Blades Reports

HP BladeSystem and the Sesame Street Characters Help Educate Children Online
sponsored by HP & Intel®
CASE STUDY: This case study provides details of real-world best practices in IT consolidation to turn a data center from a burdensome cost center to a strategic asset with robust security, enhanced business continuity and reduced operating expenses.
Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

HP & Intel®

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 31: How to Make the Transition from Physical to Virtual and Back
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
EZINE: “Workloads in transition” is one way to characterize virtualization, which ranges from physical-to-virtual to virtual-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical. Although each type of migration has its advantages, it has its challenges too. Find out where potential problems lurk, and keep them from dragging down your process.
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

VMware, Inc.

Rack Powering Options for High Density
sponsored by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: In this APC whitepaper, alternatives for providing electrical power to high density racks in data centers and network rooms are explained and compared as well as defined guidelines for rack power systems that can reliably deliver power to high density loads while adapting to changing needs.
Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 09 Jul 2009

Schneider Electric

Improving Performance and Control in SAP Environments [Cisco ACE XML Gateways]
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to find out how to meet the new challenges posed by the proliferation of XML-based services. Discover an appliance that can be combined with SAP Business Suite and NetWeaver to improve performance, security, availability, and monitoring and auditing (for compliance) for applications and Web services in SAP environments.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Presentation Transcript: How to Consolidate XenApp with XenServer on HP BladeSystem Servers
sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Is your organization struggling to reduce server costs and improve performance? This presentation transcript explores how various virtualization and server platforms stack up in performance tests. Learn how to leverage this technology to achieve significant consolidation and cost savings.
Posted: 14 Dec 2009 | Published: 14 Dec 2009

HP, Citrix, and Intel

BlueCross BlueShield Case Study: A Health Approach to Server Sprawl
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how Dell helped BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York harness blades to shrink its data center footprint by 75 percent and improve efficiency by more than 50 percent.
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

DellEMC and Intel®

Modern Data Center Design Discussion
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
EGUIDE: What decisions go into building a modern data center? This e-guide discusses the data center design decisions you'll need to make. Inside, you will find discussions on three interface options for remote server monitoring and management, and the differences between blade and rack servers.
Posted: 12 Jun 2017 | Published: 08 Jun 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Business Advantage Delivered: The Cisco Unified Computing System
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains why more and more companies are adopting a unified approach to data centre management and offers detailed guidance to help them address concerns over capacity planning, application performance, server sprawl, and more.
Posted: 16 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Mar 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dallas Cowboys Reboot IT with Blades and "Converged" Architecture
sponsored by HP & Intel®
EGUIDE: This expert e-guide presents a case study of how a professional sports team's IT department was able to consolidate 200 physical servers into 16 blade servers with the help of a unified computing infrastructure.
Posted: 26 Feb 2013 | Published: 26 Feb 2013

HP & Intel®

HP BladeSystem Matrix: Delivering the Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: IT organizations that find server deployment complex and inefficient are looking at new options, such as HP's BladeSystem Matrix. Using this converged infrastructure approach, organizations can reduce acquisition costs for servers, storage and network infrastructure, while reducing total cost of ownership.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

HP & Intel®