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The ConRes Resource Library offers a number of solution sheets on topics such as cloud computing, virtualization, datacenter solutions, and security as well as product information, case studies, whitepapers, and technical briefs featuring partner information. ConRes works with a comprensive list of partners, including Oracle, VMware, HP, IBM, NetApp, Cisco and more.

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About Continental Resources

  • 2010 Continental Resources Annual Report

    Continental Resources (ConRes) Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.

  • Corporate Backgrounder (731 KB pdf file)

    IT products and services. OEM/embedded computing solutions. New and used test equipment sales, rentals, and leasing. From the friendly professionals at Continental Resources.

  • ISO 9001:2008 Registered Certificate

    Continental Resources is proud to be ISO 9001:2008 registered. We are audited by UL DQS, Inc. and our certificate number is 10003304.

  • Women-Owned Business Certificate

    As prescribed under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Section 19, Sub-part 2.101, Women Owned Business (WOB), WBENC certifies that Continental Resources is a Women Owned Small Business. (Certificate number 2005111735).

Case Studies

  • Case Study: International Bank (86 KB pdf file)

    Banking customer needed local, multi-state support in the area of data storage and virtualization.

  • Case Study: International Shopping Network (55 KB pdf file)

    Shopping network with compliance requirement needed email and file system archiving solution. ConRes designed, deployed and integrated a highly available, clustered Symantec Enterprise Vault solution.

  • Case Study: International Trading Firm (84 KB pdf file)

    Complete network evaluation of production trading floor. ConRes improved trading performance by 130%.

  • Case Study: Large Regional High School (50 KB pdf file)

    Large regional high school serving 3000 students through 2 campuses streamlined their administration activities and virtualized their environment while maintaining business continuity.

  • Case Study: Large Retailer (59 KB pdf file)

    Retail client required single point of contact to address a large international rollout of IBM blade servers.

  • Case Study: Membership Organization (60 KB pdf file)

    The online and offline membership organization required assistance with the configuring, tracking, and deployment of 184 upgrades to 150 locations across 6 different states – in under 2 months.

  • Case Study: OEM Solution - Medical Imaging Server (55 KB pdf file)

    The Client offers a range of computer aided cancer detection systems to healthcare practitioners. Engaging with the ConRes OEM/Embedded Solutions Group enabled the development of a solution that not only met all of the Client’s technical and safety certification requirements, but also reduced costs by 45%.

  • Case Study: OEM Solution - VoIP Communication Server (Integrated Voice Services) (55 KB pdf file)

    The client provides a turnkey voice over IP telephone service which offers a rich set of features to small and medium sized businesses. A key component of their support strategy is a customer-premise communications appliance that provides telephony features and management access for quality of service diagnostics. The Client would need hundreds of these devices.

Case Studies-Partners

E-Books

Multimedia

  • Video: Advanced Capacity Management

    Ben Muise is a Senior Systems Engineer with Continental Resources. He has been with ConRes for 25 years and has spent the last 5 years specializing in server consolidation and virtualization. In this informative video Ben talks about how Oracle's M4000/5000 series can help you address server consolidation.

  • Video: ConRes HP Capabilities

    Join Laura Leonti, ConRes HP Product Specialist as she gives an overview of the HP Solutions and Services ConRes offers.

  • Video: Dynamic Data Center

    In this video learn how a Dynamic Data Center (now called FlexPod) is an IT architecture that offers a comprehensive strategic solution to a range of data-storage and management headaches—which, in turn, generates rapid and robust ROI.

  • Video: Exchange Server Migration

    Join Paul Begley, Solution Architect, as he discusses how to leverage ConRes' strong partnerships with NetApp and Microsoft in an Exchange Server Migration.

  • Video: The Role of Tape Storage in Today's Enterprise

    Join Mark Marro, product champion at ConRes, as he discusses the role of tape storage in today's enterprise. Mark will talk about the benefits of using tape storage, in particular Oracle's Sun tape product line.

  • Video: Windows File Server Consolidation

    Join Solution Architect, Tim Brown, for a discussion on how to reduce IT costs with NetApp by consolidating and virtualizing file servers.

  • Webinar: Advanced Capacity Management with Server Technology (Forrester Research and ConRes)

    Today, IT organizations have an ever-increasing need for computing power. Today, leaders can deploy advanced virtualization technology to share the physical server infrastructure across the application portfolio, increasing efficiency and driving down costs. A key challenge is selecting the right solution, configuring it and ensuring a successful deployment. You need to select complimentary components that interoperate well in heterogeneous environments. Join Rich Fichera, from Forrester Research and Ben Muise, from Continental Resources (ConRes), as they discuss their perspectives on how organizations can gain the best benefits from new server technologies.

  • Webinar: Boost Data Storage Efficiency with Open Storage

    Oracle's Sun Open Storage solutions offer more flexibility and superior storage economics than traditional data storage architecture, and allow IT teams to quickly find and fix issues, minimize downtime, and reduce the cost of deployment. Join us and learn more about how you can leverage the benefits of open storage to meet today’s challenging storage requirements.

  • Webinar: Discover What the World's Fastest Database Machine Can Do for You

    Oracle’s customers are saying that Oracle Exadata is helping them exceed their own expectations—pushing database performance, facilitating decision-making, and cutting budgets thanks to new levels of efficiency. Join Ben Muise, ConRes Senior Systems Engineer, for an in-depth update on Oracle Exadata's game-changing technology. Ben has been with ConRes for 25 years supporting Fortune 1000 companies, government and academia. In this informative webinar you'll learn why a database machine that delivers extreme performance for online transaction processing and data warehousing applications can revolutionize your business.

  • Webinar: Oracle Exadata Forrester

    Join Forrester Research for an informative webinar on how Oracle Exadata Database Machine provides faster reporting and just-in-time queries and scalability to meet future storage requirements.

  • Webinar: The Role of Tape in Today's Enterprise (ConRes and Forrester Research)

    If you think tape is dead, think again. Despite the perception that tape is an older technology, tape, tape drives and libraries continue to develop with new technology, performance and ROI. Join Continental Resources (ConRes) Solutions Architect, Mark Marro and Rachel Dines from Forrester Research as they answer the question "What is the role of tape in today’s enterprise?"

Partner Profiles

  • Partner Profile: Cisco (194 KB pdf file)

    ConRes is a Cisco Systems Gold Partner (National) with specializations such as advanced data center networking infrastructure, mobile Internet technology and advanced data center storage.

  • Partner Profile: Hitachi (386 KB pdf file)

    ConRes is a Hitachi Data Systems Platinum Partner, delivering performance, availability and scalability — supporting business critical applications and strengthening competitive advantage.

  • Partner Profile: HP (396 KB pdf file)

    HP & ConRes have been strategic and Elite partners for 2 years. HP specifications; solution offerings; and key customer segments.

  • Partner Profile: IBM (326 KB pdf file)

    ConRes is an IBM Premier Business Partner with certifications and professional service capabilities across a broad spectrum of IBM hardware and software solutions.

  • Partner Profile: NetApp (321 KB pdf file)

    ConRes and NetApp partner to offer efficient,high performing storage solutions. Leverage our 45 professional service engineers and over 300 certifications to implement an end to end data center solution.

  • Partner Profile: Oracle (335 KB pdf file)

    Oracle (and Sun) & ConRes have been partners since 1995. Oracle (and Sun) specifications; solution offerings; and key customers segments.

  • Partner Profile: Symantec (176 KB pdf file)

    Symantec & ConRes have been partners for over 15 years. Symantec solution offerings & practices; technical accreditations; Symantec sales solution accreditations and Symantec implementation capability.

  • Partner Profile: VMware (364 KB pdf file)

    ConRes is a VMware Premier Level Solution Provider, the highest partner level a VAR can achieve and one of only a handful in the United States.

Presentations

Solution Sheets

Whitepapers and Briefs

  • Business Brief: Advanced Capacity (417 KB pdf file)

    Data center-class servers from Oracle deliver a host of business benefits, including a smaller data center footprint, hardware purchasing and maintenance savings, flexibility, and more.

  • Business Brief: Cloud Computing Best Practices (555 KB pdf file)

    Read about the best cloud computing practices for building a secure, flexible, and scalable data center to support cloud computing.Learn about considerations such as hardware, operating systems, security, and more.

  • Business Brief: Exchange Server 2010: Critical for Communication (490 KB pdf file)

    Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is a comprehensive solution for securely managing messages, streamlining compliance and cutting costs.

  • Business Brief: Flexpod with NetApp, VMware, and Cisco (705 KB pdf file)

    FlexPod, from NetApp, Cisco and VMware, is a validated reference architecture and integrated support program that represents the culmination of the secure, shared IT Infrastructure. It incorporates NetApp, Cisco, and VMware solutions.

  • Business Brief: Oracle Exadata: Speed, Performance, Availability and Efficiency (534 KB pdf file)

    Oracle Exadata Database Machine solves database issues at the business and IT level, providing organizations with better reporting to positively impact business decisions, while simultaneously reducing complexity and cost in the IT environment.

  • Business Brief: Understanding the Value of OEM Systems Integration Services (2 MB pdf file)

    Learn how to evaluate your manufacturing options, how the benefits of OEM system integrators can help you, and expense reducing opportunities by exploring this business brief on the value of OEM systems integration services.

  • Business Brief: Windows Consolidation: Simplifying Windows Storage With NetApp (489 KB pdf file)

    Windows consolidation is a comprehensive solution for reducing 'server sprawl' and conserving IT resources.

  • Technical Brief: Advanced Capacity (498 KB pdf file)

    Simplify the data center through virtualization

  • Technical Brief: Consolidating Windows Storage with NetApp (493 KB pdf file)

    A comprehensive solution for streamlining storage and improving utilization, availability and productivity

  • Technical Brief: Oracle Exadata: The Database of the Future (537 KB pdf file)

    Delivering faster performance, greater scalability and improving efficiencies in data processing, Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the Database of the future

  • Technical Brief: Tape Storage in Today's Enterprise (616 KB pdf file)

    Advances in tape technology and new uses for it means tape still has a relevant role in any data center.

  • Whitepaper: Getting to the Cloud: Your Practical Guide (121 KB pdf file)

    As seen on Amazon. Cloud computing holds the potential to help you meet today’s toughest IT challenges. Companies everywhere are looking to the cloud to help them provision resources on demand, control costs, reduce waste, improve their productivity, and enhance their decision making.

  • Whitepaper: Inside the Cloud: Your Key Questions Answered (123 KB pdf file)

    As seen on Amazon. The benefits seem clear. But CIOs and IT leaders evaluating cloud technology often express concerns about this new computing paradigm—and perhaps you’re struggling with some of the same issues. Let’s address some of the most commonly asked questions about cloud computing.

  • Whitepaper: Dispelling the Vapor Around Cloud Computing (1 MB pdf file)

    Before developing a cloud strategy, it's important to understand what cloud computing really is. IBM recently conducted a survey of IT and line-of-business decision makers around the world. The purpose of this whitepaper is to share the survey findings, and to provide the IBM point of view regarding key steps and considerations for cloud adoption.

  • Whitepaper: Eight Questions To Ask About Your Intrusion Security (828 KB pdf file)

    Why is intrusion prevention essential? Well…it turns out that questions CAN be answered with questions.

  • Whitepaper: Exadata Exceeds Expectations (151 KB pdf file)

    What became clear from the start, and was reinforced by numerous customer panels as well as one-on-one interviews with users, was that Oracle's claims regarding Exadata's speed, efficiency, and scalability were not hype.

  • Whitepaper: HP FlexBranch (3 MB pdf file)

    FlexBranch converges network functionality, security, and services for simplicity with fast, reliable and secure delivery of data, voice, video and application while reducing IT foot print and enabling centralized management with single platform.

  • Whitepaper: HP FlexCampus Network Solutions (964 KB pdf file)

    The FlexCampus deploys a unified portfolio of infrastructure, network management, security, communications and collaborations tools and technologies enhancing enterprise productivity while streamlining operational cost and complexity.

  • Whitepaper: HP FlexFabric – Data Center (3 MB pdf file)

    FlexFabric is HP’s vision for a next-generation, highly scalable data center network. This architecture streamlines deployment and management, driving end-to-end data center agility through advanced technology, and simplifying network designs and integrated management.

  • Whitepaper: HP FlexManagement Networking Solutions (2 MB pdf file)

    FlexManagement combines a capability for single-pane-of-glass multivendor management with automated virtual machine orchestration and automatic synchronization of network connectivity information.

  • Whitepaper: HP FlexNetwork Architecture (4 MB pdf file)

    HP FlexNetwork Architecture is the industry’s only unified architecture for the data center, campus and branch. Built on a converged infrastructure of proven innovation, industry standards and choice, it segments the network, enabling you to address challenges by aligning the network solutions you deploy to your business needs—all managed through a single pane of glass.

  • Whitepaper: HP Integrity Servers Deliver Mission Critical Converged Infrastructure (827 KB pdf file)

    Detailing the business benefits of the new HP Integrity servers running HP-UX in a mission-critical converged infrastructure.

  • Whitepaper: HP Integrity Systems: Family Guide (1 MB pdf file)

    A side-by-side comparison of the HP Integrity systems: Server blades, Rackmount servers, Superdome servers, and NonStop servers, which are the best choice for today's dynamic IT environments.

  • Whitepaper: Implementing Three-Tier Application on Cisco Unified Computing System (1 MB pdf file)

    This document describes how the Cisco Unified Computing System™ can be used to deploy a three-tier web application on open source servers such as, Apache, JBoss and MySQL. It further outlines a performance benchmark executed to elaborate upon scaling of application by addition of multiple AppServer instances.

  • Whitepaper: Numara Cloud - Managing Mobile Devices (836 KB pdf file)

    The overwhelming adoption of mobile device technologies has changed how business is conducted today. Employees are demanding the same access from their smart phones as they do from their laptops. But without the proper controls in place, do you really know where your company’s secrets reside?

  • Whitepaper: Numara Cloud - Top 10 IT OM Deployment Considerations (751 KB pdf file)

    To most effectively and securely deliver business and IT services, you need a flexible, powerful, on-demand IT Operations Management (ITOM) solution that integrates service, endpoint lifecycle and mobile device management.

  • Whitepaper: Oracle Database Appliance (444 KB pdf file)

    The Oracle Database Appliance is a new engineered systems hardware and software offering that saves time and money by simplifying deployment, maintenance, and support of high availability database solutions. It's simple to manage, and simple to use. Built with mid-sized companies in mind, the Oracle Database Appliance offers "pay-as-you-grow" licensing for up to 24 core processors.

  • Whitepaper: Oracle Solaris and Oracle SPARC T4 Servers for Cloud Deployments (3 MB pdf file)

    Learn how Oracle Solaris and Oracle SPARC T4 processors help organizations manage costs for their existing infrastructures or for new enterprise cloud infrastructure design.

  • Whitepaper: Oracle SPARC T4 Series Server Architecture (2 MB pdf file)

    Oracle's SPARC T4 processors and servers offer reliable performance and energy efficiency within your data center infrastructures. Learn about the Oracle SPARC T4 series in this whitepaper.

  • Whitepaper: The Cisco Unified Computing System (538 KB pdf file)

    The Cisco Unified Computing System adoption is changing the server industry landscape. Improve your IT responsiveness to the rapidly changing business demands with the Cisco Unified Computing System. This data center platform accelerates the delivery of new services reliably, simply, and securely through end-to-end provisioning and migration support.

  • Whitepaper: The Role of Tape in Today's Enterprise (637 KB pdf file)

    If you think tape is dead, think again. Tape is a key part of a comprehensive enterprise storage management solution.

  • Whitepaper: Virtual Storage Delivers a 3 Dimensional Approach to Storage Scaling (614 KB pdf file)

    3D Scaling enables users to independently scale performance, scale capacity, and scale wide, integrating legacy assets and allowing the VSP to ultimately scale to multiple data centers.