According to our global study of more than 800 cloud decision makers and users are becoming increasingly focused on the business value cloud provides. Cloud is integral to mobile, social and analytics initiatives – and the big data management challenge that often comes with them and it helps power the entire suite of game-changing technologies. Enterprises can aim higher when these deployments are riding on the cloud. Mobile, analytics and social implementations can be bigger, bolder and drive greater impact when backed by scalable infrastructure. In addition to scale, cloud can provide integration, gluing the individual technologies into more cohesive solutions. Learn how companies are gaining a competitive advanatge with cloud computing.

Assembling a clustered environment can be complex due to the many software components that are required to enable technical and high performance computing (HPC) applications to run effectively. This webcast will demonstrate how IBM Platform Computing products simplify cluster deployment, use and management, bringing high performance capabilities to both experienced and new HPC administrators and users. We will also present examples of companies utilizing Platform Computing software today, to improve performance and utilization of their HPC environment while reducing costs.

IBM Platform HPC Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool offers a 3-year total cost of ownership view of your distributed computing environment and savings that you could potentially experience by using IBM Platform HPC in place of competing cluster management software. This model can estimate savings with the deployment of intelligent cluster management software. The use of this simple tool does not substitute for detailed analysis. To have IBM perform a business value assessment for your environment, and provide a more accurate estimate of potential savings, please contact your IBM representative.

IBM Platform HPC Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool offers a 3-year total cost of ownership view of your distributed computing environment and savings that you could potentially experience by using IBM Platform HPC in place of competing cluster management software. This model can estimate savings with the deployment of intelligent cluster management software. The use of this simple tool does not substitute for detailed analysis. To have IBM perform a business value assessment for your environment, and provide a more accurate estimate of potential savings, please contact your IBM representative.

Rackspace Quick Start for Google Cloud Platform helps enterprises expedite their migration to Google Cloud using proven design, automation, and migration methodologies—all executed by Rackspace experts who have deployed more than a million applications into the cloud. By partnering with your company’s cross-functional leaders, our professional adoption team will fast-track your journey to the cloud—typically moving your first application(s) to the cloud within the first few weeks of the program. This annual review includes an assistance with a disaster recovery (DR) simulation, audit of patch levels, and upl eveling the deployment tools to ensure they align with the infrastructure that may have evolved since deployment.

This eBook offers a practical hands-on guide to “Day Two” challenges of accelerating large-scale PostgreSQL deployments. With the ongoing shift towards open-source database solutions, it’s no surprise that PostgreSQL is the fastest growing database. While it’s tempting to simply compare the licensing costs of proprietary systems against that of open source, it is both a misleading and incorrect approach when evaluating the potential for return on investment of a database technology migration. After a PostgreSQL deployment is live, there are a variety of day-two scenarios that require planning and strategizing. The third section of this eBook provides a detailed analysis of all aspects accelerating large-scale PostgreSQL deployments: ? Backups and Availability: strategies, point-in-time recovery, availability and scalability ? Upgrades and DevOps: PostgreSQL upgrade process, application upgrades and CI/CD

This eBook offers a practical hands-on guide to deploying, managing and scaling PostgreSQL in various environments, in the public cloud and on-premises. With the ongoing shift towards open-source database solutions, it’s no surprise that PostgreSQL is the fastest growing database. While it’s tempting to simply compare the licensing costs of proprietary systems against that of open source, it is both a misleading and incorrect approach when evaluating the potential for return on investment of a database technology migration. The eBook provides a detailed analysis of planning, day-one, and day-two challenges of PostgreSQL deployments, in the context of potential operating environments: ? Public cloud ? Private cloud ? Private DC (bare metal / VM)

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.

FlexPod Select with Hadoop delivers enterprise class Hadoop with validated, pre-configured components for fast deployment, higher reliability and smoother integration with existing applications and infrastructure.  These technical reference architectures optimize storage, networking, and servers with Cloudera and Hortonworks distributions of Hadoop. Leverage FlexPod Select with Hadoop to help store, manage, process and perform advanced analytics on your multi-structured data.   Tuning parameters, optimization techniques among other Hadoop cluster guidelines  are provided.

Learn why NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop is better than clusters built on commodity storage. This ESG lab report details the reasons why NetApp's use of direct attached storage for Hadoop improves performance, scalability and availability compared to typical internal hard drive Hadoop deployments.

SAP HANA enables real-time access to mission-critical, business data and thus, revolutionizes the way existing information can be utilized to address ever changing business requirements. This whitepaper describes both the business and technical benefits of implementing the Cisco UCS with NetApp Storage for SAP HANA solution.

Countless studies and analyst recommendations suggest the value of improving security during the software development life cycle rather than trying to address vulnerabilities in software discovered after widespread adoption and deployment. The justification is clear.For software vendors, costs are incurred both directly and indirectly from security flaws found in their products. Reassigning development resources to create and distribute patches can often cost software vendors millions of dollars, while successful exploits of a single vulnerability have in some cases caused billions of dollars in losses to businesses worldwide. Vendors blamed for vulnerabilities in their product's source code face losses in credibility, brand image, and competitive advantage.

Virtualization continues to grow at 20 percent or more per year, but it is not expected to overtake existing physical architectures at least through 2010. This white paper examines the unique challenges of virtualization and offers tips for its successful management alongside IT's physical deployments.

Cost-effective and fully automated device driver management for Microsoft SCCM with the Universal Imaging Utility System Deploy Plug-in. The UIUSD completely eliminates the need for SCCM admins to manage and package drivers.

How can you use the iPad in your organization? What's the formula for a successful iPad deployment? What do you need to know about regulatory requirements, security, HTML5, and custom apps?

As the global business world shifts to all digital, real-time operations, the legacy two-tier ERP architecture so many businesses have relied on to bridge headquarters with subsidiaries can no longer compete effectively. A simple and comprehensive answer exists in SAP S/4HANA. Available in cloud and on-premise, SAP S/4HANA gives organizations the ability to utilize the same product family across a multi-tier deployment.

Entrust’s SSL/TLS Best Practices Guide is a key resource for those charged with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) deployment. In our guide, you’ll find expert advice from the thought leaders at Entrust on SSL/TLS certificate installation, and tips for managing security for optimal performance. Included in the SSL/TLS Best Practices Guide: Certificates and Private Keys Server Configuration Application Protection Enhanced Server Security Domain Protection Advanced Certificates Always-On SSL Our guide is designed to help make SSL/TLS certificate installation easier, so you can use SSL expertly and with confidence.

UCaaS enables businesses to transition their enterprise communications costs from a capital-expenditure (CapEx) to an operational-expense (OpEx) model, transforming the upfront costs related to on-premises PBX and UC deployments to a flexible per-user pricing model, which allows them to quickly scale the number of UC users up or down as business needs dictate.

UCaaS enables businesses to transition their enterprise communications costs from a capital-expenditure (CapEx) to an operational-expense (OpEx) model, transforming the upfront costs related to on-premises PBX and UC deployments to a flexible per-user pricing model, which allows them to quickly scale the number of UC users up or down as business needs dictate.

This white paper shows IT architects, administrators, and DevOps developers how to deploy Docker hosts and execute containerized applications on bare-metal infrastructure.

Cisco® Collaboration Flex Plan gives you access to Cisco’s collaboration products, allowing you to mix and match buying models and deployment models in a single subscription depending on your buying needs. One subscription covers entitlement and technical support for: (a) the cloud services Cisco Webex® Meetings, Cisco Webex Calling, Cisco BroadCloud Calling, and Cisco Webex Teams and (b) the software Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Meeting Server.

UCaaS enables businesses to transition their enterprise communications costs from a capital-expenditure (CapEx) to an operational-expense (OpEx) model, transforming the upfront costs related to on-premises PBX and UC deployments to a flexible per-user pricing model, which allows them to quickly scale the number of UC users up or down as business needs dictate.

UCaaS enables businesses to transition their enterprise communications costs from a capital-expenditure (CapEx) to an operational-expense (OpEx) model, transforming the upfront costs related to on-premises PBX and UC deployments to a flexible per-user pricing model, which allows them to quickly scale the number of UC users up or down as business needs dictate.

When companies invest in a performance center of excellence, it can take up to three years before it starts paying dividends back. As a result, customers are happier, outages are a seemingly rare occurrence, and performance becomes prioritized as a standard policy for application development and deployment.

WAN edge infrastructure is changing rapidly as I&O leaders responsible for networking face dynamic business requirements, including new application architectures and on-premises and cloud-based deployment models. I&O leaders can use this research to identify vendors that best fit their requirements. By year-end 2023, more than 90% of WAN edge infrastructure refresh initiatives will be based on virtualized customer premises equipment (vCPE) platforms or software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) software/appliances versus traditional routers (up from less than 40% today).