Operating System Virtualization

WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle Solaris and Oracle’s Sun x86 systems using Intel Xeon processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your enterprise application solution environment.

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 | Published: 19 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is changing the development, quality assurance (QA), and operations teams of many IT organizations. Read this white paper to learn how virtualization is helping organizations like yours achieve the ultimate goal of staying on schedule and budget while producing a high degree of quality.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Among the challenges facing companies are geographically dispersed offices, mobile employees and the need for high availability and business continuity.  Learn how desktop virtualization and workshifting are viable solutions. Discover how these strategies will increase productivity, optimize performance and centralize management.

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: With an increased demand for dynamic computing accessibility, pressure on your infrastructure is mounting. Fortunately, desktop virtualization provides a method for meeting these demands. Learn about workshifting, a new approach to end-user computing resulting from the advantages of desktop virtualization.

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: As demands on your infrastructure change, a plan for increased capacity, dynamic resource allocation, and mobility is a necessity. Without one, revenue could be at risk. Access this exclusive resource to learn how desktop virtualization may provide your organization with the ability to optimize provisioning and increase overall security.

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Unplanned business disruptions come at a high cost.  In an emergency situation, desktop virtualization enables displaced workers to continue working from home, on any device – a tablet, a rented laptop, an old PC or a device they just purchased. Discover why desktop virtualization is a vital element of business continuity planning.

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how integrated processes such as Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) give IT pros the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan for future growth, control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency. Learn more about DCIM solutions here.

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: By reducing cost and complexity, you can devote more resources to making innovation a daily business practice. Access this white paper for the top 10 reasons you should consider migrating to Windows Server 2008.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technology is fast becoming the strategy of choice for companies that want to reap the benefits of cost-effective and easy-to-manage server environments. Learn how your company can take advantage of the benefits of server virtualization.

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Download “Avoiding the 8 common mistakes of Windows 7 migration,” an informative white paper that explains how to make the most of a Windows 7 migration and PC refresh to enhance performance, security and manageability.

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 25 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization customers are seeking to reduce support and maintenance costs, simplify management, replace traditional PC hardware, and increase security and resilience. Check out this white paper to learn why desktop virtualization may be a cost effective, efficiency promoting option for your organization.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Finding a server/processor platform that fully supports virtual desktop environments is key to success. Dell and Intel provide such a platform with servers, processors, and storage that are designed to run virtual environments.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Solaris Containers implement OS virtualization using containers that are designed to provide a complete, isolated, secure runtime environment for applications—and in situations where resources can be managed with sub-CPU granularity.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how virtualization has become such a hot topic that the number of virtualization techniques, tools, and technologies is into the dozens, and that’s just from Microsoft. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, configuration optimization, less disruption, and easier reallocation of resources.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of Windows 7 benefits and offers a wide range of tips and best practices for making the transition. It will also discuss the advantages of combining Dell hardware with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, the benefits of desktop virtualization, and much more!

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Deploying VMware® vSphere™ 4 virtualization with 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers and Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage helps IT organizations confidently virtualize mission-critical Microsoft® applications and achieve outstanding performance, simplified management, and granular data protection.

Posted: 13 May 2010 | Published: 13 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Just what do you expect Microsoft has delivered with the latest release of Windows Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 (release 2)? Let's take a look at how different and how similar Windows Server 2008 R2 could be for you.

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 | Published: 08 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Exchange Server 2010. There are many new and improved features in the new version. This white paper outlines ten items to consider when planning and deploying an Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure, as well as some considerations to keep in mind when making the decision to move on to the "latest and greatest" iteration.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely inventory small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of any agent software. This paper explains how to utilize it to "map" your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: There are some helpful things we can do with Cisco’s IOS to make our lives easier. This white paper will present some useful commands, followed (in parentheses) by their most concise shortcuts (at the time of this writing).

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know?

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009