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Capitalizing on data center services, Windows 8 upgrades: Q&A
Learn about current hardware opportunities for solution providers, including data center services and the effect Windows 8 upgrades will have on Windows 7 hardware. Q&A
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Upgrading to energy-efficient servers
This chapter excerpt has information on consolidating servers, using power management tools and choosing energy-efficient servers and power supplies. Chapter Excerpt
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Procedures for cooling blade servers
Cooling blade servers can be expensive, demanding advanced technology and specialized skills. Learn about the various methods and solutions for cooling blade servers. Feature
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Using blade servers for virtualization, clustering
While blade servers are similar to standard servers in many ways, companies are increasingly turning to blade servers for advanced functions such as virtualization and clustering. Feature
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Pros and cons of blade server technology
While certain businesses will derive great benefits from the compact size of blade server technology, consolidating computing resources and keeping costs low, this technology isn't necessarily the right choice for everyone. Learn the pros and cons an... Feature
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How do electrical load, server cooling affect server virtualization?
Learn why it's important to consider electrical load and server cooling requirements when embarking on a blade server virtualization project. FAQ
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How does blade server virtualization bring energy savings?
Discover how integrated switches, storage area networks and other tools used in blade server virtualization projects can save energy in your client's data center. FAQ
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What are the range of applications to be virtualized?
Customers need to know which applications they plan to virtualize during a blade server virtualization project. Learn why this is an important question to ask your customers. FAQ
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What are the different types of virtual file storage?
Learn about the different types of virtual file storage, like InfiniBand and fibre, and how they might be helpful in a blade server virtualization project. FAQ
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What are the consolidation ratios for virtual blade servers?
Learn about the consolidation ratios for blade server virtualization projects. FAQ
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IBM takes another stab with low-priced PowerLinux systems
IBM’s new low-priced Power servers compete with x86 for Linux workloads and may help IBM gain “big data” market share. News | 25 Apr 2012
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Novell offers SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 partner training
Novell partners can take advantage of new training for SUSE 11, which was released this week. Read all about it, plus IDC's server market forecast, in the weekly news roundup. Article | 27 Mar 2009
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Dell profits drop by 48% as IT hardware market suffers
Dell profits plummeted for the quarter, just a week after Hewlett-Packard also posted a loss. Read all about it, plus the latest from VMworld Europe, in our weekly news roundup. Article | 27 Feb 2009
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HP offers expert service contracts VARs can resell for ProLiant blade servers
HP offers VARs the ability to sell expert service contracts to help customers overcome security, power, cooling and other ProLiant blade server implementation problems. Article | 11 May 2007
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Technology trends in processors and servers
Quad-core pushes, virtualization advances and licensing turmoils are just a few of the trends to consider in today's competitive server processor landscape. Blade Servers and Virtualization author Barb Goldworm presents channel considerations in serv... Column | 26 Mar 2007
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HP ads point SMBs to the channel, not direct to HP
Beyond simply promoting the channel, new Hewlett-Packard ads will tell SMB customers a VAR is the best option by linking them to local partners. Article | 12 Jan 2007
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Baird survey shows optimistic Q1, VAR kudos for HP, Sun
Financial analyst report predicts HP and Sun will do well for VARs during what looks like a positive customer-spending trend Q1 and throughout 2007. Article | 08 Jan 2007
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Integrating IBM AIX's NIM and SUMA
Now that you've had an overview of key sessions -- and parties -- attended at IBM System p, AIX 5L and Linux Technical University, as well as the "buzz" on HACMP and Linux, our contributor Ken Milberg dives into some of the more technical takeaways. ... Column | 01 Nov 2006
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IBM AIX best practices and methods
Some of the best practices and methods to come out of the "care and feeding of AIX" class at IBM System p, AIX 5L and Linux Technical University included how to best configure the /etc/netsvc.conf file, why to increase the number of AIX users and how... Column | 01 Nov 2006
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IBM's newest SOA effort makes life a lot easier for the channel
Aggressive marketing to customers and what looks like an effective effort to enroll VARs in projects with IBM and with each other seems to be making what was a complex tech-education project into a simpler solution sell. Article | 12 Oct 2006
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Factors to consider when using blade servers for virtualization
Using blade servers for server virtualization can be a great way to cut your customers' data center space requirements as well as their power and cooling costs. But virtualizing on blade servers introduces issues that don't exist on standard rack-mou... Tip
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Choosing a Unix-based blade server
Get details on offering Unix-based blade servers from the big Unix vendors on the market, including HP, Sun and IBM. Tip
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Countering the top five blade server objections
Find out what the top five objections to blade servers are and learn approaches to address them. Tip
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Powerful Linux virtualization software: IBM System p and PowerVM Lx86
IBM's Linux virtualization software for the System p, PowerVM Lx86, does away with a big obstacle to virtualization on the midrange server: Porting to the Power architecture is no longer necessary. Tip
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Blade server channel opportunities: HP, IBM, Dell?
As the blade server market continues to grow in customer shops everywhere, IBM, HP and Dell offer channel partner programs that allow resellers to sell and support blade servers effectively. Tip
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Blade server technologies for scalable processing power
Blade server technologies may be an attractive option to customers needing more processing power using fewer network ports and less data center space. Tip
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Linux on blade server basics
Running Linux on 64-bit blades is an excellent option for customers looking to save money and data center floor space. Tip
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Linux operating systems on blade server: Hardware options
Choosing the best hardware and Linux distribution for your customer's blade server installation is not an easy task, but these hardware considerations will help. Tip
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Linux partition on IBM POWER (LoP) services and best practices
Adding a Linux partition to an IBM POWER system can open your customer to new business opportunities and resources. Tip
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Linux on IBM POWER (LoP) for consolidation and scalability
IBM has thrown its support behind Linux by allowing customers to run its proprietary Unix (AIX) or Linux on System p. Find out what business opportunities this may bring you as a VAR or systems integrator. Tip
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Blade server virtualization FAQ podcast
Don't have time to dig into the blade server virtualization FAQ guide now? Now you can download the podcast in MP3 format. Podcast
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IBM takes another stab with low-priced PowerLinux systems
IBM’s new low-priced Power servers compete with x86 for Linux workloads and may help IBM gain “big data” market share. News
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Capitalizing on data center services, Windows 8 upgrades: Q&A
Learn about current hardware opportunities for solution providers, including data center services and the effect Windows 8 upgrades will have on Windows 7 hardware. Q&A
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Upgrading to energy-efficient servers
This chapter excerpt has information on consolidating servers, using power management tools and choosing energy-efficient servers and power supplies. Chapter Excerpt
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Novell offers SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 partner training
Novell partners can take advantage of new training for SUSE 11, which was released this week. Read all about it, plus IDC's server market forecast, in the weekly news roundup. Article
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Dell profits drop by 48% as IT hardware market suffers
Dell profits plummeted for the quarter, just a week after Hewlett-Packard also posted a loss. Read all about it, plus the latest from VMworld Europe, in our weekly news roundup. Article
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Factors to consider when using blade servers for virtualization
Using blade servers for server virtualization can be a great way to cut your customers' data center space requirements as well as their power and cooling costs. But virtualizing on blade servers introduces issues that don't exist on standard rack-mou... Tip
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Procedures for cooling blade servers
Cooling blade servers can be expensive, demanding advanced technology and specialized skills. Learn about the various methods and solutions for cooling blade servers. Feature
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Using blade servers for virtualization, clustering
While blade servers are similar to standard servers in many ways, companies are increasingly turning to blade servers for advanced functions such as virtualization and clustering. Feature
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Pros and cons of blade server technology
While certain businesses will derive great benefits from the compact size of blade server technology, consolidating computing resources and keeping costs low, this technology isn't necessarily the right choice for everyone. Learn the pros and cons an... Feature
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Choosing a Unix-based blade server
Get details on offering Unix-based blade servers from the big Unix vendors on the market, including HP, Sun and IBM. Tip
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About Computer Server Hardware Installation
Computer server hardware installation is a valuable service that value-added resellers (VARs) and IT solutions providers can offer to business customers. Increase your server hardware business by improving your server hardware support offerings with these news articles, tips and technical advice. Help customers choose, implement and manage server hardware, including blade servers, tower servers and rack servers. These server installation resources cover server virtualization, migration and storage space, as well as the latest news from Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell and other server vendors.