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Feb 10, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Virtualization DEFINITION: Microsoft Virtual Server is a scalable server virtualization program distributed by Microsoft that enables multiple operating systems (OSs) to run on a single physical server. The program operates without third-party device drivers and provides isolation between partitions. Microsoft Virtual Server is commonly used for server consolidation in business networks and data centers. It can also be used … Definition continues below.
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IT Management as a service (ITMaaS) 451 Research, November 2011 sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc. WHITE PAPER: IT management as a Service (ITMaaS) can help admins increase visibility into their environment, monitor and evaluate performance, and improve the functionality of environments through a cloud delivery model. Discover how ITMaaS delivers essential management tools necessary for optimizing your resources. Posted: 09 Feb 2012 \| Published: 09 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Server Virtualization \| Software as a Service \| Systems Management

VMware vSphere 5 on Dell PowerEdge and Storage Systems: Compatibility Matrix sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Discover which Dell-supported systems and Dell storage arrays are compatible with VMware ESXi 5 in this comprehensive listing. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Hardware Selection \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

VMware vSphere 5: Competitive Reviewer’s Guide sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Compare of VMware vSphere 5 to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM) in this guide. Discover the key competitive advantages VMware has over the competition in an in-depth review of features. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Security \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Vendor Selection \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 5 and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Learn how to properly configure VMware iSCSI Software Initiator and connect it to iSCSI SAN in this comprehensive, illustrated guide. Access the many advanced features for shared storage by following these steps to enable them in your vSphere environment. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| VMware

vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide - Volume 3: Advanced Networking Features sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore advanced networking features in VMware vSphere 5.0 in this in-depth, step-by-step guide to configuring and testing these essential features for your virtual environment. Discover how NetFlow, port mirroring, and user-defined resource pools help network admins gain visibility in virtual machine traffic and troubleshoot network issues. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Switches \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide – Volume 2: Advanced Storage Features sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: In this comprehensive guide, review the new advanced storage features included in VMware vSphere 5.0 and discover how you can leverage them for your virtual environment to enable greater storage automation andconsolidation while maintaining service levels. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Availability sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: In vSphere 5.0, VMware provides several features that can help you increase the availability of your applications, the infrastructure, and the management platform to achieve a highly available virtualized environment. Discover how vSphere 5.0 tackles manageability, usability, and application support in this white paper. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Data Center Management \| High Availability \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| VMware

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Networking sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore enhanced networking tools and capabilities in vSphere 5.0 that can simplify the tasks ofnetwork admins by providing increased visibility into virtual infrastructure traffic, greater network I/O control, and end-to-end SLAs for critical applications. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Server Virtualization \| VMware

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Performance sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: VMware vSphere 5.0 delivers enhanced performance and scalability to ensure that even the most resource-intensive applications can run on your cloud. Find out about the newest improvements that contribute to faster HA configuration times and failover rates, lower management operational latencies, and higher management operations throughput. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| High Availability \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Storage sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore the new storage features in VMware vSphere 5.0 that can help your organization reduce complexity while achieving greater scalability. Discover how Storage DRS simplifies provisioning of VMs and monitoring of the storage environment with smart virtual machine placement and load balancing mechanisms based on I/O and space capacity. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Platform sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore the newest features in vSphere 5.0, and find out how this latest release from VMware builds upon previous versions to extend existing features and capabilities to improve your ability to upgrade, patch and maintain your hosts, virtual machine hardware and tools. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Data Center Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

VMware vSphere: The Best Platform for Cloud Infrastructures sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Discover how VMware vSphere, the leading virtualization platform, can help your organization transition existing data centers to the cloud, streamline IT management and support business-critical applications. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

vSphere 5 Evaluation Guide sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: In this comprehensive user manual, explore how to best configure and install the components of VMware vSphere 5 to ensure that your virtual environment runs smoothly and at peak performance levels. Get step-by-step instructions complete with screenshots and helpful tips. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: High Availability \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Presentation Transcript: How to Size Hardware for a Server Virtualization Deployment sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Correctly sizing your server hardware is essential to maximize the performance of your virtual environment. Get tips for how you can monitor and analyze your virtual environment to determine your server needs. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Management \| Hardware Selection \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Virtualization to the Cloud: How SMBs Can Take the Trip sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: SMBs are rapidly adopting server virtualization and cloud computing to cut costs and streamline IT infrastructures. In this resource, discover how purpose-built software and hardware platforms that can support both virtualization and cloud computing are enabling a hybrid strategy for savvy SMBs. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Hybrid clouds \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Software as a Service

Advantages of Virtual Backup Appliances sponsored by PHD Virtual Technologies Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover the advantages of using a virtual backup appliance (VBA) to back up virtual infrastructures in your data center, including drastically reduced storage and bandwidth requirements. Find out how VBAs can help you simplify management, increase scalability and ensure data protection in this white paper. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Center Management \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Recovery \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

Unleashing Stranded Power and Cooling from New and Existing Data Centers sponsored by Eaton Corporation WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the causes of today’s data center power and cooling crisis and outlines 5 steps businesses can take to remove inefficiencies from their power and cooling infrastructure. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Moving to Windows 8: What SMBs Need to Know sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: End-user requirements for reliable, high-performance applications have left SMBs searching for ways to further leverage their virtualized environments. Read this white paper to find out why SMBs are deploying Windows Server 2008 R2, why SMBs will move to Windows Server 8, and how best to configure your infrastructure to optimize this technology. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| SQL Server \| Windows Server 2008 R2

The Truth Behind Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Performance sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: While virtualization can offer many advantages, it can also greatly increase security risks and add to the complexity of server infrastructure. This resource explores the management challenges you may face with a virtual infrastructure. Also, gain insight into the key features of a successful virtualization management platform. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Services \| Systems Management Software

Considerations for Optimizing Virtualization Backup sponsored by PHD Virtual Technologies Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn today's best practices and key considerations before optimizing virtualization backups. In this paper you'll receive an overview of the benefits that virtualization technologies can offer, explore key priorities regarding virtualization, and discover what backup solutions are best-suited to handle the technical demands of today's data center. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Server Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

What’s new in vSphere 5? sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore the newest features in VMware vSphere 5, and find out how vSphere helps businesses accelerate the shift to cloud computing. Learn about the new VM format, support for Apple products, improvements in availability and scalability, and more! Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Network Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management \| VMware

Virtualization 101 sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The concept of virtualization can still be quite confusing, especially as the term can be applied to many aspects of an IT infrastructure including applications, networks, storage and end-users. Find out what virtualization is and how it's helping companies improve efficiencies, resource utilization, cost reductions, automation and more! Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

The Truth Behind IBM AIX LPAR Performance sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: This resource explains the different concepts linked to active processor resource allocation for LPARs. Learn about the complications that can result from the abundance of available configuration possibilities. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Configuration Management \| Data Center Management \| Mainframe Computers \| Mainframe Server Hardware \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Virtualization Raised by the Power of 2 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes an integrated virtualization architecture that delivers high performance and availability while minimizing the power consumption of each physical server. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Managing Virtualized Networks: Can You See Me Now? sponsored by Entuity, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Uncover the issues inherent to server virtualization, as well as information covering migration planning, executive sponsorship, virtualization support, and more! Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM

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SERVER VIRTUALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): … Microsoft Virtual Server is a scalable server virtualization program distributed by Microsoft that enables multiple operating systems (OSs) to run on a single physical server. The program operates without third-party device drivers and provides isolation between partitions. Microsoft Virtual Server is commonly used for server consolidation in business networks and data centers. It can also be used by software developers. Version 2005 R2 can support up to 64 guest OSs and employs symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) but does not virtualize it.In April 2006, Microsoft Virtual Server Enterprise Edition became available as a free download.
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