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Case Studies
Setting a Precedent for Success
Apr 2009
Turner Padget sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, increase storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. The firm migrated its...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
The Body Electric
Jun 2009
With only one legacy server powerful enough to handle its data-intensive computational requirements, eHuman wanted servers that were powerful enough to meet its needs, yet affordable enough to...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Running Fast and Clean
Nov 2009
Foz do Brasil's servers crashed frequently and could not handle the processing workload for calculating and printing water bills. The bills are delivered by field teams, and frequently the company...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Rising to the Top
May 2009
Stanley Elevator needed to overcome storage capacity constraints as well as data protection and management challenges posed by its Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) and legacy server environment. The...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Riotously Tasty
Feb 2009
As a start-up company with no Web-based intranet, sweetriot stored critical business data on disparate laptop computers and shared files via email. The company wanted to store all data in a...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
A Cure for Server Sprawl
Sep 2008
DeKalb Medical's challenge was to design and deploy a virtualized server environment that can deliver accelerated application provisioning, improved resource utilization, and decreased downtime...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Putting On a Fresh Look
Nov 2009
Killing S.A. needed to replace its aging hardware and proprietary operating system, which was expensive to run and maintain and put the company at risk of revenue interruption. Wanting an Intel...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Taking It to the Next Level
Sep 2009
When a major acquisition made Layered Tech a larger company with new goals and an opportunity to expand its customer base, the IT team had to revamp its infrastructure to match. Dell PowerEdge...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Taking the Thruway to Virtualization
Jun 2008
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is growing as a result of the phenomenal growth of Nevada. The result was server sprawl and rising costs, facts which were noted by the network group...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
City Government Consolidates Servers and Delivers Enterprise Application Services With Sun Virtualization Technology
Jan 2010
The City of San Antonio, Texas, provides multiple online services, including bill payment, career assistance, licensing and permits, and public safety information. The company's challenge was to...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Case Studies
BMC Software Case Study: Concur
Oct 2009
Concur is committed to helping clients drive down the costs out of business through innovation. That means constantly improving its solutions to meet changing customer needs and expectations for...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
BMC Software Case Study: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
May 2008
Since its inauguration, GLOBEX has become a pivotal part of the CME's $526 million annual operations, which generated 640.2 million contracts with an underlying value of $333.7 trillion in 2003....
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Complex Deployment Done Right at Morgan Stanley
May 2008
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm with more than $782 billion in assets under management, and more than 600 offices in 33 countries. Morgan Stanley wanted to deploy application...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Virtualization: Building an Adaptive, Cost Effective Infrastructure at SSCT
Oct 2009
As the College grows the College needs to be poised to respond faster to market changes, stakeholder demands, growth opportunities and new technology. To do this, one need an agile and cost...
Provided by Stark State College
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White Papers
Meeting the Challenges of Virtualization Security
Aug 2009
Virtualization enables the organization to attain significant gains in efficiency and cost-effectiveness, along with the additional benefits of a greener consolidated datacenter, increased...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Virtualization and the Midsize Organization: How Much Does It Help?
Feb 2009
Executives of medium-sized businesses (250-999 employees, 10-100 servers) may wonder how virtualization can help with their problems ? a set of problems different from those of larger global...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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Necessary Security for a Virtualized Environment
Oct 2009
The movement to virtualization is being driven by the need for small footprint data centers the need to rapidly create and provision virtual desktop and server environments at a moment's notice....
Provided by Xceedium
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Key Considerations for Leveraging Virtualization and Keeping Your Applications Available
Apr 2008
Today's IT organizations are faced with the daunting task of optimizing all aspects of their departments, including people, processes and technology. Optimizing and streamlining server utilization...
Provided by SunGard Availability Services LP
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Whitepapers
Matching Server Virtualisation With Advanced Storage Virtualisation
Dec 2009
In order to meet the challenges of running today's data centres, an increasing number of IT organisations are turning to VMware Infrastructure 3 software. The ability to virtualise the data centre...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Virtualization - Your Path to Savings
Jan 2009
Virtualization is certainly a key buzzword in the IT industry today. Few probably realize that virtualization was actually introduced in the 1960s as a way to partition mainframe systems for...
Provided by Raxco Software
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Server Virtualization and Memory: Business and Technical Ramifications
Jun 2008
Companies of all sizes around the world today are actively working on server virtualization projects to reap the benefits of consolidating underutilized servers. By reducing the number of servers...
Provided by Focused Consulting
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7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VmWare Server Virtualization
Feb 2009
Increasingly, enterprises are turning to server virtualization to enhance IT flexibility while reducing costs. Server virtualization solutions such as VMware Infrastructure software help to...
Provided by Compellent
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White Papers
Software Manufacturing: Custom Application Stacks for Virtualized Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
Aug 2008
Historically customers have acquired their middleware software on a vertically-integrated basis from one or a few category-dominant vendors. However, a customer revolution in service-oriented...
Provided by Cohesive Flexible Technologies
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Lower Energy Consumption With Server and HBA Virtualization
Jun 2008
With the rising cost of energy, it is no wonder Gartner Group reported that server virtualization is one of three "disruptive technologies" that will change the face of IT. Server virtualization...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
Supercharge Your Server Virtualization With Network Convergence
Apr 2009
Server virtualization offers several key benefits to enterprise data centers which include simplified infrastructure, easier provisioning and high availability. Network convergence fully...
Provided by Emulex
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Whitepapers
Virtualized High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Aug 2008
Today's virtualization solutions help customers reduce datacenter complexity and management costs, providing dynamic and flexible configurations across multiple resources. Companies of all sizes...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Virtualization in a Tera-Scale Environment
May 2008
With increased computing capacity and scalability, Tera-scale systems of the near future will enable much greater functionality in virtual environments. This foundation will make it possible for...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Evaluating Intel Virtualization Technology FlexMigration With Multi-Generation Intel Multi-Core and Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processors
Nov 2009
In today's data centers, live migration is a required technology for building an agile, dynamic data center based on server virtualization. It has not been possible, however, to perform successful...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization Is Not a Silver Bullet: Why and How Virtualization Needs to Be Managed
Oct 2009
Virtualization is an important technology. It was introduced to the IT market at the right time, when "off the shelf servers provide far more computer power than the majority of applications need....
Provided by Hurwitz & Associates
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White Papers
Automating Virtualization Management: Critical Management Practices for the Next Generation Data Center
Mar 2009
The economics of globalization demand that organizations adapt business models and working practices more rapidly than previous paradigm shifts have required, which can be summarized by the need...
Provided by Datamonitor
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White Papers
Leveraging Virtualization to Consolidate, Optimize and Protect Your IT Infrastructure
Apr 2008
As both the quantity and value of information grow, organizations find it increasingly difficult to cost-effectively manage and protect growing volumes of distributed information. Consolidation...
Provided by Datalink
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White Papers
Virtualization and Optimization: These Key Technology Solutions Help Organizations Reduce Costs and Operate More Efficiently
Mar 2009
The rapid expansion of Internet technology in the 1990s was a boon for public sector organizations. It provided these agencies and institutions with a new set of tools to advance their missions....
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
The Rise of Server Virtualization
Jan 2009
With demands that exceed the available resources, many organizations are looking to leverage server virtualization to maximize the return on investment for their server hardware and to operate...
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
Security Virtualization: Re-architecting the Appliance Mentality
Mar 2009
In order to determine what "security virtualization" really means, it is useful to understand how companies define and enforce their security and accompanying compliance policies today. In...
Provided by Crossbeam Systems
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White Papers
Advanced Virtualization I/O Queuing Technologies
May 2009
With the increase in the adoption of server virtualization and consolidation in data centers, there has been a continuous evolution of virtualization technologies in server components to improve...
Provided by Intel
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Use of Virtualization Technology With SAP
Oct 2008
For users of core business applications such as SAP ERP and other SAP solutions, upgrading is one of those things that cannot be avoided. As a rule, SAP recommends a three-system landscape...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Streaming and Virtual Hosted Desktop Study
Jan 2008
Which computing model makes more efficient use of servers and the network: streaming software to clients that run applications locally, or Virtual Hosted Desktops (VHDs), which rely on remote...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualize With Intel Xeon Processors and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V TM
Sep 2008
As virtualization technology plays an increasingly critical role in IT strategy, the nature of network management is changing. Intel and Microsoft bring advanced hardware and software technologies...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization Basics - Back to the Future: Understanding the Potential This Advanced Technology Has for Midsized Organizations
May 2008
While 'virtualization' may be a new concept to many, it is actually an old practice - at least in the technology world. Virtualization has been used since the 1960s to help maximize the power and...
Provided by Virtual Management Technologies
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Secure Virtualization: Today's Reality
Jun 2009
Secure virtualization is an exciting new technology that allows one to secure one's computing systems, networks, and data while simultaneously remaining connected to trusted and untrusted...
Provided by General Dynamics
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Whitepapers
SplitX: Split Guest/Hypervisor Execution on Multi-Core
May 2011
Current virtualization solutions often bear an unacceptable performance cost, limiting their use in many situations, and in particular when running I/O intensive workloads. The authors argue that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
vIOMMU: Efficient IOMMU Emulation
Apr 2011
Direct device assignment, where a guest virtual machine directly interacts with an I/O device without host intervention, is appealing, because it allows an unmodified (non-hypervisor-aware) guest...
Provided by IBM
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Virtual Machines you Have to See Them to Manage Them
Oct 2007
Virtualization has tremendous advantages over physical environments, but in the move to virtual, the organization often lost some things it took for granted. One of those things is clarity of what...
Provided by Kusnetzky Group
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Virtualization in Hybrid Environments
Oct 2007
Many suppliers of virtualization technology tell IT executives that all of their problems can be solved through the use of their technology. What they don't often say is what they really mean is...
Provided by Kusnetzky Group
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What's Next Now That We've Virtualized Our Servers?
Aug 2007
Virtualization in the form of the use of virtual machine software isn't the panacea that many in the media seem to believe. While the use of this technology is very helpful if an organization's...
Provided by Kusnetzky Group
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Whitepapers
VAMOS: Virtualization Aware Middleware
May 2011
Machine virtualization is undoubtedly useful, but does not come cheap. The performance cost of virtualization, for I/O intensive workloads in particular, can be heavy. Common approaches to solving...
Provided by IBM
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CARE Resource Broker: A Framework for Dynamic Grid Enabled Cluster of Virtual Machines
Jan 2011
Virtualization technology offers effective resource management mechanisms such as isolated, secure job scheduling, and utilization of computing resources to the possible extent. These features are...
Provided by Anna University
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Whitepapers
Connectivity in context: Deliver application integration in days
Aug 2011
In today's challenging economy, cutting costs while achieving more is critical to success. Discover how to easily connect your cloud-based applications with each other and with your on-premise...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Towards Peer-to-Peer Virtualized Service Hosting, Discovery and Delivery
Jul 2011
This paper introduces a peer-to-peer framework for providing, locating and consuming distributed services that are encapsulated within virtual machines. The authors believe that the decentralized...
Provided by University of Malta
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Podcasts
Thrive Live! IT Pro Virtualization Tour (Part 4 of 4): System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Jan 2010
Finally, no virtualization discussion is complete without a conversation about management. When it comes to managing virtual infrastructures, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) is...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Hyper-V for the VMware Administrator
Mar 2010
If one is a VMware administrator or one is considering a virtualization platform purchase, then this podcast is for them. Using demonstrations, the speakers compare Microsoft and VMware...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Accelerating Windows 7 Migration With Citrix and Desktop Virtualization
Nov 2009
Carefully designing infrastructure architecture is key to a successful desktop virtualization implementation. Virtualizing a user's physical desktop and migrating the image into the data center...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SharePoint
Apr 2010
Virtualizing business critical applications delivers significant customer benefits, including cost savings, enhanced business continuity, and an agile and efficient management solution. In this...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Capacity Planning and Sizing for Session Virtualization and VDI With RDS
Apr 2010
Customers are increasingly looking at centralizing their users' desktops and applications as a way to lower their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) or to increase business agility. Virtual Desktop...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Understanding the Microsoft Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
May 2010
The Microsoft Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (OVMST) provides guidance and automated tools to keep the offline virtualized environment up to date with the latest updates and safe from...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Automating Virtual Infrastructure Management With PRO Tips in System Center
May 2010
The people don't want to miss this podcast on how one can turn the virtualization infrastructure into a highly automated and dynamic application servicing machine. See how Performance and Resource...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Deep Dive - Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SharePoint 2010
Jun 2010
Virtualizing business-critical applications can deliver significant customer benefits, including cost savings, enhanced business continuity, and an agile and efficient management solution. In this...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
(Part 1) Monitoring SharePoint 2010 Using System Center Operations Manager - Overview
Aug 2011
Has SharePoint become a vital part of the infrastructure? Do one fear the day that it goes down? In this podcast the speakers will discuss about how to keep the vital infrastructure humming. One...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Bytes by TechNet: Jason Buffington and Matt Hester Discuss System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta
Jul 2011
In this podcast, the speakers discuss the latest Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2012). They touch on the new additions to OpsMgr, including Application Monitoring, Network...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
(Part 6) Bonus: Opening Firewall Port for SCOM DB Server (SQL Server)
Aug 2011
Step by step instructions for opening firewall ports for the SCOM DB Server. This podcast will give more information including a list of all ports that should be opened for different components.
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Bytes by TechNet: John Baker and Johan Arwidmark on Deployment
Aug 2011
In this podcast, the speakers discussion is around deployment. They give some tips and tricks along with customer scenario examples when using Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Microsoft...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Planning and Deploying Virtual Desktop Infrastructure With Management Technologies
Jul 2010
In this podcast, the speakers drill down into the architecture of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and determine what key questions need to be asked and answered around required...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Install Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008?
Jul 2010
With the ability to manage virtualization hosts running Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Server as well as VMWare servers, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 provides IT Pros with a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Configure the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Self Service Portal to Enable Users to Create Their Own Virtual Machines?
Jul 2010
The VMM Self-Service Portal is an optional, Web-based component that a VMM administrator can install and configure to allow users to create and manage their own virtual machines within a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Setup a Template in Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Reduce the Time Taken to Deploy New Virtual Machines?
Jul 2010
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 lets administrators and users setup virtual machine templates that allow for faster deployment of virtual machines within the environment. In this...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Add a Perimeter Virtual Machine Host to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008?
Jul 2010
With the ability to manage a virtual machine host that is located in a perimeter network using only 2 ports, System Center Virtual Machine Manager is ideal for secure environments. The speaker...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Use System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to Migrate a Virtual Server Virtual Machine to Hyper-V?
Jul 2010
Have one got virtual machines running on Virtual Server 2005 and one would really prefer they were on the shiny new Hyper-V server instead? Well step this way and watch as the speaker discusses...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
How Do I: Use System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to Convert a Physical Server to a Virtual Server?
Jun 2010
Spending too much money on the power bills? Why not virtualize some of the older servers? Too hard, too much effort one says? Not with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008! The speaker...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
TechNet Radio: TechNet On: Virtualization Best Practices
Sep 2010
The speakers as they discuss virtualization best practices. The speaker was part of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) team for several years and has talked with thousands of...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Deploying Enterprise Workloads on Microsoft Virtualization
Mar 2011
Dynamic memory enables higher density Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments which take Hyper-V to the next level. With Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) as the guest in the lab...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview
Apr 2011
The Virtualization Overview provides an excellent perspective of Microsoft's overall vision for virtualization as well as the options and advantages organizations have by taking this approach....
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Enhancing Windows-Based Clouds With Sanbolic Melio FS
Apr 2011
This podcast provides an overview of the Sanbolic Melio FS unified storage solution and highlights the benefits of using Melio FS to enhance the flexibility, scalability, availability, and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualization 101 (Part 2 of 4): Windows Virtual PC and the Type 2 Hypervisor Model
Apr 2011
This podcast will focus on the use of Microsoft's Type 2 hypervisor product lines, Windows Virtual PC, and Virtual Server. A discussion and demonstration of each will give the participant a good...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualization 101 (Part 3 of 4): Hyper-V Microsoft's True Type 1 Hypervisor
May 2011
This podcast will focus on Hyper-V, Microsoft's Type 1 hypervisor. The speakers will demonstrate and discuss the setup configuration and basic operations of Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Debunking the Myths: Yes, Hyper-V Can Do That
May 2011
Did the people hear that Hyper-V supports only Windows? Find out the truth. Does one have questions about memory management or security with Hyper-V? The speakers can answer them. This podcast...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualizing SharePoint Server With Hyper-V: Better Together
Jun 2011
This podcast covers virtualization scenarios for Microsoft SharePoint Server and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves the issues. The speakers also perform a deep dive...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualizing Exchange Server With Hyper-V: Better Together
Jun 2011
This podcast covers virtualization scenarios for Microsoft Exchange 2010 and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves the issues. The speakers also discuss the various...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Virtualizing SQL Server With Hyper-V: Better Together
Jun 2011
This podcast covers virtualization scenarios for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and how the combination of Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center solves the issues. The speakers also perform a deep...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Microsoft Virtual Academy: System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Overview and Infrastructure (Module 6) : Software Update Management
Jul 2011
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 has invested in Software Update Management (SUM) to make it easier to configure, deploy and maintain the software in the environment. Learn more about...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Creating Portable and Efficient Packet Processing Applications
Mar 2011
Network processors are special-purpose programmable units deployed in many modern high-speed network devices, which combine flexibility and high performance. However, software development for...
Provided by Politecnico di Torino
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White Papers
Lower Energy Consumption With Server and HBA Virtualization
Jun 2008
With the rising cost of energy, it is no wonder Gartner Group reported that server virtualization is one of three "disruptive technologies" that will change the face of IT. Server virtualization...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
Supercharge Your Server Virtualization With Network Convergence
Apr 2009
Server virtualization offers several key benefits to enterprise data centers which include simplified infrastructure, easier provisioning and high availability. Network convergence fully...
Provided by Emulex
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Whitepapers
Virtualized High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Aug 2008
Today's virtualization solutions help customers reduce datacenter complexity and management costs, providing dynamic and flexible configurations across multiple resources. Companies of all sizes...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Virtualization in a Tera-Scale Environment
May 2008
With increased computing capacity and scalability, Tera-scale systems of the near future will enable much greater functionality in virtual environments. This foundation will make it possible for...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Evaluating Intel Virtualization Technology FlexMigration With Multi-Generation Intel Multi-Core and Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processors
Nov 2009
In today's data centers, live migration is a required technology for building an agile, dynamic data center based on server virtualization. It has not been possible, however, to perform successful...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization Is Not a Silver Bullet: Why and How Virtualization Needs to Be Managed
Oct 2009
Virtualization is an important technology. It was introduced to the IT market at the right time, when "off the shelf servers provide far more computer power than the majority of applications need....
Provided by Hurwitz & Associates
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White Papers
Automating Virtualization Management: Critical Management Practices for the Next Generation Data Center
Mar 2009
The economics of globalization demand that organizations adapt business models and working practices more rapidly than previous paradigm shifts have required, which can be summarized by the need...
Provided by Datamonitor
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Whitepapers
Virtual Desktop ROI: Calculating Comparative Return on Investment for Virtual Desktops
Aug 2008
Citrix has created a return on investment (ROI) calculator for centrally-delivered virtual desktops, using Forrester's Total Economic Impact methodology. This novel tool compares acquisition and...
Provided by Citrix Systems
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White Papers
Leveraging Virtualization to Consolidate, Optimize and Protect Your IT Infrastructure
Apr 2008
As both the quantity and value of information grow, organizations find it increasingly difficult to cost-effectively manage and protect growing volumes of distributed information. Consolidation...
Provided by Datalink
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White Papers
Virtualization and Optimization: These Key Technology Solutions Help Organizations Reduce Costs and Operate More Efficiently
Mar 2009
The rapid expansion of Internet technology in the 1990s was a boon for public sector organizations. It provided these agencies and institutions with a new set of tools to advance their missions....
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
The Rise of Server Virtualization
Jan 2009
With demands that exceed the available resources, many organizations are looking to leverage server virtualization to maximize the return on investment for their server hardware and to operate...
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
Security Virtualization: Re-architecting the Appliance Mentality
Mar 2009
In order to determine what "security virtualization" really means, it is useful to understand how companies define and enforce their security and accompanying compliance policies today. In...
Provided by Crossbeam Systems
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White Papers
Advanced Virtualization I/O Queuing Technologies
May 2009
With the increase in the adoption of server virtualization and consolidation in data centers, there has been a continuous evolution of virtualization technologies in server components to improve...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Use of Virtualization Technology With SAP
Oct 2008
For users of core business applications such as SAP ERP and other SAP solutions, upgrading is one of those things that cannot be avoided. As a rule, SAP recommends a three-system landscape...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Streaming and Virtual Hosted Desktop Study
Jan 2008
Which computing model makes more efficient use of servers and the network: streaming software to clients that run applications locally, or Virtual Hosted Desktops (VHDs), which rely on remote...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualize With Intel Xeon Processors and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V TM
Sep 2008
As virtualization technology plays an increasingly critical role in IT strategy, the nature of network management is changing. Intel and Microsoft bring advanced hardware and software technologies...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization Basics - Back to the Future: Understanding the Potential This Advanced Technology Has for Midsized Organizations
May 2008
While 'virtualization' may be a new concept to many, it is actually an old practice - at least in the technology world. Virtualization has been used since the 1960s to help maximize the power and...
Provided by Virtual Management Technologies
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White Papers
Secure Virtualization: Today's Reality
Jun 2009
Secure virtualization is an exciting new technology that allows one to secure one's computing systems, networks, and data while simultaneously remaining connected to trusted and untrusted...
Provided by General Dynamics
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White Papers
The Role of Identity in Virtualization: Leveraging Unified Identity Presence to Provision, Manage & Secure Virtualization Across the Enterprise
Jan 2008
Multiple business and technological drivers are leading to greatly increased need for, and focus upon, effective management of on-demand access to critical enterprise information technology (IT)...
Provided by PresenceID
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White Papers
The Virtualization Evolution
Jun 2009
Everyone gets the cost angle. While traditional server technology typically utilizes 5-15 percent of its capacity, Virtualization can dramatically improve utilization to north of 80 percent. For...
Provided by Siemens
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White Papers
The Virtualization Evolution: Top Ten Tips for Virtualization Success
Jun 2009
Is there anyone out there who hasn't heard about virtualization? It's everywhere and almost every IT organization is either on board or seriously considering it. Many view it as a way to reduce...
Provided by Siemens
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White Papers
Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization
May 2009
The Business Ready Configurations for Dell PowerEdge blade servers, Dell EqualLogic SAN, and VMware Infrastructure provides a detailed reference architecture for deploying and using VMware...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Desktop Virtualization With Dell and Citrix: Solving the Desktop Lifecycle Management Challenge
Jul 2009
Maintaining physical desktops typically requires time-consuming desk-side visits, reduces user productivity, delays support response, allows configuration drift, exposes data, reduces mobility,...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
IMS Auditing Using IMS Audit Management Expert for z/OS
Mar 2010
No company wants to end up in the media with unwanted publicity about any event that can affect company integrity, resulting in the loss of stockholder or customer confidence. One way this can be...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Workload Management With MicroStrategy Software and IBM DB2 9.5
Feb 2009
This paper describes the best practices for configuring MicroStrategy software to use the Workload Management (WLM) features of IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows. A critical element of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Router Virtualization in Service Providers
Mar 2010
Several factors are contributing to a growing need for virtualization in the Point Of Presence (POP) and data center: a desire to reduce capital costs by buying fewer chassis, a desire to reduce...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4: Essential Deployment Tips
Mar 2010
Even the most demanding Oracle database workloads can now be virtualized with VMware vSphere and ESX 4 - with greater than 95 percent of Oracle instances matching native performance. This paper...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Zebra Visibility Server Software for VMware Infrastructure: Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide
Feb 2010
This paper provides direction to those interested in running Zebra Visibility Server Software (VSS) on VMware vSphere 4. It provides a basic overview of the Zebra VSS architecture as well as...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Zebra YMS for VMware Infrastructure: Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide
Feb 2010
This paper provides direction to those interested in running the Zebra Yard Management System (YMS) on VMware vSphere 4. It provides a basic overview of the Zebra YMS architecture as well as the...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
BlackBerry Enterprise Server on VMware Virtual Infrastructure: Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide
Feb 2010
This paper provides direction to those interested in running BlackBerry Enterprise Server on VMware Infrastructure 3 or VMware vSphere 4. It provides basic guidance on the architecture of...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Network Virtualization - Access Control Design Guide
Jan 2010
The term network virtualization refers to the creation of logical isolated network partitions overlaid on top of a common physical infrastructure (see Figure 1). Each partition is logically...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Application Registration With VMware ThinApp
Jan 2010
The process of application registration integrates the virtualized application packages with the desktop operating system. The process of registering applications will take into account the access...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
ESRI ArcGIS Server 9.3 for VMware Infrastructure: Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide
Dec 2009
This paper describes the best practices for running a typical ESRI ArcGIS Server deployment on VMware Infrastructure. It provides basic guidance on the architectural design of an ArcGIS deployment...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
SAP Solutions on VMware vSphere 4 - Best Practice Guidelines
Dec 2009
This paper provides best practice guidelines for deploying SAP software solutions on VMware vSphere 4. These guidelines only provide general recommendations and do not target any specific size or...
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Deploying Virtual Desktops With VMware View 4.0 in Midsize and Enterprise Environments: EMC Celerra NS-120
Nov 2009
This paper provides a detailed summary and characterization of the tests performed to validate an EMC infrastructure for deploying VMware View 4.0 and vSphere 4.0 with an Enterprise EMC Celerra...
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VMware View 4 With PCoIP Info Guide
Nov 2009
Support for the software version of the PCoIP protocol with VMware View 4 provides end users with a dramatic improvement in user experience across a wide variety of tasks and end point locations....
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Workload Considerations for Virtual Desktop Reference Architectures: Info Guide
Nov 2009
As interest in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) continues to accelerate, so do the needs for improved assessment, planning, and deployment methodologies and tools. The historical methodology...
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VMware View 4: Evaluator's Guide
Nov 2009
Built on the industry-leading virtualization platform, VMware View 4 is a solution that enables IT organizations to "Decouple" a desktop from physical devices or locations and deliver the desktop...
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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Performance and Best Practices for Performance
Nov 2009
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 provides business continuity and disaster recovery protection for virtual environments. Protection can extend from individual replicated datastores...
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Performance Troubleshooting for VMware vSphere 4
Sep 2009
Performance problems can arise in any computing environment. Complex application behaviors, changing demands, and shared infrastructure can lead to problems arising in previously stable...
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