| Recent Vendor Reports on Server Virtualization |
Meeting Economic Challenges Through Accelerated Virtualization
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
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Expert Tips for Effective Virtual Systems Management
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE:
In this E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and BMC, you will discover expert tips for effective virtual systems management. Explore the top five target areas essential for improved virtual performance and availability management.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Removing Barriers To Better Server Virtualization Efficiency
| sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
ANALYST REPORT:
Forrester believes that more virtualization-aware management tools and processes are necessary before we can fully virtualize our production servers and reach the lowest-possible cost per VM. Read this paper to discover more details.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Virtualization Meets Automation to Enable a Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure
| sponsored by Opalis Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
To keep services humming in a virtual environment companies must move beyond manual management. With so many services running in virtual environments, companies are searching for the best way to manage physical and virtual services. The goal is to reduce costs, increase standardization and deliver higher quality without virtual sprawl.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Virtual Service Solution
| sponsored by Opalis Software, Inc.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
Opalis reduces the time, cost, and error potential of manual approaches to virtual service management by automating virtual lifecycle management, incident response and change management in your virtual infrastructure. The solution provides a level of control that eliminates sprawl and allows you to rapidly respond to changing business needs.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Global bank improves virtual service delivery from hours to minutes
| sponsored by Opalis Software, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
A financial services provider offering personal, commercial, corporate and institutional services across Canada and the US needed to standardize requests and eliminate manual management. With the Opalis solution, the bank automated five processes - a VM request portal, provisioning, decommissioning, backup, and lease expiry of all virtual machines.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Essential Guide to Data Backup for SMBs
| sponsored by SearchSMBStorage.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE:
Data backup is still the No. 1 pain point for storage administrators. The tips in this guide will help you simplify your backup process and put together a reliable backup and recovery plan.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Extend Management Tools to Virtual Services
| sponsored by Opalis Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Virtual Sprawl stands in the way of achieving the promise of virtualization. In order to optimize virtualization without increasing the staff, time and cost required to manage these environments IT departments need to automate management best practices by extending their existing management tools to virtual services.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009
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Presentation Transcript: Protecting Data on the Edge
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this transcript, W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009
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Five Things About Windows Server 2008 You Might Not Know
| sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER:
Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know?
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
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Application Acceleration Challenge
| sponsored by Blue Coat
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
How can server consolidation, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), moving applications to a web-based interface, and video and TelePresence collaboration projects all be supported at a reasonable cost? Check out this report to see how application acceleration is the answer.
Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jan 2009
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E-Guide: Expert Strategies for Managing Server Virtualization Complexity
| sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
EGUIDE:
This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, HP, Intel and VMware, gives expert tips for managing the complexity associated with virtualized servers. Learn how to reduce server virtualization sprawl and gain insight into key virtualization management strategies for your server environment.
Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 29 Jun 2009
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HP white paper: Complete Data Protection for VMware Virtual Environments
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
This paper examines the issues of backup and recovery in VMware virtual server environments, and outlines the key features of HP Data Protector.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Nov 2008
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Automating Virtualization Management: Critical Management Practices for the Next Generation Data Center
| sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:
This analyst report will take a look at how x86 virtualization has evolved and become available to a much wider audience and how it can enhance enterprise operations.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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Optimising Your VMware Environment
| sponsored by GlassHouse Technologies (UK) Ltd.
WHITE PAPER:
If you either have a current stake in virtualisation as a technology and a strategy, or you are thinking of deploying virtualisation as a platform for your x86 systems, then read this whitepaper to learn vital information about the components of a well-managed virtual environment and how to incorporate them into your virtual environment.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Published: 25 Jun 2009
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Gaining Business Value and ROI with HP Insight Control
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST BRIEF:
HP Insight Control, based on HP Systems Insight Manager, provides tools that support core management functions including server deployment, monitoring, optimization, and integration for HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers. This IDC study looks at how businesses can gain business value and increase ROI using HP Insight Control.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Business Value of Virtualization: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Solutions
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST BRIEF:
This IDC white paper will look at how the IT industry is changing from static x86 server configurations to a more integrated approach. The introduction of modern solutions, such as blade architectures, allows systems to accommodate both physical and virtual migration which promotes uptime and efficient resource usage.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Auto-Snapshot Manager/Vmware Edition Automated, Integrated, and Scalable Protection of Virtual Machines
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This paper will discuss High performance, space-efficient hypervisor-aware SAN-based snapshot and replication support, backup and recovery, IT infrastructure, as well as virtual security.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 | Published: 24 Jun 2009
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IDC Product Flash: 3PAR Launches F-Class InServ Storage Servers
| sponsored by 3PAR
ANALYST NEWS:
This IDC Flash analyzes 3PAR's announcement of the InServ F-Class storage server product line, a solution that 3PAR is positioning as a more scalable, efficient, and flexible midrange storage platform. This Flash also examines the major IT developments that are driving future midrange storage developments.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 | Published: 06 Apr 2009
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Everything you wanted to know about running Hyper-V on Sun Microsystems systems
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
WEBCAST:
Watch this webcast to explore how Sun Microsystems' Intel and AMD based servers, coupled with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V can enhance your data center virtualization effort, as well as the various capabilities this new approach enables...
Posted: 23 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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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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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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The Better Choice: HP StorageWorks EVA and HP BladeSystem
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper is based on a study conducted by Edison Group to verify advantages showing that, from the standpoint of management software efficiencies, EVA storage arrays and HP BladeSystem comprise the best solution in a VMware environment. Use of EMC's CLARiiON arrays is assessed for comparative purposes.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009
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HP and VMware: Working Together
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
VIDEO:
This HP Video shows how the HP StorageWorks EVA6400/8400 is an ideal fit with VMware virtualization technology to deliver an optimized environment.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 22 Jun 2009
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HP StorageWorks EVA6400/8400
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
VIDEO:
This HP Video shows how to optimize your virtual IT with the HP StorageWorks EVA6400/8400, along with industry leading HP Partners.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 22 Jun 2009
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