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E-Guide: Dell's Data Storage Portfolio Changes & Why Customers Are Excited EGUIDE: At Dell Storage Forum 2011, SearchStorage.com spoke with Dell storage vice president Darren Thomas. Check out this expert E-Guide to learn Dell Storage VP Darren Thomas’s take on scale-out NAS, data reduction, 3PAR and EMC. Also learn why Dell’s data storage plans are piquing customer interest. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Industry \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Tiered Storage

E-Guide: Top Five Mistakes Made When Backing Up VMs and How to Prevent Them EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide can help by outlining the 5 most common mistakes made when backing up VMs and how to avoid them. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Security \| Storage Security \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Virtual Machine Backups \| VM

E-Guide: Maximize VMware Storage Efficiency EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, discover strategies for optimizing storage for your VMware environment by leveraging VMware capabilities and other techniques such as thin provisioning, data deduplication, compression and more. Plus, explore storage options for virtual machines such as raw device mappings and VMFS. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

E-Guide: Enhance Your DR Strategy With Virtual Desktops EGUIDE: Discover how virtual desktops can enhance a virtualization disaster recovery strategy by providing increased replication and connectivity. Plus, take a look at a virtualization high availability checklist compiled exclusively by our editors at SearchServerVirtualization.com. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| High Availability \| Storage Management \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

E-Guide: Get a Grip: Storage for Desktop Virtualization EGUIDE: How much storage do you need to support a virtual desktop deployment? Discover how you can leverage capacity planning to balance performance and the high cost of storage and bandwidth in this expert e-guide. Plus, explore the pros and cons of storage virtualization and evaluate which storage strategies work best for your organization. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

E-Guide: Lands' End's CIO Shares Soft-Sell Strategies for the Cloud EGUIDE: This brief expert e-guide from SearchCIO.com explains how CIO Steve Cretney successfully pitched his case for a new cloud computing model at Lands' End. Read this now and also gain leadership intuition to help you sharpen your soft skills and convince your business' leaders to share your vision, too. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Data Management \| Peer-to-Peer Networking \| Storage Management

E-Guide: Top 3 Trends That Could Influence CIOs EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchCIO.com offers advice on how to capitalize on cloud computing, social networking and big data for big payoffs in both their business and career by examining strategies for shared services, data analytics and consumerization of IT. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| IT Management \| Social Networking \| Web 2.0

About the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn more about the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard, including layer specifications, Serial LAN PHY, Serial WAN PHY, 10GbE Physical media dependent interfaces, and more! Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 12 Mar 2012 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| IEEE \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Processing \| Networking

E-Guide: Storage Virtualization: The Missing Link for Greater Capacity Efficiencies EGUIDE: Storage virtualization has gained traction in IT departments as an effective means by which to improve utilization for significant cost savings and efficiency gains. Access this resource for expert advice around maintaining capacity efficiencies and savings across virtual environments. Posted: 01 Mar 2012 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

E-Guide: The Implications of Infrastructure for Database Performance EGUIDE: This e-guide focuses on the impact of infrastructure on database performance. Posted: 28 Feb 2012 \| Published: 28 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Database Server Software \| Databases

Implementing Automated Replication For Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery WHITE PAPER: Gain workload mobility and recovery management across physical and virtual machines in heterogeneous environments with Dell AIM. Explore how Dell AIM simplifies the disaster recovery process and helps organization reach RTO and RPO targets by automating and validating storage management tasks. Posted: 27 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Switches \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

E-Guide: Top Tips on Virtual Server Storage Management EGUIDE: Managing data in a virtual server environment can be challenging for data storage managers. This E-Guide explores the top five tips to help you better manage storage in a virtual server environment. Posted: 27 Feb 2012 \| Published: 27 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

E-Guide: Backing Up VMs: Avoiding the Top 5 Mistakes Made EGUIDE: This SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide can help by outlining the 5 most common mistakes made when backing up VMs and how to prevent them. Posted: 24 Feb 2012 \| Published: 24 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backup Server Hardware \| Backups \| Data Security \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

Discover The Power To Do More WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the attributes of efficient IT and reveals five core elements that you should focus on to keep pace in the virtual era. Hear from your peers on how they are successfully leveraging virtualization, managing ever-growing data volumes, preparing for the cloud, and more. Posted: 22 Feb 2012 \| Published: 22 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Security \| Server Virtualization

Optimizing Virtual Desktops with Dell EqualLogic Unified Storage and VMware View WHITE PAPER: The combined strengths of Dell EqualLogic and VMware can deliver significant benefits for VDI implementations. Integration of DellEqualLogic with VMware vSphere and VMware View can help your organization achieve optimal VDI performance. Read now to learn more. Posted: 22 Feb 2012 \| Published: 22 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| VDI \| VMware

Presentation Transcript: Mobile Strategies, Part 1: Harnessing the IT Consumerization Deluge PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript reveals key findings from a recent consumerisation poll and provides recommendations and best practices to help organisations address these key topics. Obtain predictions for the future of the media tablet market and gain insight into five trends that are shaping the consumerisation landscape. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Consumer Market \| Desktop Virtualization \| Email \| Email Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

Cloud computing's impact on the network: How to prepare EGUIDE: Access this E-Guide to uncover the impact of cloud computing on the network and best practices you can do to prepare for it. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Centers \| Databases \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking \| VPN

Cloud networking: Inter-networking data centers and connecting users EGUIDE: This E-Guide discusses how to create and maintain an optimal cloud computing network. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Public Cloud \| Public cloud computing

5 Steps to Understanding Cloud Computing Networks EGUIDE: This guide discusses the two missions of cloud computing networks, as well as how to accomplish these goals. Also included are five requirements for successful cloud computing networks. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Cloud Computing \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Networking \| Switch Fabric \| Virtual Machine \| VPN

Laying the Groundwork for Public and Private Clouds WHITE PAPER: As cloud computing continues to gain ground in the enterprise, businesses must decide how to handle this IT revolution: To take the plunge now or wait and risk falling behind. Access this white paper to review the various types of cloud computing deployment models and services. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| Platform as a service \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Software as a Service

CIO Strategies for Consumerization WHITE PAPER: New technology and the expanding role of the Internet are forever changing social relationships, management philosophies, and business models around the world. Access this white paper for insights into current mobile computing trends and recommendations for making the most out of these trends in the enterprise. Posted: 28 Dec 2011 \| Published: 23 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Consumer Electronics Equipment \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Smart Phones \| Social Computing

10 VDI Benefits You Can Achieve Without VDI PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Discover how you can achieve VDI levels of manageability with traditional PCs in this resource. Posted: 23 Dec 2011 \| Published: 23 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Patch Management \| Remote Computing \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Unlocking the Power of Mobile Device Management WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to discover the latest MDM tools available from vendors, along with real-world advice to get the most from the solutions for your organization. Posted: 23 Dec 2011 \| Published: 23 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Mobile CRM \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Security \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC

What Type of Virtualization Should You Use For Each User Segment? PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In lesson two of this desktop virtualization classroom, Brian Madden discusses how to segment your users and group them together to figure out what type of desktop virtualization you should use for different groups or users. Then he covers the specific desktop virtualization technologies and the pros and cons of each. Posted: 23 Dec 2011 \| Published: 23 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Mobile Device Management \| Remote Users \| User Experience \| User Needs Assessments \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Which Users Should You Virtualize? PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Examine your desktop virtualization goals and determine which users you want to virtualize in this expert discussion with Brian Madden. Discover how your goals will change the way you implement your desktop virtualization initiative. Posted: 22 Dec 2011 \| Published: 22 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Mobile Device Management \| User Experience \| User Groups \| User Needs Assessments \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure