CASE STUDY - When Conseco IT management needed to consolidate their hundreds of different servers into a more streamlined hardware and software environment, they chose the IBM 3850 M2 server and the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series with four cores per processor. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtualization Security | VMware

ANALYST BRIEF - SEPATON is among the growing list of vendors to join the VMware Technical Alliance Partner (TAP) Program. SEPATON has its sights set on solving the backup challenges of virtual server implementations - in particular, VMware environments - with VTL.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes validated architectures for Dell | VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - In this profile you will explore how to maximize future investment returns in more detail and review the key requirements for optimization solutions. You'll then be introduced to the Virtualization Management Maturity Model, an assessment and planning guide for achieving greater operational efficiency at any stage of virtualization.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Management Software | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Systems Management | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how discovery and dependency mapping (DDM) tools can help organizations overcome the challenges of virtual sprawl. Learn how you can leverage this mapping tool for effective infrastructure management without increasing costs and risk.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premieres: December 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Virtualization | VMware

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This paper examines seven key questions you should ask yourself when choosing the prime hardware vendor for your virtualization solutions.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Construction | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | ROI | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | TCO

PRODUCT LITERATURE - A new multi-core server from Dell and powered by Intel can do the work of nine older single-core servers, while using less energy and facility space. Moreover, it can deliver return on investment (ROI) in as little as nine months. Read this paper to learn more!
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Multi-core Processors | ROI | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | TCO

IT BRIEFING - The costs for power, cooling, server management and administration are now consuming more of IT budgets than even the cost for new hardware. In this TechTarget IT Briefing, you'll learn about Citrix Essentials, Intel Xeon 5500, and HP ProLiant G6 for XenServer.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Citrix XenServer | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Multi-core Processors | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Double-Take Flex provides increased functionality by using your existing technology infrastructure, saving you time and money when deploying new computers, protecting workloads and migrating existing workloads to new platforms.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: August 19, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Management | Managed Security Services | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management

EGUIDE - This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Sun, and Intel, discusses how to successfully buy, configure and manage a virtual server environment.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | HIPAA Compliance | IT Management | IT Managers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - To provide disaster recovery for virtual machines running on a Hyper-V host, look to Double-Take for Hyper-V from Double-Take Software to protect your workloads with real-time replication and automated failover for virtualized workloads. Read this white paper for more details.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Replication | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Double-Take Move provides migration functionality that dramatically reduces the impact and risk of migrations in the data center and across any geographic distance.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: April 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Migration | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Software Migration | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Management Software

ANALYST BRIEF - To understand the impact of server virtualization, Syncsort commissioned Ziff Davis Media to conduct a survey around end-user experiences with migrating physical servers to virtual machines (referred to as P2V migration). Read the results here.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software