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EdgePlatform for Application Acceleration and Delivery by Akamai Technologies
Utilizing a global network of specialized servers connected through optimized protocols, the platform transparently overlays the Internet and optimizes application and content delivery on-demand. By addressing the shortcomings in the core Internet protocols, Akamai has created a delivery system across the edge of the network that is designed to improve...
The HP 9000 Server Transition to HP Integrity Server - Webcast by Hewlett-Packard Company
the transition from HP 9000 to HP Integrity servers: HP Integrity Server Future and HP 9000 Server Roadmaps, Why HP Integrity Servers?, HP 9000 Server Evolution Program Provides a Smooth Path to HP Integrity... In this Webcast learn more about the transition from HP 9000 to HP Integrity servers, specifically:

  • HP Integrity Server Future and HP 9000 Server
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Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 5 by Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 5
According to the Data Center Decisions 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey, server selection and disaster recovery (DR) are front-burner issues for data center decision makers. According to the Data Center Decisions 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey, server selection and disaster recovery (DR) are front-burner issues for data center decision...
Get in the Groove with SQL Server Consolidation by Quest Software
how to solve the problems by consolidating SQL Servers. SQL Server is an extremely popular relational database management system (RDBMS) that is easy to install, administer, and program. It ships with many shrink-wrapped applications and it is included with various Microsoft products such as Office and Visual Studio.

In fact, SQL Server is so easy to use that in...
Podcast: Reducing Storage Costs in a Virtual Server Environment: Seven Questions and Answers by Forsythe Technology Inc.
represents less than 12% of all installed servers. Customers have experienced significant savings by adopting a server virtualization strategy.

This podcast highlights server virtualization and shows solutions for dramatically improving the efficiency of backup applications. Download the companion videocast for more information regarding server...
Reducing Storage Costs in a Virtual Server Environment: Seven Questions and Answers by Forsythe Technology Inc.
represents less than 12% of all installed servers. Customers have experienced significant savings by adopting a server virtualization strategy.

This videocast highlights server virtualization and shows solutions for dramatically improving the efficiency of backup applications.

View this Videocast or download the companion Podcast for more...
Combining Storage and Server Virtualization by LSI Corporation
is due to the value of easily consolidating many servers and applications into a small amount of physical hardware. In this manner, it is possible to take tens - or even hundreds - of small physical servers and consolidate them into a few, easy to manage servers while maintaining the logical separation between each application.

This solution both dramatically...
eBook - Chapter 2: Planning Your Server Room by Dell, Inc. and Intel
Chapter 2 of Windows Servers and Storage (Revised edition, November 2008) discusses the physical aspects of server installation and topics include what a server room should contain, installation efficiency, and environmental factors. Server installations of all sizes can benefit from a dedicated server room. But proper planning must...
Server Selection for Production-Level Virtualization Environments by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
Throwing virtual machines (VMs) on old commodity servers may be just fine for first forays into virtualization and virtualizing simple applications, like file servers. Server selection requires a more thoughtful approach when you get into virtualizing your production environment. In this webcast, analyst Joe Clabby covers the many server platform decisions...
Six Key Problems in the Virtualized Data Center and Tips to Solve Them by Juniper Networks, Inc.
Virtualization of servers is the strongest trend in today's data center. Boiling down racks of servers into smaller, cheaper, and more efficient virtual machine farms is a key direction. Virtualization of servers is the strongest trend in today's data center. Boiling down racks of servers into smaller, cheaper, and more...
IDC: Business Value of Virtualized IT: Ensuring That Your Virtualized Servers and Storage Work in Harmony by Citrix
rapid data growth and the use of virtualized servers to boost IT asset utilization, improve application availability, and reduce administrative burdens.

This IDC White Paper takes a specific look at the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server infrastructure where hypervisor technology is an...
Scalability Test Results for Concurrent User Sessions on Servers Running Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors by Citrix
user sessions on Dell PowerEdge R805 servers running either Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Virtualization is becoming a standard method for creating flexible, dynamic data centers that can rapidly respond to changing business needs while effectively managing costs. Citrix XenServer 5, Enterprise Edition, has been optimized to support...
Change Director for SQL Server - Automated SQL Server Change Management by Quest Software
Change Director for SQL Server provides a powerful automated solution to manage changes to SQL Server databases. It gives DBAs the means to control changes made to their SQL Server databases and make the change processes transparent and manageable. Change Director for SQL Server provides a powerful automated solution for managing change to...
Access Control in Virtual Environments by FoxT
The growth in use of virtual servers is heralded by many as a positive development because it is seen to save companies money and resources. Recognizing the challenges of virtualization, FoxT is committed to extending the access control management and auditing benefits provided by BoKS Access Control for Servers to work on virtual platforms...
FREE TRIAL: Patch Authority Ultimate Version 6.1 - Prevents Attacks! by ScriptLogic Corporation
patches in a few simple steps to all desktop and servers, local and remote. Download this free trial today. Patch Authority™ Ultimate, ScriptLogic's comprehensive, enterprise-class patch management solution, prevents attacks and exploits through centralized control of updates on all Windows desktops and servers.

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High Availability and Disaster Recovery Features in Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 SP1 by Dell, Inc.
This paper discusses the Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 complements Exchange Server 2007 by enhancing the operational performance of high availability features, adding disaster recovery options and adding support for Windows Server® 2008. Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) introduced new mailbox...
Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers by VMware, Inc.
five steps to determine when to virtualize your servers. Server virtualization isn't just for big companies. Entry-level virtualization tools are free or low-cost, and there are many benefits to virtualization (including saving money). It's not a quest of "if" you should virtualize your servers; it's a question of "when". In this article, the author will...
Server Virtualization Security: 90% Process, 10% Technology by Tripwire, Inc.
can critically compromise x86-based virtual servers, but the vendor community is working to improve control and visibility of the underlying virtual server layer. While that is in progress, research has been done showing that simply updating security practices will adequately protect most systems.

Read this whitepaper to dispel myths that surround server...
Corral Virtual Server Backup by Storage Magazine
method. There are several ways to back up VMware servers depending on whether the servers are running VMware Server or VMware ESX Server. In this excerpt from his new book Backup & Recovery: Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems, W. Curtis Preston writes about the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods. Preston also tells how to use bare-metal...
Hot Spots: Managing Storage in a Virtual Server World by Storage Magazine
With virtual servers taking over the data center, planned storage systems must reap the benefits of virtualization. Server virtualization is quickly becoming the norm in data centers. The ability to host several operating systems and applications on a single server cuts capital costs for new equipment, and the reduction in...
Oracle VM: Performance Evaluation of Oracle VM Server Virtualization Software by Oracle Corporation
chronicles an independent review of virtual servers supporting a variety of workloads. Read on to learn about a technology that runs in a 32-bit Linux server environment and offers superior performance and scalability and reduced overhead compared to bare-metal servers. Performance was measured based on the following metrics:

  • Transactions per minute
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Inquiry Spotlight: Server Virtualization, Q3 2008 by NetApp
team answered on data centers, servers, and virtual appliances in 2008 to date, 72 were specifically in regard to server virtualization. As organizations continue to deploy server virtualization, questions have shifted from "if" to "how." Out of all 220 inquiries Forrester's IT infrastructure and operations team answered on data...
Windows Essential Business Server 2008: Deploying Windows Mobile 6 with Windows Essential Business Server 2008 by Microsoft
solution spread over three independent servers. It provides midsized businesses with more powerful management of day to day tasks, comprehensive network and data protection, simplified device setup, and rich business productivity features - all within the high performance Windows Server environment.

By deploying Windows Mobile 6 devices with...
Hyper-V Deployment and Best Practices by Microsoft
In this webcast a Senior Product Manager from the Windows Virtualization team discusses the Hyper-V virtualization capabilities built into Windows Server 2008. It offers an overview of system requirements, and best practices for successful depl... Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, is a hot topic in the IT...
Microsoft Virtualization Fundamentals: Introduction to Server Virtualization (Usage Scenarios) by Microsoft
This session covers the different products for server virtualization (Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Virtual Server 2005, Virtual PC), how they work and the usage scenarios for each. What is server virtualization and why Hyper-V? This session covers the different products for server virtualization (Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Virtual...
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Virtual server policy is key to mitigating systems vulnerabilities by Richard Ptak, Contributor
pitfalls exist in the implementation of virtual servers. The virtualization layer is, in reality, another operating system. And, as such, it is vulnerable to attacks. Furthermore, virtualization in the data center (except for mainframes) is relatively new. This means it has not been subjected to and hardened against serious attacks. However, vendors... More...
How remote management saved me an emergency flight overseas by Kyle Rankin, Contributor
up to our retreat, we had been waiting on some critical servers to arrive in our United Kingdom data center. This extra capacity was important to a client and we had a team of people ready to deploy software to the servers once they were installed. As we left for the retreat on Friday, we had basically resigned ourselves to a missed deadline--the servers... More...
Lights out management: How to administer servers from the Bahamas by Kyle Rankin, Contributor
Practically speaking, the idea is that when you have servers all over the world you can't easily drop by when something goes wrong. Yet, even if the servers you manage are in the next room, remote management will save you far more than just the effort to get up from the desk.

While there are many solutions out there to aid an administrator in remote... More...

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After Transitive acquisition, will IBM shed translation software beneficial to competition? by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
touted Transitive's software as an easy way for users to migrate to HP's x86 ProLiant servers. Now that IBM has acquired Transitive, the question is whether IBM will continue to sell Transitive to migrate workloads to HP and non-IBM x86 servers.

"Linux on Power is the technology of choice IBM uses when migrating HP and Sun customers to their platforms," said... More...

Running Linux and z/OS on a single mainframe poses no problem by Mark Fontecchio, Nes Writer
a Linux-only mainframe in which hundreds or even thousands of virtual Linux servers run on z/VM, along with a bunch of Integrated Facility for Linux, or IFL processors.

But, according to IBM employees and analysts, the reasons for a purely Linux mainframe have more to do with politics than with technology.

"Most large data centers have mainframes with z... More...

With IBM blades and VMware, firm shrinks data center footprint, cost by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
company Prudential Fox & Roach ripped out its 93 Hewlett-Packard Co. ProLiant servers and replaced them with IBM blade servers running VMware Inc.'s virtualization technology to reduce space requirements, cut power and cooling costs, and make data center management easier.

Until a few years ago, the real estate company's technology was warehoused in... More...