CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how the Citizant IT group worked with Dell to design a virtualized IT infrastructure that includes VMware virtualization software to accommodate business growth, enhance IT flexibility, and improve worker productivity by creating a virtualized infrastructure in-house.
Posted: May 29, 2009 | Published: March 2, 2009


Topics:  Email Management | IT Infrastructure | Outsourcing | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

CASE STUDY - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

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 - Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

PODCAST - Check out this podcast to learn how VMware and Dell are leveraging VMware vStorage with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs for greater virtual server performance and more efficient management.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | Disaster Recovery | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | VMware | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

VIDEO - Discover benefits of virtualization like improving utilization, simplifying operations, and rapidly provisioning new servers. Learn more about the benefits of virtualization by viewing these brief flash overviews.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Operating System Virtualization | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine

CASE STUDY - Acme Truck Line, Inc. wanted to develop a cost-effective, comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Read this brief case study to see how they implemented VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs to deliver an affordable and flexible virtual platform that supports disaster recovery needs for companies of all sizes.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI SAN | IT Infrastructure | SAN | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Infrastructure 3 | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 (U4) running on the latest PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
Posted: May 5, 2009 | Published: April 30, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Databases | SAN | SQL | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper provides an overview of the networking architecture for VMware® Infrastructure 3 on Dell™ PowerEdge blade servers. It provides best practices for deploying and configuring your network in the VMware environment.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Network Architectures | Network Best Practices | Network Management | Network Managers | Networking | Systems Management | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

EGUIDE - In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Hardware | Hardware Configuration Management | Project Management | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | VMware

CASE STUDY - Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a Columbia, South Carolina-based law firm with five locations throughout the state sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, increase storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. In this case study you'll learn about their new Dell and VMware solutions.
Posted: August 17, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Email Management Software | High Availability | Legal Services Industry | RPO | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

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

CASE STUDY - When it was time to refresh the headquarters' IT infrastructure, the Earth Rangers IT group knew that any new computer systems had to meet their own high environmental standards. In this case study, you'll learn why they decided to create a virtualized server infrastructure using solutions from Dell and VMware and the benefits achieved.
Posted: August 17, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Green Data Center | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | SMBs | VMware | VMware ESX

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Virtualization technology presents a number of opportunities for driving capital and operational efficiency for SMBs. Read this brief paper to learn ten cost-saving strategies.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business IT Alignment | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | SMBs | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Whether you're a small organization trying to extend the value of the assets you already have or a larger data center pushing the envelope in automation, Dell and VMware can deliver solutions that make sense for your budget, staff, and business.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


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