Blades Reports

Understanding How Converged Infrastructure Works
sponsored by HP & Intel®
EGUIDE: This expert e-guide offers a discussion of the different types of converged infrastructure and provides an overview of their advantages for IT environments. The paper goes on to introduce converged infrastructure hardware and the advantages offered by its use of four types of virtualization.
Posted: 19 Feb 2013 | Published: 19 Feb 2013

HP & Intel®

Dell PowerEdge Blade Solutions - Energy Efficiency that can't be beat
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The Dell PowerEdge M-series blade solution is a breakthrough in enterprise server architecture. Built from the ground up using Dell's Energy Smart and FlexIO technologies, the M-series is designed to combat data center sprawl and IT complexity.
Posted: 10 Mar 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

HP Virtualization Smart Bundles with VMware: Simple, cost-effective virtualization solutions
sponsored by HP and VMware
BROCHURE: Are you building or expanding your virtual environment? Virtualization can reduce costs, improve application availability, and simplify IT management. HP ProLiant Virtualization Bundles are configurations that include everything you need to get started with virtualization. Read on to find out what's included.
Posted: 04 Jun 2010 | Published: 02 Jun 2010

HP and VMware

HP Integrity Server Blades: Meeting Mission-Critical Requirements with a Bladed Form Factor
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP's approach to addressing those challenges.
Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

HP & Intel®

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.

Sizing Server Platforms To Meet ERP Requirements
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This Intel paper analyzes the effects of various factors on the utilization of the primary server resources: compute, memory and I/O. The analysis shows that 4-socket servers, which provide greater headroom than 2-socket servers, may be preferable in a number of situations.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

IBM

Server Hardware Improvement Strategy Guide
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
EGUIDE: Do you upgrade your server or replace it? Answering this question involves making a number of tactical decisions. Use this e-guide as a reference to help make your decision. It will serve as your benchmark to keep you focused on what is really important when it comes to improving your server performance.
Posted: 11 Apr 2017 | Published: 07 Apr 2017

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Running Mission-Critical EMR Applications on Linux* and Intel® Architecture
sponsored by HP & Intel®
CASE STUDY: This case study examines how one hospital was able to ensure high levels of EHR and clinical application uptime and performance with new blade server technology that didn't break the bank.
Posted: 01 Aug 2013 | Published: 24 Aug 2012

HP & 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®

Hay Group Moves Services to Secure Private Cloud
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: This case study details how virtualization enabled one company to achieve 99.999 percent availability. Find out how the decision to virtualize paved the way for a private cloud and gain insight into various managed service offerings available.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.