WHITE PAPER - This Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and IT Service Automation provides an insightful overview of virtualization and IT Service Management. It helps demystify virtualization and helps you determine if virtualization is right for your environment.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: October 10, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Enterprise | Hardware | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Systems Development Life-cycles | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide provides tips on using blades and virtualization, details new virtualization product enhancements and offerings and sets the record straight on myths and misconceptions surrounding power, cooling and consolidation.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | NAS | Networking | Power Supplies | SAN | Server Virtualization | Software

WEBCAST - A special live HP mediacast event entitled Changing the SQL Landscape through Consolidation is scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Learn why HP Integrity is the ideal platform for business-critical SQL consolidation.
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Premiered: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Server Appliances | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores and outlines how to apply HP Data Protector 6.0/6.1 software and other key HP StorageWorks storage array technologies to manage and deploy an effective backup strategy in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure.
Posted: December 1, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | IT Managers | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This chapter focuses on power management in the data center. Learn about the mounting pressure on data center managers to find more reliable-and yet less expensive-ways to power IT infrastructure, achieve energy savings, and avoid elect...
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 24, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | IT Asset Management | Loss Prevention | Power Integrated Circuits | RAS | Server Virtualization | UPS

WHITE PAPER - When evaluating storage solutions for DR in a virtual environment, there are several aspects you should consider. In this E-Guide discover several concerns to be aware of when planning for disaster recovery in a virtual server environment.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Fibre Channel | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide offers advice on the business value, cost and timing and explains how to build a virtual test lab to ensure your Windows shop is adequately prepared for the migration to Windows Server 2008.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Published: September 27, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Database Management | Database Security | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - The promise of desktop virtualization technology is to centralize applications at the data center to make them easier to manage and provision. In this E-Guide learn how to navigate the challenges of desktop virtualization to make the theory a reality.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Desktop Management | Hardware | IT Managers | Physical Security | Remote Offices | Server Virtualization | Troubleshooting | VMware

ANALYST REPORT - This report outlines the important findings of a survey of 627 respondents involved with virtualization, compares the results with previous EMA research, examines the trends in virtualization and forecasts the future for virtualization management.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Grid Computing | Server Virtualization | Software as a Service | Storage Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - VSE is the world's first integrated solution that continuously analyzes and optimizes physical and virtual resources in exactly the same way.
Posted: October 7, 2008 | Published: October 7, 2008


Topics:  Business Integration | Capacity Planning | High Availability | QOS | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Adopting a virtualized infrastructure can result in a reduction of up to 35% of total annual server costs per user. This paper describes “basic virtualization,” which refers to basic x86 server consolidation using virtualization software.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Architectures | Business Intelligence | ERP | Operating Systems | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Systems Management

WEBCAST - This webcast explores answers to some of the key questions around getting started with virtualization. It addresses cost savings, weighing benefits vs. risks, transitioning from older platforms to new ones, best practices and more.
Posted: May 21, 2008 | Premiered: June 19, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Continuity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | Virtual Offices | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper compares cost analysis for blade-servers vs. rack-optimized servers for capital expenses, the operating cost of facilities, and the operating cost of management services; it also analyzes cost for both midsize and enterprise organizations.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Capital Expenditures | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Enterprise Systems | Rack Servers | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO

WEBCAST - Check out this webcast led by server virtualization expert Andrew Kutz to learn about implementing iSCSI with virtualization. Find out when and where the combination is appropriate and what problems to look out for.
Posted: March 31, 2008 | Premiered: March 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Centers | ERP | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning are critical to managing risks in a successful business. This paper covers how to make disaster recovery cost effective with virtual infrastructure.
Posted: November 25, 2008 | Published: November 24, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Secure Content Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | VMware