VMware Reports

WHITE PAPER: The Manchester Essex Regional School District was looking to build a new school for its 8500 student body, tasking the IT department with finding the most effective way to help build and manage an energy-efficient IT infrastructure. This white paper highlights how VMware data center virtualization and other software helped them achieve their goals.

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 | Published: 12 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data center virtualization not only consolidates IT resources and boosts efficiency, but increases flexibility, performance and availability. By combining storage virtualization by Compellent with server virtualization by VMware, users know their data center will operate efficiently today and adapt to change tomorrow.

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 | Published: 11 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: As virtualization initiatives have gathered momentum and virtual environments are becoming the norm rather than the exception, the infrastructure necessary to support these environments has exploded, creating new opportunities for inefficiency. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 | Published: 08 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization can quickly result in excessively complex network ports if you don't have a plan. This white paper explores the factors that can lead to GbE port bloat, including physical server connection paradigms and security procedures. 

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

EGUIDE: Both Hyper-V and VMware support virtualization initiatives, but IT pros must select the best suited hypervisor to meet today’s high availability requirements.  This expert e-guide discusses the growing trend toward virtualization and compares Hyper-V to VMware and other market options.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide provides a deeper understanding of vSphere 4, VMware's newest bare-metal hypervisor. Explore the various data storage types its supports and review ten tactics for improving data protection in your VMware infrastructure.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: When IT executives engage with VMware they often ask themselves many questions, including “How do my metrics compare to my peers with respect to virtualizing my IT environment?”. This exclusive white paper highlights top anecdotes and qualitative research on virtualization's business and financial benefits. Learn more here.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: In this E-Guide learn how Microsoft Hyper-V fits into the server virtualization landscape, with insight on exactly what Hyper-V has to offer, and analysis of how the Microsoft technology stacks up against the competition.

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document provides guidelines for configuring a standard Windows 7 image to be used within a VMware View™ environment, providing administrators with the information necessary to create a standard image of Windows 7 leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or a script-based approach to optimize a traditionally installed Windows 7 VM.

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Server virtualization has many benefits from the disaster recovery standpoint- not having to purchase physical infrastructure for DR being only the tip of the iceberg. Check out this brief, two page transcript of an interview with DR expert Pierre Dorion to learn more about potential benefits and pitfalls of server virtualization in DR.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this interview transcript, VMware expert Eric Siebert discusses the best way to use NFS for virtual server environments. Discover the benefits and complications that can arise when implementing network-attached storage (NAS) in your virtual server platform and more.

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

IT BRIEFING: When it comes to disaster recovery, the biggest challenge is to bring systems back online as quickly as possible. In the event of a primary site failure, restoring business operations from a remote site can be a lengthy, complex, and costly manual process. Read this white paper to learn an easier way.

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: It is important to remain competitive in the IT industry. This presentation transcript highlights why now is the best time to evaluate virtualization for Lotus Domino for VMware. Review the latest testing done to validate performance and functionality for running IBM Lotus Domino™ 8.5.1 running on virtual machines using VMware vSphere™ 4.0.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

CASE STUDY: This case study describes the approach one company implemented to deploy, monitor, and maintain a growing number of physical servers. Learn how it addressed their top business challenges and find out what efficiency and flexibility benefits they were able to realize.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

WEBCAST: This webcast provides an introduction to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Watch now to discover the whys of migration - the technical benefits and cost savings of RHEV - as well as the hows - the latest tools and services available for your use.

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 | Premiered: Jun 1, 2011

TRIAL SOFTWARE: Xangati Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Dashboard provides ongoing operational management for VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop VDI environments.  It is a highly granular visibility solution that empowers you to successfully scale up your VDI deployments from early pilots while ensuring you provide the most optimal end-user experience.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 01 Jun 2011

EZINE: This expert e-zine weighs the benefits of deploying a second hypervisor against the risks. Find out what factors you should consider when selecting an additional platform and learn how to improve the performance of your virtual environment.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchVMware.com highlights key virtual hardware statistics to ensure you choose the best virtual machine for your IT shop. Learn more here.

Posted: 31 May 2011 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the HP 3PAR Storage System and how the next-generation Tier 1 storage is designed to deliver the agility and efficiency demands of a virtual data centre and cloud computing environments. Read on for more information on the HP 3PAR Storage System.

Posted: 25 May 2011 | Published: 23 May 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: The implementation of server virtualization has strongly impacted the backup process. Read this transcript of a Q & A with backup expert Mark Bowker to learn more.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com provides expert insight into the basics of planning and executing a desktop migration to Windows 7. Learn how to create a detailed and achievable project plan and find ways to simplify your migration.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization is becoming more of a hot topic as it allows organizations to control costs and use limited resources to manage their desktop infrastructures. This white paper highlights an architectural design for a 50,000-seat VMware View architecture created by NetApp, Vmware, Cisco, Fujitsu, and Wyse. Learn more here.

Posted: 13 May 2011 | Published: 13 May 2011

CASE STUDY: How do you build an effective infrastructure to wind down a company? The Lehman’s Brothers Holding Inc. (LBHI)’s operating company LAMCO was forced to quickly build an infrastructure and technology that would meet the size, scope, and capacity requirements required by the estate. They found their answer in flexible and scalable cloud hosting.

Posted: 12 May 2011 | Published: 12 May 2011

VIDEO: This session provides best practice and solution guidelines to successfully architect and deploy Oracle databases on the EMC and VMware platform.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Premiered: 10 May 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide highlights how to reap the benefits of server virtualization by considering four important factors: choice of hypervisor, software licensing, hardware and training.

Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 09 May 2011