Solution Set

The market for UPS solutions is currently dominated by a few viable big players; however, each of these large vendors owns multiple brands, most of which stand alone as their own entity. This Vendor Landscape focuses on vendors that provide...

(4-May-2012) In an instant, a data center fire can devastate a business. Beyond downtime, there’s equipment damage, escalating insurance rates, and other related costs to deal with— hence the need for fire protection and suppression systems. As...

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The growth of modern data centers came in the late 1990s during the dot.com era from organizations requiring continuous operation and fast Internet connectivity. Now server and desktop virtualization are creating the need for faster core...

(9-Jan-2012) Brian Burch knew the moment had arrived. Two of his data center's key services -- availability and business continuity -- needed fast and dramatic improvement. Design and location limitations meant that his company's existing data...

Solution Set

Organizations that use efficiency metrics to monitor, measure, and manage data center efficiency are more successful in lower operating expenses in the data center over time. Use this storyboard to develop a strategy, choose metrics, set...

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Organizations that use efficiency metrics to monitor, measure, and manage data center efficiency are more successful in lower operating expenses in the data center over time.

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The primary mission of the infrastructure professional is deployment and maintenance of platforms that enable applications and services. Evaluate how these hot developments can boost achievement in that critical role.

Case Study

The rise in usage of mobile devices means that enterprise business is no longer being conducted only within the confines of the physical building. Factor in personal device usage by employees and you've got the potential for security breaches...

Case Study

As companies grow, consolidation of resources is inevitable, particularly with the growing movement towards virtualization. If you are maintaining a legacy platform, it may be time to consider a consolidation-in-a-box solution.

Solution Set

The primary mission of the infrastructure professional is deployment and maintenance of platforms that enable applications and services. Evaluate how these hot developments can boost achievement in that critical role.

Solution Set

Many organizations collect metrics to validate they are keeping the lights on and the infrastructure running. But the Infrastructure Managers who are benefiting the most are taking steps to ensure they are getting the right metrics to help them...

Tool

This template provides the means to track data on each metric to enable full lifecycle management. The definitions should be linked to a calendar for review frequency to ensure metrics remain relevant as the technology environment changes and...

Tool

Info-Tech conducted its own market evaluation of seven leading WAN optimization solutions. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy the company's requirements, before sitting down with dealers and...

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The WAN optimization landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years. Technologies that were once cutting edge have become mainstream and vendors are now focusing their attention on the future. Mobility, virtualization, and cloud computing...

Solution Set

Make an apples-to-apples comparison of European co-location providers to select the most appropriate option for the organization's current and future needs.

Tool

Identify leading candidates in the European Co-location/Managed Services market using the Info-Tech European Co-location/Managed Services Vendor Shortlist Tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on your key priorities.

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Info-Tech conducted a market evaluation of eight leading data center networking vendors. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy your enterprise's requirements, before contacting channel partners and...

Solution Set

This vendor landscape looks at the US co-location/managed services market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for your organization's needs.

Video

Explosive data growth, cloud computing, virtualization and consolidation, mobile computing; these are all major technology trends that are having a large impact on IT departments today. For infrastructure professionals, these trends are top of...

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors and solution providers understand the marketplace dynamics surrounding data center consolidation purchases.

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Cooling the data center can amount to approximately 50% of the operating cost in the data center. Increasing rack densities, mission critical devices, and a focus on energy efficiency in the data center make the cooling decision significant.

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Three or four years ago keynotes and announcements at VMworld were all about cool server tricks. Today, as VMware seeks to be an infrastructure cloud platform, servers are just one layer in the infrastructure cake of the "virtual data center."

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This worksheet allows enterprises to profile their data center precision cooling requirements and generate a rank ordered vendor shortlist from a fixed list of vendors. Vendor profiles are based on Info-Tech's recent in-depth review of the data...

Solution Set

This vendor landscape looks at the Canadian co-location market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for their organization.

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Enterprise use cases provide valuable insight for the vendor selection process. In the Canadian co-location/managed services market, attention should be paid to the vendor's offerings in terms of cost, the organization's present and future...

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Cloud computing will significantly impact the roles of infrastructure professionals and internal infrastructure processes. Taking ownership of the cloud and internal Infrastructure-as-a-Service is integral to proactively prepare and implement...

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A standby power strategy that is scalable in design and includes routine maintenance will reduce costs and ensure capacity to meet future needs.

Solution Set

Many IT departments overlook best practices for standby power assessment and procurement, mistaking this critical infrastructure for a commodity-like purchase.

Tool

Understanding the enterprises critical environment is the first step to right-sizing standby power equipment. Gather current and future requirements for all critical data center components to optimize the standby power solution and reduce downtime.

Tool

Building a Greenfield data center is an expensive and lengthy project that can be hard to plan for. Because of its enormity, it is extremely important to accurately estimate a budget. Estimate capital expenditures and operating expenses over the...