Infrastructure & Operations

February 12, 2019

Analytics in the Data Center: Helping Organizations Make Smarter Business Decisions

The future of the data center lies in analytics. Digital transformation has completely altered the landscape of business today, making customers more connected than ever before.

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True Analytics in the Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

True Analytics in the Data Center

The future of the data center lies in analytics. Digital transformation has completely altered the landscape of business today, making customers more connected than ever before. The always-on nature of today’s world has led to the need for data center solutions that combine complete visibility and intelligent, analytics-driven data insights.

A Tale of Two Data Center Strategies: Hyperconverged vs Composable
Infrastructure & Operations

A Tale of Two Data Center Strategies: Hyperconverged vs Composable

Find out how to transform your IT and grow your business with the right mix of converged technologies.

Transform IT with the Right Mix of Converged Technologies
Infrastructure & Operations

Transform IT with the Right Mix of Converged Technologies

Finding the right blend for your IT comes down to your specific capacity needs, performance and application requirements.
Top 3 IT Services That Will Rule 2019
Managed Services

Top 3 IT Services That Will Rule 2019

Find out why service providers and enterprise IT managers are rethinking the traditional model of over-provisioning storage to meet estimated future peak demand.

4 Advantages of Maintenance Support — and the Challenges You Face Without It
Infrastructure & Operations

4 Advantages of Maintenance Support — and the Challenges You Face Without It

When you work with a maintenance support services partner, your assets are effectively managed so you can focus on your business first.

8 Ways to Boost Your Data Strategy with Unstructured Data
Security

8 Ways to Boost Your Data Strategy with Unstructured Data

Don't get discouraged by data deluge. Learn how maximizing your unstructured data can boost your data intelligence—and add real value to your business.

5 Steps to Building Successful Hybrid IT
Infrastructure & Operations

5 Steps to Building Successful Hybrid IT

Learn the best practices for hybrid IT implementation.
3 Data Strategy Conversations You Should Be Having in the Boardroom
Strategy

3 Data Strategy Conversations You Should Be Having in the Boardroom

Is your infrastructure ready for the data-driven future?

Honey, I Shrunk My Silos: 10 Benefits of a Hyperconverged Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure & Operations

Honey, I Shrunk My Silos: 10 Benefits of a Hyperconverged Cloud Infrastructure

Find the right hyperconverged solution based on your unique needs.

3 Ways to Make the Most of Your EHR & Avoid the Culture-Shift Lag
Infrastructure & Operations

3 Ways to Make the Most of Your EHR & Avoid the Culture-Shift Lag

Electronic health records (EHRs) have changed the face and the pace of the healthcare industry. Learn how optimizing the data you collect is key to practicing proactive healthcare.
A Tale of Two Data Center Strategies: Hyperconverged Systems & Composable Infrastructure
Infrastructure & Operations

A Tale of Two Data Center Strategies: Hyperconverged Systems & Composable Infrastructure

Get a better picture of where your business is on the journey to a future-forward infrastructure. How can your IT keep the business competitive and growing?
Dell Technologies World 2018: The Transformation Journey into 2030
Infrastructure & Operations

Dell Technologies World 2018: The Transformation Journey into 2030

Industry trends and IT transformation strategies were key topics at Dell Technologies World 2018 .

The Truth about Hybrid IT: 5 Things to Avoid to Get a Better Balance
Infrastructure & Operations

The Truth about Hybrid IT: 5 Things to Avoid to Get a Better Balance

Transform your infrastructure without disrupting your company’s ability to deliver products and services. Here are five things to avoid, plus a checklist for success.
An IT Powerhouse Poised for Success: Sirius Acquires Forsythe Technology
Strategy

An IT Powerhouse Poised for Success: Sirius Acquires Forsythe Technology

As of May 1, 2018, Sirius and Forsythe are officially one company. Together, we will offer a more robust portfolio of services and solutions for clients, delivered by the brightest minds in the business.
Clear the Path to Backup and Storage Modernization
Infrastructure & Operations

Clear the Path to Backup and Storage Modernization

The future of storage is here. Learn how to start planning your modernization strategy.
Flex Your IT Super Powers with Virtualization
Infrastructure & Operations

Flex Your IT Super Powers with Virtualization

A virtualized approach can enable IT to move as fast as the business demands without compromising the security or availability of critical applications.
Convergence vs. Hyperconvergence: Which Horse Should You Back in the Race to Storage Modernization?
Infrastructure & Operations

Convergence vs. Hyperconvergence: Which Horse Should You Back in the Race to Storage Modernization?

Learn how to find the right partner and solution so that your business can realize the benefits of storage modernization.
Simplify the Path to a Stronger Healthcare Brand
Infrastructure & Operations

Simplify the Path to a Stronger Healthcare Brand

The healthcare industry has notoriously complex systems and IT simplification has never been more critical to modernization. Learn about technical and operational approaches to IT simplification.
Enhancing Security with Automation and Orchestration
Security

Enhancing Security with Automation and Orchestration

Learn how you can raise the productivity of security engineers and integrate the products required to defend against agile threats with automation and orchestration.
Modernization Through Convergence: Simplifying Complexity and Improving Performance for Data-driven Businesses
Infrastructure & Operations

Modernization Through Convergence: Simplifying Complexity and Improving Performance for Data-driven Businesses

Not all convergence is the same. Find out whether convergence or hyperconvergence is right for your business.
From Disco to the Digital Age, UNIX Delivers Value
Infrastructure & Operations

From Disco to the Digital Age, UNIX Delivers Value

UNIX continues to defy the negative myths that surround it. Learn how businesses are still benefiting from UNIX.
[Webinar] Top Storage Trends that Will Impact Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

[Webinar] Top Storage Trends that Will Impact Your Data Center

Is your storage ready to meet IT and business demands in 2018?

5 Steps to Keeping Your Storage Sanity
Infrastructure & Operations

5 Steps to Keeping Your Storage Sanity

Learn how to develop a viable and sane storage strategy that your organization can follow to make your job easier.
Hyperconvergence Installation: How to Make Yours a Smooth Operation
Infrastructure & Operations

Hyperconvergence Installation: How to Make Yours a Smooth Operation

From configuration to implementation, we take a look at how to smoothly deploy hyperconverged infrastructure.
Top 5 Storage Trends for 2018: What You Should Know
Infrastructure & Operations

Top 5 Storage Trends for 2018: What You Should Know

Innovations are shaking up the storage market. From lightning-fast flash to multi-cloud data protection, here’s what you can expect from IT storage in 2018.
Why Hyperconvergence is Your On-Ramp to Cloud
Infrastructure & Operations

Why Hyperconvergence is Your On-Ramp to Cloud

Learn why enterprises are shifting toward hyperconvergence as an entry point into cloud.

Hyperconvergence Has Changed the Game. It’s Your Turn.
Infrastructure & Operations

Hyperconvergence Has Changed the Game. It’s Your Turn.

Hyperconverged platforms are enabling innovation and disruption. Is your company ready to do the same?
3 Things You Need to Know About HPE SimpliVity
Infrastructure & Operations

3 Things You Need to Know About HPE SimpliVity

The amount of data in enterprises is increasing exponentially. Here’s how HPE SimpliVity can help you improve your data efficiency, streamline your IT operations, and reduce your costs.

Making the Jump to Hyperconvergence: Don’t Get Left Behind
Infrastructure & Operations

Making the Jump to Hyperconvergence: Don’t Get Left Behind

Hyperconverged infrastructure is more than just software-defined storage—it’s a completely software defined architecture.

Hyperconvergence: More than Just Software-defined Storage
Infrastructure & Operations

Hyperconvergence: More than Just Software-defined Storage

Hyperconverged solutions are providing public-cloud-simplicity in a private-cloud-environment.

How to Harness the Power of Hyperconvergence with Cisco HyperFlex
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Harness the Power of Hyperconvergence with Cisco HyperFlex

A hyperconverged infrastructure gives you an on-ramp to the cloud by combining your compute, storage, and networking onto just one platform. Here’s how Cisco can help you use the power of hyperconvergence.

What You Should Ask and Know About Your Support Services Providers
Infrastructure & Operations

What You Should Ask and Know About Your Support Services Providers

Is your business getting the support services it demands? This infographic breaks down the complexity and the costs at stake.
Cisco Support Services: 4 Critical Things to Look for
Infrastructure & Operations

Cisco Support Services: 4 Critical Things to Look for

Less than 1 percent of Cisco’s 24,000 partners are qualified to offer Partner Support Services (PSS) in the U.S. Here’s how to get first-call resolution for Cisco so you can maintain the highest levels of performance.

Dell EMC World 2017: 4 Things You Should Know
Infrastructure & Operations

Dell EMC World 2017: 4 Things You Should Know

Dell EMC World 2017 provided actionable insights on how to transform your IT. Here are our top takeaways from the event.
Are You Ready for the Rise of Hybrid IT?
Infrastructure & Operations

Are You Ready for the Rise of Hybrid IT?

Like it or not, parts of your IT environment now live outside of your organization. Learn how a hybrid IT environment can actually ensure your security, resiliency and compliance.
SD-WAN: Finally, a Breakthrough in WAN Technology!
Infrastructure & Operations

SD-WAN: Finally, a Breakthrough in WAN Technology!

SD-WAN is shaking up the WAN industry. Here’s how it can help you simplify WAN complexity, lower your costs and boost your performance.

7 Essential Services Every Data Center Solutions Provider Should Have
Infrastructure & Operations

7 Essential Services Every Data Center Solutions Provider Should Have

Today's data center solutions providers are offering more services – including managed services, migration services, and cloud services – to help with business demands. Find out which data center services are becoming critical to success.

How to Quickly and Easily Get Started with Hyperconvergence
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Quickly and Easily Get Started with Hyperconvergence

Deploying a virtual machine used to take 30 days. With hyperconvergence, you can get up and running in just hours. Here’s how.
Steps to the Hybrid Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

Steps to the Hybrid Data Center

The path to the cloud for enterprise IT organizations is the hybrid data center.
The Cost Savings of High-Density Data Center Environments
Infrastructure & Operations

The Cost Savings of High-Density Data Center Environments

Find out why power density, not floor space, is one of the keys to managing today's data center facility.
The New Data Center Strategy Requires an Integrated, Hybrid and Dynamic Approach
Infrastructure & Operations

The New Data Center Strategy Requires an Integrated, Hybrid and Dynamic Approach

Discover the five things to consider for a dynamic data center strategy.
7 Absolutely Essential Steps to an Energy-Efficient Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

7 Absolutely Essential Steps to an Energy-Efficient Data Center

Idle servers, old equipment, poor airflow — all of these things waste energy in your data center. Here’s how to make your data center more efficient, so you can reduce your costs and improve performance.
5 Keys to Managing Risks in a Hybrid Data Center Model
Infrastructure & Operations

5 Keys to Managing Risks in a Hybrid Data Center Model

Today's data centers contain a mix of IT delivery models from legacy to private cloud to public cloud infrastructures, making it hard to secure your environment. Here's how to manage these risks.

How to Choose the Best Location for Your Data Center: 5 Things You Should Know
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Choose the Best Location for Your Data Center: 5 Things You Should Know

Selecting a location for your data center goes beyond how close it is to your office. Consider these five things when choosing a data center location.

10 Steps to a Successful Data Center Strategy
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Steps to a Successful Data Center Strategy

Data center strategies must keep pace with today's evolving IT landscape. Here's how to align data center strategy with business and IT goals so results can be achieved.
10 Data Center Migration Red Flags and How to Avoid Them
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Data Center Migration Red Flags and How to Avoid Them

Companies should follow these 10 best practices when it comes to planning and executing data center migrations.
How to Get More Out of Your Cloud Storage
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Get More Out of Your Cloud Storage

Flash storage offers many benefits — from decreased costs to improved performance. However, you don’t need to go all in right away. Here’s how to optimize your storage while you minimize your risks.
10 Keys to Choosing a Data Center Colocation Provider
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Keys to Choosing a Data Center Colocation Provider

Moving into a colocation facility can help you cut costs, be more agile and increase your power density. But picking the wrong facility can cost you. Find out what you should look for and how to make the right decision.

5 Keys to Fast, Reliable and Secure Enterprise Connectivity
Security

5 Keys to Fast, Reliable and Secure Enterprise Connectivity

Learn how you can optimize your enterprise connectivity to meet service-level agreements, cut costs, and improve reliability in today's always-on, always-connected world.
The Top 5 IT Storage Trends of 2016
Infrastructure & Operations

The Top 5 IT Storage Trends of 2016

Data is growing exponentially in your organization. Here are five IT storage trends that can help you provision storage quickly, maintain your service levels, and increase agility.
Why You Should Think Outside of the Box for Data Center Migrations
Infrastructure & Operations

Why You Should Think Outside of the Box for Data Center Migrations

The data center has evolved beyond the four walls. Find out what that means for your next data center migration.
Budget Time and Resources to Manage your Infrastructure Lifecycle
Infrastructure & Operations

Budget Time and Resources to Manage your Infrastructure Lifecycle

Like studying for an important exam, the key to managing your infrastructure is consistent maintenance over time. Don’t get caught cramming for an all-nighter.
Gain Agility and Simplify Operations with a Software-Defined, Hybrid Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

Gain Agility and Simplify Operations with a Software-Defined, Hybrid Data Center

Your quest for a software-defined, hybrid data center starts by exploring how your organization can reap the benefits.
Find Untapped Opportunities in Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

Find Untapped Opportunities in Your Data Center

Almost a third of data center servers are going to waste. Here's how to optimize your data center so you can cut costs, gain efficiency and improve performance.
Migration and Operations Management Success with Software-Defined Networking
Infrastructure & Operations

Migration and Operations Management Success with Software-Defined Networking

Find out how SDN can help you achieve success with migration and operation management.
An Effective Configuration Management Database May Be More Attainable than You Think
Infrastructure & Operations

An Effective Configuration Management Database May Be More Attainable than You Think

Find out which implementation method fits for your organization.
10 Trends that Will Impact Your Data Center in 2016
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Trends that Will Impact Your Data Center in 2016

More enterprises are leasing instead of building their data centers. Here are 10 key trends that will impact your data center in 2016 and beyond.

3 Teams Critical to Your Data Center's Success
Infrastructure & Operations

3 Teams Critical to Your Data Center's Success

IT, Facilities and Real Estate teams are critical for successfully conceptualizing, implementing and managing your data center strategy. Learn how they can form a stronger partnership.

5 Steps to a Secure Enterprise Wireless Network
Security

5 Steps to a Secure Enterprise Wireless Network

Your employees often won't think twice about trading security for high-speed WiFi. With new multigig wireless technologies, you can have the best of both worlds.

How to Navigate the Colocation Data Center Market: What Every CIO Should Know
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Navigate the Colocation Data Center Market: What Every CIO Should Know

The colocation data center market has two primary business configurations: retail and wholesale. Read on to discover which one is right for your business and IT needs.

Convergence as an Innovation Driver in Automation
Infrastructure & Operations

Convergence as an Innovation Driver in Automation

Why convergence changes IT operations dramatically.

Take Control of Your Storage Costs While Improving Your IT Services
Infrastructure & Operations

Take Control of Your Storage Costs While Improving Your IT Services

Enterprise data is growing fast and most IT budgets can't keep up. By deploying storage in a service-oriented model, you can control storage spending while provisioning services faster.
How Far in Advance Should You Plan for a New Data Center?
Infrastructure & Operations

How Far in Advance Should You Plan for a New Data Center?

Learn why it depends on whether you are building your own data center or leasing a data center.

6 Questions to Ask to Better Understand Your Data Center Risks
Infrastructure & Operations

6 Questions to Ask to Better Understand Your Data Center Risks

These questions will give you a better idea of what problems exist in your data center and how you may want to address them.

Top 5 Trends Impacting Data Center Facilities
Infrastructure & Operations

Top 5 Trends Impacting Data Center Facilities

These trends top the list when it comes to impacting data center facilities.
Top 5 Data Networking Best Practices
Infrastructure & Operations

Top 5 Data Networking Best Practices

These data networking best practices that can help you migrate to new technologies.
Why You Should Know Your Data Center from the Floor to the Ceiling
Infrastructure & Operations

Why You Should Know Your Data Center from the Floor to the Ceiling

The key is to understand all of your data center risks so you can prepare for the unexpected and be ready for anything.

How to Optimize Your Data Center Costs and Maximize Your Budget
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Optimize Your Data Center Costs and Maximize Your Budget

Instead of focusing on achieving cost savings in a specific area such as power, think about how all of your systems impact each other.

How to Physically Secure Your Data Center Now and in the Future
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Physically Secure Your Data Center Now and in the Future

Learn why a multilayer security approach is the key to successfully securing your data center.

The Power of Density is the Future of Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

The Power of Density is the Future of Your Data Center

Find out how a high-density environment can reduce cost and improve performance.
Data Center Migrations in a High Stakes Business Environment
Infrastructure & Operations

Data Center Migrations in a High Stakes Business Environment

Common migration pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Optimizing Your Systems May Be Simpler Than You Think
Infrastructure & Operations

Optimizing Your Systems May Be Simpler Than You Think

Learn how systems optimization can potentially unlock huge performance and financial gains in your organization.
Taking Your IT Operations to the Next Level
Infrastructure & Operations

Taking Your IT Operations to the Next Level

Struggling with availability, meeting service levels or consistently maintaining your operational capabilities in support of the business? Join the club.
9 Steps to Implementing a Successful Configuration Management System
Infrastructure & Operations

9 Steps to Implementing a Successful Configuration Management System

Learn how to plan and design your configuration management system (CMS) so it enhances your company's management capabilities.
How to Refresh Storage without Overspending
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Refresh Storage without Overspending

Uncover the secrets hidden in storage arrays.
How to Navigate the Shifting Storage Landscape
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Navigate the Shifting Storage Landscape

When it comes to data, companies are facing too much of a good thing, with quantities straining capacity. But choosing efficient, affordable data storage options is possible.
Building the Business Case for Software-Defined Networking
Infrastructure & Operations

Building the Business Case for Software-Defined Networking

A growing number of IT organizations are planning to deploy software-defined networking because it provides increased security and agility. Here's how to build the business case for it.
Making the Business Case for Flash Storage in Your Environment
Infrastructure & Operations

Making the Business Case for Flash Storage in Your Environment

Learn why flash-based storage makes economic sense in today's enterprise storage environments.
How to Gain Control of Your Hardware Maintenance Options
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Gain Control of Your Hardware Maintenance Options

With so many IT assets, it's easy to lose track of what you own, leading to overspending. Learn how to reduce hardware maintenance costs and minimize risks.
The Software-Defined Network Story: Automation, Agility, and Security
Infrastructure & Operations

The Software-Defined Network Story: Automation, Agility, and Security

SDN's evolving standards, architectures and solutions can be confusing. Understanding where SDN is at in the maturity lifecycle is key to seeing its relevance in the data center.
A New Approach to Financing Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

A New Approach to Financing Your Data Center

Learn why it is time for CIOs to rethink how they invest in IT. What are the best options for aligning your data center and IT infrastructure with the new operating financial model?

Are You Ready for the Data Center Facility of the Future?
Infrastructure & Operations

Are You Ready for the Data Center Facility of the Future?

Learn about the important things to consider when designing the data center facility of the future.
The IT Shift Toward an Application-Centric Approach
Infrastructure & Operations

The IT Shift Toward an Application-Centric Approach

Learn why the missing link to a dynamic, orchestrated data center is gone. The network domain, through a solution like Cisco ACI, can now be centrally managed just like the server and storage domains.

Why Leasing Can Help Keep Your IT Perishables Fresh
Strategy

Why Leasing Can Help Keep Your IT Perishables Fresh

Find out what financial solutions deliver short-term and long-term savings.
Burned by Leasing: Why Leasing is a Cost-effective Solution
Infrastructure & Operations

Burned by Leasing: Why Leasing is a Cost-effective Solution

Leasing is a great tool for trimming your IT budget while getting the IT equipment you need right now.

12 Elements of a Successful Data Center Facility
Infrastructure & Operations

12 Elements of a Successful Data Center Facility

Find out how to take your data center into the future.
5 Steps to Optimizing Your Data Center Cooling
Infrastructure & Operations

5 Steps to Optimizing Your Data Center Cooling

Discover why colder is not always better when it comes to the data center.
Improving Availability, Data Protection and System Performance
Infrastructure & Operations

Improving Availability, Data Protection and System Performance

Learn about six best practices that can help your organization ensure higher service availability, protect data better, and improve system performance.
Think Differently About Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

Think Differently About Your Data Center

Are you prepared for the data center of the future? It's time to shift the way you and your company think about your data center.
What You Should Know Before You Work with a Colocation Provider
Infrastructure & Operations

What You Should Know Before You Work with a Colocation Provider

Discover how you can find the right colocation provider for your needs.
Should You Lease or Own Your Data Center?
Infrastructure & Operations

Should You Lease or Own Your Data Center?

Discover the advantages of the hybrid data center model: owning and operating an on-site data center while leasing or colocating servers in a third-party facility.
3 Keys to Maximize the Performance of Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

3 Keys to Maximize the Performance of Your Data Center

Learn why the power of density is the future of your data center and how it can improve performance and lower costs.
3 Best Practices for Powering Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

3 Best Practices for Powering Your Data Center

Discover how your organization can avoid costly unplanned data center outages.
Why IT Should Think Differently About the Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

Why IT Should Think Differently About the Data Center

Discover three key reasons to think differently about the data center of the future.
How Can IT Prepare for the Data Center Facility of the Future?
Infrastructure & Operations

How Can IT Prepare for the Data Center Facility of the Future?

Discover how maximizing your compute capacity rather than your floor space can impact your data center's operations.
What is the Biggest Data Center Design Mistake?
Infrastructure & Operations

What is the Biggest Data Center Design Mistake?

Learn about the biggest data center design mistake and how to avoid it.
Why Companies Should Unify Business and IT
Strategy

Why Companies Should Unify Business and IT

Achieve business and IT unification by assessing your organization's IT investments and really understanding your IT portfolio.
10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Analyzing Your Data Center
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Analyzing Your Data Center

These questions can help your company gain a better understanding of how your data center can support you now and for years to come.
Old IT vs. New IT: Driving Digital Innovation in Enterprise IT
Infrastructure & Operations

Old IT vs. New IT: Driving Digital Innovation in Enterprise IT

The true cost of IT goes beyond dollars and cents; human capital helps power innovation. The new IT operating model embraces a lean, rationalized application portfolio designed to free up resources and promote innovation.
Hybrid Data Center: The Path to the Hybrid Cloud
Infrastructure & Operations

Hybrid Data Center: The Path to the Hybrid Cloud

Learn what the hybrid data center is and why it is the path to the cloud for enterprise IT.

Software-Defined Networking: Your Questions Answered
Infrastructure & Operations

Software-Defined Networking: Your Questions Answered

Learn why the key to the software-defined data center is the network.
Transforming Business Through Unified Communications Collaboration
Strategy

Transforming Business Through Unified Communications Collaboration

Enterprise collaboration has evolved with the workplace and is a competitive differentiator for competing globally.
Why IT Disaster Recovery and IT Operations Management Are So Dependent on Each Other
Infrastructure & Operations

Why IT Disaster Recovery and IT Operations Management Are So Dependent on Each Other

The future of an efficient and reliable IT disaster recovery process depends on the maturity of the IT operations management team.
Find Hidden Savings Through Maintenance
Infrastructure & Operations

Find Hidden Savings Through Maintenance

Uncover hidden savings with maintenance and how a three-step process can make maintenance less daunting.
Enabling Services Through Effective Process Automation
Infrastructure & Operations

Enabling Services Through Effective Process Automation

Find out the five key steps companies should take to establish a process automation framework.
IT Operations Governance: 6 Critical Success Factors
Infrastructure & Operations

IT Operations Governance: 6 Critical Success Factors

Improve the governance success of your IT operations by considering these six key factors.
Application Mapping for a Smooth Migration
Infrastructure & Operations

Application Mapping for a Smooth Migration

Why application mapping is so important in a successful data center migration.

The Power of Business and IT Unification
Strategy

The Power of Business and IT Unification

Discover the five fundamental steps that companies should take to reach business-IT unification.
From Measurement to Improvement
Infrastructure & Operations

From Measurement to Improvement

Five ways a company can move from measuring to prove to measuring to improve.

5 Key Factors of a Successful Monitoring Program
Infrastructure & Operations

5 Key Factors of a Successful Monitoring Program

These critical elements can help IT organizations maximize their monitoring investments.
How to Close the Gap Between IT and Facilities
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Close the Gap Between IT and Facilities

An eight-step approach to an effective and unified relationship between IT and facilities.
The New Workspace: Why Organizations Should Embrace It
Infrastructure & Operations

The New Workspace: Why Organizations Should Embrace It

By taking a holistic view, organizations can transform the new Workspace and empower their employees to work when and where they want to.
The A to Z Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Infrastructure & Operations

The A to Z Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

A list of 26 business continuity and disaster recovery terms that can help information technology and business professionals discuss this topic.
The IT Service Catalog: Who Owns It?
Infrastructure & Operations

The IT Service Catalog: Who Owns It?

Since the IT service catalog is a critical element for guiding IT strategy, design and support, IT leadership should own the development, use and maintenance of it.
4 Key Components of a Successful Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program
Infrastructure & Operations

4 Key Components of a Successful Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program

There are four key elements that are critical to an effective BC/DR program. Find out what they are.

Thorough Virtualization of IT Helps Hybrid Data Center Projects Soar
Infrastructure & Operations

Thorough Virtualization of IT Helps Hybrid Data Center Projects Soar

Enterprises should adjust their business processes when they virtualize so they can achieve more value.
The Ruthless Standardization of IT Services
Infrastructure & Operations

The Ruthless Standardization of IT Services

Learn why standardization is the first step in the journey toward the hybrid data center.
Why Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Is More Than a Checklist
Infrastructure & Operations

Why Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Is More Than a Checklist

It is essential for companies to have a business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan in place. Here's why.
How to Create a Cost-Effective Emergency Operations Center
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Create a Cost-Effective Emergency Operations Center

Find out what resources your organization needs to ensure your emergency operations center (EOC) is viable.
Storage Analytics Strategy: Managing the Data Deluge
Infrastructure & Operations

Storage Analytics Strategy: Managing the Data Deluge

A look at the growth of data in the enterprise and the importance of storage analytics.
Operational Resiliency: The New BC/DR
Infrastructure & Operations

Operational Resiliency: The New BC/DR

Learn why companies should think beyond traditional BC/DR and embrace this new concept.
How to Prepare for the Data Center Facility of the Future
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Prepare for the Data Center Facility of the Future

How data center managers can get ready for the future data center.
10 Steps to a Successful BYOD Strategy
Infrastructure & Operations

10 Steps to a Successful BYOD Strategy

How to build a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy that balances compliance, security and access
Business Continuity Best Practices: 3 Things to Learn from the Public Sector
Infrastructure & Operations

Business Continuity Best Practices: 3 Things to Learn from the Public Sector

Companies can improve their business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) efforts by benchmarking the public sector.
The Data Center: Now and in the Future
Infrastructure & Operations

The Data Center: Now and in the Future

What the data center of the future may look like and how IT pros are managing today's data centers.

Speed IT Up
Strategy

Speed IT Up

Learn how IT organizations can more quickly and effectively serve the business.
7 Things to Consider When Automating the Mundane
Infrastructure & Operations

7 Things to Consider When Automating the Mundane

A decision-making framework can help you review automation solutions.
Automating the Mundane
Infrastructure & Operations

Automating the Mundane

Find out how automation can help IT departments become more strategic.
Driving Operational Efficiency with New Network Architecture
Infrastructure & Operations

Driving Operational Efficiency with New Network Architecture

Discover how a forward-looking approach can help simplify network architecture.
4 Things Organizations with Effective BC/DR Programs Do Well
Infrastructure & Operations

4 Things Organizations with Effective BC/DR Programs Do Well

Learn what companies can do to become better contingency planners.
The New Disaster Recovery
Infrastructure & Operations

The New Disaster Recovery

Why resiliency and business continuity can no longer be secondary decisions.
How to Find the Right Systems for the Right Workload
Infrastructure & Operations

How to Find the Right Systems for the Right Workload

How to reduce the cost of IT and the cost of doing business.
VDI: 7 Steps for a Successful Implementation
Infrastructure & Operations

VDI: 7 Steps for a Successful Implementation

Learn why VDI is a top initiative for many IT leaders and how you can successfully implement it.

Simplify VDI: Illuminating Ways to Virtualize Your Apps
Infrastructure & Operations

Simplify VDI: Illuminating Ways to Virtualize Your Apps

Tips on helping IT leaders virtualize apps as part of the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) process.

Driving Short-Term Efficiencies through Virtualization
Infrastructure & Operations

Driving Short-Term Efficiencies through Virtualization

Find out how virtualization can help you organize and consolidate your data center operations.
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