer", there is no doubt that a rivalry exists between the Red Army of Redwood City and the Blue Suits of Armonk.

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IT Security & Risk Portal

The X-Force® Threat Insight Quarterly

By IBM ISS
Research

The IBM Internet Security Systems™ X-Force® Threat Insight Quarterly is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges facing security professionals today. Each issue focuses on specific challenges and provides a recap of the most significant recent online threats. In this issue: Port Security – One More Tool in the Toolbox; What does this file do?; Prolific and impacting issues of Q3 2009. Download your copy now!

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Cloud Computing Portal

Will SaaS and Cloud Kill the Appliance Market in Australia?

By Peter Carr
Insight

In a period of intense application renewal the traditional suppliers of hardware appliances are being forced to re-evaluate strategies for growth. On the one hand mega technology vendors such as IBM, Oracle, and HP are consolidating solutions across all aspects of information, applications and technology stacks.

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eHealth Portal

eHealth Australia, A CIO Round Table

By Melissa Martin
Insight

Strategic Path invites four health experts to share their insight into a roundtable on the issue of e-health in Australia today. We welcome Bruce Winzar - Executive Director Information Services & CIO, Bendigo Health; Gary Oldman - IT & Communications Manager, Royal Flying Doctor Service and Melanie Kneale, CTO, NIB Health to this e-health conversation.

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