Virtualization Roadmap: Twists, Turns, and Key Considerations
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
This expert presentation transcript explores key management factors you should consider as you navigate your virtualization initiative, including licensing, memory capabilities, and more. Hear about one company's virtualization roadmap and determine whether it aligns with your own virtualization plans.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011
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Oracle x86 Rack Servers: Optimized for Rapid Deployments and Operational Efficiency
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper reveals key factors to consider when selecting a server and explains why more and more organizations are relying on x86 platforms. Access key findings from your peers concerning their spending on servers, power and cooling expenses, and more.
Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011
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Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011
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Integrating Desktop Virtualization into Your Cloud Strategy
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are two initiatives that are gaining popularity among the IT industry. This white paper highlights ways you can build a more stable, secure, and efficient computing environment around a virtual desktop infrastructure. Plus, learn how cloud and VDI work together to help you become an efficient business.
Posted: 17 Jun 2011 | Published: 17 Jun 2011
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Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: System Overview
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Exalogic is at the forefront of the industry-wide shift away from costly and inferior one-off platforms toward private clouds and Engineered Systems. For enterprises that want to get more for their IT investment than merely keeping the lights on, Exalogic is the only choice.
Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011
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Windows 2008 Server as a Workstation
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Server 2008 is a solid workstation product that makes for a nice demo machine and coincidentally gives you a platform (on the 64-bit version) for running Hyper-V.
Posted: 23 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009
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E-Guide: Planning and Deploying Server Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
EGUIDE:
In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009
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E-Guide: Which Virtualization Management Tool Is Right For Your Organization?
sponsored by Dell and VMware
EGUIDE:
In this informative Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, learn more about the virtual management tools on the market and their functionality. Discover which product capabilities organizations should consider when evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009
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Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: A Brief Introduction
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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A steady pattern of innovation, expansion, and acquisition can quickly result in a sprawling infrastructure that is difficult to manage. This white paper explores tools and practices that have emerged to address this issue and recommends actions you can take to lay the foundation for the cloud.
Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011
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E-Guide: Best practices to achieve optimal memory allocation and remote desktop user experience
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EGUIDE:
In this expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com, learn best practices for Dynamic Memory allocation with Hyper-V R2 SP1. Plus, discover RemoteFX enhancements for RDP which delivers the "perfect" Windows 7 virtual desktop experience.
Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011
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Accelerating Databases with Oracle's Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper shows how to apply the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array as storage for database indexes in order to accelerate application performance.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010
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CW+: Leverage memory technology to cut data centre power consumption
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
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Within modern data centers, virtualization has become the means of choice when it comes tooperating efficient server infrastructures for cloud and enterprise computing. On an individualsystem level, this translates into a massive increase of DRAM deployments per server.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011
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Security Whitepaper: Google Apps Messaging and Collaboration Products
sponsored by Google Apps
WHITE PAPER:
Content Provided by Google. Google Apps provide familiar, easy to use products and services for business settings. These services enable customers to access their data virtually anytime and anywhere from Internet-capable devices. This computing environment is called "the cloud." Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 06 Jul 2010 | Published: 06 Jul 2010
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IT in Europe: Breaking the Code: Are passwords destined for obscurity?
sponsored by SearchSecurity.co.UK
EZINE:
This feature examines the current state of password security and explains why passwords are no longer an effective means of authentication on their own. Uncover viable alternatives, such as two-factor authentication, biometrics and cloud-based IAM services.
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2011
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Conflicker Working Group - Lessons learned from Conflicker
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
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In November 2008, Conficker A, the first of five variants of the malware, rapidly began infecting computers which had failed to install a Microsoft patch released just weeks earlier. In late December 2008, Conficker B added new mechanisms for distribution including USB storage devices.
Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011
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What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Performance
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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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
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E-Guide: Business-Ready Configuration for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 on Dell PowerEdge M-Series Servers with EqualLogic Storage
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EGUIDE:
Business-Ready Configurations for Virtualization are a reference architecture family of products designed to aid in the ordering, deployment, and maintenance of a virtualization infrastructure. These architectures are designed to meet specific customer needs. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011
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Current Storage Trends: SSD & Virtual NAS
sponsored by Avere Systems
EGUIDE:
Check out this E-Guide to learn about emerging storage solutions like solid state (SSD), virtualization-optimized storage and automated tiering. You'll also learn about the latest trends in enterprise storage today, discover the ins and outs of virtual NAS and learn four ways to virtualize file access. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012
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Energy Efficient Networking
sponsored by HPM Networks
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Take the “green” trend to the next level. Incorporate it into your network today by cutting energy consumption and using newer, energy-efficient technologies.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012
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Analyst Brief: NERSC Case Study On Tape as Cost-Effective and Reliable Solution for Primary Data Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
CASE STUDY:
At the NERSC Center in California, tape is simply seen as extremely efficient, cost-effective, scalable—and reliable—storage. With over 13 PB of data on tape (growing at around 60% p.a.) and decades of history, NERSC has the facts to prove tape’s capabilities; so much so that it does not employ additional copies.
Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011
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Storage Europe: December 2011
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EZINE:
Object-based storage dispenses with the hierarchical file system, so there are no nested subfolders. Instead, it uses an indexed flatfile structure in which each object is given a unique ID. This issue of IT in Europe includes case studies of how object-based storage products are being implemented in Europe.
Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011
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Scale-out Storage: Why Underlying Infrastructure Matters in Today's Hospitals
sponsored by Intel
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Scale-out storage is quickly becoming the modern architecture of choice, meeting the needs of today’s storage systems with greater ease, efficiency, and flexibility than traditional “scale-up” architectures – and at lower costs. Discover how the right underlying infrastructure can yield even more total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements.
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012
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E-book: Windows Servers and Storage - Choosing Your Server
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EBOOK:
This eBook provides comprehensive information about servers and server implementation to help IT managers choose the best option for their storage needs.
Posted: 28 Dec 2009 | Published: 28 Dec 2009
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Accenture Technology Vision 2012
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
IT BRIEFING:
Download this report from Accenture to discover the 6 IT technology trends that will impact CIOs in 2012.
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012
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Oracle Solaris and Sun SPARC Systems - Integrated and Optimised for Enterprise Computing
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
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This paper offers a high-level discussion of the benefits of Oracle Solaris running on Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series and T-Series, and drill-down information on specific optimisations and advantages for increased reliability, security and virtualisation.
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 26 Aug 2010
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Dramatically Accelerate Oracle Database Performance
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper focuses on the business benefits that can be achieved by consolidating and virtualizing environments with Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers. Consolidation project examples that demonstrate potential savings are also included.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010
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Virtualize Microsoft SQL Server For Improved Performance With PowerEdge 11th Generation
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL
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This white paper describes the benefits and performance of the latest Dell PowerEdge R810 running Microsoft SQL Server in VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1 (U1) and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 12 Jul 2010
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Microsoft SQL Server in a VMware Environment on Dell PowerEdge R810 Servers and Dell EqualLogic Storage
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL
WHITE PAPER:
Read this paper for a description of the benefits and performance of the latest Dell™ PowerEdge™ R810 running Microsoft® SQL Server® in VMware® vSphere™ 4.0 Update 1 (U1) and EqualLogic™ PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 12 Jul 2010
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Delivering Storage Quality of Service with Oracle Pillar Axiom 600
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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The Pillar Axiom 600 system delivers business-critical, deterministic Quality of Service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. It eliminates the requirement to overbuy and under-utilize storage to buffer against application interference in a multi-tenancy shared storage system. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011
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Seven Best Practices to Improve Business Agility With Application Grid Computing for the Cloud
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
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Grid computing has emerged as crucial go-to solution because it provides a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable IT infrastructure that does not require businesses to start from scratch. Read this resource to find out more about how this approach offers better performance through agility and flexibility.
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011
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Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers Systems and Resource Management
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are designed specifically as general-purpose application, database, data warehousing, and consolidation servers. They are especially suited to address the needs of enterprise datacenters, with a goal of increasing performance and flexibility while consolidating systems to reduce datacenter costs and complexity.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011
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Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN & Citrix XenDesktop 1,000 Desktop Reference Architecture
sponsored by Dell Compellent
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Dell tested a sample of 1,000 virtual desktops and simulated real-world workloads using a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN in a Citrix XenDesktop VDI environment with Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 as the hypervisor.
Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011
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A Guide for Enterprise VMware ThinApp Deployments
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
EGUIDE:
This guide provides the insight you need to ensure a successful enterprise implementation of ThinApp, with guidance on deployment of virtualized applications in the enterprise, addressing multiple use cases for physical and virtual desktops, with design considerations of multiple components for each use case.
Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | Published: 23 Feb 2011
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Essential Deployment Tips: Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
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This paper provides technical guidance when deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011
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