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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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White Papers
Achieving Fast, Scalable I/O for Virtualized Servers
Oct 2009
IT organizations are taking advantage of virtualization to consolidate server infrastructure, reduce power, cooling and management costs, and provide simpler and more affordable solutions for high...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Power to the Teachers
Feb 2010
Midway Independent School District sought to gain control over server sprawl and implement a consolidated solution for growth. The district virtualized its applications and storage onto Dell...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Broadcom Ethernet Network Controller Enhanced Virtualization Functionality
Oct 2009
Networking is an essential component inside a virtualization environment. Similar to other hardware resources found in the system, a network adapter is virtualized to the Virtual Machine (VM). VM...
Provided by Broadcom
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Case Studies
Protecting the Troops
Sep 2009
Win new business by designing, configuring, and deploying a cost-effective solution to help U.S. armed forces reduce the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs); create a dense server...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Impact of Virtualization on Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Feb 2010
Consolidation using virtualization is here to stay. It works - it saves money by increasing computing throughput per watt of power consumed, freeing up floor space, providing head room for growth,...
Provided by The Green Grid
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers: Competitive Pricing Guide
Nov 2009
Server virtualization offers tremendous benefits for enterprise IT organizations - server consolidation, hardware abstraction, and internal clouds deliver a high degree of operational efficiency....
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Hitachi Storage Virtualization in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment
Sep 2009
The Department of the Navy (DON) under the direction and authority of the Chief Information Officer has taken a leadership role in defining the vision, scope, strategy and concept of operations...
Provided by Hitachi
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White Papers
Virtualized Storage for Mainframe Environments
Dec 2009
Hitachi intelligent storage control systems can be used to lower the cost of storage connected to a mainframe in an IBM z/OS environment by allowing lower cost midrange (SATA) and other open...
Provided by Hitachi
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White Papers
J.D. Edwards Virtualization With Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Technology
Dec 2008
This paper introduces and describes the benefits of J.D. Edwards virtualization using the new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology, and how to effectively implement this new technology into a...
Provided by Xerox
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White Papers
8Gb HBA Management Optimized for the Virtualized Data Center
Feb 2008
As Fibre Channel (FC) technology evolves into a new generation of 8Gb products, it is imperative that a scalable architecture be deployed to meet a full spectrum of concerns beyond cost,...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
QLogic's Open Standards Based Host and Fabric Virtualization Solution
Apr 2009
The success of an enterprise network depends on the speed and quality of the service provided. Virtualization technologies are rapidly gaining traction as they deliver significant cost savings by...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
QLogic NetSlice Technology Addresses I/O Virtualization Needs
Jun 2009
Server virtualization based on virtual machine (VM) software is becoming a popular solution for consolidation of data center servers. With VM software, a single physical machine can support a...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
Optimized Delivery of Virtualized Applications and Desktops Over Wide Area Networks
Mar 2009
Infrastructure consolidation and virtualization is no longer a trend, but a business imperative for providing improved ROI, hardware utilization, and management. Companies are minimizing,...
Provided by Expand Networks
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White Papers
Server Virtualization: Leveraging the Potential of Your IT Assets
Oct 2008
The data center has become a critical part of the IT infrastructure for many companies, providing the technical foundation for an agile, innovative business. So disorder in the data center, such...
Provided by Avanade
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Information Management: Information Virtualization for a Unified Business View
Aug 2008
Enterprises need to integrate content from multiple sources to deliver consistent timely, and meaningful information to their business processes. This is critical to reducing costs, increasing...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Unified Storage for Oracle Database 11g/1Og Virtualized Solution
May 2009
This white paper provides an overview of the architecture of a virtualized solution for midsize enterprises that uses the EMC Celerra Unified Storage Platform (Celerra) and Oracle Database 11 g...
Provided by EMC
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Case Studies
Small Is Beautiful
Jan 2009
Claremont University Consortium needed a scalable, highly available server and storage infrastructure that would make the most of limited space in its new data center and help support a green...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Simplify Suite in a VDI Environment
Jan 2009
VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is poised to drastically change the way companies run their desktops. In VDI, application workload is moved from a desktop at the user's workspace to a virtual...
Provided by triCerat
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White Papers
How to Increase VMware Application Availability With Shared Storage
Jan 2010
Server virtualization has become indispensable for almost every IT environment, growing at a projected rate of over 100% per year, according to a recent IDC study. This growth is attributed to the...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Virtualization - Did You Overlook Storage?
Jun 2010
Just think how isolated disk bottlenecks and minor drive outages that once affected only a few applications or a handful of users will now impact many more. Or maybe it wasn't apparent that before...
Provided by DataCore Software
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite - Desktop Virtualization: Product Review
Aug 2009
Just over a year ago, Symantec established the Endpoint Virtualization Group, bringing together technologies from Altiris, AppStream and Nsuite under one umbrella with the goals of giving users a...
Provided by DABCC
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White Papers
Deploying Personal Virtual Desktops by Using RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Step-by-Step Guide
Apr 2010
Personal virtual desktops are virtual machines that are assigned to a user within one's organization and available by using either RemoteApp and Desktop Connection or Remote Desktop Web Access (RD...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Deploying Virtual Desktop Pools by Using Remote Desktop Web Access Step-by-Step Guide
Apr 2010
Virtual desktop pools are groups of identically configured virtual machines that users can connect to by using either RemoteApp and Desktop Connection or Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access)....
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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Deploying Remote Desktop Connection Broker With High Availability Step-by-Step Guide
May 2010
This paper describes the steps for configuring Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) in a failover cluster, as part of a configuration that provides users with access to personal...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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White Papers
Choosing an Appropriate User State Virtualization Solution
May 2010
User state virtualization describes the separation of user settings and data from an end user's personal computer. Microsoft Windows provides three technologies for virtualizing user state...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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White Papers
Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2
Jun 2010
The Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host) role service lets multiple concurrent users run Windows-based applications on a remote virtual machine running Windows client...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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White Papers
Enterprise Desktop Virtualization
Jun 2010
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), a core component of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance, enables deployment and management of Microsoft...
Provided by DABCC
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White Papers
Achieving Business Value Through Microsoft VDI Together With Session Virtualization
Jun 2010
This whitepaper discusses the benefits and considerations when planning a Microsoft Windows Server Remote Desktop Services solution and the choices associated with a lowest cost deployment for...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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White Papers
What's New in Remote Desktop Services
Jun 2010
Remote Desktop Services, formerly Terminal Services, in the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, provides technologies that enable users to access session-based desktops, virtual machine-based...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Virtual Desktop Pools Step-by-Step Guide
Jun 2010
RemoteFX enables the delivery of a full Windows client user experience to a full range of client devices including rich clients, thin clients, and ultra thin clients. RemoteFX delivers a rich user...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Personal Virtual Desktops Step-by-Step Guide
Jun 2010
Included as part of the RD Virtualization Host role service, RemoteFX enables the delivery of a full Windows client user experience to a full range of client devices including rich clients, thin...
Provided by Microsoft Corporation
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Shared-Nothing VDI Vs Traditional Shared VDI: How to Pick the Right Solution for Your Needs
Aug 2010
A big reason to implement desktop virtualization (aka VDI) is to eliminate the inefficiencies and costs of operating and managing PCs. But the upfront acquisition costs and the time to generate a...
Provided by DABCC
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Case Studies
University at Albany Reduces Storage Costs and Expedites Virtualization With NetApp
Mar 2011
The University at Albany-SUNY (UAlbany) is an internationally recognized public research institution with nearly 18,000 students. They need to migrate from a distributed storage infrastructure to...
Provided by NetApp
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Microsoft RemoteFX for Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Capacity Planning Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Mar 2011
Microsoft RemoteFX delivers a rich user experience for session-based and virtual desktops to a broad range of client devices. This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Hands-On Experience With Virtual Labs: Virtual Production Environments for Safe, Affordable Technology Training
Jul 2009
When it comes to providing a rich and compelling interaction with a technology, letting students experiment with an application can truly make the sale or drive home key learning points. Virtual...
Provided by Element K
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White Papers
Virtual Classroom: Leveraging Concepts of Virtualization to Deliver Student Labs and Online Assessments
May 2010
Fueled by current economic conditions, colleges and universities are experiencing an unprecedented surge in enrollment. Online education and programs offering technical degrees and certification...
Provided by NIIT
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Verizon Business Technicians Get Ahead With Hands-On CCNA Virtual Training
Oct 2010
Verizon Business is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. Many of the world's largest corporations and governments rely on Verizon Business' professional and managed services and...
Provided by Element K
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White Papers
3D Learning and Virtual Worlds
Mar 2009
Globalization, a challenging economic environment, a younger workforce with rising expectations of collaborative, interactive work environments - all of these forces have converged to create...
Provided by ACS
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White Papers
An Analysis of Server Virtualization Utility Incentives
Mar 2011
Server virtualization is a proven, stable technology that directly reduces risk and increases available computing capacity while simultaneously reducing energy consumption when properly deployed....
Provided by Green Grid
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White Papers
Composite Data Virtualization Usage Patterns
Jan 2011
Composite data virtualization, as described in this paper, is a proven data integration approach used by large enterprises and government agencies today to overcome business and IT challenges and...
Provided by Composite Software Systems
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Evaluating Virtual Router Performance for the Future Internet
Jun 2010
The Internet is ossified. It is difficult to create new services or innovate in the core of the network. In order to address this issue, the authors need a new Internet model to council the...
Provided by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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White Papers
XTC: A Throughput Control Mechanism for Xen-Based Virtualized Software Routers
Aug 2011
Xen is a tool for hardware virtualization often used to build virtual routers. Xen, however, does not assure the fundamental requirement of network isolation among these routers. This paper...
Provided by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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Enabling Cost-Effective Resource Leases With Virtual Machines
Jun 2007
Leasing resources for short periods of time can be of great value to many applications. Applications consisting of workflows of small tasks (such as Montage [5], GADU [6] or fMRI [7]), can be more...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
Contextualization: Providing One-Click Virtual Clusters
Oct 2008
As virtual appliances become more prevalent, the authors encounter the need to stop manually adapting them to their deployment context each time they are deployed. They examine appliance...
Provided by University of Chicago
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White Papers
Dynamic Virtual AliEn Grid Sites on Nimbus With CernVM
Mar 2011
The authors describe the work on enabling one click deployment of Grid sites of AliEn Grid framework on the Nimbus 'Science clpud' at the University of Chicago. The integration of computing...
Provided by IOP Publishing
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White Papers
FlurryDB: A Dynamically Scalable Relational Database With Virtual Machine Cloning
Jun 2011
Stateless services are easy to scale in the cloud since new replicas of these services can be created at any time and they operate completely independently of other instances. In contrast, scaling...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Shrinker: Improving Live Migration of Virtual Clusters Over WANs With Distributed Data Deduplication and Content-Based Addressing
Jun 2011
Live virtual machine migration is a powerful feature of virtualization technologies. It enables efficient load balancing, reduces energy consumption through dynamic consolidation, and makes...
Provided by IRISA
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White Papers
Towards Continuous Policy-Driven Demand Response in Data Centers
Aug 2011
Demand Response (DR) is a technique for balancing electricity supply and demand by regulating power consumption instead of generation. DR is a key technology for emerging smart electric grids that...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
A Virtual Instruction Set Interface for Operating System Kernels
Jan 2011
In this paper, the authors propose and evaluate a virtual instruction set interface between an Operating System (OS) kernel and a general purpose processor architecture. This interface is a set of...
Provided by University of Illinois
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White Papers
Secure Virtual Architecture: A Safe Execution Environment for Commodity Operating Systems
Oct 2007
This paper describes an efficient and robust approach to provide a safe execution environment for an entire operating system, such as Linux, and all its applications. The approach, which the...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Whitepapers
Vigilant - Out-of-Band Detection of Failures in Virtual Machines
Jan 2008
What do the computer systems do all day? How do we make sure they continue doing it when failures occur? Traditional approaches to answering these questions often involve inband monitoring agents....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Scalable I/O - A Well-Architected Way to Do Scalable, Secure and Virtualized I/O
Nov 2008
Today in both virtualized and non-virtualized systems the entire I/O functionality is based on device drivers. They are central to any system structure; both anecdotal and informed evidence...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
NAP: A Building Block for Remediating Performance Bottlenecks Via Black Box Network Analysis
Jun 2009
In this paper, the authors present a simple, yet powerful, methodology for application-agnostic diagnostic and remediation of performance hot spots in elastic multi-tiered client/server...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Plugging the Hypervisor Abstraction Leaks Caused by Virtual Networking
Apr 2010
Virtual machines are of very little use if they cannot access the underlying physical network. Virtualizing the network has traditionally been considered a challenge best met by such...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Whitepapers
IOMMU: Strategies for Mitigating the IOTLB Bottleneck
May 2010
The Input/Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) was recently introduced into mainstream computer architecture when both Intel and AMD added IOMMUs to their chip-sets. An IOMMU provides memory...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IsoStack - Highly Efficient Network Processing on Dedicated Cores
Apr 2010
Sharing data between the processors becomes increasingly expensive as the number of cores in a system grows. In particular, the network processing overhead on larger systems can reach tens of...
Provided by IBM
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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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White Papers
Achieving Fast, Scalable I/O for Virtualized Servers
Oct 2009
IT organizations are taking advantage of virtualization to consolidate server infrastructure, reduce power, cooling and management costs, and provide simpler and more affordable solutions for high...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Power to the Teachers
Feb 2010
Midway Independent School District sought to gain control over server sprawl and implement a consolidated solution for growth. The district virtualized its applications and storage onto Dell...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Broadcom Ethernet Network Controller Enhanced Virtualization Functionality
Oct 2009
Networking is an essential component inside a virtualization environment. Similar to other hardware resources found in the system, a network adapter is virtualized to the Virtual Machine (VM). VM...
Provided by Broadcom
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Case Studies
Protecting the Troops
Sep 2009
Win new business by designing, configuring, and deploying a cost-effective solution to help U.S. armed forces reduce the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs); create a dense server...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Impact of Virtualization on Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Feb 2010
Consolidation using virtualization is here to stay. It works - it saves money by increasing computing throughput per watt of power consumed, freeing up floor space, providing head room for growth,...
Provided by The Green Grid
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers: Competitive Pricing Guide
Nov 2009
Server virtualization offers tremendous benefits for enterprise IT organizations - server consolidation, hardware abstraction, and internal clouds deliver a high degree of operational efficiency....
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Hitachi Storage Virtualization in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment
Sep 2009
The Department of the Navy (DON) under the direction and authority of the Chief Information Officer has taken a leadership role in defining the vision, scope, strategy and concept of operations...
Provided by Hitachi
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White Papers
Virtualized Storage for Mainframe Environments
Dec 2009
Hitachi intelligent storage control systems can be used to lower the cost of storage connected to a mainframe in an IBM z/OS environment by allowing lower cost midrange (SATA) and other open...
Provided by Hitachi
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White Papers
J.D. Edwards Virtualization With Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Technology
Dec 2008
This paper introduces and describes the benefits of J.D. Edwards virtualization using the new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology, and how to effectively implement this new technology into a...
Provided by Xerox
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White Papers
8Gb HBA Management Optimized for the Virtualized Data Center
Feb 2008
As Fibre Channel (FC) technology evolves into a new generation of 8Gb products, it is imperative that a scalable architecture be deployed to meet a full spectrum of concerns beyond cost,...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
QLogic's Open Standards Based Host and Fabric Virtualization Solution
Apr 2009
The success of an enterprise network depends on the speed and quality of the service provided. Virtualization technologies are rapidly gaining traction as they deliver significant cost savings by...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
QLogic NetSlice Technology Addresses I/O Virtualization Needs
Jun 2009
Server virtualization based on virtual machine (VM) software is becoming a popular solution for consolidation of data center servers. With VM software, a single physical machine can support a...
Provided by QLogic
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White Papers
Optimized Delivery of Virtualized Applications and Desktops Over Wide Area Networks
Mar 2009
Infrastructure consolidation and virtualization is no longer a trend, but a business imperative for providing improved ROI, hardware utilization, and management. Companies are minimizing,...
Provided by Expand Networks
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White Papers
Server Virtualization: Leveraging the Potential of Your IT Assets
Oct 2008
The data center has become a critical part of the IT infrastructure for many companies, providing the technical foundation for an agile, innovative business. So disorder in the data center, such...
Provided by Avanade
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Information Management: Information Virtualization for a Unified Business View
Aug 2008
Enterprises need to integrate content from multiple sources to deliver consistent timely, and meaningful information to their business processes. This is critical to reducing costs, increasing...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Unified Storage for Oracle Database 11g/1Og Virtualized Solution
May 2009
This white paper provides an overview of the architecture of a virtualized solution for midsize enterprises that uses the EMC Celerra Unified Storage Platform (Celerra) and Oracle Database 11 g...
Provided by EMC
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Case Studies
Small Is Beautiful
Jan 2009
Claremont University Consortium needed a scalable, highly available server and storage infrastructure that would make the most of limited space in its new data center and help support a green...
Provided by Dell
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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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
