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The Advantages of Virtualized Linux for Business-Critical Applications
sponsored by SUSE
WHITE PAPER: This expert paper explains how migrating from UNIX-based systems to Linux standard-based servers can simplify the virtualization of your critical applications, enabling improved performance, reliability and agility.
Posted: 18 Apr 2013 | Published: 18 Apr 2013

SUSE

Endress + Hauser Success Story
sponsored by SUSE
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines how one organization successfully migrated to Linux and consolidated 14 physical servers to a single IBM System z mainframe. Inside, discover how your business can consolidate physical servers and realize other valuable benefits like rapid provisioning and easy management of virtualized Linux environments.
Posted: 19 Jun 2012 | Published: 19 Jun 2012

SUSE

IBM Sets Pace in Unix Virtualization
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This Gabriel Consulting report research report focuses on the survey results and discusses IBM’s Power Systems virtualization milestones and touches on the implications for the Unix server market.
Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

IBM

Oracle Solaris: Providing A Server Solution with the Cloud in Mind
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Explore this informative resource to learn about a server hardware and operating system paring from Oracle that can provide you the instant benefits of improved application performance, availability, increased eco-efficiency, and more.
Posted: 10 Jun 2014 | Published: 10 Jun 2014

Oracle Corporation

ISVs, "This One's for You"
sponsored by AppZero
WHITE PAPER: Virtual machines and virtual appliances have successfully transformed data center operations. AppZero Virtual Application Appliances extend that transformation to server applications- Linux, Unix, and Windows. This paper explains Instant POCs, simplified implementations, and a cloud friendly slide to the SaaS model.
Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009

AppZero

Moving From Solaris To Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat - HPE
WHITE PAPER: Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® is a standards-based UNIX®-like operating system that provides a development environment similar to SunTM SolarisTM. This paper looks to highlight some of the major differences between Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help application developers port their code.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

Red Hat - HPE

Top Linux Commands to be Aware of
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com examines the crucial commands that can facilitate both Unix and Linux system daily tasks.
Posted: 19 Feb 2014 | Published: 19 Feb 2014

IBM

Extend the Monitoring of Distributed Applications with Operations Manager 2007 to Heterogeneous Environments with Jalasoft Xian Io
sponsored by JALASOFT
WHITE PAPER: The Distributed Application Designer allows administrators to graphically define components which make up a service. Underlying is Operations Manager System Definition Model (SDM).
Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | Published: 10 Mar 2008

JALASOFT

Harmonizing the Twin Trends of Open Source and Virtualization: How Kernel Based Virtual Machine (KVM) Drives Enterprise Business Value
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: In the 1960s, computers housed in data centers were few in number and this resource was very expensive. As a result utilization of those compute resources was kept very high. In order to optimize the utilization of those...
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

Red Hat & IBM

Red Hat Provides CEPSA with a Scalable, Standardized, High-Availability SAP Platform
sponsored by Red Hat - HPE
WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive study to learn how an energy company improved SAP platform response time, reduced infrastructure costs and built a standardized, scalable platform with high availability by switching to standard servers running on in a Linux environment.
Posted: 10 Apr 2013 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

Red Hat - HPE