Case Study: Cinépolis: Greener Screenings
sponsored by Dell | EMC
CASE STUDY:
Cinepolis saves 2,000 USD with green IT practices using server and storage virtualization from Dell by reducing server sprawl to decrease its data center footprint and lower the cost of power and cooling.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2009
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Case Study: Enterprise Elementary School District: Informed Choice
sponsored by Dell | EMC
CASE STUDY:
Enterprise Elementary School District uses Dell expertise to help bring technology to the classroom by optimizing key applications to run up to 65 percent faster with the virtualized Dell/EMC SAN and help boost uptime by an estimated 15 percent for a 99.9 percent uptime total.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2009
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Ensuring a Healthy Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Novell Inc.
WEBCAST:
Watch this webcast to learn the importance of effective virtual server management in your data center. Learn how virtualization health checks and consolidation planning can enable your organization to proactively predict when to improve capacity and resource utilization while minimizing contention.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Premieres: 01 Dec 2009
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Storage requirements for virtualization
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
VIDEO:
Watch this videocast to learn which storage features are necessary for your virtualized environment. Learn about the potential downside to VMware's thin provisioning and get your storage questions answered by an expert.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 01 Dec 2009
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Introduction to Virtual Desktop Architectures
sponsored by RingCube Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Enterprises have embraced various forms of virtualization during the past few decades including server, storage and desktop virtualization. In this paper, we will describe several desktop virtualization architectures, and the success criteria required for each.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2009
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Dell Data Center 360 - Interactive Video Tour
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
INFORMATION CENTER:
The demands on your data center are constantly increasing, and with data growing even fifty-fold in three years, how can you stay ahead? How can you optimize your data center? Take this interactive data center tour and learn more.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2009
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How to Make the Most of Your Energy in the Data Center
sponsored by APC
VIDEO:
IT pros often lack an understanding of the importance of energy efficiency in the data center. This videocast explores how operational efficiency can enable your organization to reduce infrastructure costs and improve resource utilization.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 30 Nov 2009
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On Demand Webcast: Simplify Your World: A Virtual Desktops Case Study
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Virtual desktops can help reign in IT costs and greatly simplify management. Watch now to explore virtualization benefits, trends and architectures. Learn about the role of virtualized iSCSI SANs (storage area networks) to enhance scalability and why you should consider desktop virtualization now.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 30 Nov 2009
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On Demand Webcast: Sizing Infrastructure for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Scalability with VMware and Dell
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST:
This webcast discusses virtual desktop architecture, the role of virtualized iSCSI SANs in simplifying infrastructure, and server and storage best practices.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 30 Nov 2009
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Multiplying Virtualization Value by the Full Power of Enterprise Storage
sponsored by Citrix
ANALYST REPORT:
Server virtualization is a tremendously valuable technology, but as it becomes widely adopted, organizations face new obstacles to managing storage that have significant impact upon Total Cost of Ownership. The Taneja Group examines these challenges and reviews Citrix StorageLink, a solution that maximizes the use of existing networked storage.
Posted: 27 Nov 2009 | Published: 27 Nov 2009
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IT Briefing: Why Waste Half of Your Server Virtualization Budget?
sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel
IT BRIEFING:
The costs for power, cooling, server management and administration are now consuming more of IT budgets than even the cost for new hardware. In this IT Briefing, you'll learn about Citrix Essentials, Intel Xeon 5500, and HP ProLiant G6 for XenServer.
Posted: 27 Nov 2009 | Published: 27 Nov 2009
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Top 10 Reasons for a Server Refresh
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER:
This paper provides the top 10 reasons for a server refresh, including power and cooling savings, consolidation and virtualization, and improved performance.
Posted: 27 Nov 2009 | Published: 27 Nov 2009
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Reference Architecture: Scalable Virtual Desktops with EqualLogic and VMware
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
This document describes the results of work done by VMware in conjunction with Dell to create a scalable server and storage architecture for VMware View environments.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Published: 25 Nov 2009
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Power Solutions Article: Designing a Scalable Architecture for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
To help address the challenges of enterprise desktop management, VMware and Dell have created a scalable VMware View reference design based on VMware Infrastructure 3, Dell PowerEdge servers, and Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Published: 25 Nov 2009
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Podcast: Server Virtualization 101 Part 1 Server Virtualization Overview
sponsored by Dell and VMware
PODCAST:
In this podcast, learn how virtualization can benefit your disaster recovery and high availability strategy. Discover the differences between physical and virtual environments and learn about architectural considerations to support virtualization.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 25 Nov 2009
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Server Virtualization 101 Part 1 Server Virtualization Overview
sponsored by Dell and VMware
VIDEO:
In this videocast, learn how virtualization can benefit your disaster recovery and high availability strategy. Discover the differences between physical and virtual environments and learn about architectural considerations to support virtualization.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 25 Nov 2009
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New Deployment Methods for Desktops
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
Standard remote desktop technologies offer numerous benefits based on server consolidation, but may also restrict operating systems and deliver reduced functionality. Read this brief paper to learn more.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Published: 25 Nov 2009
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Cost Effective - High Impact Business Solutions with Dell & VMware vSphere
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
PODCAST:
This podcast discusses how virtualization has gone beyond data center consolidation to become a key strategic driver for maximizing IT cost savings while enabling organizations to deliver solutions to customers in a timely manner and within SLA requirements.
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 25 Nov 2009
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Case Study: A Model of Virtualization
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
The Dell IT group has virtualized more than 5,000 servers and saved the company over US$29 million using a scalable, worldwide virtualization model.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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VMware vSphere 4: The Best Platform for Building Cloud Infrastructures
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
BROCHURE:
VMware vSphere, the industry's first cloud operating system, leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver the next generation of flexible and reliable IT services.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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Webinar: Virtualization and the Future of the Network
sponsored by Infoblox
WEBCAST:
Virtualization has kicked off an incredible level of interest and yet most network pros have not been involved in the proliferation of virtualization and dont fully grasp the network opportunity for unleashing the power of virtualization. Watch this webinar to learn about the dynamics of virtualization and the critical importance of the network.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009
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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
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dells 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
WHITE PAPER:
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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Virtualization Assessment
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
This service can help you prepare to take full advantage of server virtualization, which can lower total cost of ownership, increase agility, and reclaim IT staff time. We can provide architectural recommendations and a road map for adopting virtualization through the use of automated discovery tools and best practices.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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Business Ready Solutions for Virtual Infrastructure Availability Using Dell Poweredge Servers, Dell Owervault Storage, and VMware vSphere
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009
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