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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

Strategies for Deploying Blade Servers in Existing Data Centres

By Neil Rasmussen
Whitepaper

When blade servers are densely packed, they can exceed the power and cooling capacities of almost all traditional data centers. This white paper explains how to evaluate the options and select the best power and cooling approach for a successful and predictable blade deployment.

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Virtualization Portal

Beware of VM Sprawl

By Drew Robb
Insight

Virtualization was supposed to solve server sprawl and offer a simple route to data center consolidation. It hasn't. Virtual machines are so easy to deploy that many organizations are now suffering VM sprawl. They have reached the point where they do not know how many VMs they have and have no way to manage them. Rampant virtualization can turn out to be a curse, not a blessing. How can it be controlled?

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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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