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Case Studies
Business Management Solution Provider Supports Attended & Unattended Systems With Remote Desktop Support Appliance
Aug 2008
In order to ensure that owners have the latest security measures implemented at POS terminals and that hardware/software systems are functioning properly, Innovative Control Systems (ICS) must be...
Provided by Bomgar
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Presentations
CA Disaster Recovery Demo
Dec 2008
Disaster recovery describes the backup and recovery processes that are used to protect computing environments against the loss of data or services that are caused by a catastrophic event or...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Solution Brief: CA Recovery Management and VMware
Sep 2008
Read this paper to see how VMware Virtual Infrastructure and CA Recovery Management team up to deliver higher availability and risk-resistance for business-critical information and applications,...
Provided by CA XOsoft
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Presentations
CA Virtualization Support Demo
Dec 2008
Server virtualization is becoming widely used to help organizations reduce hardware and power costs. However, virtual machines (VMs) must be protected by using specific data protection...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Benefits of Deploying VMware Infrastructure on 3PAR Utility Storage
Jan 2009
Using VMware? Then you need 3PAR Utility Storage. Combining server virtualization with highly virtualized storage from 3PAR allows you to increase overall utilization, provisioning agility, and...
Provided by 3PAR
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White Papers
Simplifying the Campus Help Desk
Aug 2008
Supporting faculty, staff, and students in a campus setting is no small task. The challenges of supporting end-users in a geographically dispersed and technologically irregular environment may...
Provided by Bomgar
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White Papers
Healthcare: Secure, Compliant Virtual Support
Jun 2008
IT personnel in the healthcare industry are faced with the daily challenge of supporting technology for doctors and medical staff who are making critical health decisions. However, employees,...
Provided by Bomgar
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Case Studies
Global Manufacturing Company Boosts Agility With Server to Desktop Virtualization
Feb 2009
Ingersoll Rand is a global manufacturing company with diverse product lines. Recent growth by acquisition contributed to an already decentralized, heterogeneous IT infrastructure. To simplify...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Services Provider Uses Virtualization to Cut Costs and Build Agility for Clients
Feb 2009
Based in Heidenheim, Germany, Voith IT Solutions provides IT services that support the global operations of its parent company, Voith. To maximize service while minimizing costs, Voith IT...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Investment Firm Expands Service Recovery, Lowers Costs With Virtualization
Feb 2009
Munder Capital Management of Birmingham, Michigan, thrives on information. Interruptions to business systems often left traders and analysts without access to information needed to make quick...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Telco Calls on Virtualization to Speed New-Service Rollout, Cut Costs, Boost Uptime
Jan 2009
Umniah is a leading player in the fast-growing Jordanian mobile communications market. To stay ahead of the competition, Umniah needs to roll out new services continually and maintain exceptional...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Globalization Company Standardizes, Cuts Costs, Enhances Security With Virtualization
Dec 2008
Lionbridge Technologies provides globalization, development, and testing services for enterprise applications and IT systems. A public company with U.S.$452 million in revenue, it handles complex...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Scottish Council Saves £100,000 in First Year by Virtualising Server Estate
Nov 2008
Perth and Kinross Council wanted a more cost-effective delivery environment for its growing portfolio of citizen-centric services, some of which required multiple servers consuming large amounts...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hosting Company Expands Services, Ensures Uptime, and Slashes Costs With Virtualization
Nov 2008
Santa Barbara Web Hosting (SBWH) provides enterprise-class managed services to nearly 4,000 small and medium-sized customers. Like many hosting providers, SBWH was challenged with rising power...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Real Estate Firm Boosts Business Agility, Service Availability, With Virtualization
Dec 2008
MLS Property Information Network, Inc. (MLS PIN) is the most prominent multiple listing service in New England, serving nearly 30,000 real-estate professionals with Web-based property listings....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Improves Service Availability, Reduces IT Workload With Virtualization
Nov 2008
Indiana University is one of the largest state university systems in the United States, with nine campuses, 100,000 students, 7,000 faculty members, and 11,000 staff members. The university's...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
City Administration Uses Virtualization Solution to Drive Agility, Boost Productivity
Nov 2008
Comune di Roma is the largest municipality in Italy and the capital city. Comune di Roma wanted to consolidate servers for its new data center and centralize a managed test environment to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Consultancy Firm Moves Toward Universal Virtualization
Oct 2008
Avanade is a rapidly expanding global IT consultancy firm with a growing number of professionals. Until recently, the IT department could not contain the equally impressive increase in servers....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Frozen-Food Leader Enhances Business Performance With Virtualized Software
Jan 2009
The leading frozen-food manufacturer in France, Picard Surgeles wanted to revolutionize how it manages its computer environment. To optimize software management, IT managers at Picard virtualized...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Streamlines IT and Enhances Connections Between Students and Teachers
Nov 2008
The University of Memphis (U of M) is dedicated to providing a quality education experience and a superior technology environment. The university IT department manages more than 100 applications...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Desktop Virtualization Improves Application Management, Reduces IT Workloads
Dec 2008
The IT staff at Ardentec, a semiconductor testing company, was experiencing software version and compatibility issues, as well as lengthy desktop setup times, system security concerns, and other...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Italian Manufacturer Uses Application Virtualization for Fast Deployments
Dec 2008
Brembo manufactures automotive brake systems. Its employees expect the latest IT solutions, but when Brembo went to deploy a Microsoft Office 2007 suite, it found that some existing applications...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
ISV Improves Product Adoption, Customer Satisfaction With Virtualization Solution
Dec 2008
AspenTech develops and delivers advanced solutions to optimize the processes of its manufacturing customers. But it took time before customers could actually use and benefit from AspenTech's...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Healthcare Provider Simplifies Application Packaging and Delivery With Virtualization
Feb 2009
Baptist Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare provider in southern Florida, delivers high-quality medical care with the help of an IT environment that includes 8,000 computers and 700...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
City Government Streamlines IT Management With Application Virtualization Technology
Jul 2008
The municipal government of Karlsruhe, Germany was facing high IT administration costs to deploy new applications and software updates for 2,000 desktop and laptop computers. The City of Karlsruhe...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Simplifies Application Management, Enhances Security With Virtualization
Dec 2008
The IT staff for the Chancellor's office at California State University (CSU) was facing difficult management issues for the 75 applications and 600 desktops it supports. Laborious deployments and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Language University Streamlines Application Services for Classrooms and Workshops
Nov 2008
The Universita IULM provides information services in classrooms and workshops, including a system of applications running on computers. The university wanted to unify system management, improve...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Global Manufacturer Reduces Computer Costs by Simplifying Application Management
Dec 2008
The world's leading manufacturer of sheet-fed offset printing press systems, Heidelberg relies on thousands of personal computers to help its employees to work as productively as possible in a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Testing Services Provider Streamlines Workstation Management and Application Delivery
Dec 2008
To do their technically demanding jobs, the scientists and engineers at TUV NORD - one of Europe's leading technical services providers - need reliable technology environments. Managing 8,000...
Provided by Microsoft
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Presentations
Unite Data Center Technologies with the Cisco Unified Computing System - Flash Overview
Mar 2009
Cisco is transforming the data center. Learn more about the foundation technologies of the Cisco Unified Computing Architecture and how Cisco has unified data center technologies, simplified the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Cisco Executives Speak on Unified Computing System - Video
Mar 2009
Listen firsthand as Cisco leaders describe how the Cisco Unified Computing System is designed and optimized for virtualized data centers. You'll learn how this new architecture reduces time to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Technical Video Overview of the New Cisco Unified Computing System
Mar 2009
The Cisco Unified Computing System provides the capability to scale virtualized resources, reduce the time to deploy new applications, and re-provision resources quickly and efficiently. This...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
Dawn of the New Data Center - Cisco TechWiseTV
Mar 2009
What happens when experts from the server, virtualization, and networking realms are given permission to ignore conventional wisdom and build the perfect data center? The Cisco TechWiseTV...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Sustaining Virtualization's ROI: How a Disciplined Process and Complementary Technologies Can Make It Happen by Bill Tohtz
Dec 2007
On August 13, 2007, the highly anticipated VMware public offering stunned the Wall Street investment community. The virtualization software company - whose IPO price was set at $29 - zoomed to $56...
Provided by Sayers
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White Papers
Getting More From Server Virtualization: Building an Adaptive Computing Infrastructure With Virtualization and ZXTM
Sep 2008
Server Virtualization has dramatically changed the landscape in the datacenter. Organizations are consolidating workloads from underutilized servers and are seeing large reductions in datacenter...
Provided by Zeus Technology
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White Papers
Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
Apr 2008
Business Service Management (BSM) is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or...
Provided by Enterprise Management Associates
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White Papers
How Desktop Virtualization Can Lower Costs and Raise Productivity
Jan 2009
Desktop virtualization is quickly gaining traction. It's no wonder given the high cost of maintaining PCs and the popularity of client-server technology. Costs can vary, but one study by a leading...
Provided by BOSaNOVA
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White Papers
The Microsoft Virtualisation Strategy: What Makes This Enterprise Class Virtualisation Solution Different?
Dec 2008
It used to be that virtualisation was locked away safe in the hands of geeks or software testers where it wouldn't ruin the day for the rest. However, the technology has matured to the point that...
Provided by C Infinity
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White Papers
Evaluating Grid Storage for Backup & Archive
Sep 2008
This white paper by The Taneja Group explores requirements for secondary storage platforms, including massive scalability and performance; modular configurability; affordability; and high...
Provided by NEC Corporation of America
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White Papers
SAN Storage: Coping with Server Virtualization
Mar 2009
Server virtualization is easy, but networked storage for virtualized servers is anything but. Key challenges include: storage network oversubscription virtual server downtime due to provisioning...
Provided by NEC Corporation of America
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Whitepapers
A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
Sep 2008
This whitepaper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on...
Provided by Citrix Systems
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White Papers
Improving Policy Verification Capabilities of Trusted Platforms
Jun 2008
Verifiable trust is a desirable property for computing platforms - a user has a fundamental interest in knowing whether a computing platform about to be used behaves as expected. These systems...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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White Papers
A Comparative Study on Secure Network Virtualization
May 2008
Secure and efficient network virtualization is a key building block for virtualized environments such as data centers or enterprise networks. While machine virtualization alone provides immediate...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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White Papers
Bridging the Gap Between Software and Hardware Techniques for I/O Virtualization
Jun 2008
The paravirtualized I/O driver domain model, used in Xen, provides several advantages including device driver isolation in a safe execution environment, support for guest VM transparent services...
Provided by USENIX Association
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White Papers
Auditing in Shared Distributed Virtualized Environments
Jan 2008
The introduction of virtualization into the data centre can help provide a more manageable platform for the enterprise by reducing the number of physical machines and increasing utilization as...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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White Papers
Managing Enterprise Services in Virtual Environment
Jul 2008
Virtualization is becoming an increasingly commonplace commodity. The Service Lifecycle Management project at HP Labs is investigating how it can be applied to a more flexible provisioning of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard
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White Papers
Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 With VMware ESX Server 3
Nov 2007
Initial enterprise virtualization deployments often focus on test and development and server consolidation. Once these initial deployments are successful, the next step is to identify additional...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance
Aug 2008
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tape-based backup infrastructure. A VTL is a set of disks that emulate tape; one sees a disk array, the...
Provided by Taneja Group
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Case Studies
Educators Aim to Trim Servers by 60 Percent, Halve Data Center Space With Virtualization
Jun 2008
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) was running out of data center space and wanted to reduce power and management costs. KDE had early experience with virtual machines and wanted to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Medical Center Reduces Costs, Improves Application Performance With Virtualization
Jun 2008
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) embraced virtualization three years ago to preserve limited data center space, lower costs, and better utilize servers. The center adopted Microsoft...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Integration Services Company Increases Network Performance While Reducing Costs
Mar 2008
Telstra Business Systems, an Australian provider of IT integration and management solutions, needed to improve the performance of its own enterprise network. Because of increased business from new...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Agricultural Cooperative Grows More Adaptable With New Virtualization Solution
Jun 2008
Land O'Lakes is a large, diversified food and agricultural cooperative based in Arden Hills, Minnesota. Its over-crowded data center contained a proliferation of aging servers, each of which was...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
HP Finland Expects New Virtualization Solution to Optimize Data Center Operations
Jun 2008
HP Finland Outsourcing Services uses VMware ESX to manage its pay-per-use hosted services in its data center. Staffers skilled in Linux or UNIX environments manage the virtualized environment....
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Enhanced SAN Connectivity for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and 2008
Jul 2008
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) provides a comprehensive management application for Microsoft virtualized environments. Emulex 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs and FCoE...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
SAN Connectivity for Oracle VM
Nov 2007
Oracle has now entered the virtual server arena with the introduction of Oracle VM. Oracle VM is a powerful and easy to use solution that delivers the benefits of server virtualization and allows...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
NPIV: Emulex Virtual HBA and Brocade, Proven Interoperability and Proven Solution
Apr 2008
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is an extension to the Fibre Channel industry standard, which is available across the Emulex Host Bus Adapter (HBA) product line and the Brocade Storage Area...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
The Bomgar Box
Jul 2008
The Bomgar Box is a secure platform for virtualizing support, enabling the support staff to be in more places and on more systems virtually than they ever could physically. It is available in...
Provided by Bomgar
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White Papers
How VMware Virtualization Right-Sizes IT Infrastructure to Reduce Power Consumption
May 2008
This white paper explains how innovations in virtualization technology from VMware provide a foundation for a dramatically more efficient and greener IT environment. A key benefit of...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Mahindra Finance Consolidates Market Leadership With Faster Application Delivery
Mar 2008
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL) is one of India's leading non-banking finance companies focused on the rural and semi-urban sectors. MMFSL was expanding rapidly across the...
Provided by Citrix Systems
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Case Studies
Amadeus FiRe Unblocks Congestion Between Remote Locations With Citrix WANScaler
Jan 2008
Amadeus FiRe AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a leading personnel services provider in the areas of accounting, office work, banking and IT services. The Amadeus FiRe IT...
Provided by Citrix Systems
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White Papers
Virtualization is Here... Are You Ready?
Jul 2008
It's no wonder why virtualization is sweeping its way through the enterprise at breakneck speed. Virutalized machines and virtualization technology provide numerous technical and cost advantages....
Provided by Lumension
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Webcasts
Windows Server Virtualization - Hyper V Webcast
Jul 2008
This webcast discusses and demonstrates the new virtualization technologies available with Windows Server 2008.
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
New Deployment Methods for Desktops
Jan 2008
The benefits of storage consolidation and centralized management are well known - they include lower costs, better information protection, and improved IT efficiency. Server consolidation using...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Simplify Your World - A Virtual Desktops Case Study
Dec 2007
Virtual servers abound - but is 2008 the year of the virtualized desktop? In this second of a three-part Webcast series sponsored by Dell EqualLogic, hear how one organization - a county...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Benefits and Best Practices for Migrating from VMware Server to iSCSI and VMware Infrastructure 3
Sep 2007
These days, companies of all sizes need to be conscious of choosing solutions that can achieve results without putting a strain on budgets and staff resources that are already overcommitted. Small...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Inside the Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
Apr 2008
Built on a patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Dell EqualLogic PS Series with VMware - Virtual servers meet virtual storage
Jan 2008
Consolidation of data center assets has become a trend in many IT environments, providing benefits such as improved hardware resource utilization, easier management,and lower costs. For storage,...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Seminar: Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtual Datacenter
Jul 2008
Site Recovery Manager is a new product from VMware that integrates directly with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' Auto-Replication feature. View this on-demand webcast to learn more about key...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Case Studies
Prescription for Growth: Dell storage helps Navicure reduce disaster recovery site deployment time by 75 percent
Jul 2008
Existing outsourced storage was too inflexible to keep up with Navicure's rapid growth and expanding Oracle database; the company also needed to automate disaster recovery to help ensure...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Case Studies
LifeLink Foundation Builds Virtual Data Center For Continuous Operations Using Dell EqualLogic And VMware
Jan 2008
LifeLink Foundation needed to provide business continuity and DR of critical transplant related information to multiple locations and needed to manage DR planning and implementation in a...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtualized IT Datacenter
Jun 2008
Quick recovery of operations after a site failure requires major planning and testing, dependent on an infrastructure and recovery plan that can be simply and affordably managed. Virtualized iSCSI...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Architecting the Virtual Data Center for Availability, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery
Dec 2007
Virtualization offers the promise of simplifying your IT infrastructure from the desktop to the data center. But can your virtual environment maintain the level of availability you need to keep...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery with iSCSI and VMware
Jun 2007
Data protection and disaster recovery are top of mind for any IT manager, and the challenges of complexity and cost remain as obstacles. EqualLogic virtualized iSCSI SANs in VMware environments...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable, Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures
Feb 2008
This white paper describes a virtualized infrastructure that applies storage and server virtualization technologies to cost-effectively achieve a flexible, high performance, dynamic IT...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Accelerating Virtualized Environments
Apr 2008
How do you make virtualization a reality for your enterprise without your users taking a performance hit? Start by downloading this white paper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of...
Provided by Riverbed
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Case Studies
IT Simplification Solution Consolidates 80 Servers Down to 5 and Reduces Server Administration Time by 38 Percent
Sep 2007
Mazda North American Operations oversees the sales, marketing, and parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles through nearly 900 dealers. The Mazda North American Operations IT group...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Distributor Speeds Productivity and Reduces Costs With Centralized Infrastructure
Apr 2008
Mantrac Group sells and supports Caterpillar construction machines, power systems, and material-handling equipment. In 2007, its 2,600 employees relied on a virtual private network and wide area...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Virtualizing Storage for VMware Success
Jan 2008
Server virtualization has made day-to-day life a whole lot simpler for systems administrators; however, the benefits have not been shared by storage administrators and backup operators, who face...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Ensure Virtualization is Meeting Your Needs
Jun 2008
To accommodate the changing technological landscape, many companies are establishing virtual environments. Unfortunately, many of these organizations aren't prepared for virtualization's...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Webcasts
Leveraging Virtualization for Backup and Recovery
Aug 2007
Today, virtualization goes far beyond traditional server consolidation. Being able to rapidly transition to and from physical and virtual environments (P2V/V2P) now enables a broad range of backup...
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
University Streamlines IT and Enhances Connections Between Students and Teachers
Nov 2008
The University of Memphis (U of M) is dedicated to providing a quality education experience and a superior technology environment. The university IT department manages more than 100 applications...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Desktop Virtualization Improves Application Management, Reduces IT Workloads
Dec 2008
The IT staff at Ardentec, a semiconductor testing company, was experiencing software version and compatibility issues, as well as lengthy desktop setup times, system security concerns, and other...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Italian Manufacturer Uses Application Virtualization for Fast Deployments
Dec 2008
Brembo manufactures automotive brake systems. Its employees expect the latest IT solutions, but when Brembo went to deploy a Microsoft Office 2007 suite, it found that some existing applications...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
ISV Improves Product Adoption, Customer Satisfaction With Virtualization Solution
Dec 2008
AspenTech develops and delivers advanced solutions to optimize the processes of its manufacturing customers. But it took time before customers could actually use and benefit from AspenTech's...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Healthcare Provider Simplifies Application Packaging and Delivery With Virtualization
Feb 2009
Baptist Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare provider in southern Florida, delivers high-quality medical care with the help of an IT environment that includes 8,000 computers and 700...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
City Government Streamlines IT Management With Application Virtualization Technology
Jul 2008
The municipal government of Karlsruhe, Germany was facing high IT administration costs to deploy new applications and software updates for 2,000 desktop and laptop computers. The City of Karlsruhe...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Simplifies Application Management, Enhances Security With Virtualization
Dec 2008
The IT staff for the Chancellor's office at California State University (CSU) was facing difficult management issues for the 75 applications and 600 desktops it supports. Laborious deployments and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Language University Streamlines Application Services for Classrooms and Workshops
Nov 2008
The Universita IULM provides information services in classrooms and workshops, including a system of applications running on computers. The university wanted to unify system management, improve...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Global Manufacturer Reduces Computer Costs by Simplifying Application Management
Dec 2008
The world's leading manufacturer of sheet-fed offset printing press systems, Heidelberg relies on thousands of personal computers to help its employees to work as productively as possible in a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Testing Services Provider Streamlines Workstation Management and Application Delivery
Dec 2008
To do their technically demanding jobs, the scientists and engineers at TUV NORD - one of Europe's leading technical services providers - need reliable technology environments. Managing 8,000...
Provided by Microsoft
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Presentations
Unite Data Center Technologies with the Cisco Unified Computing System - Flash Overview
Mar 2009
Cisco is transforming the data center. Learn more about the foundation technologies of the Cisco Unified Computing Architecture and how Cisco has unified data center technologies, simplified the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Cisco Executives Speak on Unified Computing System - Video
Mar 2009
Listen firsthand as Cisco leaders describe how the Cisco Unified Computing System is designed and optimized for virtualized data centers. You'll learn how this new architecture reduces time to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
Technical Video Overview of the New Cisco Unified Computing System
Mar 2009
The Cisco Unified Computing System provides the capability to scale virtualized resources, reduce the time to deploy new applications, and re-provision resources quickly and efficiently. This...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Cisco Unified Computing System - At-A-Glance
Mar 2009
Virtualization is creating a market transition where servers have become objects that move throughout the network. Cisco has addressed this transition by delivering the Unified Computing System,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
Dawn of the New Data Center - Cisco TechWiseTV
Mar 2009
What happens when experts from the server, virtualization, and networking realms are given permission to ignore conventional wisdom and build the perfect data center? The Cisco TechWiseTV...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Cisco VN-Link: Accelerate Server Virtualization - Whitepaper
Sep 2008
Deliver Virtual Machine-Aware Network and Storage Services. Cisco VN-Link extends the scope and expands the benefits of a server virtualization strategy. By providing virtual machine-aware network...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Sustaining Virtualization's ROI: How a Disciplined Process and Complementary Technologies Can Make It Happen by Bill Tohtz
Dec 2007
On August 13, 2007, the highly anticipated VMware public offering stunned the Wall Street investment community. The virtualization software company - whose IPO price was set at $29 - zoomed to $56...
Provided by Sayers
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White Papers
Getting More From Server Virtualization: Building an Adaptive Computing Infrastructure With Virtualization and ZXTM
Sep 2008
Server Virtualization has dramatically changed the landscape in the datacenter. Organizations are consolidating workloads from underutilized servers and are seeing large reductions in datacenter...
Provided by Zeus Technology
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White Papers
Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
Apr 2008
Business Service Management (BSM) is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or...
Provided by Enterprise Management Associates
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White Papers
How Desktop Virtualization Can Lower Costs and Raise Productivity
Jan 2009
Desktop virtualization is quickly gaining traction. It's no wonder given the high cost of maintaining PCs and the popularity of client-server technology. Costs can vary, but one study by a leading...
Provided by BOSaNOVA
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White Papers
The Microsoft Virtualisation Strategy: What Makes This Enterprise Class Virtualisation Solution Different?
Dec 2008
It used to be that virtualisation was locked away safe in the hands of geeks or software testers where it wouldn't ruin the day for the rest. However, the technology has matured to the point that...
Provided by C Infinity
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White Papers
Evaluating Grid Storage for Backup & Archive
Sep 2008
This white paper by The Taneja Group explores requirements for secondary storage platforms, including massive scalability and performance; modular configurability; affordability; and high...
Provided by NEC Corporation of America
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White Papers
SAN Storage: Coping with Server Virtualization
Mar 2009
Server virtualization is easy, but networked storage for virtualized servers is anything but. Key challenges include: storage network oversubscription virtual server downtime due to provisioning...
Provided by NEC Corporation of America
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White Papers
Virtualization and Risk - Key Security Considerations for Your Enterprise Architecture
Nov 2007
As virtualization technology gains a stronger foothold in IT departments, many questions are being raised: "How will this technology affect existing security posture?"; "What new concerns need to...
Provided by Foundstone
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White Papers
Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances
Sep 2008
The growing acceptance of virtualization technology is revolutionizing the way IT consumers deploy applications. A major part of this shift is being driven by software vendors who provide virtual...
Provided by rPath
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White Papers
ZL Unified Archive and the Importance of Total Server Virtualization
Mar 2009
The ability to operate software in a completely virtualized environment has come to be a necessary capability in the IT world. Today's more powerful servers can only reach their full capacity when...
Provided by ZL Technologies
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Whitepapers
Ten Things DBAs Need to Know About Storage
Feb 2008
SQL Server database administrators (DBAs) and storage area network (SAN) administrators may not see eye to eye on everything, but they agree communication about storage needs is vital. In this...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Business Benefits of Policy Based Data De-Duplication
Nov 2008
Organizations of all sizes are faced with the demands of storing more data, including multiple copies of the same or similar data, for longer periods of time. The result is an expanding data...
Provided by EMC
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Resource Center
Get Attached for Better Performance: How Network-Attached Storage Can Save Time, Money—and Sleep
Feb 2009
Now is a good time to take advantage of the safety, reliability, and simplicity of new network-attached storage (NAS) solutions designed for the small business. Priced from about $500 to $1000,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Presentations
EMC Integrates, Extends & Accelerates VMware Environments
Mar 2008
View this video presentation in which EMC's Chad Sakac, senior director of VMware strategic alliance, as he outlines how EMC integrates, extends, and accelerates the value of a VMware...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Why EMC for IP Storage and Simple Unified Storage
Jun 2008
This paper showcases a 2008 Aberdeen report based on a survey of more than 4,500 companies worldwide. It found that 47% of companies have a Green strategy. Stressed along with these results is the...
Provided by EMC
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White Papers
Blade Servers, Virtualisation and Green It
Oct 2008
IT infrastructure needs to be able to respond quickly to business demands such as changing market conditions and emerging business opportunities whilst the IT team faces more diverse and complex...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Whitepapers
Virtualization for Disaster Recovery: Areas of Focus and Consideration
Mar 2008
For years, many companies have been faced with challenges related to providing backup and recovery for infrastructures, technologies and networks in order to protect their critical business...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Using Presentation Virtualization (Level 300)
Feb 2009
This webcast looks at how Fabrikam implemented a Terminal Services solution to reduce the number of desktops it purchases and deploys to its knowledge works as it aims to reduce hardware costs,...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Client-Side Virtualization (Level 300)
Feb 2009
The presenter of this webcast discuss the three client-related virtualization technologies - application virtualization, desktop virtualization, and presentation virtualization - and explain when...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Designs the Virtualization Host and Network Infrastructure (Level 300)
Feb 2009
At Microsoft, server virtualization has become a primary way to address data center power and space issues, and to rationalize server utilization. The presenter of this webcast describes the best...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Virtualization Solutions for High Availability (Level 300)
Feb 2009
Before the virtualization of all these workloads, if one server failed, one only lost that workload for the time it took to recover. Now, if one server fails, potentially several critical...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)
Feb 2009
Datium is an organization that has been on the leading edge of virtualization for a while, and they currently have VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. Datium is looking for a single set...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Consolidation and Rapid Provisioning (Level 300)
Jan 2009
Contoso has seen the benefits of virtualizing their test and development environments, now Contoso wishes to proceed on a wide-spread deployment of virtualization technologies with a wider scope....
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)
Jan 2009
Contoso wishes to go further and consolidate a number of server workloads to fully realize the benefit of server consolidation. Based on their experience of managing a small number of guests,...
Provided by Microsoft
