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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:The Data Center Network Evolution: Five Reasons This Isn't Your Dad's Network

Look To Virtual Switches, Virtual I/O, Meshed Networks, And Automation To Maximize Your New Data Center Investment

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams are facing a difficult challenge in the data center: tossing out the rules of networking architecture. After years of just "throwing bandwidth" at the...

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Client Inquiry:Who Are The Players In The DCIM Market?

We are currently exploring the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) market to discover some new vendor solution or product in this space. Can you please let us know whether you have any...

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Report:Server And Data Center Predictions For 2013

This report outlines Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives working on data center infrastructure. This report is designed to help you build a road map for 2013. As...

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Report:Voice Of The Customer: The Good, The Bad, And The Unwieldy Of DCIM Deployments

Customers Achieve ROI, But Configuration Is More Difficult Than Expected

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is rapidly emerging as a solution to help IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals improve data center operations and management. As...

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Report:Market Overview: Data Center Infrastructure Management Solutions

Maturing Solutions Allow Integrated Physical Management Of The Data Center

This report is part of the data center infrastructure playbook and should be read by IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals. Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is a...

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Report:Strategic Benchmarks 2013: IT Infrastructure

Benchmarks: The IT Infrastructure Playbook

This report provides IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals with strategic benchmarks to compare their IT infrastructure budgets, priorities, motivations, and technology adoption to...

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Report:Server And Data Center Predictions For 2012

Continuation Of Old Trends And A Few Disruptions

This report outlines Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations executives working on data center infrastructure. This report is designed to help you build a road map for 2012. Looking at...

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Report:Updated Q3 2011: Power And Cooling Heat Up The Data Center

Green Data Centers Become A Foundation For Cloud Growth

Driven by the confluence of rising energy prices, the immense scaling of many cloud workloads, and continual pressures on IT budgets, power and cooling have become even more critical issues than they...

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