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The State of Resilience on IBM Power Systems

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:50:01 -0800

Business leaders understand intuitively the value of their data and know that they must daily address the practical, tangible issues of protecting their business information from loss or corruption and putting it to work effectively, efficiently and profitably.

The data set used for this in depth report includes the results of 18 surveys, conducted between September 2008 and October 2009. These surveys were conducted online using Web-based survey tools, as well as in person at gatherings of IBM I and AIX professionals. In total, responses were received from nearly 4,000 technical professionals and executives involved in the management of IBM i and AIX environments.

Written by: Information Availability Institute, Sponsored by: Vision Solutions

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Why Application Automation Should be Part of IT Infrastructure

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:50:01 -0800

A key source of the implementation cost is building business processes. Significant savings can be realized if a company reduces the time it takes to build these business processes, and if the business processes can be fully automated.

Companies willing to think outside-the-box are discovering that adopting a new generation application automation and job scheduling tool at the beginning of a development project as part of the infrastructure can cut implementation costs substantially.

This white paper focuses on how an application automation/job scheduling tool can reduce costs in each of these areas:

Design
Development
Testing/QA
Implementation
Maintenance

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70-680 Windows 7 Configuring Exam Prep Special Edition

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:20:00 -0800

Candidates for this exam operate in computing environments that use Microsoft Windows 7 as a desktop operating system in an enterprise environment. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment.

CramMaster 70-680 covers the following Microsoft recommended objectives:

Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7
Deploying Windows 7
Configuring Hardware and Applications
Configuring Network Connectivity
Configuring Access to Resources
Configuring Mobile Computing
Monitoring and Maintaining Systems that Run Windows 7
Configuring Backup and Recovery Options

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Next-Generation Disaster Recovery and Availability Technologies for AIX and IBM i (i5/OS) on IBM Power Systems

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:01 -0800

Journaling? RAID? Vaulting? Mirroring? High availability? Know your data protection and recovery options! This information packed 29-page report reviews the technology spectrum of resilience and recovery solutions available for IBM i (i5/OS) and AIX environments running on IBM Power Systems, including the latest, next-generation solutions. The goal of the report is to help prepare IT professionals to better evaluate and adopt appropriate AIX and IBM i technologies and methodologies most effective and appropriate for their organization given constraints around recovery time, data currency, IT staffing, and budget.

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An Introduction to IBM System i (iSeries) High Availability Solutions

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:01 -0800

If your company is beginning to explore the powerful business continuity technology of System i high availability (HA), this paper will give you a solid overview of IBM System i software-based replication and failover solutions—also known within the industry as high availability or HA. The critical components of HA solutions are detailed, including data replication engines, system monitors, the importance of autonomic processes and more. With knowledge of the technology as well as functional components of HA, you can better evaluate whether HA is a cost-justifiable addition to your data resiliency and recovery strategies.

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Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for IBM AIX Environments

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:01 -0800

In today's world of round the clock operations, online commerce and tough compliance regulations, you need more than tape backup to protect your AIX operating environments. This informative paper outlines the options and strategies for moving your protection and recovery plan beyond simply tape backups, including how continuous data protection (CDP) technology makes any point-in-time recovery possible. Also learn how EchoStream technology has significantly improved both AIX data recovery times and AIX data recovery points.

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Energy Efficient Cooling for Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:20:00 -0800

The trend of increasing heat densities in data centers has held consistent with advances in computing technology for many years. As power density increased, it became evident that the degree of difficulty in cooling these higher power demand loads was also increasing. In recent years, traditional cooling system design has proven inadequate to remove concentrated heat loads (up to and greater than 20 kW per rack). This has driven an architectural shift in data center cooling. The advent of a newer cooling architecture that was designed for the higher densities has brought with it increased efficiencies for the data center. This white paper discusses the efficiency benefits of row-based cooling compared to two other common cooling architectures.

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Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:20:00 -0800

Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the network-critical physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.

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Adopting Server Virtualization for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:20:00 -0800

Hyper-V™ virtualization technology, a feature of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, is an enterprise-class virtualization solution that can be quickly deployed in any business environment. By using Hyper-V with BC/DR solutions from CA such as CA ARCserve® Backup, CA XOsoft™ Replication, and CA XOsoft High Availability, you can build an IT infrastructure with robust business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities to protect mission-critical applications and data while reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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CA XOsoft r12.5 - 14 Day Free Live Trial

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:20:00 -0800

CA XOsoft™ Replication and CA XOsoft™ High Availability software provide combined business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities through replication, continuous data protection, automated failover, and automated DR testing to help protect your critical applications.

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