Server Virtualization White Papers

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, TBR analyzed IBM’s competitive performance over the past seven quarters - and explains why IBM has consistently held the number 1 ranking in TBR's x86 server study on product reliability, quality, service excellence, and server value.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This report from Gabriel Consulting Group discusses IBM eX5 innovations and how IBM, Intel and VMware are working together to help customers get the most value from their systems investments.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: The next generation of communications is here. Lync Server 2010 and Lync 2010 provide sweeping changes to enterprise communications and build on the core Office Communications Server functionalities. With the use of virtualization and role collocation, customers can combine multiple functionalities into fewer machines.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Success increasingly relies on users being able to communicate from anywhere in a cost-effective and secure manner. Organizations seek integrated productivity tools that enable real-time collaboration. This guide shows the process for implementing Microsoft collaboration tools in a medium sized company, one with fewer than 1000 employees.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Success increasingly relies on users being able to communicate from anywhere in a cost-effective and secure manner. Organizations seek integrated productivity tools that enable real-time collaboration. This guide shows the process for implementing Microsoft collaboration tools in a small company, one with fewer than 250 employees.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization and the cloud are creating a future for enterprise computing in which access to information via a variety of devices from any location at any time will be mission-critical. Access this exclusive resource to help formulate a plan for a continuous end-user experience.

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: To extend virtualization to the business-critical and performance-critical applications that are under the ownership of dedicated application support teams, the IT Operations group who owns the virtual environment must provide accurate and credible performance assurances for the virtual infrastructure that will be supporting these applications.

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This study compares the performance and efficiency of several system configurations to determine which configuration is best for processing transactions.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: If you’re looking for ways to create a dynamic infrastructure, look no further. This brochure shows how IBM System x and BladeCenter servers help to deliver an infrastructure that reduces operating costs, manages present and future risk, and improves services.

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the Total Cost of Ownership for a dynamic infrastructure built around private cloud services and compares it to public cloud alternatives as well as conventional one-application-per-distributed server models.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to see how IBM® System x® and IBM BladeCenter® servers can offer an outstanding platform for virtualization and consolidation.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how the outstanding computer power and memory capabilities of its UCS C250 M2 Extended-Memory Rack Mount Server joined with the high-performance EMC VNXe3300 system can support thousands of e-commerce order transactions per minute, serve thousands of web pages, and support thousands of mail users simultaneously in today’s SMBs.

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 | Published: 02 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how virtualization has removed many of the data center resource constraints of the past. Find out why management of your IT infrastructure should be integrated and learn how to set your business up for private cloud success.

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Rapid increases in both the operating speeds and general complexity of SAN technologies, exacerbated by the high change rates demanded of enterprise IT organizations, significantly increase demands on the fiber optic physical layer. Check out this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Branch office solutions based upon converged infrastructure can deliver higher levels of security to ensure data protection and prevent costly, damaging breaches. Read this set of documents to learn more about servers, storage and network resources can be safely shared without inhibiting system response and availability.

Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This research note presents results from a recent survey on virtualization and cloud computing. Find out why many of your peers are looking into fabric-based infrastructures and get recommendations to help you leverage the full benefits of this technology.

Posted: 24 May 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This IBM Redbook covers the impact of server and storage consolidation, data center network virtualization and consolidation technologies, and much more.

Posted: 23 May 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: To be properly prepared for the coming clouds, you'll have to make the right preparations. Check out this brief e-guide to learn what some of the hot new products are in the storage market, and to see what should be on your radar as you transform your infrastructure in anticipation for the cloud.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises. Examine the trends toward server consolidation and virtualization, and how WAN optimization can help IT organizations like yours solve the key challenges of application performance and information availability within these environments.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper defines key aspects of integrated service management and cloud computing and describes their symbiotic relationship.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This document is designed to give you information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor and its many features including large scale consolidation, high performance, storage and networking support and memory management.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how CFOs can help ensure a healthier bottom line by taking proactive steps today.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: When choosing a virtualization platform, organizations should consider both initial acquisition costs as well as ongoing maintenance and support expenses. This brief white paper discusses the uses, costs, and benefits of an effective virtualization solution and compares its core components to other options in the market.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the challenges data center managers face, and details how an IBM data center successfully leveraged integrated IT and facilities solutions to get more from existing investments.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The white paper Closing the Virtualisation Loop identifies the objectives in the next phase of virtual machine backup and recovery and provides recommendations on how to improve backup and disaster recovery in a hybrid IT environment.

Posted: 17 May 2011 | Published: 16 May 2011