WEBCAST - This webcast highlights best practices for setting up a virtualized Exchange 2010 infrastructure. Learn about the major changes made to Exchange 2010. Find out about various deployment scenarios, recommended storage architectures, and backup and recovery strategies for the new version of Exchange.
Posted: July 6, 2010 | Premiered: July 6, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Microsoft Exchange | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for interesting and informative case studies and articles on consolidation, virtualization, cloud computing, four-socket servers, and more.
Posted: July 6, 2010 | Published: July 6, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

EGUIDE - In this expert e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com, the top blade server myths are debunked. Learn more about the benefits blades can deliver today and how to evaluate whether or not they’re a fit for your server architecture.
Posted: July 6, 2010 | Published: July 6, 2010


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - By choosing Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on AMD Opteron processors, you can get all the functionality of high-end systems with the cost advantages and flexibility of technologies that conform to universally accepted industry standards.
Posted: July 2, 2010 | Published: July 2, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the market dynamics driving demand for value 4P servers, explains how the AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform satisfies that demand, and explores the practical implications of the value 4P server’s breakthrough combination of performance, scalability, and value.
Posted: July 2, 2010 | Published: July 2, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - With up to 48 cores and 512GB of memory in a 4P configuration, the AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform is designed to help reduce power consumption, support more users, more transactions, and more resource-intensive applications – all while helping you achieve higher levels of efficiency and utilization in your virtual environment.
Posted: July 2, 2010 | Published: July 2, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Server Management | Server Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Boston Medical Center (BMC) needed to find ways to lower its operational costs to work within smaller budgets despite exploding data volumes, a sprawling server farm and 6,000 desktop users who needed access to clinical applications for patient care. The hospital pursued a data center virtualization strategy after partnering with Dell.
Posted: July 2, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Desktop Virtualization | Health Care Industry | Multi-core Processors | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Today’s lean, more tightly-regulated economy and the ever-increasing importance of IT have many organizations caught in a bind. This white paper explores five specific steps you can take to power your way through these difficult times.
Posted: July 1, 2010 | Published: June 30, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Energy Efficiency | Hot Aisle Cold Aisle | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO | UPS

WHITE PAPER - AMD has changed the x86 server landscape by combining multi-core AMD Opteron processors with advanced HyperTransport links.  Read this paper for more information on the AMD Opteron 6100 Series.
Posted: July 1, 2010 | Published: July 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Multi-core Processors | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - In this webcast learn about the emerging technologies driving the transition to App Delivery 2.0.  Uncover how network virtualization can be applied to better optimize application delivery, provide increased flexibility and create an efficient network infrastructure with a mix of hardware and software solutions.
Posted: July 1, 2010 | Premiered: July 14, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Applications Software | Cloud Computing | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Appliance

VIDEO - This video covers the interaction between virtualization and security. Watch this video to learn how to integrate IT operations and security operations as your company’s virtualization efforts grow to include your mission critical business applications.
Posted: June 28, 2010 | Premiered: June 28, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Networking | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Management | Security Policies | Server Virtualization | Virtualization Security

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript features virtualization expert Brian Madden. Learn when and when not to deploy desktop virtualization and gain insight into the two types of client VMs.
Posted: June 28, 2010 | Published: June 28, 2010


Topics:  Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - By using VMware and the Compellent SAN together, enterprises can compound the benefits of virtualisation. This paper addresses seven technical advantages and describes how they allow the Compellent SAN to optimise VMware server virtualisation.
Posted: June 28, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  SAN | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization | VMware

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - This white paper provides a blueprint for a highly efficient and dynamic datacenter using Microsoft® and Compellent technologies. The solution is enabled by Microsoft Virtualisation and the Compellent® Storage Center SAN™ solution.
Posted: June 28, 2010 | Published: April 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Consolidating and/or virtualizing SQL Server databases can improve data center efficiency and enable you to tackle database sprawl, achieve high availability, and boost agility. Beginning with the value 4 processor (4P) capabilities of the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform, the AMD/Dell/Microsoft combination can help produce substantial savings.
Posted: June 25, 2010 | Published: June 25, 2010


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Databases | Multi-core Processors | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | SQL Server | Virtual Machine