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Optimizing Business Service Management (BSM) in a Challenging Global Economy: Delivering Service Quality While Improving IT Efficiency
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 13 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 25 May 2009 | |
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This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures.
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Virtual Desktops and the Pano System
sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 13 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 12 Nov 2009 | |
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Pano Logic® is the first company to offer a complete, purpose-built solution for virtual desktops combining a unique zero-client endpoint device with centralized tools designed specifically for the tasks of deployment and managing virtual desktops.
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Questions Answered In Implementing Virtual Desktops
sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 13 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 12 Nov 2009 | |
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The very same virtualization infrastructure you use for your servers today can be naturally extended to support the hosting of desktops as well. As a result, users gain the flexibility of connecting to a well-managed desktop from virtually any network endpoint. But how do you get there?
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Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 11 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 22 Oct 2009 | |
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This paper describes the hardware and software components of Sun’s new reference architecture, Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL, studies the scalability of the architecture, and includes step-by-step directions for setup and configuration.
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Seeding the Clouds: Key Infrastructure Elements of Cloud Computing
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 11 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 24 Feb 2009 | |
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This paper describes a high-level cloud computing infrastructure services framework and the underlying technology enablers, such as virtualization, automation, self-service portal, monitoring and capacity planning. It also discusses examples of, and the value propositions for, certain data centers that have been built in this manner to date.
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Power Systems: Comparing Costs of IBM PowerVM and x86 VMware for Enterprise
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 14 Apr 2009 | |
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This independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.
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Best Practices: VMware Monitoring with Operations Manager 2007 and MOM 2005
sponsored by Veeam Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 10 Nov 2009 | |
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This document describes an end-to-end solution for monitoring and managing VMware vSphere or Virtual Infrastructure 3 using a full integration with Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) to produce a comprehensive image of system health with minimal impact on your operations staff.
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Managing Virtualization Risk
sponsored by Integralis
| White Paper: | Posted: 09 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 09 Nov 2009 | |
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Virtualization introduces an array of new security risk challenges including compliance, separation, data leakage, forensics, and much more. If your organization has already deployed a virtualized environment, read this paper for advice on how to review your infrastructure and establish best practices going forward.
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IT Survey Results: Top Priorities Through 2010
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 09 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 09 Nov 2009 | |
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What will be most important to IT organizations over the next 12 months? It's probably no surprise that cost control or reduction in spending is the key priority. This white paper looks at the near-term activities of the IT organizations surveyed by TechTarget, along with their constraints, issues, motivating factors, and strategies.
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Uncover the Benefits of Virtualization
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 03 Nov 2009 | |
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BMC Software's internal IT organization launched a virtualization and automation initiative that achieved financial payback in less than six months. The effort improved productivity, increased responsiveness, and saved the company $5 million per year.
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Right-Sizing Your Power Infrastructure: How to Optimize Energy Efficiency Without Impeding Growth
sponsored by Eaton Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 30 Oct 2009 | |
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Read this paper to learn the ways in which new technologies are impacting power demand patterns, explores the consequences of having too much power capacity or too little and then provides concrete advice on strategies for right-sizing your power systems.
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Top 10 Ways to Optimize Remote Office Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 29 Oct 2009 | |
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Dealing with disasters at remote offices, where you likely have little or no technical staff, can be challenging—and, if you're not careful, expensive. Here are our top 10 tips for optimizing branch office DR while achieving overall improvements in cost efficiency.
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Virtualizing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 on Dell™ Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 01 Apr 2009 | |
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In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment.
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Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 for Dell™ PowerEdge™ Systems
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 01 Apr 2009 | |
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This document details the four available networking configurations for running Hyper-V on Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each networking configuration with an emphasis on typical Dell system configurations.
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Dell™ Reference Architecture Overview for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a VMware® ESX Server Environment using EqualLogic PS Series Storage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2009 | |
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This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.
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Exchange Virtualization |
Operating System Virtualization |
Paravirtualization