WHITE PAPER - Many organizations are looking into virtualization as a means of decreasing capital expenses and launching energy conservation initiatives. This paper explains why one must consider how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and security strategies will need to change before jumping into a deployment.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Network Capacity | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Security | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

BOOK - Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Network Management | QOS | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - HP has a long and proud tradition of partnering with technology leaders to help ensure success in both good economies and bad. This paper provides practical advice and insight into the rules these leaders followed to realize the full potential of virtualization.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

ANALYST BRIEF - Learn the top 10 reasons to add Surgient's self-service provisioning and management to help you get even more from your VMware investment.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Energy Efficiency | Network Performance | Self-Service Applications Software | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VMware

DATA SHEET - Despite flat and even shrinking IT budgets, the demand for complex services and infrastructure to support business initiatives continues to increase. The Surgient Virtual Automation Platform™ streamlines the administration of infrastructure delivery.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Services | IT Spending | Self-Service Applications Software | Server Virtualization | SLA

WHITE PAPER - VM6 provides affordable software solutions to extend the benefits of enterprise-class virtualization to remote offices and branch locations (ROBO), small to medium businesses and web hosters.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Downtime | High Availability | Network Management | ROBO | ROI | SAN | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Web Hosting

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Distributed Computing | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Remote Offices | ROBO | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SLA | SMBs | Systems Management | TCO | VM | WAN

EBOOK - How can you develop the optimal hardware strategy for maximum performance of your SAP environment? This eBook includes tips and insight from server, storage, virtualization and SAP software pros that will help you get the most out of your SAP enterprise software.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | Memory | Memory Management | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

VIDEO - View this screencast to learn about a new management approach for virtual and physical systems that helps reduce data center complexity. Discover how this tool combines provisioning, patching, managing and monitoring through a single console to enable IT pros to gain control over system sprawl and provide more flexible infrastructures.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Patch Management | Regulatory Compliance | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Workflow Software

EBOOK - Protecting the virtual data center doesn't need to be any more difficult than protecting a physical network. The key is to remain vigilant. In this chapter, you'll learn how to mitigate potential security risks to your resource pool and virtual machines without over-allocating administration.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Security | Risk Management | Security | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security | VM

DATA SHEET - An ideal solution for dense computing environments where energy and thermal efficiency are at a premium. Featuring the Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor 2419 EE, this solution is designed with ZT's signature data center server engineering expertise for the groundbreaking new levels of performance per watt cloud computing providers demand.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Multi-core Processor Architecture | Multi-core Processors | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | High Availability | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - Disk offers significant management and performance benefits over tape-based storage systems. Now, with advances in virtualization and deduplication, disk-only storage is also less expensive than tape. This podcast explores a real-world example of an organization going tapeless and outlines the processes required and the resulting benefits.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Premiered: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - Convergence, consolidation, virtualization - today's IT trends have turned the network closet into a mission-critical environment. APC solutions give you the level of control, monitoring, and management that today’s more critical systems demand.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | High Availability | Network Design | Network Management | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance | Server Virtualization