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Facility Considerations for the Data Center
White Papers The Cisco Enterprise Data Center Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile Information Technology (IT) support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to...
[April 26, 2008, 1:02]
Choose the optimal site for your data center
White Papers This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business, explains how to choose an appropriate location for your data center, from the hazards you should avoid to the physical attributes you want.
[May 16, 2006, 1:00]
Designing a Model for Growth
White Papers Humana wanted to replace an aging data center with a new facility that has the flexibility to accommodate business change and the scalability to support continued company growth and evaluate an array of variables to find the best ways to optimize...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Major Book, Music, and Home Entertainment Retailer
White Papers As a baseline for drafting a new plan and compiling the business case, Forsythe began by performing a detailed assessment of the current state of the data center facility's strengths and weaknesses, including interviews and photographs.
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Secures New Data Center With End-to-End D-Link PoE Network Camera Solution
White Papers Part of their facility design included the need for security cameras. They wanted to see who's coming and going in this high-value facility. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston built a brand new, 7,500 square foot data center...
[April 30, 2009, 1:19]
Special Events Coordinator Plans for Success With SmartDraw
White Papers The facility houses several galleries related to anthropology and archeology, a planetarium, observatory, reference library, as well as a 2,900-square-foot community center for public and private events.
[April 15, 2009, 1:22]
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
White Papers In this paper, we will first review data center tier levels, then comment briefly on what is and is not critical to tier level attainment, and conclude with some pragmatic advice about facility assessment.
[October 6, 2009, 9:40]
IBM creates 'social software' research centre
News The Center for Social Software is a channel for the social-computing community and our customers to collaborate on the most innovative social technologies being developed today," IBM fellow Irene Greif, who will serve as the facility's director...
[September 18, 2008, 11:30]
TeraGrid supercomputing project expands
News In 2001, an alliance of academic supercomputing sites won a $53m NSF grant to build the Distributed Terascale Facility, known for short as the TeraGrid. Now a $35m supplement this year will expand the TeraGrid in a project formally known as the...
[November 26, 2002, 8:44]
Dell cuts 1,900 Irish jobs in production switch
News The move will result in the loss of 1,900 jobs in a facility that employs 3,000 people. Dell has had a facility in Ireland for 18 years, where it has become a major force in manufacturing and the largest employer in the Limerick area.
[January 8, 2009, 12:12]
iFound
Downloads You can find restaurant, gas station, lodging, shopping center, medical facility, attractions, .etc near you. You can get your own location and drive direction right at your finger. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store...
[December 15, 2008, 8:53]
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Reduces Transaction Costs by 50% With CRM System
White Papers BDMS' Bangkok Hospital Medical Center is its primary facility for internal medicine, pediatrics, and general surgery and houses numerous specialized centers. Customer tracking and retention is crucial in helping BDMS' hospitals stay in front in...
[August 28, 2009, 1:22]
Siemens HiPath Solution Leverages Fiber Data Network to Deliver Unparalleled Infrastructure Flexibility and Functionality
White Papers Like most government agencies, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and its sister facility, Wallops Island Flight Facility in Chincoteague, Virginia, are always seeking ways to streamline communications between staff members...
[August 3, 2006, 0:00]
IBM Healthcare Executive Kit: Capacity constrained? Experiencing outages and downtime? Need to better manage operating costs?
White Papers This e-Kit includes informative white papers on topics ranging from IBM data center and facility strategy solutions to the future of the healthcare industry. Today, unprecedented demands facing the healthcare industry are forcing organizations to...
[November 20, 2008, 10:37]
Innovative Indonesian ISP Turns to LightPointe for High-Bandwidth Optical Wireless Connectivity
White Papers While the new facility is only 1 kilometer from the Indonesian Internet Exchange (IIX), there is a busy six-lane highway and another six lanes of road between the two sites. PT.IP Teknologi Komunikasi's (IPTK's) fast-paced growth has required the...
[June 16, 2006, 0:00]
Plasmon Case Study: Lourdes Medical Pavilion (LMP)
White Papers The Lourdes Medical Pavilion (LMP) in Paducah, Kentucky, is a freestanding outpatient diagnostic medical facility that houses the Women's Health and Wellness Center and the Paducah Diagnostic Center. In order to keep pace with an increasing amount...
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
Supercomputing Center Sees 46 Percent Performance Gain With HPC System
White Papers The Las Vegas, Nevada - based National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment is a full-service supercomputing facility with a mission for excellence in education and research. The National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
Risk Assessment as a Business Process
White Papers The risk assessment is a classic process, originally developed by the Defense Department, to not only assess the risk of SOMETHING - a process, a facility a data center, a system; but to also detail cost effective solutions to whatever problems...
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Hospitality: Best Western Plaza Hotel and Trade Center
White Papers Using Cisco Aironet wireless technology and a Cisco Building Broadband Services Manager (BBSM) Gateway, the hotel is now able to provide full indoor coverage to guests at both the hotel and the trade center facility, which are separated by over...
[March 1, 2005, 23:00]
Buy or Lease Your Own Data Center?: Think About It
White Papers There is a big difference between running the IT infrastructure of an organization and being the facility manager. Before a company buys the data center, however, it will want to consider some of the factors not often assessed versus the favorable...
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
