WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: May 24, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Spending | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This document provides valuable insight on determining the number and size of datastores, planning the storage environment, and tuning performance of the Emprise 7000 system.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtualization Security | 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

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 - Read this white paper to learn how adding Surgient VQMS to HP Quality Center helps you centrally manage and allocate test lab resources from HP Quality Center across multiple and distributed teams according to business policies and quotas, and more.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Enterprise Resource Management | Quality Control | Server Virtualization Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper will discuss the 5 areas of Virtualisation technology and introduce you to a virtualized framework solution from Virtustream that will not only provide the maximum ROI, but will address issues from a business perspective as well as an IT perspective, with a constant eye on the calculator for any business investment - your TCO.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Applications Software | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | ROI | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: April 14, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | CRM | ERP | IT Spending | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | UNIX | VM | VMware

WHITE PAPER - BMC Software's internal IT organization launched a virtualization and automation initiative that achieved financial payback in less than six months. The effort improved productivity, increased responsiveness, and saved the company $5 million per year.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

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: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Replication | Storage Replication Software | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Server Virtualization means more than server consolidation. Microsoft Windows Server can help your organization improve network reliability, scalability and security.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Security | Security Infrastructure | Security Management | Security Systems | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper introduces Windows Server virtualization as a key component of the Microsoft datacenter-to-desktop virtualization strategy.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - IDC's white paper reviews finds that virtualization can have significant benefits to an organization, like increased utilization, simplified management and reduced energy costs, but it can be a complex undertaking and if not planned correctly, it can hurt instead of help.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2008


Topics:  Network Management | Networking | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software