WHITE PAPER - Virtualized servers are yielding dramatic cost savings through consolidation of physical resources, reductions in power and cooling requirements, and slashed operational expenses. It’s delivering a magnitude of benefits that many businesses find virtually amazing. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Disaster Recovery | Energy Efficiency | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - The recent push for more efficient computing platforms has businesses venturing beyond basic servers and systems. In order to manage resources more effectively, save data center space, reduce IT administrative tasks, and go green, many organizations have turned to virtualization. Learn how your organization can benefit from virtualization.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization basically means inserting a software layer between your hardware and your operating system. This decouples the operating system from the hardware and allows you to run many operating systems at the same time on top of that same physical piece of hardware. Read this short paper to learn about the benefits of using virtual servers.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Operating System Virtualization | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3 | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - A business manager identifies an urgent need for a software application and requests a server to run the new application. Then the server provisioning process kicks off. Read this short whitepaper to learn about new techniques and technologies that can enable your business to cut through so much of the red tape involved in adding new applications.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization has become a common solution to the problem of server sprawl. By using this technology to consolidate servers, many companies are using less floor space, cutting energy consumption, and simplifying management. But IT must translate these technological advantages into concrete improvements for the business. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Desktop Virtualization | ROI | Server Virtualization | TCO | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

ANALYST REPORT - Despite progress in Virtualization, much development still remains. With predications that virtualization will become pervasive, this research highlights forthcoming challenges and strategic issues facing IT planners.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: February 11, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | Regulatory Compliance | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

VIDEO - Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) provides comprehensive hardware assists that boost virtualization software performance, improve application response times and provide greater reliability, security and flexibility. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Migration | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Energy Efficiency | Load Balancing | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Dell commissioned Principled Technologies to estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | TCO

ANALYST REPORT - Dell has teamed-up with Intel and Red Hat and developed a migration strategy to simplify the consolidation of the enterprise data center from an outdated, proprietary architecture to an easily managed open systems platforms. To learn about how easy it is to migrate from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers, please read on.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Database Architectures | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Open Systems Standards | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Management | TCO

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn about a new unique workload profiling tool that takes the guess work out of identifying underutilized physical servers and virtual hosts. Learn how to leverage this tool for improved use and longer life of your current hardware.
Posted: August 28, 2009 | Premiered: August 28, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Management | Network Capacity | Network Performance | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | VM

WEBCAST - In this expert webcast, you'll learn the most common issues involved with server virtualization and how to overcome them.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Premiered: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | IT Management | Network Best Practices | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VM

WHITE PAPER - Dell is committed to driving the cost and complexity out of virtualization, helping you accelerate adoption and achieve cost savings sooner without sacrificing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn about Dell's Business Ready Virtualization Configurations.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

EZINE - Best practices, people, processes, and procedures combine with technology tools, hardware, software, networks, services, and facilities to enable a virtual data center. The importance of this chapter is to understand how all these elements coupled with existing and emerging technologies can be applied to improve IT service delivery.
Posted: August 21, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Virtualization Security

WEBCAST - This webcast will provide valuable insight that will help you ensure that your initial virtualization deployment is realizing its potential in efficiency, ease of data management and utilization. Click through to register for this webcast.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Premiered: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Storage | Security Threats | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Virtualization Security

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Thin provisioning is not new, but there is still confusion about how it works and how to best use it in the data center. In this presentation transcript, Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst and Consultant, Taneja Group and Christine Taylor, Analyst, Tenaja Group, outline the various approaches and technologies behind thin provisioning.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning