Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER: Many IT infrastructures were not built to support the explosive growth in today’s business environment including cloud computing and virtualisation capacity. Learn about the impact of virtualisation and the effects this emerging technology can have on the data centre physical infrastructure (DCPI).

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 | Published: 19 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Explore this resource that examines the new opportunities and challenges arising from virtualization of business-critical services. Learn more about how to ensure business continuity across your physical and virtual infrastructures and gain a complete view of your service landscape.

Posted: 10 May 2013 | Published: 10 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and explores the features and benefits of both separate and unified solutions for protecting the virtual components of a modern infrastructure. Read on to discover the total cost of ownership of these two types of solutions and learn the ins and outs of each.

Posted: 07 May 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: Many enterprises utilize virtualization to support desktop workloads, improve data security, enable thin clients, and simplify data backup. However, there are challenges and obstacles associated with desktop virtualization that can hinder these benefits. Learn the necessary steps to avoid and overcome these common challenges.

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses critical details of backup policy in the virtualized era. Read on to learn new strategies for designing a backup plan, including details on what, how, and where to back up.

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 | Published: 16 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the impact of server virtualization on the data center and describes HP's approach to building simpler, more secure and automated networks that fully meet the stringent performance, availability and agility demands of the new virtualized data center.

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many large organizations have a centralized enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment based on proprietary mainframes or RISC-based systems. In contrast, Intel IT has successfully implemented a decentralized ERP environment that is based on industry-standard servers and supports more than 10,000 active users. Read this paper to learn more!

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 | Published: 02 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Even as your business demands ratchet up, your customers still expect high quality and top performance for the money they spend. So to remain competitive, your business must be able to deliver the value your customers want at the price-point they’re willing to pay. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses usage and configuration of F5 Network's BIG-IP© Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) in combination with VMware's View 3.0 solution on Dell servers and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 15 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses usage and configuration of F5 Network's BIG-IP© Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) in combination with VMware's View 3.0 solution on Dell servers and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper points out the challenges of virtualizing a large quantity of servers and describes seven clearly defined steps that comprise the virtualization process. Get detailed information on each one of these phases and obtain lessons learned from one company that employed this approach.

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is becoming a standard IT practice. It is becoming more popular among ArcGIS customers as well. ESRI uses virtualization technologies for the development, QA and certification processes of ArcGIS Server. This paper provides an overview of virtualization and addresses some common questions regarding ArcGIS Server and virtualization.

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: With virtualization and its ability to install multiple operating systems (OSs) and run them independently on a single server, IT can effectively consolidate hundreds of servers while optimizing resources and simplifying the infrastructure. Read this paper to find out so much more.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how cloud computing is now also evolving in a private variant whereby enterprises set up cloud-like, centralized shared infrastructure with automated capacity adjustment that internal departmental “customers” utilize in a self-service manner. Realization of efficiency, performance, and agility benefits is reinforcing this trend.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines each of these issues, why they are important for SMBs to address and how to resolve them while maximizing business continuity and minimizing IT resources necessary to accomplish the demands of backing up and recovering Windows desktops and laptops in your environment.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: More organizations are beginning to see a Windows 7 migration as an opportunity for significant performance and efficiency gains within their IT infrastructure. In addition, many are thinking about conducting a PC refresh along with their Windows 7 migration. Understand how you can be successful in this process now.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: The benefits of server virtualization are becoming so well-known that it has become a mandate in many organizations to virtualize all new application servers. But a barrier that is sometimes invisible to enterprises is how to best manage their virtual servers teams and which of their responsibilities, should be centralized. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 | Published: 18 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The benefits of server virtualization are becoming so well-known that it has become a mandate in many organizations to virtualize all new application servers. But a barrier that is sometimes invisible to enterprises is how to best manage their virtual servers teams and which of their responsibilities, should be centralized. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 | Published: 27 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: BlueArc NFS is a cost-effective solution that meets the performance requirements of even the most demanding VMware environments. Read this paper to learn more about BlueArc NFS technology.

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 | Published: 27 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Running your Linux workloads on inefficient x86-based server farms is complex and costly. But switching to a consolidated server solution can be difficult. Read the white paper to learn the best practices for migrating to Power System servers. You’ll also see how simple it is to leverage IBM’s offerings to maximize performance and cost savings.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: By understanding the unique management challenges of virtualized environments and leveraging innovative solutions to meet those challenges, you will be able to help your organization reap the wide range of business benefits that virtualization can deliver.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: While virtualization offers many significant technical and business benefits, it comes with some formidable IT management challenges. Discover the three best practices that IT leaders are following to ensure they get the most value from this dynamic, flexible, and application-centric technology.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper details how one Enterprise Cloud service provider met the IT challenges of their rapidly growing business head on. Bluelock achieved the business agility and cost effectiveness of public clouds without compromising on the portability, compatibility, security and control that enterprise IT managers demand.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: VMware vSphere takes virtualization to the next level. VMware vSphere is a next-generation virtualization platform that enables businesses to deliver efficient, reliable, and flexible IT.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how software vendors are offering virtualization management software that offers robust features and has well defined roadmaps. Read on to learn how to build the next-generation data center and overcome the challenges of managing a virtual infrastructure.

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2011