Many companies, especially those in the Oil and Gas Industry, need high-density deployments of high performance compute (HPC) environments to manage and analyze the extreme levels of computing involved with seismic processing. CyrusOne’s Houston West campus has the largest known concentration of HPC and high-density data center space in the colocation market today.

Energy costs are the fastest-rising expense for today’s data centers. Naturally, power consumption is a top concern for managers of data center, enterprise, and cloud environments. Moreover, there are multiple proprietary power measurement and control protocols supported by various solution providers, making it challenging to have a single solution for power management across all devices in the data center. After a successful Intel IT proof of concept (PoC) using Intel® Data Center Manager (Intel® DCM) that ended in 2013, we deployed the solution across data centers in multiple countries. In our initial use of Intel DCM, we considered the solution to be focused primarily on gaining a better understanding of the power consumption and thermal status of servers. With broad deployment, we learned that Intel DCM is capable of much more.

In this report, we’ll overview several alternative power configurations that improve overall cost and deployment speed while providing the availability levels required for this new generation.

Ponemon Institute and Emerson Network Power are pleased to present the results of the first Emerson Data Center IQ Quiz, part of the Data Center Performance Benchmark Series, which provides an industry-wide perspective on Availability, Security, Productivity, Cost and Speed of Deployment. The purpose of this study is to determine the domain knowledge of data center personnel while also collecting data on application of best practices and current operating conditions within participants’ data centers.

Today’s leading-edge organizations differentiate themselves through analytics to further their competitive advantage by extracting value from all their data sources. Other companies are looking to become data-driven through the modernization of their data management deployments. These strategies do include challenges, such as the management of large growing volumes of data. Today’s digital world is already creating data at an explosive rate, and the next wave is on the horizon, driven by the emergence of IoT data sources. The physical data warehouses of the past were great for collecting data from across the enterprise for analysis, but the storage and compute resources needed to support them are not able to keep pace with the explosive growth. In addition, the manual cumbersome task of patch, update, upgrade poses risks to data due to human errors. To reduce risks, costs, complexity, and time to value, many organizations are taking their data warehouses to the cloud. Whether hosted lo

There is no doubt that enterprise cloud is a new and improved IT strategy. Cloud services have proven to improve organizational agility and reduce the burden of IT infrastructure and cost. Moving to the cloud is no longer a question of “if” but “when” and “how.” Most enterprises we interviewed are moving to cloud in phases over time and matching workloads to their perceptions of a vendor’s cloud capabilities that will best support their objectives. Many will require the ability and flexibility to support multivendor cloud and multiple deployment choices (e.g., public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud).

Today’s businesses are rapidly transforming to prepare for the changes taking place in the global economy. Companies of all sizes can benefit from tools that automate the deployment and ongoing maintenance of server environments. Put another way, in today’s digital economy, where users need access to intelligible data faster, IT organizations must employ tools that automate the delivery of IT as a Service (ITaaS). Dell EMC’s Intelligent Automation powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum processor simplifies the management and maintenance of its PowerEdge server hardware. Designed to drive down the cost and resources associated with server lifecycle management, Intelligent Automation relies on integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) and OpenManage server management software to deliver reliable and efficient automation to PowerEdge Servers. Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

Today’s businesses are rapidly transforming to prepare for the changes taking place in the global economy. Companies of all sizes can benefit from tools that automate the deployment and ongoing maintenance of server environments. Put another way, in today’s digital economy, where users need access to intelligible data faster, IT organizations must employ tools that automate the delivery of IT as a Service (ITaaS). Dell EMC’s Intelligent Automation powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum processor simplifies the management and maintenance of its PowerEdge server hardware. Designed to drive down the cost and resources associated with server lifecycle management, Intelligent Automation relies on integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) and OpenManage server management software to deliver reliable and efficient automation to PowerEdge Servers. Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

IT admins tasked with restoring servers or lost data during a disruption are consumed with a single-minded purpose: successful recovery. But it shouldn’t take an adverse event to underscore the importance of recovery as part of an overall backup strategy. This is especially true with large datasets. Before you consider how you’re going to back up large datasets, first consider how you may need to recover the data. Variables abound. Is it critical or non-critical data? A simple file deletion or a system-wide outage? A physical server running onsite or a virtual one hosted offsite? These and a handful of other criteria will determine your backup and disaster recovery (BDR) deployment. What do we mean by large? A simple question with a not-so-simple answer. If your total data footprint is 5 TB or more, that’s considered large. But what kind of data is it? How many actual files are there? How frequently do they change? How much can they be compressed? It’s likely that two different 5 TB en

There are five essential steps to protecting data and applications from the most common causes of data loss and downtime. IT pros who follow these steps can feel confident in their long-term organizational plan. Read this expert guide from Ben Maas, an independent consultant and system architect who has guided many companies through backup and disaster recovery (BDR) deployments.

ESG Lab performed hands-on evaluation and testing of the Hitachi Content Platform portfolio, consisting of Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere (HCP Anywhere) online file sharing, Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI), and Hitachi Content Intelligence (HCI) data aggregation and analysis. Testing focused on integration of the platforms, global access to content, public and private cloud tiering, data quality and analysis, and the ease of deployment and management of the solution.

Learn best practices for enabling productivity and reducing risk with modern-enterprise mobile security strategies, including important implementation, deployment, and adoption tips for IT managers.

There are five essential steps to protecting data and applications from the most common causes of data loss and downtime. IT pros who follow these steps can feel confident in their long-term organizational plan. Read this expert guide from Ben Maas, an independent consultant and system architect who has guided many companies through backup and disaster recovery (BDR) deployments.

The 2017 Magic Quadrant provides Gartner’s annual analysis of the contact center infrastructure vendors. The report examines the innovations driving the market and compares vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Get the complimentary report now to: • Compare contact center vendors and see which quadrant they are aligned to • Review the latest market outlook including on premise and cloud deployment choices • Learn what critical capabilities to consider when evaluating solutions and legacy system replacement For the ninth year, we are honored to be positioned as a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide. Gartner placed Genesys highest amongst all vendors in ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe this unique position validates our mission to power the world’s best customer engagement solutions for organizations of all sizes, both in the cloud and on premise.

Move to the Cloud with Confidence If you are considering the right deployment model for your contact center, economic guidelines can help you choose the solution that is best for your company. Cloud, on-premises or hybrid. Just a few years ago, businesses were still unsure of the viability of moving their contact centers and other critical enterprise systems to the cloud. Since then, with the decrease of cloud costs, and the corresponding increase in security and, the viability and total cost of ownership of cloud deployments are attracting more and more companies. This eBook will cover how different criteria can affect a choice between a cloud or on-premises contact center, including: • The size of your contact center, and business requirements such as customer journey management • The location and quantity of contact centers being managed • The need for scalability, speed of deployment, and maintenance requirements Read the eBook today!

Is Your IT Team Ready to Enable Digital Transformation? Customers want fast access to information and immediate problem resolution on any device, from any location, at any time. It’s up to IT to build the foundation for this digital transformation—and increasingly, it’s cloud-based. Make sure your IT team is on track to deliver. An omnichannel contact center platform gives you a single, integrated view of the entire customer journey. And as a cloud-based solution, IT has the flexibility to deploy advanced features fast and cost-efficiently. Read this white paper from Frost & Sullivan for a pragmatic approach to: • Identify process changes and goals with lines of business • Benchmark your current infrastructure and technology gaps • Consider cloud omnichannel solutions for easier deployments and simple scalability

Get Gartner’s Complete Analysis of The 2017 Magic Quadrant provides Gartner’s annual analysis of the contact center infrastructure vendors. The report examines the innovations driving the market and compares vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Get the complimentary report now to: • Compare contact center vendors and see which quadrant they are aligned to • Review the latest market outlook including on premise and cloud deployment choices • Learn what critical capabilities to consider when evaluating solutions and legacy system replacement For the ninth year, we are honored to be positioned as a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide. Gartner placed Genesys highest amongst all vendors in ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe this unique position validates our mission to power the world’s best customer engagement solutions for organizations of all sizes, both in the cloud and on premise.

PureCloud was designed to simplify the way you manage customer relationships. It’s powerfully simple, fast and intuitive. But you don’t have to take our word for it. Get a better look at the benefits and tools of Genesys PureCloud in a new report by Nucleus Research. For their study, Nucleus examined past and current customer experiences, breadth of functionality and results of use. From rapid cloud deployment to rolling software updates, PureCloud enables best-in-class customer experiences today and well into the future. Read the full report to learn more about: • PureCloud tools like automated omnichannel routing, social channel management, outbound dialing, integration with other software and analytics and reporting. • Benefits of the platform such as lower costs, increased flexibility, improved time to value, and better workforce optimization. • Current customer success stories and the future of PureCloud.

This paper presents a cost benefit case for IBM Db2 11.1 for LUW and Oracle Database 12c.

IDC believes that software-defined storage (SDS) continues to transform IT deployment and consumption of storage resources. For enterprises, SDS is really an on-ramp to deploying a hybrid cloud — one that allows a metered on-demand consumption of private and public cloud resources. Deploying SDS therefore is not a question of "if" but a question of "when."

The rise of mobile devices have changed the way we communicate, the way we work, and the way we shop. Mobile devices give power to the consumers. Constant connectivity allows for easy access to endless information providing customers with multiple purchase options. In eCommerce, mobile shopping is sharply rising. According to Forrester, 29% of all U.S. eCommerce transactions will occur on a tablet or mobile phone this year, totaling $114 billion. By 2018, that percentage will rise to 54% of the total $414 billion in eCommerce sales.i All of this information points to the fact that mobile is not just a trend, it's a reality. A reality that forces businesses to change the way they engage with their customers.

MongoDB, one of the most popular NoSQL Open databases, helps you take advantage of exploding unstructured data with faster access to data and analytics while reducing your database cost. With the right infrastructure, you can benefit more. By running MongoDB on IBM Power systems, you can achieve: • ?Bring new apps to market faster and reduce the risk for mission-critical deployments • ?2.6x better performance for MongoDB at a much lesser cost than x86 Find out more about IBM Power Systems and MongoDB for today’s applications.

Speed and agility matter. Businesses are being disrupted every day by digital upstarts that find ways to address new market requirements before the more established companies can respond. Despite talented IT teams and years of head start in both architectural and development work, it is still difficult to respond to these challenges using traditional development patterns centered around monolithic software applications. It’s simply impossible to get to market quickly when applications need to be maintained, modified and scaled as a single entity by a large, heavily inter-dependent team. From this need has arisen the microservices paradigm: a set of patterns for software architecture, development, deployment and culture that focus on speed and agility. From small, independent services and teams to automated deployment to fault tolerance and resiliency, these patterns help accelerate time to market.

At a projected market of over $4B by 2010 (Goldman Sachs), virtualizationhas firmly established itself as one of the most importanttrends in Information Technology. Virtualization is expectedto have a broad influence on the way IT manages infrastructure.Major areas of impact include capital expenditure and ongoingcosts, application deployment, green computing, and storage.

"Ninety percent of business executives believe the Internet of Things (IoT) is important to the future of their organization. And, as IoT is expected to generate a whopping 21% increase in corporate profits by 2022, it’s clear there’s value in adoption. However, there are still plenty of risks that require mitigation through careful planning, cross-functional teamwork and mature security measures. This white paper explores the business benefits and the security complexities IoT introduces for business organizations, and provides key considerations and recommendations for securing IoT deployments. Download the white paper today!"