Server Virtualization Reports

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide takes a look at how hyper-converged infrastructure can simplify storage in virtualized environments. Read on to learn about how hyper-convergence offers added flexibility and agility, and how it can make your virtual storage management easier.

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 | Published: 09 Feb 2016

EBOOK: Simplicity and pre-configured components are key attributes of a hyper-converged product. But is HCI right for your business? This handbook explores the advantages and disadvantages of hyper-converged infrastructure.

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 | Published: 12 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-Guide takes a closer look at VM-aware storage options that can simplify the provisioning and deployment of virtual machines. Read on to learn about how to meet the requirements for VM-aware storage, and see if it's a good fit for your organization.

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 | Published: 09 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-Guide examines how you can improve business continuity with an effective virtual disaster recovery strategy. Learn how to craft a solid virtual DR strategy and discover key tips and advice to help you get started today.

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 | Published: 03 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: Find out how white boxing servers have led to converged infrastructures becoming a hot alternative and why convergence is providing a way to end white boxing. Also, experts share their hands-on experiences of whether or not converged infrastructure products lived up to their hype.

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 | Published: 04 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: Fixing mistakes in a data center after it's running is challenging, expensive, and operationally dangerous. This exclusive e-guide provides a guide to data center design to help you properly establish requirements from the beginning and details what experts are saying about the evolving data center layout.

Posted: 05 Feb 2016 | Published: 03 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: For virtual infrastructures to perform well, they must be fed the virtual CPU, virtual memory, and virtual disk I/O they need. This expert e-guide details how to improve the performance of your virtual server storage with ten tips.

Posted: 03 Feb 2016 | Published: 01 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In a virtual server world, the concept of LUN technology and the amount of attention LUNs require from storage admins is soon becoming a thing of the past. This e-guide details how the introduction of server virtualization impacted LUN technology and discover how the storage industry responded.

Posted: 03 Feb 2016 | Published: 01 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: What will the data center look like in five years? In this exclusive e-guide, you will get an inside look at the future of the data center, and examine how networking, servers and storage technologies evolve. Access this guide to see an additional article identifying why hybrid system integration is now a core IT service.

Posted: 27 Jan 2016 | Published: 26 Jan 2016

EBOOK: In this expert-eguide, discover the true cost of all-flash arrays, and how when managed properly, they can help you make handling large workloads a breeze. Read on to discover how flash-enhanced virtual architecture can accommodate more VM's per physical host, reduce latency, and more.

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 | Published: 08 Jan 2016

EBOOK: Sensing a threat to their virtualization supremacy, VMware and Microsoft are formulating container strategies that they hope will fend off challenges from cloud-era upstarts.

Posted: 16 Dec 2015 | Published: 16 Dec 2015

EZINE: This expert e-zine examines the increasing interest in leveraging white box switching as a means of enabling more network flexibility and choice, and how this shift could potentially "disrupt" your existing network operations.

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 | Published: 17 Nov 2015

EBOOK: In this guide, learn about the features and benefits of Windows 10—such as an improved user interface—that could persuade users, IT managers, and administrators to adopt.

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 | Published: 24 Sep 2015

EBOOK: Whether you are struggling with virtual server backup or just getting started with protecting virtual machines, take a look at this handbook to ease VM backup and find out how you can how to improve VM backups, options for backing up VMs, how to keep your VM backup software up to date, and more.

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 | Published: 24 Sep 2015

EBOOK: Software-defined networking (SDN) allows businesses to get the most out of their virtualization investments long-term. This chapter of "Future-Proofing Virtualized Infrastructure" delves into how SDN technologies can fit within a broad virtualization/cloud strategy. Read on to learn more including the various uses of SDN.

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 | Published: 18 Aug 2015

EBOOK: This expert resource outlines the types of building blocks that are available for constructing a powerful, new-age data center infrastructure. Read on to learn about reference architectures, converged infrastructures, and hyper-converged infrastructures, as well as how and when to use each type.

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 | Published: 04 Aug 2015

EBOOK: Access this expert e-book chapter to discover the types of building blocks available for virtualization infrastructures – including reference architectures, converged infrastructures, and hyper-converged infrastructures. Find out when to use each type and the benefits of each type.

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 | Published: 04 Aug 2015

EZINE: The cover story in this issue of Modern Infrastructure delves into the different ways organizations implement cloud applications, whether replatforming or "lift and shift."

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 | Published: 14 Jul 2015

EBOOK: In this exclusive e-book, IT expert Dan Kusnetzky outlines the most critical considerations for planning a hybrid cloud computing project – from the costs, to the service options, to the inevitable skepticism that awaits a cloud initiative.

Posted: 09 Jul 2015 | Published: 09 Jul 2015

EZINE: A new generation of technologies is radically changing enterprise IT, and IT managers have to get ready. As cloud computing, convergence and virtualization trends converge, IT departments have been forced to re-think their strategy and tactics.

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 | Published: 16 Jun 2015

EBOOK: This expert guide is a clear and helpful resource providing all the information you need to know about flash storage.

Posted: 01 Jun 2015 | Published: 01 Jun 2015

EBOOK: Find out how converged and hyper-converged solutions are delivering an increased level of consistency for today's IT infrastructures by packaging key features of the data center that are designed to go together and also learn how the cloud is being used to optimize these converged workloads.

Posted: 15 May 2015 | Published: 15 May 2015

EBOOK: This expert eBook chapter explores the virtual machine (VM) storage approach. Read on to learn about the technologies and processes that yield the best results for virtual server storage.

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 | Published: 13 Apr 2015

EBOOK: A data center's effectiveness can be bolstered with tools that properly assist in virtualization management and capacity planning.

Posted: 06 Apr 2015 | Published: 06 Apr 2015

EBOOK: In this expert guide, you'll find all the facts you need to decide if converged infrastructure is right for you.

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 | Published: 26 Mar 2015