DATA SHEET - The Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management for Windows Server 2008 is an approximate 10 day service and consists of either a single-node implementation or dual-node highly available (HA) host-based cluster configuration and up to two servers for the System Center elements. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Operations Manager | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor | Windows Server 2003

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how to optimize your virtual infrastructure performance by allocating resources properly. Gain insight into essential steps you should take to begin the optimization process. Learn how to meet business requirements while increasing resource efficiency.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Premiered: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Network Performance | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VM

WHITE PAPER - The User Workspace Management market is generating increasing attention from IT professionals and analysts. This White Paper provides a brief description of User Workspace Management and its critical importance to desktop virtualization deployments.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Remote Offices | Thin Client Hardware | Thin Client Software | Thin Ethernet Cable | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine Monitor | Virtual User Interface Software | Workstations

WHITE PAPER - HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Microsoft Virtual Server | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SQL | SQL Server | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses the fact that server virtualization is still a relatively new technology undergoing rapid development and innovation. While creating a virtual machine is relatively simple, the underlying complexity of the infrastructure and IT processes cannot be ignored.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Published: August 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtual Machine Migration | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

VIDEO - In this videocast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors.
Posted: August 19, 2009 | Premiered: August 19, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor

PODCAST - In this podcast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors.
Posted: August 19, 2009 | Premiered: August 19, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor | Windows Server Software

WEBCAST - View this VKernel webcast to learn how to best optimize resource utilization in your current ESX environment. During this 30 minute presentation, we'll discuss how capacity planning is different in an ESX environment, resource alignment, and many other aspects of capacity planning within your current environment.
Posted: July 9, 2009 | Premiered: July 9, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Enterprise Resource Management | Network Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Server

VIDEO - Watch this video to learn how the Dell PowerEdge R610 is a key building block for today's data center. Designed for versatility and high performance, it provides many of the virtualization, system management, and energy-efficiency features you need now and the scalability necessary to change as your business grows.
Posted: May 21, 2009 | Premiered: May 21, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Implementation | Systems Management | Virtual Machine Monitor

EBOOK - Virtualization for Dummies explains how virtualization works and how it can benefit your organization. The book covers the kinds of issues virtualization can address and how it addresses them.
Posted: April 8, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

EBOOK - Now is the time to realize all of the benefits of virtualizing your test and development lab. This chapter highlights some of the benefits of consolidating your test and development environments through virtualization, including costs savings, accelerated time to deployment and system consistency throughout your environment.
Posted: March 19, 2009 | Published: March 19, 2009


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Virtual Machine Monitor

CASE STUDY - Llog Exploration Company brought in Fusion-io's ioDrive Solid-state Storage devices to see how much time the new devices would save using their existing 32-bit Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM geosciences workflow application on their network. The result?
Posted: March 18, 2009 | Published: March 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Replication | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor

CASE STUDY - In its VMware server environment, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (HE&R) needed to get more proactive visibility into its resource utilization and allocations to plan for future growth.
Posted: March 6, 2009 | Published: March 6, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

TRIAL SOFTWARE - In a virtual server infrastructure where all resources are shared, optimal performance can only be achieved with an adequate amount of properly allocated resource capacity. Not allocating enough resources can cause critical bottlenecks - leading to performance problems and costly downtime events.
Posted: January 9, 2009 | Published: January 9, 2009


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Server