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A Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and Service Automation
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Oct 2008
| | Published: | 10 Oct 2008 | |
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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.
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Best in Class Virtualization: Using Intel-based HP G6 Servers with VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 05 Jun 2009 | |
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Read this brief paper to get the details about an HP and VMware solution that both enhances service and reduces cost, while positioning operations for growth when the economy turns around.
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Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure
sponsored by CompuCom and IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 18 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 09 Oct 2009 | |
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Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency.
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Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 Servers, Dell MD3000i Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 24 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 24 Jul 2009 | |
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This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.
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Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell Equallogic™ Storage, and VMware Infrastructure™
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 24 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 24 May 2009 | |
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This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.
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Choosing the Best Servers for Virtualization
sponsored by Intel Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 03 Sep 2009 | |
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Whether you are deploying virtualization for the first time or looking to increase the value of your existing solution, choosing the right hardware is as important as choosing the right virtualization software. This paper will discuss some of the basics of server virtualization.
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Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| White Paper: | Posted: 09 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 05 Dec 2008 | |
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This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
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Desktop Demystified: Server-Centric Client Virtualization Model Reduces Costs While Improving Security and Flexibility.
sponsored by CDW Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 08 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 08 Sep 2009 | |
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Client virtualization or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that offers IT the ability to host and centrally manage Virtual Machines while providing end users a full-desktop experience. If you haven’t yet discovered the advantages of a VDI, read this whitepaper and put yourself in command of the desktop.
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Five Reasons Why You Need Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Now
sponsored by Citrix
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 20 Jul 2009 | |
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This paper explores common challenges associated with server virtualization deployments and the ways Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V together with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager can help organizations maximize the value of server virtualization.
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Getting Virtualisation Right: Five Virtualisation Rules Every Organisation Must Know
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 20 Aug 2009 | |
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HP has identified five common virtualisation rules employed by organisations that have succeeded where others have not. While technology differs in complexity and scale from one business to the next, nearly every successful organisation deployed the same five rules to realise the full potential of virtualisation.
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Getting Virtualization Right: Five Virtualization Rules Every Organization Must Know
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 25 Jul 2009 | |
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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.
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How to Implement Chargeback in a Virtualized Data Center Using the Resource Consumption Model
sponsored by VKernel
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Feb 2008
| | Published: | 01 Feb 2008 | |
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When IT professionals make massive investments in the virtualized data center, financial controls to contain sprawl and maintain control are essential. This white paper shows you how to do so by implementing chargeback.
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HP Virtual Server Environment Reference Architecture: Shared Infrastructure for Databases
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 16 Mar 2009
| | Published: | 01 Mar 2007 | |
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The core concept behind the Shared Infrastructure for Databases involves simple building blocks, comprised of computing elements, connected together to create a powerful, yet elegant shared database environment. This white paper describes the shared infrastructure, its benefits and HP
offerings to help you implement this solution.
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Hurwitz: Virtualization is Not a Silver Bullet
sponsored by CA
| White Paper: | Posted: 19 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 30 Oct 2009 | |
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Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.
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IDC Paper – Services for Virtualization
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 02 Oct 2008 | |
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IDC's white paper reviews finds that virtualization can have significant benefits to an organization, like increased utilization, simplified management and reduced energy costs, but it can be a complex undertaking and if not planned correctly, it can hurt instead of help.
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