WHITE PAPER - This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how CDW helped Wipfli CPA and Consultants optimize their IT environment to overcome power, cooling, and space challenges, while simultaneously improving IT response times.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware | VMware Server

EGUIDE - This Essential Guide offers a collection of tips, tools and techniques that you can use to back up your virtual servers more efficiently. Find out about the intricacies of using VMware's Consolidate Backup (VCB) application, get tips on how to fine-tune your current backup app for virtual servers, and read about the common problems and solutions.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtualization Security | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Advanced technology allows businesses to get maximum bang out of hardware buck while reducing server counts and support costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization can help your business get the most out of its server hardware.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - With server virtualization, you do more with less. Instead of filling your data center with underutilized boxes, you run multiple operating systems and applications on a single physical machine. You make the most of your space while taking full advantage of your hardware investment. Read this whitepaper to learn more about these benefits.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - Join HP and VMware, industry leaders in virtualization and infrastructure and application management for this one hour webinar to learn how you can reduce management costs and gain increased visibility and control of your virtual infrastructure.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Power Supplies | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Server sprawl creates a serious financial and efficiency leak at many organizations. Consolidation can help ease management requirements and reduce costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how to take control of server sprawl with a server consolidation solution.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Logical Partitions | Network Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Lakeview Medical Center needed to optimize their IT environment to combat data center infrastructure challenges. CDW helped them put VMware to work consolidating their servers and providing a more efficient environment. Read this quick case study to learn how they reduced backup times, improved response times, and reduced cost of ownership.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


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

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

VIDEO - This videocast takes a close look at what companies should consider before embarking on an SAP virtualization project, including costs, skills, data center and hardware requirements.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | SAP (Product) | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | TCO

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how SAP customers are getting started with virtualization technology, and find out what needs to be considered in terms of hardware, staffing and SAP modules.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: September 9, 2009


Topics:  SAP (Product) | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | TCO

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how SAP customers are getting started with virtualization technology, and find out why some companies are virtualizing mission-critical SAP applications.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | SAP (Product) | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization Software | TCO

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 - System Center lowers the cost of delivering datacenter services through integrated, end-to-end management of physical and virtual environments, and supports the optimization of the datacenter in three primary ways. Each of these benefits, and the solutions that enable them, are discussed in this paper.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management