Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 Servers, Dell MD3000i Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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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: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell Equallogic™ Storage, and VMware Infrastructure™
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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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: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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Hurwitz: Virtualization is Not a Silver Bullet
sponsored by CA
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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: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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VMware vSphere v4 Best Practices for Emprise 7000
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
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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: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure
sponsored by CompuCom and IBM
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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: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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Real-Time Protection for Hyper-V
sponsored by Double-Take Software
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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: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009
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Virtualization For Better, Faster, More Cost-Effective Quality Assurance
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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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: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009
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Leveraging Virtualisation for a Competitive Edge Improve Application Availability and Resource Provisioning
sponsored by Virtustream
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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: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009
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Power Systems: Comparing Costs of IBM PowerVM and x86 VMware for Enterprise
sponsored by IBM
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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: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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Uncover the Benefits of Virtualization
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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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: 03 Nov 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2009
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Getting Virtualization Right: Five Virtualization Rules Every Organization Must Know
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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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: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009
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Real-Time Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Double-Take Software UK
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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: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Windows Server Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 Product Overview
sponsored by SHI
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This white paper introduces Windows Server virtualization as a key component of the Microsoft datacenter-to-desktop virtualization strategy.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Server Virtualization - Windows Server Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 Product & Technical Overviews
sponsored by SHI
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Server Virtualization means more than server consolidation. Microsoft Windows Server can help your organization improve network reliability, scalability and security.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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IDC Paper – Services for Virtualization
sponsored by IBM
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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: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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ITG - VALUE PROPOSITION FOR IBM POWER SYSTEMS Virtualization Impact for Enterprise UNIX and Linux Server Infrastructures
sponsored by IBM
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This report by industry analyst International Technology Group evaluates how organizations can reduce IT costs by employing IBM Power Systems and PowerVM verses competitive offerings from HP and Sun Microsystems. Cost savings range from 43 to 65% and are based on client data.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009
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Virtualization for a Dynamic Infrastructure
sponsored by IBM
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This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009
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Getting Virtualisation Right: Five Virtualisation Rules Every Organisation Must Know
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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HP has identified five common virtualisation rules employed by organisations that have succeeded where others have not. While technology differs in complexity and scale from one business to the next, nearly every successful organisation deployed the same five rules to realise the full potential of virtualisation.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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What's New in VMware vSphere™ 4: Virtual Networking
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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VMware vSphere™ introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009
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Three Steps to Improving Server Virtualization ROI with everRun
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
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Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009
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Mainstreaming the vSwitch: HP Network Automation Extends Control to Virtual
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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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: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009
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Desktop Demystified: Server-Centric Client Virtualization Model Reduces Costs While Improving Security and Flexibility.
sponsored by CDW Corporation
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Client virtualization or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that offers IT the ability to host and centrally manage Virtual Machines while providing end users a full-desktop experience. If you haven’t yet discovered the advantages of a VDI, read this whitepaper and put yourself in command of the desktop.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009
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Market Report: Best Practices and Cost Reduction Strategies for Today’s Virtualized Data Centers
sponsored by VKernel
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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: 25 Aug 2009 | Published: 25 Aug 2009
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Virtualization with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: A Proof of Concept
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
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Intel IT, together with Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, End User Platform Integration, and Intel's Software and Services Group, conducted proof-of-concept testing and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to assess the virtualization capabilities of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. The results of the analysis are here.
Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 24 Aug 2009
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The Benefits of SMB Virtualization using Dell and VMware - IT Efficiency for Organizations of all Sizes
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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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: 06 Aug 2009 | Published: 06 Aug 2009
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