Window Managers

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

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WEBCAST: This interactive data center, brought to you by our editors, explores 5 aspects of data center efficiency and provides tips and best practices to help companies make effective investment and configuration decisions.

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 21 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

EBOOK: The SEC XBRL Mandate for Dummies is a guide to assist external reporting professionals tasked with quickly and accurately assembling, tagging and filing their companies’ external reports.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

IT BRIEFING: This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

EZINE: In this edition of our quarterly SharePoint e-zine, get expert advice on avoiding surprise expenditures, examples of how customers use ISV products to fill in gaps in SharePoint functionality, and tips to ensure proper staffing so the enterprise gets a ROI.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

EZINE: This edition of the SharePoint e-zine, sponsored by AvePoint, examines ways that a sound SharePoint governance plan can help avoid deployment problems, ensuring the success of an implementation. Don Jones discusses how to avoid some of the costs and long-term problems associated with SharePoint growth.

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, weighs the benefits of Windows Server 2008 R2 against its drawbacks. Get detailed information about this new operating system to help you decide whether it delivers on its promise to improve data center operations.

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 | Published: 15 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), a key part of the Flexible Workstyle solutions, allows you to both simplify and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your Windows® 7 desktop. Read this white paper to find out more about this advanced approach to desktop management.

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: What does Windows Server 2008 R2 have in store and what benefits are early adopters most excited about? Get answers to these questions and more in this expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com. Gain greater insight into new features and learn how R2 could help save your organization money.

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 | Published: 09 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Microsoft has provided a way for Windows 7 users to run a Windows XP virtual machine in which the recalcitrant program can be executed, alongside native Windows 7 applications. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper informs you on all you need to know about the new troubleshooting tools that are bundled with Windows 7 and provide you, an IT Professional, with the knowledge to quickly figure out what’s happening “under the hood” on a Windows 7 computer.

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Nov 2010

EBOOK: This handbook will cover best practices for moving to Microsoft Windows 7, including assessing Windows 7 to determine if it’s a good move for your organization, which applications in your organization should move over, what help is out there for your migration project and licensing.

Posted: 23 May 2011 | Published: 23 May 2011

DATA SHEET: Dell's FastTrack for Windows Server® 2008 includes assessment, design and validation consulting performed in a phased, contiguous approach. FastTrack is Dell's recommended end-to-end service for customers that would like a validated, repeatable migration process necessary to deploy a best of breed, Windows Server 2008 solution.

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how the new Windows Azure programming model helps developers create applications that are easier to administer, more available, and more scalable than those built in the traditional Windows Server environment.

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines that many organizations want to take advantage of the speed, security, reliability, and flexibility of Windows 7, and how it is possible to minimize interface shock for users by leveraging Group Policy to make Windows 7 look more like Windows XP.

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 | Published: 20 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Join Glenn Weadock, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCITP, MCSE, MCT, A+, for this Windows 7 Review Guide. This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from Vista or from XP.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: So you’re an XP shop and your organization skipped Vista, but is considering taking the plunge to the latest revision of the Longhorn platform: Windows 7. Here are ten things that you should probably know as you get familiar with this new Windows client.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works.

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Listed in this whitepaper are 77 Windows 7 features that're in the form of quick tips, tricks and some in the form of detailed explanations. You'll be able to use this paper as a reference to the enormous enhancements built into Windows 7.

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 | Published: 22 Apr 2010

EGUIDE: Despite the obvious advantages associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, this virtualization platform does not come without its availability and resiliency challenges. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, Dell and Microsoft, you will gain insight into the improvements made to Hyper-V by Windows Server 2008 R2.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: With Fluid Data storage, Dell Compellent offers one of the first SANs (Storage Center) to offer a Windows PowerShell–based command set to integrate Microsoft IT infrastructures. Check out this white paper to learn the four ways this new technology can help your organization save time and cut costs.

Posted: 24 May 2011 | Published: 24 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Organizations want to run the apps they want, and not run the apps they don't want. One of the tools Microsoft has given Active Directory administrators to help in this regard, Software Restriction Policies (SRPs), has been re-engineered in Windows 7 as AppLocker.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript contrasts two options for managing Hyper-V hosts. Determine whether the Hyper-V remote management plug-in or a Windows 7 alternative is more suitable and learn about the key characteristics of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 | Published: 29 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Dell can provide a holistic Windows 7 migration strategy mapped to customer requirements, underpinned by proven experience, comprehensive services, and automated tools. Find out why Windows 7 is the first OS that organizations are aggressively pushing to existing PCs as well as new PCs.

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 | Published: 12 Sep 2011

TRIAL SOFTWARE: Try Windows Azure absolutely free with no obligation for 3 months! This platform enables you to deliver high traffic websites with excellent performance, reduce TCO with advanced cloud applications, and support mobile applications from any device. Sign up now!

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 03 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Why should an independent software vendor (ISV) care about cloud computing? The answer is simple: Using the cloud has the potential to increase an ISV’s revenues and/or decrease its costs. This white paper discusses why cloud computing is important for ISVs and provides insights on a solution that can help them benefit from this environment.

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new server backup solution that can help meet today's biggest backup and recovery challenges. Designed to allow real-time disk-to-disk backup while keeping management costs low, this technology can both reduce your backup window and ensure your data is secured. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Just what do you expect Microsoft has delivered with the latest release of Windows Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 (release 2)? Let's take a look at how different and how similar Windows Server 2008 R2 could be for you.

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 | Published: 08 Dec 2009

PODCAST: With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, came a number of new features.  Some of them offer more benefit to SMBs than others. In this podcast, learn about the best new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 that will have the most impact on SMBs, including BranchCache, File Classification Infrastructure and more.

Posted: 20 May 2010 | Premiered: 20 May 2010