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Servers occupy a place in computing similar to that occupied by minicomputers in the past, which they have largely replaced. The typical server is a computer system that operates continuously on a network and waits for requests for services from other computers on the network. Many servers are dedicated to this role, but some may also be used simultaneously for other purposes, particularly when the demands placed upon them as servers are modest.
 
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Business process efficiency: Honing a competitive edge.

By : Adobe Systems.. Published Date: Aug 19, 2009
In today’s hypercompetitive market, financial services companies must learn how to produce services faster, cheaper, and better and improve profit margins in the face of mounting competition and other economic pressures. Increasing business process efficiency is the best way to improve margins and allow more flexibility in pricing. This paper explores how financial institutions are gaining a competitive edge by focusing on process efficiency for greater customer satisfaction and retention.
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Competitive Landscape: TNICs vs. NICs vs. iSCSI HBAs

By : Alacritech Published Date: Aug 21, 2009
Today's systems and servers need an efficient way to move the ever-increasing amounts of data over networks. Many companies have introduced solutions such as TCP/IP Offload Engines (TOE) Network Interface Cards (TNICs), Network Interface Cards (NICs), and iSCSI Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) to solve efficiency and throughout challenges. However, the functionality of these solutions is quite varied, and in some cases, rapidly becoming obsolete.
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Alacritech

Windows Terminal Server Software Licensing Control

By : AppSense Published Date: Aug 21, 2009
Learn how AppSense Application Manager enables IT Administrators to reliably and effectively enforce software licensing policies on client devices, and therefore gain greater control over the deployment of applications in a Windows Terminal Server environment.
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AppSense

Flexible Responses to Managing Terminal Server Environments and Beyond

By : AppSense Published Date: Oct 30, 2006
Terminal servers, file servers, print servers, database servers, email servers and application servers. Dr. Bernhard Tritsch explores how to manage servers effectively within the dynamic enterprise.
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AppSense

Virtualization Sanity Check Stopping the Sprawl with Complete IT Visibility

By : ASG Software Solutions Published Date: Feb 23, 2009
Virtualization is riding a groundswell of popularity. All around the world, IT organizations are attracted to its promise of quick deployment and cost savings.
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ASG Software Solutions

Authoritative DNS - Establishing Redundancy with the PowerLink Pro Series

By : Astrocom Published Date: Apr 23, 2008
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical system that provides the IP addresses that correspond to a given Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN, often called a hostname or domain name). At the top of the tree structure are thirteen “root” Domain Name Servers that have the primary and secondary IP addresses of the DNS Authorities for all domains on the Internet.
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Astrocom

Centralized Data Center Management Software: Best Practices to Control Your Data Center

By : Avocent Published Date: Nov 30, 1999
This white paper details best practices for achieving secure access to any server or network device from a single interface in your data center. Topics covered include centralized access and control, integrating management tools, KVM server management, serial over IP, power management over IP, and full remote access.
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Avocent

Protecting Physical Servers and VMs While Preserving Uptime

By : Blue Lane Published Date: Jan 07, 2008
Quantros’ business—an ASP for the health care industry—requires a secure network and maximal uptime—all with a small IT department and a small budget. Quantros was challenged to implement and enforce sound security policies and to keep up with the continuous stream of vendor patches.
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Blue Lane

Strategies for Delivering Dynamic Security for Virtual Data Centers

By : Blue Lane Published Date: Nov 15, 2007
Virtualization has become all the rage for companies interested in optimizing their servers and storage systems. This shift in data center architecture allows IT organizations to reduce operational costs and increase flexibility and responsiveness to changing business demands.
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Blue Lane

The Challenge of Securing Hard to Patch Servers in Health Care Environments

By : Blue Lane Published Date: Oct 01, 2007
The healthcare industry has benefited from the breakneck pace of digitization - spanning everything from payments to patient records to X-ray film - but it has also been increasingly exposed to greater risk. Efforts to increase healthcare provider productivity via increased digitization and system interconnectivity have to be counterbalanced against the growing concerns for patient privacy and a backdrop of increasing liability.
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Blue Lane

Benefits of Securing Servers: Enhanced Security, Compliance and Operational Excellence

By : Blue Lane Published Date: Aug 31, 2007
Needing to implement a patch management solution to comply with SAS 70, Davidson found the solutions on the market lacking. They either required significant resources to test all patches, or were expensive automated solutions. Then, Davidson learned about Blue Lane Technologies, a concept that Davidson loved.
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Blue Lane

Server Security, Patching and Virtualization

By : Blue Lane Published Date: Apr 03, 2007
One of the biggest challenges mirrors a problem in the physical server world: security patching. This paper describes in greater detail the benefits and challenges of server virtualization, and offers insight into how Blue Lane customers are utilizing the PatchPoint(r) System to combat the threat of software vulnerabilities.
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Blue Lane

Secure DNS/DHCP Management: An Integrated Solution

By : BlueCat Networks, Inc. Published Date: Jul 09, 2008
This paper briefly traces some of the challenges involved with IP address distribution over the past two decades, to the current adoption of DHCP as the dynamic protocol of choice for pain-free management of network resources. Integral to the theme of secure yet reliable network administration is the integration of DNS and DHCP into a single network device called the Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance which ensures that traditional barriers to secure and effective resource allocations are overcome with an efficient yet easy-to-use solution that enhances enterprise information security.
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BlueCat Networks, Inc.

Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation

By : BMC ESM Published Date: Aug 20, 2009
Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
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BMC ESM

Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT & Profitability.

By : BMC ESM Published Date: Aug 19, 2009
Data Centers consume more energy than any other environment in most companies. This paper presents a holistic approach that addresses Green IT within the broader context of increasing business service efficiency and reducing the cost of IT.
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BMC ESM

The 5 Essential Advantages: Agentless Technology for Data Protection Management

By : Bocada Published Date: Aug 21, 2009
Today, the common approach to collecting information about computing activity across the enterprise is to use software agents installed on individual clients and servers. However, when this approach is applied to data protection management in the enterprise environment, it has proven both ineffective and inefficient.
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Bocada

A CIO's View of Server Virtualization

By : Burton Group Published Date: Apr 08, 2008
Server virtualization is a technology that has taken hold with amazing speed and is now firmly entrenched with overwhelming success in many data centers. This perspective document recaps why you should be moving ahead quickly with virtualization (if you haven’t already done so), what the implications are for IT and the business, and what the future holds as the ramifications of virtualization become apparent.
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Burton Group

DB2 9 for z/OS Access Paths

By : CA Mainframe Published Date: Sep 12, 2008
This is Self-Guided Resource Guide to help you understand the importance of and the ease of establishing DB2 9 for z/OS Access Paths.  Preview this animated tool now.
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CA Mainframe

Regulatory Compliance and the IBM Mainframe- Key Requirements

By : CA Mainframe Published Date: Sep 12, 2008
Compliance requires strong security controls for mainframe environments also. This white paper discusses some major challenges that mainframes bring to compliance, and some key issues that need to be addressed. It also presents some key technologies and approaches that you can use to help you achieve easier compliance for your mainframe systems.
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CA Mainframe

Mainframes are Still Mainstream

By : CA Mainframe Published Date: Sep 12, 2008
This white paper describes the trends that are not only keeping the mainframe market alive but are supporting its growth. The growing complexity of IT makes consolidation and simplification of IT asset management essential. At the same time, increases in energy costs and concern about the environment are also impacting markets. Mainframes are uniquely positioned to provide the automation and virtualization today's complex infrastructures require while using less energy.
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CA Mainframe

CA Expands Its Unified Management of Virtualized Systems

By : CA NVM Published Date: Apr 29, 2008
The variety of available server virtualization technologies provides both choice and flexibility for enterprises seeking to optimize server utilization and performance. However, as enterprises deploy more virtualization solutions that are scattered across the enterprise, managing the disparate virtualization technologies using fragmented element-specific tools challenges IT staffs.
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CA NVM

CA's Unicenter Advanced Systems Management: Virtualization Cluster Management

By : CA NVM Published Date: Apr 29, 2008
Clabby Analytics review Unicenter ASM and how it stands out from other virtual server management solutions available today, noting that Unicenter ASM is a very effective tool for managing heterogeneous virtualized and clustered environments. They review the advanced visualization capabilities and how they provide IT with greater management control in these complex environments. They also discuss the value of dynamic resource brokering for optimizing existing IT investments and improving ROI.
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CA NVM

Getting Real About Virtual Management

By : CA NVM Published Date: Apr 29, 2008
Virtualization and clustering can bring many benefits to your business — better IT asset utilization, improved business continuity, and improved operational efficiency. At the same time, virtualization can create a new level of complexity for IT. This paper discusses the technical management challenges inherent in these complex infrastructures including virtual sprawl, honoring service level agreements, resource allocation and the prioritization of resources.
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CA NVM

VMware and CA: Making the Most of Virtualization

By : CA NVM Published Date: Feb 26, 2008
IT organizations are challenged to meet today’s constantly changing business needs. This need for flexibility has resulted in the rapid adoption of server virtualization, making enterprise infrastructures more responsive, while introducing management considerations unique to virtualization. Unlike physically bounded infrastructures, the entities in virtualized environments are not visually apparent or recognized by most traditional management tools.
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CA NVM

Virtualization and Automation Drive Dynamic Data Centers

By : CA WA 2 Published Date: Oct 01, 2008
Data Center Automation enables you to manage change processes, ensure configuration compliance and dynamically provision servers and applications based on business need. By controlling complexity and automating processes in the data center, your data center becomes more adaptive and agile. Effective Data Center Automation lets you leverage virtualization, manage capacity, and reduce costs and also helps reduce energy usage and waste.
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CA WA 2
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