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	<title>Enterprise Grade IT Services For Businesses Large &#38; Small &#187; Consolidation</title>
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		<title>What Is Driving Grid Computing and Virtualization in the Data Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wim Coekaerts, VP of Linux Engineering at Oracle Corporation, talks about the major trends that are driving grid computing and virtualization in today&#8217;s data centers &#8211; including growth through addition of hardware. Duration : 0:2:14 [youtube Hz1exYdVLbU]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hz1exYdVLbU/2.jpg" align="left">Wim Coekaerts, VP of Linux Engineering at Oracle Corporation, talks about the major trends that are driving grid computing and virtualization in today&#8217;s data centers &#8211; including growth through addition of hardware.</p>
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		<title>Server Consolidation, Business Continuity Achieved with VMware Virtualization and EMC Storage</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/08/13/server-consolidation-business-continuity-achieved-with-vmware-virtualization-and-emc-storage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chicago firm achieved server consolidation and business continuity with a VMware virtualization and EMC storage solution provided by Integrated Data Storage, LLC, a Chicago-based data center integrator. To learn more about other solutions and technologies designed and implemented by IDS&#8211;including backup, disaster recovery, replication, deduplication, among others&#8211;please visit http://www.integrateddatastorage.com Duration : 0:3:25 [youtube 0ykVKSxPplc]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ykVKSxPplc/2.jpg" align="left">A Chicago firm achieved server consolidation and business continuity with a VMware virtualization and EMC storage solution provided by Integrated Data Storage, LLC, a Chicago-based data center integrator. To learn more about other solutions and technologies designed and implemented by IDS&#8211;including backup, disaster recovery, replication, deduplication, among others&#8211;please visit http://www.integrateddatastorage.com</p>
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		<title>Data Center Consolidation for reducing complexity &#8211; Pini Cohen</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/18/data-center-consolidation-for-reducing-complexity-pini-cohen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/18/data-center-consolidation-for-reducing-complexity-pini-cohen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[data center consolidation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reducing IT complexity by consolidation , CMDB, Standartization. By Pini Cohen STKI Summit 2010 Duration : 0:0:38 [youtube 5TbWAAz0MUg]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5TbWAAz0MUg/2.jpg" align="left">Reducing IT complexity by consolidation , CMDB, Standartization. By Pini Cohen STKI Summit 2010</p>
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		<slash:comments>771</slash:comments>
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		<title>Server Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/18/server-consolidation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to Eric Olson, Director of Technical Services, from Expand Networks, talk about Expand&#8217;s Server Consolidation Solution. To learn more, visit http://www.expand.com/Solutions/Index.aspx?URL=/Solutions/Server-Consolidation.aspx. Duration : 0:1:12 [youtube GWjOs4WSgCc]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GWjOs4WSgCc/2.jpg" align="left">Listen to Eric Olson, Director of Technical Services, from Expand Networks, talk about Expand&#8217;s Server Consolidation Solution.<br />
To learn more, visit http://www.expand.com/Solutions/Index.aspx?URL=/Solutions/Server-Consolidation.aspx.</p>
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		<title>EMC &amp; VMware: Simple Management of Virtualized Data Centers</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/07/emc-vmware-simple-management-of-virtualized-data-centers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/07/emc-vmware-simple-management-of-virtualized-data-centers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DETAILS, DEMOS, &#38; LINKS BELOW Virtualization provides greater efficiencies in operations, server utilization, and application continuity. However, data center consolidation, migration, and disaster-recovery projects can be daunting tasks. Join Nelson Hsu, EMC Senior Product Marketing Manager, as he discusses how the EMC VMware-enabled management suite simplifies the complexities of managing the virtual data center For [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XaO5kB-XcVw/2.jpg" align="left">DETAILS, DEMOS, &amp; LINKS BELOW<br />
Virtualization provides greater efficiencies in operations, server utilization, and application continuity. However, data center consolidation, migration, and disaster-recovery projects can be daunting tasks. Join Nelson Hsu, EMC Senior Product Marketing Manager, as he discusses how the EMC VMware-enabled management suite simplifies the complexities of managing the virtual data center<br />
For More Information:<br />
• EMC Smarts Application Discovery Manager Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81xEAMvkg8o<br />
• DEMO: VMware Management with EMC ControlCenter 6.0 http://www.emc.com/events/2007/q3/en_US_20070705_vmware_mana.htm?source=event<br />
• DEMO: Managing Virtual Environments with EMC ControlCenter</p>
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<p>• ESG Analyst Report: EMC ControlCenter Goes Virtual: Provides End-to-end Visibility in VMware environments http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/0607-esg-brief-emc-ecc.pdf</p>
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		<slash:comments>303</slash:comments>
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		<title>Server Consolidation Successes with VMware</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/07/server-consolidation-successes-with-vmware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/07/07/server-consolidation-successes-with-vmware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Server Consolidation Successes with VMware Duration : 0:8:56 [youtube TCCSs574BTk]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jim Oberholtzer: IBM blade-based data center solutions save time and money</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/28/jim-oberholtzer-ibm-blade-based-data-center-solutions-save-time-and-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/28/jim-oberholtzer-ibm-blade-based-data-center-solutions-save-time-and-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim keeps bowling tournament stats viewable in real-time with mobile data centers. A headquarters consolidation onto POWER and x86 processor-based blade servers with IBM Systems Director™ Active Energy Manager saves air-conditioning costs. Duration : 0:1:47 [youtube 7qLwuDKQd1Q]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7qLwuDKQd1Q/2.jpg" align="left">Jim keeps bowling tournament stats viewable in real-time with mobile data centers.  A headquarters consolidation onto POWER and x86 processor-based blade servers with IBM Systems Director™ Active Energy Manager saves air-conditioning costs.</p>
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		<slash:comments>111</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quest Software SQL Break &#8211; SQL Server Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/28/quest-software-sql-break-sql-server-consolidation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/28/quest-software-sql-break-sql-server-consolidation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this &#8220;SQL Break&#8221; we see Christian Hasker interview Brent Ozar (SQL Server domain expert) on the topic of SQL Server consolidation, best practices and strategy considerations. Duration : 0:8:3 [youtube Kb2FVsUcN08]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kb2FVsUcN08/2.jpg" align="left">In this &#8220;SQL Break&#8221; we see Christian Hasker interview Brent Ozar (SQL Server domain expert) on the topic of SQL Server consolidation, best practices and strategy considerations.</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:8:3</b></p>
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		<slash:comments>563</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cisco &amp; Ovum Analyst Discuss Data Center Trends at Interop</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/17/cisco-ovum-analyst-discuss-data-center-trends-at-interop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/17/cisco-ovum-analyst-discuss-data-center-trends-at-interop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Gourlay, senior director, Data Center Solutions at Cisco and Mark Seery, vice president of Switching &#38; Routing at Ovum RHK, discuss data center trends at Interop 2008. These include consolidation, Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), SFP+, Twinax cabling, and new products. Duration : 0:3:40 [youtube BGqMcSWyfpk]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BGqMcSWyfpk/2.jpg" align="left">Doug Gourlay, senior director, Data Center Solutions at Cisco and Mark Seery, vice president of Switching &amp; Routing at Ovum RHK, discuss data center trends at Interop 2008. These include consolidation, Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), SFP+, Twinax cabling, and new products.</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:3:40</b></p>
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		<slash:comments>122</slash:comments>
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		<title>SQL Server Consolidation Payoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/17/sql-server-consolidation-payoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wlenterprise.com/blog/2010/06/17/sql-server-consolidation-payoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brent Ozar talks about how to plan and execute a SQL Server consolidation project, including the risks involved with different styles of consolidation like virtualization. You can watch this video in better quality or in your favorite mobile formats here: http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-management/sql-server-consolidation-payoffs/ Duration : 0:5:7 [youtube _0DcvIyx23Q]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_0DcvIyx23Q/2.jpg" align="left">Brent Ozar talks about how to plan and execute a SQL Server consolidation project, including the risks involved with different styles of consolidation like virtualization. </p>
<p>You can watch this video in better quality or in your favorite mobile formats here: </p>
<p>http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-management/sql-server-consolidation-payoffs/</p>
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