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	Achieving Control Over Data Centre Implementations and Operations Out-of-control data centres that lack reliability and proper security often result in systemic instances of lost productivity and operational cost overruns. By proactively enabling services for controlling access to the infrastructure and monitoring for activity, management decisions can be made to improve data centre services that more effectively meet organizational requirements. .
	Achieving Data Centre Optimization with Visual Modeling .
	Are You Getting a True Picture? The Facts About KVM over IP, Bandwidth and Video .
	Avocent Tackles Critical Demands of Healthcare IT Management In this report, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES� (EMA�) analysts examine how the Avocent solution tackles these vital demands of healthcare IT. Avocent provides a single, centralized resource for managing a wide range of IT environments, with out-of-band access capabilities that expand assurance of always-on availability and compliance-supporting security and resilience built in. .
	Back to the Future: The New IT Infrastructure Opportunity As we look out into future of the IT infrastructure landscape, it is becoming ever clearer that we are reinventing our past. The legacy of the IT industry took shape around the concepts of centralized computing, in which the computing intelligence was warehoused in a consolidated fashion in data centres filled with mainframes, and the user was relegated to the large �green screen� entry terminals where the data was entered at the desk but stored back in the data centre. .
	Best Practices in Data Centre Power Management Best Practices in Data Centre Power Management .
	Beyond the Profile: The Next Generation of Secure KVM Switching So how secure is a secure KVM switch? It depends less on the device and more on how the specifications in its PP, ST, and Validation Report align with an agency�s needs, policies, technology, and requirements. .
	Branch Infrastructure Management (SRMI) Challenges and solutions for centralized remote office management. .
	Centralized Management Software Best Practices to Control Your Data Centre .
	Designing a Responsible Cloud Infrastructure Cloud computing implementations have the potential to drive significant improvements in operational efficiency and reductions in operational expenditures. .
	Five Reasons Every IT Organization Needs to Capitalize on IPMI How IPMI can help you better manage more infrastructure with fewer resources .
	How to Get the Full Value of Virtualization Virtualization technology offers cost savings through server consolidation and increased efficiency�but only if your IT staff can meet the management challenges it presents. .
	How to Manage the Data Centre Power Problem Getting a handle on power means installing tools that help you not only measure consumption but also right-size your electrical infrastructure and increase uptime. .
	How to Select a KVM Over IP System to Assist with HIPAA Compliance Hub and spoke failover architecture, virtual media, exit macros and other security elements you should insiston in a KVM over IP switching system for your health care network. .
	Implementation of IPv6 for Avocent Network Appliances The U.S. Government, other country governments and commercial customers have mandated IPv6 compliance for all network equipment (and software applications where applicable). .
	Managing IT in Tough Economic Conditions Technology: Manage IT Assets and Power Consumption to Control Complexity .
	Managing the Virtualized Data Centre A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VMWARE OWNERSHIP .
	New Security Threat: Solved A market position paper from the experts in Secure KVM Switching .
	Power Distribution Considerations for Data Centre Racks The following paper discusses the considerations that need to be made while choosing the appropriate power distribution products at the rack level. Interestingly enough, several of these considerations also help data centre operators manage and control the largest portion of data centre power consumption, which are the actual IT loads. .
	Pragmatic Approach to Data Centre Management Control and Manageability ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES� (EMA�) analysts explore a pragmatic view of data centre management in order to deliver the best practices in real-world data centres for over-arching management solutions. .
	Raising the Bar on Remote Access Organizations must secure systems remotely without compromising the computing experience, hampering administration or adding unnecessary costs. .
	Secure Remote Access for IT Infrastructure Management: ACS Advanced Console Server The Avocent ACS advanced console server offers the most feature-rich set of capabilities in modern console servers. The ACS console server provides the scalability, reliability and security a company requires to control and manage servers and other networked devices. .
	Support of USB Devices USB Lockdown Secure KVM Switching USB as a Security Risk .
	The Promises, Challenges and Imperatives of Data Centre Infrastructure Management Today�s data centres are no longer just an enabler to the business; they can often provide corporations with competitive advantages and are the underpinnings to corporate success. .
	Unleashing the Power of iLO, IPMI and Other Service Processors A Guide to Secure, Consolidated Remote Server Management .
	VIRTUAL MEDIA: Optimizing the Efficiency and Security of Data Centre Operations .