WHITE PAPER - Virtualized servers are yielding dramatic cost savings through consolidation of physical resources, reductions in power and cooling requirements, and slashed operational expenses. It’s delivering a magnitude of benefits that many businesses find virtually amazing. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Disaster Recovery | Energy Efficiency | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Security | Terrorism

WHITE PAPER - Although more companies than ever have continuity plans, an AT&T study discovered that a high percentage of those plans are outdated. If your company is one of those with an outdated plan or no plan, here are some things that might help them understand the importance of good continuity planning.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Malware | Security Threats | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Security

CASE STUDY - Wells' Dairy needed to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It deployed the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V™ virtualization technology. Today, it has a scalable server consolidation solution and a data center that is saving more than US.$12,000 in annual electrical costs.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | High Availability | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Business continuity/disaster recovery requires a holistic approach that includes storage, infrastructure, servers, applications, middleware and the network. If that weren't complicated enough, today's new technologies are testing traditional methods of backup and data protection. It's time to take another look at your BC/DR plan.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Power Blackouts

WHITE PAPER - While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - In an increasingly digital world, it's clear that business continuity is no longer an option. Keeping systems running 24x7 and ensuring that data reaches its intended destination — precisely when it's needed — is the heart and soul of a business. This paper discusses Business-Continuity (BC) initiatives on a tight budget and with limited resources.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. If your business is aiming for zero data loss and zero downtime, there's only one choice - continuous data protection (CDP).
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Continuous Data Protection | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Email Archiving | RPO | RTO | Tape Backups | Virus Protection

WHITE PAPER - These days, it is rare to find a company without a disaster recovery plan - a fact due in large part to a rash of high-profile disasters in recent years. The risks are too great to ignore. But many companies are still not doing enough to protect their businesses. This paper provides tips for how to protect your business.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Database Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Security Best Practices | Security Threats | Virus Protection

CASE STUDY - The Barkley ad firm implements consolidation, virtualization and replication to strengthen business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning. With the goal of getting to 100 percent availability, the firm uses HP's blade hardware, VMware's virtualization software and a variety of existing storage platforms.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware Disaster Recovery

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this presentation transcript to learn how disk backup with data deduplication technology can help solve data protection issues and directly impact your organization's bottom line.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Backups | CIOs | Continuous Data Protection | Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Security

BROCHURE - Virtualization is changing everything, from how you manage resources to the way you support your business, it addresses many of today's IT challenges - cost, responsiveness, availability, disaster recovery - and is a key element for achieving a more automated, agile infrustructure. Dell helps you virtualize at the speed of <i>your</i> business...
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Systems Management

VIDEO - Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) provides comprehensive hardware assists that boost virtualization software performance, improve application response times and provide greater reliability, security and flexibility. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Migration | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Energy Efficiency | Load Balancing | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - Stringent laws and regulations are forcing businesses to look at data in a new light. Added to compliance challenges is protecting disparate data, while reducing overhead costs associated with legal discovery. In this webcast IDC looks at high level trends in compliance, solutions that industry-leaders are employing and how to mitigate data risk.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Auditing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Security Audits | Security Best Practices | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries