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Power Management in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and 11th-Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Migration Considerations for Windows Server 2012
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will describe the support available for Server 2012 and explain other important considerations to keep in mind while upgrading your server from previous iterations of Microsoft Operating System to the 2012 version.
Posted: 10 Oct 2013 | Published: 10 Oct 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Consolidating Applications with Oracle Solaris Containers
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle Solaris Containers implement OS virtualization using containers that are designed to provide a complete, isolated, secure runtime environment for applications—and in situations where resources can be managed with sub-CPU granularity.
Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 03 May 2010

Oracle Corporation

IDC: Linux in the Mainstream: Growing Deployment of Business-Critical Workloads
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to explore the growth of Linux as a server operating system and discover how deployment form factors have changed over time to support both workload data and the ecosystem.
Posted: 28 Sep 2011 | Published: 28 Sep 2011

Red Hat & IBM

Oracle Solaris and Sun SPARC Systems— Integrated and Optimized for Enterprise Computing
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Oracle Solaris and SPARC are optimized to work with each other to improve security, drive ROI, and minimize TCO in your database environment. Also find technical descriptions of features and capabilities of Solaris that are implemented system-wide to optimize the functionality of the SPARC processor.
Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

Oracle Corporation

The Role of the Operating System in Cloud Environments
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: Download this exclusive whitepaper today and discover the crucial elements you need to consider to create an operationally sophisticated hybrid cloud computing environment.
Posted: 10 Dec 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

Red Hat

Mapping Security for your Virtual Environment
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Access this brief white paper that addresses the concern over managing virtual environment security with an enterprise-ready system that provides full visibility of physical and virtual data center and simplified security policy management.
Posted: 25 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Oracle Solaris Operating System: Optimized for Sun x86 Systems in the Enterprise
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle® Solaris and Oracle’s Sun x86 systems using Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your enterprise application solution environment.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

Oracle Corporation

Virtualization with Oracle Solaris 10
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle offers the most complete portfolio of end-to-end virtualization solutions available today. Read this paper to learn more about the solutions that are available at every layer of the infrastructure – from operating system and resource virtualization, to virtual machines and hard partitioning, to desktops and storage.
Posted: 24 Aug 2010 | Published: 25 Jun 2010

Oracle Corporation

DreamWorks Animation Utilizes the Red Hat Portfolio to Build a Private Cloud
sponsored by Red Hat - HPE
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover how one leading animation studio uses Linux to enable rapid and cost-efficient scalability of computing and resources for high-performance compute (HPC) workloads. Learn how your organization can reduce your data center footprint and enhance reliability by using this Linux platform.
Posted: 16 Jul 2012 | Published: 16 Jul 2012

Red Hat - HPE