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Managing a Vast Technology Infrastructure: Using Microsoft Windows 7, Dell reduces support costs by 25 percent and time to complete imaging work by 50 percent
August 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Dell is planning to upgrade its 100,000 desktop and portable computers to the Windows 7 operating system to reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security.
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Webcasts
Virtualization and the New Economics of IT
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Part of the "Masters of Virtualization" Series from IDG, Dell and Microsoft.
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Webcasts
Blade Servers and Virtualization
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Part of the "Masters of Virtualization" Series from IDG, Dell and Microsoft.
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Webcasts
Web Server Improvements with Microsoft Server 2008
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This is another in our series about Microsoft Longhorn, also known as Server 2008. In this series we break down the most important components of Longhorn and give listeners the benefit of some of...
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Case Studies
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its cooling unit. The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as...
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Webcasts
Overview of New Security Features in Windows Server 2008
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Microsoft Longhorn, otherwise known as Microsoft Windows Server 2008 has a lot of new features, especially deployment and security features. Today we're talking about Bitlocker. No, it isn't a...
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Tools & Templates
Green IT Impact Calculator
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Quantify the Impact of Green IT Virtualization Investments. Welcome to the Green IT Impact Calculator. This worksheet enables you to estimate the impact of virtualization investments to drive...
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Webcasts
How Ready Are You to Upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008?
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
There has been a lot of buzz about Server 2008, otherwise known as Longhorn. But the question on many IT peoples' minds is whether their infrastructure is ready for it. Wouldn't it great if there...
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Case Studies
Dell on Dell: Under New Management
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 helped the IT team recapture lost time and reduce costs by streamlining and automating operating system installation, improving the speed of...
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White Papers
Reducing IT Deployment Time, Labor and Costs with Hyper-V and Dell
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™ offers virtualization capabilities that can help IT organizations reduce server deployment time, cut labor requirements and lessen operating costs. In...
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Webcasts
Dell Talks Microsoft Consulting Services
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Dell's Burk Buechler describes Dell's Consulting Services for Microsoft.
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White Papers
Simplifying the Data Center with Hyper-V™ and Dell
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™ offers virtualization capabilities that can help IT organizations simplify their data center and streamline the IT infrastructure. Dell provides a...
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White Papers
Dell Update Deployment Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
September 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
IT organizations often struggle to efficiently manage a large number of systems while still maintaining a secure environment—and deploying hardware, firmware, and software updates in these...
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White Papers
Unlock Your Hidden Data Center
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Kevin Smith, Enterprise Solutions Marketing Manager at Dell, explains why organizations need to consider energy use in their data center, reasons to "go green", as well as practical ways Dell...
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Case Studies
Virtualized Storage and Windows Server® 2008
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Storage virtualization is nothing new, but what is new and exciting with regard to storage virtualization and Windows Server® 2008? In this podcast, Computerworld Vice President Bill Laberis poses...
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Case Studies
Getting Started with Virtualization Using Microsoft® Hyper-V™ and Dell Services
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Learn how organizations can begin virtualizing their servers using Microsoft® Hyper-V™ today.
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Case Studies
Performing a Virtualization Assessment
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
This animated tutorial outlines virtualization benefits, key features of Microsoft® Hyper-V™ virtualization technology available in Windows Server® 2008.
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Webcasts
Windows Server® 2008: Ten Ways to Deliver New Business Value
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
What are the core IT challenges facing the typical enterprise today? In this video, Computerworld Vice President Bill Laberis and InfoWorld
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White Papers
Dell™ Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
What is the Microsoft®Windows®7 Readiness Assessment (W7RA)? W7RA is a gap analysis of a customer's ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given timeframe. Your migration project is evaluated in...
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White Papers
High-availability Clustering in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Cluster environments enable multiple systems to provide higher availability for applications and services than a single system can typically provide. The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS...
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Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Drivers on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Upgrading Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS also typically requires selecting, installing, and troubleshooting device drivers. Using tested and validated drivers...
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Migrating Dell PowerEdge Servers to Microsoft Windows Server 2008
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Upgrading to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS can offer myriad advantages, including enhanced performance, security, and stability. By following best practices for in-place upgrades and...
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White Papers
Image-Based Installation for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The image-based installation and systems management support in the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS can offer multiple advantages over conventional native installation on local and remote...
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White Papers
HotSchedules Case Study: Workforce Scheduling Provider Increases Capacity and Competitiveness with Virtualization
November 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
HotSchedules needed an agile and scalable IT environment that could respond quickly to growth opportunities. The company deployed the Windows Server® 2008 operating system with Hyper-V™...
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White Papers
Maximum ASP Case Study
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
MaximumASP wanted to offer highly available virtualized servers in order to increase service levels and efficiency and lower costs. The company deployed Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Data Center...
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Case Studies
NetBenefit: Hosting Provider Uses Virtualization to Expand Services and Reduce Costs
September 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
NetBenefit is a leading provider of managed hosting services in the United Kingdom. Faced with ever more expensive London data center costs, the company was looking for ways to expand the hosting...
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White Papers
Migrating Failover Clusters to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS includes significant changes to the failover clustering architecture designed to enhance flexibility and availability, but migrating a cluster from Windows...
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White Papers
Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Information Technology organizations are finding that combining today's industry standard servers based on multi-core processors with server virtualization can create highly efficient solutions. A...
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Case Studies
ServiceU Case Study: Reliable Service
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
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Case Studies
ServiceU Video: Reliable Service
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
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Resource Center
Hyper-V and SCVMM Cloning
September 19, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Windows Server 2008 includes the Hyper-V role, which is a hypervisor that enables server virtualization. This new virtualization hypervisor enables a Windows Server 2008 system to host many VMs or...
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White Papers
Dell Storage and CommVault Simpana Ease Ad Option of Microsoft Windows Server 2008
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Migrating data associated with Microsoft® operating systems, applications, and other software can be a challenge administrators overlook when planning system upgrades. Dell™ PowerVault™ and Dell...
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White Papers
The Intelligent Choice for Microsoft® Windows Server Virtualization
September 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Dell has partnered with Microsoft to create several validated reference configurations, -profiled here -for Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM. Each offers a single source for fully tested hardware,...
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White Papers
Dell™ Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ - High Availability Solutions Guide
September 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
"High Availability (HA) solutions are not new to Windows® environments. This Solutions Guide assumes that you have a basic understanding of Hyper-V as well as the networking and storage concepts...
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Dell™ Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ - Network Solutions Guide
September 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
With the introduction of Hyper-V™ in Windows® 2008, Microsoft® has changed the way virtual machines interact with the host operating system and other network resources. Unlike the Microsoft...
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White Papers
Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS offers an alternative Server Core installation option that creates a minimal environment for specific server functionality. Although this installation option...
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Dell™ Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ - Solutions Guide
September 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Hyper-V is the hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft that is integrated into all Dell supported Windows Server 2008 x64 Editions operating system. As a virtualization solution,...
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Dell™ Solutions Guides for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ - Storage Solutions Guide
September 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The Dell Storage Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V provides an overview of: Storage options available in Hyper-V How Dell-supported storage solutions fit into a Hyper-V Deployment Best...
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Resource Center
Dell Tech Center: Windows Server Virtualization Hyper-V
August 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Use the Dell Technology Center to interact with other IT professionals.
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Downloads
Installation and deployment methods for Windows Server 2008
November 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
When installing a new system like Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn), many datacentre managers want to know what technologies and best practices are available to make the process foolproof. So what...
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White Papers
Forrester Report on Windows 7 Commercial Adoption
February 10, 2011, 12:00am PST
More than one year after its general availability (GA) launch, Windows 7 powers one out of every 10 PCs within North American and European companies. While far from overwhelming - especially...
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Whitepapers
Simplify and Streamline Your Active Directory Administration
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
Windows Active Directory (AD) is a critical part of your IT infrastructure, and when it comes to AD, the discussion always centers on the big picture topics like security, compliance, auditing,...
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White Papers
How to Optimize Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Deployments With F5 BIG-IP
June 18, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Deploying and managing desktop computers, especially remote desktop computers, can be costly and time-consuming. As a result, many organizations are transitioning to a virtual desktop...
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White Papers
Journey Into the Cloud
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Economic conditions have indelibly altered the bottom line at many enterprises. In the current climate, IT infrastructure characteristics can make or break a business, heightening requirements to...
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White Papers
F5 ARX File Virtualization and Dell Storage
June 11, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The torrid rate of growth in file data is elevating the strategic importance of smart data management in the eyes of IT professionals. Businesses and other organizations are generating data faster...
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Whitepapers
The Five Steps for Regaining Control of SharePoint
December 30, 2009, 12:00am PST
Many organizations are choosing Microsoft SharePoint for their collaboration and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) needs. Office SharePoint Server helps them understand and gain control over...
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Whitepapers
Achieving High Oracle Performance With Advanced Performance Management
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
DBAs today need better tools than ever, because they are being asked to manage increasingly complex systems that are ever more critical to the organization. As those complex systems change -...
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Whitepapers
How to Migrate to Oracle 11g With Minimal Downtime
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In these tough economic times, organizations are trying to lower costs in all of their business operations. One key method for cutting IT costs is migration: migration to hardware that is less...
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Whitepapers
Simplify Forefront Identity Manager With the Quest One Identity Solution
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) is a powerful identity and access management framework that addresses the unique authentication, authorization and administrative needs of today's...
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Whitepapers
Essential Guide to an NDS-to-Active Directory Migration
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
With the release of Windows Server 2008 and the latest iteration of Active Directory, many enterprise IT departments have decided that Active Directory is a sufficiently mature and proven...
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Whitepapers
Integrating Workload Replays Into Database Change Management
December 20, 2010, 12:00am PST
There is one universal database constant: no matter what, the database will change over time. Often, however, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and user expectations remain mostly the same - in...
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Whitepapers
Restructuring, Consolidating, or Merging Active Directory Domains: What You Need to Know Before You Start
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Making changes to Active Directory domains can be a risky proposition. It is at the center of today's networks; mission-critical applications, such as e-mail, rely on it and users need it to...
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Whitepapers
The Challenges and Benefits of IT Consolidation for Government
December 8, 2009, 12:00am PST
Technology facilitates nearly every citizen interaction with government today. From allowing employers to file unemployment tax data over the Internet to licensing every motor vehicle driver to...
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Whitepapers
PowerShell in the Enterprise: Best Practices and Recommendations
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
With the arrival of Windows PowerShell 2.0, PowerShell is on the brink of widespread enterprise adoption. Microsoft's Common Engineering Criteria dictates that new server and product management...
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Whitepapers
Nine Key Features of SharePoint 2010 that Simplify SharePoint Administration
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
SharePoint 2010 will offer a lot of new services and features, but there's a lot of confusion about how they will affect day-to-day administrative tasks. In this new white paper, Joel Oleson,...
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Whitepapers
Gaining Total Messaging System Visibility With Quest MessageStats and Quest Spotlight on Messaging
May 14, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The workforce depends on an available and secure messaging system to remain productive. Employees who are mobile or geographically dispersed need flexible communications solutions to stay...
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Whitepapers
How Managers Can Help Their Developers Write Excellent Code
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
It is generally hard to write software, and notoriously difficult to write really good software (efficient, maintainable, and bug-free). It is an act of almost purely mental effort, and requires...
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Whitepapers
The Fundamentals of Maintaining Correct PL/SQL
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The author has been writing software for 30 years. And during that time, he has been involved in my share of successful projects and failed projects. The authors certainly know which kind he would...
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Whitepapers
Improving Identity and Access Management in an SAP Environment
April 26, 2010, 12:00am PDT
If one is using SAP in a Windows-centric environment, one is probably performing the same management tasks, such as user provisioning and resource access management, twice - once for Active...
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Whitepapers
Achieving Successful Coexistence Between Lotus Notes and Microsoft Platforms
December 8, 2010, 12:00am PST
Whether migrating from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint, or if one requires prolonged coexistence between the two platforms during a merger or acquisition, ensuring...
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Whitepapers
Ensuring a Successful Migration, Consolidation, or Restructuring With Quest
April 8, 2010, 12:00am PDT
More and more companies are facing infrastructure consolidations, restructuring, and migrations. These projects may be necessary due to an acquisition or merger or to achieve specific business...
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Whitepapers
Achieving Compliance, Improving Security and Simplifying Audits With Quest
November 27, 2010, 12:00am PST
Nothing may have changed the way people manage IT assets more than today's security challenges, industry and legislative requirements, and auditing activities. IT managers must be concerned with...
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Whitepapers
Simplifying Windows Platform Customization With Quest
April 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Organizations frequently build custom functionality on top of Windows applications, such as SharePoint and SQL Server. The organizations expect that customization will lead to a fast return on...
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Whitepapers
Seven Ways to Simplify Windows Management
April 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Today's IT managers must deal with flat or shrinking budgets while maintaining service levels and complying with an increasing number of policy regulations. Operationally, they must also respond...
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Whitepapers
Simplifying IT Administration and Automation With Quest
April 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Most administrators who regularly work with Microsoft platforms face daily challenges to their productivity and acknowledge that managing their server products isn't always as efficient as it...
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Whitepapers
Getting the Most From Your Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure With Quest
April 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
To increase the flexibility of application and desktop delivery, improve security, and reduce overall IT costs, organizations are exploring a variety of desktop virtualization models. But desktop...
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Whitepapers
IT Consolidation in the Public Sector: How to Achieve IT Optimization
April 27, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In response to the current economic downturn, many public sector organizations are consolidating their IT operations - that is, reducing the complexity and number of assets in their...
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Whitepapers
Active Directory Provisioning: More Efficient, More Secure... Wouldn't It Be Nice?
March 24, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Most organizations spend far too much time provisioning, de-provisioning, and re-provisioning users in Active Directory. The native tools are inefficient and time-consuming, and the manual...
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Whitepapers
Addressing Security and Data Ownership Issues When Choosing a SaaS Provider
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper will explore how SaaS solutions impact the security strategy. It explains how to determine whether a SaaS provider is worthy of the trust, including how to evaluate the provider as an...
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Whitepapers
Desktop Virtualization: Best Bet for a Dwindling IT Budget?
September 9, 2010, 12:00am PDT
No doubt one has at least heard the hype about Desktop Virtualization/Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Some of you a may be somewhat skeptical. Vendors and analysts typically over inflate...
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Whitepapers
Key Methods for Managing Complex Database Environments
October 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
There's no getting around it-your company is responsible for managing multiple database platforms. And it's up to your DBA staff to maximize platform uptime and performance to best ensure user...
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Whitepapers
Seven Steps for a Successful Domino Migration to Exchange 2010
October 6, 2010, 12:00am PDT
There has never been a better time to migrate to Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server from other messaging platforms such as Lotus Notes and Domino. With the release of Exchange Server 2010,...
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Whitepapers
Managing the Performance of Websites That Rely on Content Delivery Networks
November 4, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Content delivery networks (CDNs) can maximize web page performance by reducing latency and making applications run faster. This improves customer satisfaction and loyalty and, ultimately, your...
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Whitepapers
Transaction Tracing Through Complex Web Applications
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
When web applications slow down, it causes serious problems - so they must be fixed before they impact business transactions. IT groups often trace transactions from the source across the domains...
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Whitepapers
Web User Experience: Common Indicators for Business and IT Collaboration
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Business teams and IT often lack a common language for working together. IT provides highly responsive application services with constant uptime - with no insight into business needs. Meanwhile,...
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Whitepapers
When the Worst Happens: SharePoint Recovery
November 10, 2010, 12:00am PST
In the last few years, SharePoint has grown up right before the eyes. It started out as a scrappy little web application that everyone knew about, but nobody knew what it was or what it did. Then...
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Whitepapers
Optimize IT Business Operations for Cost Savings and Efficiency
November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Many in the IT industry fear recession, since IT is often viewed as an overhead expense and is one of the first areas targeted for cost-cutting. However during the 1998-2004 recession, agile IT...
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Whitepapers
How Password Lifecycle Management Can Save Money and Improve Security
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
While stronger forms of authentication have been readily available for many years, passwords remain the most common form of network authentication. Passwords are easy, require little training, and...
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Whitepapers
Maximizing Virtual Machine Performance
December 6, 2010, 12:00am PST
VM performance is ultimately determined by the underlying physical hardware and the hypervisor that serves as the foundation for the virtual infrastructure. The construction of this foundation has...
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Whitepapers
The Quest Cloud Automation Platform
November 17, 2010, 12:00am PST
Private cloud automation technologies enable organizations to deliver the complex services they need even when IT budgets are tightly constrained. This paper describes the fundamental technologies...
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