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Forrester: Server Virtualization, Q3 2008
- Source:
- Forrester
- Posted:
- Jun 16, 2009
Forrester's IT infrastructure and operations team answered 220 inquiries on data centers, servers, and virtual appliances in 2008, 72 were specifically in regard to server virtualization. If you are considering or are in the process of implementing this study could make all the difference by showing you which questions you too should be asking.
PDF DownloadWhich Blade Solution? Payback Periods in a 'Real-World' Consolidation Test
- Source:
- Dell
- Posted:
- Jul 23, 2010
In choosing a blade server solution for a consolidation exercise, getting the long-term total cost of ownership is an increasingly critical factor: Dell Inc. commissioned Principled Technologies, a technology assessment services provider, to consolidate 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 DellTM PowerEdgeTM M610 blade server and storage solutions using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. This paper discusses the results.
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Symantec State of the Data Center Report 2007
- Source:
- Symantec
- Posted:
- Apr 14, 2009
Today's data centers are becoming more complex and are likely to become even more so in the next five years. Increasingly, businesses are demanding higher application availability and the rapid integration of new technologies. At the same time, the amount of data generated by data center applications is exploding and much of it must be protected, as per new privacy and government regulations, and retained for longer periods of time.
PDF DownloadFive Ugly Truths about WAFS and Caching
- Source:
- Riverbed
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
WAFS and caching are approaches used to accelerate specific applications. They sound good in theory - saving bandwidth and making files go faster over the WAN - but did you know there are serious limitations in the architecture of these approaches? This white paper will give you the real story on why WAFS and caching aren't the best approaches available for application acceleration.
PDF DownloadAddressing the Hidden Challenges of Datacenter Consolidation
- Source:
- EMC
- Posted:
- Jun 02, 2010
Datacenter consolidation is one of the most challenging, costly, and labor-intensive projects an IT organization will undertake. Many critical challenges associated with moving and consolidating servers and other hardware-downtime, extended deadlines, and budget overruns, in particular- can be minimized or avoided through careful planning and diligent communication. Why, then, do so many organizations-in spite of due diligence-find their consolidation initiatives behind schedule and over budget, their mission-critical applications down or compromised, and their end results far short of expectations?
PDF DownloadWhite paper sponsored by EMCIntroducing File Area Networks
- Source:
- EMC
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
Download this free eBook and learn new ways to regain control over the growing amount of file data in your enterprise. See how you can optimize file management projects without disrupting users...or your weekends. And learn how File Area Networks (FANs) can help you centralize file consolidation, migration, replication, and failover. Key topics include how to configure a virtualized, location-independent view of your file data-as well as the basics of creating a reliable FAN that maximizes your IT resources while improving file access. Download this eBook and start streamlining your file management projects today!
PDF DownloadServer Virtualization for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
- Source:
- StoreVault
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
This solution brief demonstrates how integrating StoreVault technologies in a virtual infrastructure can solve the unique challenges in¬herent with ESX deployments in the areas of storage utilization and management, data protection, and backups. This brief explains how simplifying your hardware and server applications with virtualization software provides key improvements to your IT environment. It also provides a simple overview of how to achieve these benefits of virtualization with a StoreVault.
PDF DownloadThe Business Value of Social Networking Applications
- Source:
- HiveLive
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
This paper examines the development of the enterprise social networking market, provides an overview of the benefits to be derived from using social networking technologies, and looks at the role of social networking vendor HiveLive in this strategically important market.
PDF DownloadTroubleshooting Remote Site Networks – Best Practices
- Source:
- Fluke Networks
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
Management and remote site employees expect the same level of network service as the headquarters site. However, when IT staff are faced with limited resources to support remote site networks, often the applications, services and performance at those sites is not as robust as the headquarters site. See how to deliver a high level of network service at remote sites using the best practices outlined in this white paper.
PDF DownloadVirtualization : Into the Great Wide Open (Source)
- Source:
- Novell
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
As virtualization evolves from a cost-saving server consolidation play into the widespread adoption phase throughout the enterprise, virtualization strategies built on an Open Source foundation are getting an increasingly longer look. Get this comprehensive benchmark study of virtualization among large enterprises from IDG Research Services to learn what your peers say are the top benefits of an open virtualization solution; where the challenges are; and how vendors such as IBM, Intel and Novell are addressing them.
PDF DownloadHelp Simplify Virtualization
- Source:
- Novell
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
Enterprises that want to realize the benefits of virtualization to help decrease operating costs face a complex set of technologies that often slow or prevent adoption, potentially leading to missed opportunities. Read this technology report to see how Novell, IBM and Intel provide a game-changing virtualization solution.
PDF DownloadComparing Multi-Core Processors for Server Virtualization
- Source:
- Intel
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
Intel IT shows better performance and lower costs running virtual servers on quad-core architecture. View the results of Intel IT testing of select multi-core processors and their potential role in Intel's data center server virtualization strategy.
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