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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Skipton Building Society - A Platform for Consolidation and Growth: Overhauling Mission-Critical Systems to Create a Low-Cost, Flexible Infrastructure
May 2008
The Skipton Building Society wanted a scalable, end-to-end operating environment, offering the improved cost of ownership and mission-critical business agility it needs to maintain the society's...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Smead Manufacturing Company Moves Toward a Real-Time Infrastructure With Server Virtualization
Nov 2008
Smead Manufacturing Company wanted to improve performance, ensure the highest levels of security, and enable ongoing strategic growth. By combining the power and reliability of Unisys ES7000...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
The City of Akron Reduces Costs With Next-Generation Server Technology
Oct 2008
The City of Akron wanted to improve mainframe utilization, reduce backup time, and limit the operating costs associated with each process, without adversely impacting the support and delivery of...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: The Infrastructure Process Connection for Medscheme
Aug 2008
Medscheme is South Africa's largest manager of medical health plans and serves 670,000 families as well as 1.8 million beneficiaries in 5 African countries. Medscheme wanted world-class...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Wetherill Associates, Inc. Establishes a Next-Generation, Real-Time Infrastructure
Nov 2008
Wetherill Associates, Inc, a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive electric components, commits to a 24-hour turnaround on all orders. The company wanted to have the technology to...
Provided by Unisys
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White Papers
VMware View 3 Magnifies Desktop Virtualization
Dec 2008
With its recent announcement of VMware View 3, VMware improves its virtual desktop offerings by advancing management, scalability, and end-user experience. The timing of the announcement coincides...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Hyper-V for the VMware Administrator (Level 300)
Mar 2010
If one is a VMware administrator or one is considering a virtualization platform purchase, then this webcast is for them. Using demonstrations, the presenter compares Microsoft and VMware...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Monitoring and Managing Your zVM/Linux Environments
Jan 2010
As one of the most scalable platforms for Linux computing, System z has several major advantages. With virtualization technology as its foundation, z/VM enables the virtualization of processor,...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Russia-Based IT Services Business Saves U.S.$50,000 With Virtualisation
Mar 2010
ALAN, based in Yaroslavl, Russia, delivers a range of IT services, including document management, infrastructure consolidation, and data protection systems. Continued growth at the company...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Reduces Application Update Time and Improves Control With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Florida International University (FIU) is a public, multicampus research university in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The university's Division of Information Technology had a terminal services...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Speeds Application Delivery and Improves Stability by Using Virtualization
Feb 2010
With more than 53,000 students, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is the third-largest university in the United States. In its Computer Services and Telecommunications (CST) group, two...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Reduces Application Update Time and Improves Stability With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Renowned for exceptional academic programs, Indiana University serves more than 100,000 students a year. The university's Auxiliary Information Technology (AIT) Infrastructure department has five...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
CDW Cuts Application Deployment Time, Improves Flexibility With Virtualization
Jan 2010
CDW provides computer hardware, software, and supplies to customers in business, government, and education markets. The company's Software Sales Business Unit has 600 sales, operations, and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Institute Speeds Provisioning, Simplifies Application Management With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is an academic research and education institution that attracts scientists and students from around the world. The IT staff in the institute's Steinbuch Centre...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Reduces Application Packaging Time, Enhances Access, With Virtualization
Feb 2010
Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. Its IT staff, which manages 250 software applications used by 40,000 students, was challenged by application conflicts...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
School District Virtualizes Application Environment, Simplifies Management
Feb 2010
Bethel Park School District (BPSD) is committed to using technology to enhance education. Computers are used in every classroom and in labs throughout the district's eight schools. Deploying and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Outsourcer Speeds Deployment, Reduces Costs With Virtualization
Jan 2010
IT services firm Appserv provides hosted IT environments and applications to approximately 2,500 people in 70 New Zealand - based businesses. With a dynamic customer base that requires it to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Primary Care Trust to Cut Energy Costs and Carbon Emissions by Up to 24 Per Cent With Joint Solution From Dell and APC
May 2009
NHS Northamptonshire combined a move to its new headquarters with a datacentre refresh. The key goal was to reduce the trust's costs and carbon footprint by cutting power consumption. The Primary...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Supply Chain Management Firm Cuts Server Provisioning Time From Weeks to Minutes With a Virtualized Solution From Dell
Jan 2010
Super Group's IT team wanted to refresh its communications infrastructure with a cost-effective and flexible solution. The company asked Dell to help design and deploy a virtualized enterprise...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Virtualization Defined - Eight Different Ways
Dec 2007
What does "going virtual" really mean in today's IT world? Virtualization as a concept is not new; computational environment virtualization has been around since the first mainframe systems. But...
Provided by F5 Networks
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Whitepapers
Resource Provisioning - Hardware Virtualization, Your Way
Feb 2009
One of the most interesting and useful types of virtualization in the data center is resource virtualization: carving up or dynamically allocating compute resources to services as requested....
Provided by F5 Networks
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White Papers
The Economic Impact of File Virtualization: Reducing Storage Costs and Improving Management Efficiency
Oct 2008
Enterprises are adopting new strategies for building and managing file-based storage solutions in response to the high growth in file-based information and the critical need to more...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Jones Optimality and Hardware Virtualization: A Report on Work in Progress
Dec 2007
The growing popularity of hardware virtualization (VMware and Xen being two prominent implementations) lead to examine the common ground between this yet-again vibrant technology and partial...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Live Migration of Virtual Machines
Jan 2010
In this paper the design options for migrating OSes running services with liveness constraints, focusing on data center and cluster environments are considered. The paper introduces and analyzes...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Open Virtualization Format White Paper
Feb 2009
This white paper describes the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). OVF is a hypervisor-neutral, efficient, extensible, and open specification for the packaging and distribution of virtual appliances...
Provided by DMTF
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White Papers
CIM System Virtualization Model White Paper
Nov 2007
The DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) is a conceptual information model for describing computing and business entities in Internet, enterprise, and service-provider environments. CIM uses...
Provided by DMTF
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Whitepapers
Virtualization: The HP Perspective
Jan 2010
Virtualization refers to the abstraction of IT resources from their physical hardware- or software-based constructs. It's often defined as a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
HP Business Value of EVA Storage Virtualization
Jan 2010
The growth in data storage requirements continues to impact organizations of all sizes. For those organizations whose size, budgets, or technical requirements fit into what is called the midrange,...
Provided by Edison
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White Papers
Implementing Network Virtualization for a Future Internet
May 2009
The Internet has become an essential communication medium upon which billions of people rely every day. However, necessary evolution of the Internet has been severely limited by reliability...
Provided by University College London
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White Papers
Evaluating Xen for Router Virtualization
Jan 2010
In this paper, the performance of a software IP router forwarding plane inside the Xen virtual machine monitor environment is evaluated with a view to identifying (some) design issues in Virtual...
Provided by Lancaster University
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White Papers
Network Virtualization Architecture: Proposal and Initial Prototype
Jul 2009
The tussle between reliability and functionality of the Internet is firmly biased on the side of reliability. New enabling technologies fail to achieve traction across the majority of ISPs. It is...
Provided by Lancaster University
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White Papers
Detection of Metamorphic and Virtualization-Based Malware Using Algebraic Specification
Mar 2008
This white paper presents an overview of the latest developments in the detection of metamorphic and virtualization based malware using an algebraic specification of the Intel 64 assembly...
Provided by University of Liverpool
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White Papers
Memory Virtualization in Database Systems
Aug 2008
Virtualization is a technology that is rapidly transforming the IT Landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people compute. The benefits of virtualization techniques are becoming more and...
Provided by University of Edinburgh
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White Papers
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Virtualization Technology Support
Sep 2009
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 provides integrated Xen-based virtualization, which can be used to provision, deprovision, install, monitor and manage multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single...
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Server Virtualization With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Mar 2009
Increasing complexity and new business demands are testing the limits of today's IT systems. At the same time, CIOs are looking for innovative ways to cut costs and reduce risk. One of the most...
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Saving Money and Increasing Security of Desktops: Forget "VDI"
Jul 2009
At its most broad (and literal) definition, the "virtualization" of a desktop happens whenever that desktop's logical management has been separated from the physical device. In today's world, many...
Provided by Neocleus
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Whitepapers
HP Virtualisation With VMware: Enabling End-to-End Virtualisation of IT Resources
Jan 2009
Around the world, forward-looking IT organisations are using virtualisation to deliver better business outcomes and evolve their data centres from high-cost technology silos to low-cost, pooled...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
NComputing Desktop Virtualization
Jan 2010
By delivering all of the key components of the solution including the access device, extension protocol, and desktop virtualization software, NComputing uniquely delivers a high performance...
Provided by NComputing
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White Papers
Making IT Invisible: NetApp Storage for Virtual Server Environments
Jan 2008
The goal of IT is to become an invisible entity within a larger scale organization - an entity that can quickly adapt to change and scale to meet the rapidly changing needs of today's business, an...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
Virtualizing Service Provider Networks: Leveraging Vyatta Open Routing and Security Software to Lower Costs and Combat Sprawl
Nov 2008
To stay profitable, service provider networks struggle constantly to achieve the right blend of Decreased CAPEX, Decreased OPEX, Decreased power consumption, Decreased space footprint, Increased...
Provided by Vyatta
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White Papers
Quality of Service for I/O Workloads in Multicore Virtualized Servers
Oct 2011
Emerging trend of multi-core servers promises to be the panacea for all data-center issues with system virtualization as the enabling technology. System virtualization allows one to create virtual...
Provided by Indian Institute of Science
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White Papers
Logic in Virtualized Systems
Jul 2011
As virtualized systems grow in complexity, they are increasingly vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks involving resource exhaustion. A malicious driver downloaded and installed by the...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
The Benefits of Virtualization for Embedded Systems
Jun 2011
Well established in the enterprise space, virtualization is now receiving attention for a wide range of embedded solutions. By enabling multiple Operating Systems (OSs) to run simultaneously on a...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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White Papers
Performance Evaluation of Para-Virtualization on Modern Mobile Phone Platform
Feb 2011
Emergence of smartphones brings to live the concept of converged devices with the availability of web amenities. Such trend also challenges the mobile devices manufactures and service providers in...
Provided by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
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White Papers
Virtualization Mechanisms for Mobility, Security and System Administration
Apr 2010
This dissertation demonstrates that operating system virtualization is an effective method for solving many different types of computing problems. The authors have designed novel systems that make...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Untangling Mixed Information to Calibrate Resource Utilization in Virtual Machines
Jun 2011
Server virtualization brings benefits in autonomic resource management, but also leads to new challenges. The challenge the paper addresses is on profiling physical resource utilization...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
A Quantitative Analysis of the Xen Virtualization Overhead
Jul 2010
Recently, consolidation on virtual servers has gone from a small market to a massive industry migration which is affecting businesses across different kinds of companies. Virtualization can be...
Provided by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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White Papers
Database Systems on Virtual Machines: How Much Do You Lose?
Jan 2008
Virtual machine technologies offer simple and practical mechanisms to address many manageability problems in database systems. For example, these technologies allow for server consolidation,...
Provided by University of Waterloo
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White Papers
Recommendations for Virtualization Technologies in High Performance Computing
Oct 2010
The benefits of virtualization are typically considered to be server consolidation (leading to the reduction of power and cooling costs), increased availability, isolation, ease of operating...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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White Papers
Agility in Virtualized Utility Computing
Nov 2007
Virtual machines have emerged as an attractive approach for utility computing platforms because applications running on VMs are fault- and security-isolated from each other, yet can share physical...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Query Optimization for Massively Parallel Data Processing
Sep 2011
MapReduce has been widely recognized as an efficient tool for large-scale data analysis. It achieves high performance by exploiting parallelism among processing nodes while providing a simple...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
The Client Virtualisation Imperative: IT Leaders Embrace Virtual Desktops That Require Hybrid Tools, Skills and Managed Services
Sep 2011
With server virtualisation now well established in the world's data centres, IT leaders are turning their attention to client virtualisation to address some of their greatest computing challenges....
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Towards Trust Services for Language-Based Virtual Machines for Grid Computing
Mar 2008
The concept of Trusted Computing (TC) promises a new approach to improve the security of computer systems. The core functionality, based on a hardware component known as Trusted Platform Module...
Provided by Graz University of Technology
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White Papers
Reducing Organizational Risk Through Virtual Patching
Jun 2010
Today's information cycles continue to evolve faster, with application vulnerabilities and discovery cycles continuing to increase in frequency, while IT resources and budgets do not scale...
Provided by SANS Institute
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White Papers
Distributed Checkpointing of Virtual Machines in Xen Framework
May 2008
A computing system consists of a multitude of hardware and software components that are bound to fail eventually. In many systems, such component failures can lead to unanticipated, potentially...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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White Papers
Demystifying Virtualization for Small Businesses
Jan 2011
Virtualization is not new. Most businesses have heard about it and the rate of adoption has been growing rapidly for years. In fact, analysts predict the adoption rate of virtualization among...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Overnesia: A Resilient Overlay Network for Virtual Super-Peers
Jul 2009
Unstructured P2P networks have been widely used to implement resource location systems that support complex queries semantics. Unfortunately these systems usually rely on search algorithms based...
Provided by INESC-ID
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White Papers
Is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Right for Me?
Jun 2009
As organizations seek to improve management and/or user productivity, control costs or increase information security, it is becoming clear that they must address the endpoint environment. With the...
Provided by SANS Technology Institute
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White Papers
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Apr 2007
Many companies have turned to virtualization technologies for their servers and in their data centers to simplify administration and to reduce management chores and operating costs while...
Provided by VMware
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Podcasts
Red Hat Integrates Server and Desktop Virtualization
Jun 2010
In this podcast, the speaker says about how Red Hat announced the next step in the integration of its enterprise-grade server and desktop virtualization portfolio with the general availability of...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
Wyse and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Partner to Improve Cancer Research Through Desktop Virtualization and Cloud Client Computing
Jul 2010
In this podcast, the speaker reveals that Wyse Technology announced its partnership and continued success with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), the world's largest voluntary health...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
Abtech Teams With Pano Logic to Offer "Zero-Client" Virtual Desktop Solution
Jul 2010
In this podcast, the speaker reveals that Abtech Systems has teamed with manufacturing vendor partner Pano Logic to introduce The Pano System, the greener answer to tedious desktop replacement and...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
IGEL Ideally Positioned to Meet Increasing Virtual Desktop Demand
Oct 2010
In this podcast, the speaker reveals that IGEL Technology today said it was ideally positioned to meet the Desktop Virtualization demand forecast for 2011, by leading technology analysts Gartner,...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
Quest vWorkspace Ready Program Simplifies Thin Client Deployment for Desktop Virtualization
Oct 2010
In this podcast, the speaker reveals that Quest Software announced the creation of the vWorkspace Ready program, a multi-vendor initiative to help businesses simplify the complexities and speed...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Profile Management for Desktop Virtualization
Mar 2009
In this webcast, the presenter offers various objectives and requirements involved when forming an effective profile management strategy. The reliability of mandatory profiles and the flexibility...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Citrix XenServer Enterprise v4: Server Virtualization
Dec 2007
In this webcast, the presenters say about how with Citrix's acquisition of virtualization provider XenSource and the release of XenSource v4.0 the DABCC-TV staff thought it would be time to give...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
XTS Introspect: Free Configuration Reporting Utility for Citrix
Sep 2008
In this webcast, the presenters will walk people through the Introspect Free Configuration Reporting Utility for Citrix environments and teach one how to use it, what it takes to install it, along...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
AppSense Environment Manager 8.0: User Environment Management Video Podcast - Episode 11
Nov 2008
In this webcast, the presenters explain the AppSense Environment Manager 8.0 solution for Citrix, Terminal Services, physical, and Desktop Virtualization environments. Oliver Sills leads the...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
VKernel Capacity Analyzer 3.0: VMware Capacity Planning
Jan 2009
In this webcast, the presenter shows one what's new in the 3.0 release and how the people can use the VKernel Capacity Analyzer 3.0 to spot and then plan for VMware capacity issues in one...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Citrix and AppSense: Desktop Virtualization (VDI) and User Personalization
Jan 2010
In this webcast, the presenters discuss the requirements to create an enterprise desktop virtualization solution along with where AppSense fits in to Citrix's solution stack. Jon Wallace finishes...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Avecto User Privilege Management Technical Overview
Oct 2009
Avecto Privilege Guard enables organizations to adopt the principle of least privilege. It is no longer necessary to assign admin rights to users, as these rights can now be assigned dynamically...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
VKernel: Optimization Pack for VMware Virtualization Environments
Aug 2009
A successful virtualization project balances proper resource allocations and utilizations with VM performance and cost per VM. With the Optimization Pack, VKernel enables organization to rapidly...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Wanova Mirage 2.0: Hybrid Desktop Virtualization
Feb 2011
In this webcast, the presenter explains about the new Wanova Mirage 2.0 hybrid desktop virtualization solution and shows one the entire process of deploying and updating an OS, from start to finish!
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
Episode 1: Citrix XenServer 5.5 Hypervisor of the Free, Technology of the Awesome
Aug 2009
XenServer 5.5 has rolled off of Citrix's production line, bringing with it some new features and scalability. The first episode of the presenter show brings one look at what the management console...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Webcasts
How to ThinApp the VMware vSphere Client
Apr 2011
In this webcast, the presenter explains about installing the VMware vSphere Client every time the user want to use it takes time and can slow one down. What if they could run the vSphere Client...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
AppSense User Virtualization Podcast With AppSense CEO Darron Antill
Mar 2011
In this podcast, the speakers explain about his plans for AppSense as CEO, a bit about the Goldman Sachs 70 million dollar investment, where he sees user virtualization today and where it needs to...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Podcasts
VMTurbo: Real-Time Virtualization Management
Mar 2011
In this podcast, the speakers explain about the VMTurbo real-time virtualization management solution. Ilya explains what the VMTurbo Virtualization Management Suite does, how it works, why the...
Provided by DABCC.com
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White Papers
Virtual Game Changer
Feb 2011
Virtualization is not only creating a more dynamic IT environment, but it is also shifting the role of IT departments from a support role (i.e., cost center) to an active participant in the...
Provided by Logicalis
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White Papers
Making the Case for Virtualisation in Mid-Sized Organisations
Jul 2009
Virtualization has brought undoubted benefits, some of them even matching their vendors' claims. These solutions have entered the mainstream and are no longer the preserve of larger enterprises....
Provided by Colt Tech
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White Papers
Stratus ftServer Systems and VMware vSphere Virtualization Deliver Superior Quality of Service and Guaranteed Uptime Assurance
Mar 2011
Introduced in the early 2000s, virtualization technology for x86 servers was initially used for software development and testing. By the end of 2005 virtualization was finding its way into...
Provided by Stratus Technologies
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White Papers
Live Migration of Virtual Machines
Jan 2010
In this paper the design options for migrating OSes running services with liveness constraints, focusing on data center and cluster environments are considered. The paper introduces and analyzes...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Open Virtualization Format White Paper
Feb 2009
This white paper describes the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). OVF is a hypervisor-neutral, efficient, extensible, and open specification for the packaging and distribution of virtual appliances...
Provided by DMTF
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White Papers
CIM System Virtualization Model White Paper
Nov 2007
The DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) is a conceptual information model for describing computing and business entities in Internet, enterprise, and service-provider environments. CIM uses...
Provided by DMTF
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Whitepapers
Virtualization: The HP Perspective
Jan 2010
Virtualization refers to the abstraction of IT resources from their physical hardware- or software-based constructs. It's often defined as a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
HP Business Value of EVA Storage Virtualization
Jan 2010
The growth in data storage requirements continues to impact organizations of all sizes. For those organizations whose size, budgets, or technical requirements fit into what is called the midrange,...
Provided by Edison
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White Papers
Implementing Network Virtualization for a Future Internet
May 2009
The Internet has become an essential communication medium upon which billions of people rely every day. However, necessary evolution of the Internet has been severely limited by reliability...
Provided by University College London
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White Papers
Evaluating Xen for Router Virtualization
Jan 2010
In this paper, the performance of a software IP router forwarding plane inside the Xen virtual machine monitor environment is evaluated with a view to identifying (some) design issues in Virtual...
Provided by Lancaster University
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White Papers
Network Virtualization Architecture: Proposal and Initial Prototype
Jul 2009
The tussle between reliability and functionality of the Internet is firmly biased on the side of reliability. New enabling technologies fail to achieve traction across the majority of ISPs. It is...
Provided by Lancaster University
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White Papers
Detection of Metamorphic and Virtualization-Based Malware Using Algebraic Specification
Mar 2008
This white paper presents an overview of the latest developments in the detection of metamorphic and virtualization based malware using an algebraic specification of the Intel 64 assembly...
Provided by University of Liverpool
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White Papers
Memory Virtualization in Database Systems
Aug 2008
Virtualization is a technology that is rapidly transforming the IT Landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people compute. The benefits of virtualization techniques are becoming more and...
Provided by University of Edinburgh
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White Papers
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Virtualization Technology Support
Sep 2009
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 provides integrated Xen-based virtualization, which can be used to provision, deprovision, install, monitor and manage multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single...
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Server Virtualization With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Mar 2009
Increasing complexity and new business demands are testing the limits of today's IT systems. At the same time, CIOs are looking for innovative ways to cut costs and reduce risk. One of the most...
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Saving Money and Increasing Security of Desktops: Forget "VDI"
Jul 2009
At its most broad (and literal) definition, the "virtualization" of a desktop happens whenever that desktop's logical management has been separated from the physical device. In today's world, many...
Provided by Neocleus
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Whitepapers
HP Virtualisation With VMware: Enabling End-to-End Virtualisation of IT Resources
Jan 2009
Around the world, forward-looking IT organisations are using virtualisation to deliver better business outcomes and evolve their data centres from high-cost technology silos to low-cost, pooled...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
NComputing Desktop Virtualization
Jan 2010
By delivering all of the key components of the solution including the access device, extension protocol, and desktop virtualization software, NComputing uniquely delivers a high performance...
Provided by NComputing
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White Papers
Making IT Invisible: NetApp Storage for Virtual Server Environments
Jan 2008
The goal of IT is to become an invisible entity within a larger scale organization - an entity that can quickly adapt to change and scale to meet the rapidly changing needs of today's business, an...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
Virtualizing Service Provider Networks: Leveraging Vyatta Open Routing and Security Software to Lower Costs and Combat Sprawl
Nov 2008
To stay profitable, service provider networks struggle constantly to achieve the right blend of Decreased CAPEX, Decreased OPEX, Decreased power consumption, Decreased space footprint, Increased...
Provided by Vyatta
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Whitepapers
Improving Systems Management and Availability With x86 Virtualization
Feb 2009
Virtualization is clearly having a major impact across the IT industry. It is generating real excitement with users, and it has proven its ability to deliver some fundamental business benefits in...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring
Mar 2009
Part 1 describes best practices to manage one's Power Systems and PowerVM. environment by providing you a summary of the different PowerVM Editions and the maintenance strategies. It also includes...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Virtual Loaner Program: A No-Cost Remote Access Solution to IBM Servers, Operating Systems, and Middleware
Aug 2008
Today, the independent software vendor (ISV) application-enablement process provided by IBM Systems and Technology Group typically requires one of the following scenarios to provide an ISV with...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Expand Networks and IBM BladeCenter - Delivering Virtualized WAN Acceleration Services
Nov 2008
Today, organizations of all kinds are increasing their reliance on Wide Area Networks (WANs) to provide employees, partners and customers with better access to information and applications....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Virtualization Strategy for Mid-Sized Businesses: IBM and VMware Virtualization Benefits for Mid-Sized Businesses
Apr 2009
Virtualization of business applications allows IT operations in companies of all sizes to reduce costs, improve IT services and manage risk. The most dramatic cost savings are the result of...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Virtualization and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Version 6.1.1
Sep 2009
By configuring application infrastructure virtualization in WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, one can pool together resources that are normally kept separate to accommodate the fluctuations of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Virtualization for Dummies
Feb 2009
Virtualization is a technical innovation designed to increase the level of system abstraction and enable IT users to harness ever-increasing levels of computer performance. At its simplest level,...
Provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
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White Papers
The Ultimate Platform for Server Virtualization
Jul 2008
Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine in virtual machines. Server virtualization allows IT managers...
Provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
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White Papers
The Promise of Desktop Virtualization
Jun 2008
Much like server virtualization, virtualizing desktops involves separating the physical location of a client device from its logical interface. In practical terms, desktop virtualization allows...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Achieving Maximum ROI From Server Virtualization
Feb 2009
Virtualization is widely regarded as a powerful tool for solving resource utilization challenges. From consolidating servers to pooling storage to easing desktop image management, virtualization...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Virtualization Guide 5.2
Jan 2008
You may already be heavily invested in the rapidly emerging technology of virtualization. If so, consider some of the ideas below for further exploiting the technology. If not, now is the right...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Why Service Virtualization Matters: The Need for SOA Infrastructure in the Enterprise
Mar 2009
Service virtualization is an emerging trend in the SOA landscape that focuses on providing a common infrastructure for building and managing a complex service ecosystem. This paper discusses the...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Microsoft Virtualization: From Data Center to Desktop
Sep 2008
This white paper examines strategies for moving an organization toward a dynamic information technology (IT) environment using data center virtualization technologies. As companies approach...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Cisco and VMware Virtualization Planning and Design
Aug 2008
Virtualization can yield significant operational advantages, but it can also introduce network complexity and new management challenges. To attain the full benefits of virtualization, planning and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Disaster Recovery Solution Using Virtualization Technology: The Disaster Recovery Project Ii at Sap Co-Innovation Lab Tokyo
Jul 2009
Today, IT systems play a critical role in almost all companies. System malfunctions caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons, or human-caused disasters such as terrorism and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Blades Cut Sharper Digital Images
Feb 2009
Founded in 1961, EDCO is located in the Springfield, MO. EDCO had no more rack space for servers supporting document conversion operations, and it needed more processing power to run CPU-intensive...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
IT for the Masses
Jan 2010
Expedient's challenge was to grow IT management business while reducing data center server sprawl and enhancing customer services. The department virtualized its applications and storage onto Dell...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Virtualization for Small Businesses
Mar 2008
The benefits of VPS for small businesses extend beyond merely getting more computing resources than are available from shared hosting and the opportunity to obtain these at a price point well...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
The MissIng Piece of VirtUalization: Eliminating the I/O Bottleneck With IOV in Virtualized Servers
Apr 2008
The benefits of server virtualization for enterprise data centers are broadly recognized: server consolidation, better utilization of available compute resources, dynamic transfer of applications...
Provided by Exar
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White Papers
Migrating to Virtual Machines With the Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant
Jan 2009
Though server virtualization technology has changed the IT landscape for the better in many ways, it has also presented several new challenges. One of the chief concerns that IT decision makers...
Provided by Double-Take Software
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White Papers
Intelligent Queueing Technologies for Virtualization
Apr 2008
As server virtualization continues to grow in IT departments - from small businesses to enterprises - virtualization technologies continue to evolve, improving system throughput for virtual...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Enabling Intel Virtualization Technology FlexMigration on VMware ESX
Sep 2009
Intel Virtualization Technology FlexMigration (Intel VT FlexMigration) is a capability that allows virtualization software vendors to deliver live migration solutions across different generations...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization Performance of SAP ERP Solutions on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series With Microsoft Hyper-V
Jan 2010
SAP, one of the leading vendors of enterprise software, offers a broad portfolio of solutions addressing key business functions such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship...
Provided by Intel
