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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
technology is an integral component of the overall system architecture. The expansion in the range of applications and server environments that companies are deploying will have a significant effect on how they set up their datacenters (including server and storage systems). Organizations are now dealing with rapid data growth and the use of...
Hyper-V Deployment and Best Practices by Microsoft
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 world because of the potential for...
Podcast: Reducing Storage Costs in a Virtual Server Environment: Seven Questions and Answers by Forsythe Technology Inc.
This podcast highlights server virtualization and shows solutions for dramatically improving the efficiency of backup applications. Server virtualization continues its momentum in mainstream IT operations. While it appears server virtualization is everywhere, it still represents less than 12% of all installed servers. Customers have experienced...
Combining Storage and Server Virtualization by LSI Corporation
paper describes the powerful combination of StoreAge SVM storage virtualization product with VMware's server virtualization product. This white paper describes the powerful combination of StoreAge SVM storage virtualization product with VMware's server virtualization product. The rapid proliferation of server virtualization...
Security Implications of the Virtualized DataCenter by F5 Networks
in our daily vocabulary. The recent rate of virtualization adoption however, especially that of software operating system virtualization, has grown exponentially in the past few years. According to Joe Tucci, the CEO at EMC®, most VMware® customers are planning on virtualizing 50% of their IT infrastructure within the next three years2...
Storage and networking hardware considerations for virtualized environments by NetApp
are the primary hardware medium for server virtualization-but what other hardware components do you need for a successful deployment? This Q&A session from VMworld 2008 reviews the role of storage and network hardware in a virtualized environment. Servers are the primary hardware medium for server virtualization-but what other hardware components do you need to...
Microsoft Virtualization Fundamentals: Introduction to Server Virtualization (Usage Scenarios) by Microsoft
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 Server 2005, Virtual PC), how they...
Global Server Virtualization Survey by CA
Server virtualization has easily identifiable benefits that are strongly aligned with organizations expectations and business drivers. View this survey to learn about the tremendous growth of virtualization and the significant challenges that lay ahead. Server virtualization is now a mainstream technology and experiencing...
Reducing Storage Costs in a Virtual Server Environment: Seven Questions and Answers by Forsythe Technology Inc.
This videocast highlights server virtualization and shows solutions for dramatically improving the efficiency of backup applications. Server virtualization continues its momentum in mainstream IT operations. While it appears server virtualization is everywhere, it still represents less than 12% of all installed servers. Customers have experienced...
Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers by VMware, Inc.
Server virtualization isn't just for big companies, this paper explains the 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...
Inquiry Spotlight: Server Virtualization, Q3 2008 by NetApp
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 centers, servers, and virtual appliances in 2008 to date, 72 were specifically in regard to server...
Application and Server Virtualization Working Together by Citrix
This paper shows that server and application virtualization are complementary and how they can and often should be combined, not only to amplify the capabilities of the respective technologies but to achieve greater positive impact to IT and the business. IT organizations successfully deploy virtualization every day to maximize utilization of existing computing...
TechNet Webcast: Examining Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 (Level 300) by Microsoft
This session examines the Microsoft virtualization ecosystem and how to implement it with Windows Server 2008. Virtualization is a high-priority topic for many enterprise IT organizations. Virtualization technology helps to improve hardware utilization, lower power consumption, and decrease physical space requirements. Most importantly,...
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...
Scalability Test Results for Concurrent User Sessions on Servers Running Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors by Citrix
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 Citrix XenApp 4.5, offering excellent XenApp performance in a virtualization...
The Impact of Virtualization on Network Security by Sourcefire
There are various types of virtualization from a technical standpoint, but the one discussed in this paper is known as server or full virtualization, which is the most prevalent type used for production. There are various types of virtualization from a technical standpoint, but the one discussed in this paper is known as server or full...
Server Virtualization: Does Server Virtualization Work for Small-to-Medium-sized Companies? You Bet by CDW Corporation
applications might include file and print servers, e-mail servers, databases, and Web servers. This white paper shows you how to heighten security, make restores quicker, improve fault tolerance, and reduce server maintenance costs in SMBs, and includes a real-life example of a successful implementation...
Is Virtualization Under Control? Current Opinions on Security and Controls for Virtual Servers in Production Environments by Tripwire, Inc.
this white paper to learn more about the state of virtualization today and why most of the respondents agree that a dedicated configuration tool is needed and are in the process of evaluating or planning to acquire such a tool. To learn how deeply virtualization is expanding within production server environments and see if security, change controls and...
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Roadmap (Level 300) by Microsoft
Virtualization technology can play a key role in uncoupling workloads from server resources and enabling an automated datacenter. This session presents Microsoft's virtualization roadmap and strategy, starting with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. Today's information technology organizations are under pressure to...
Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best Of VMworld" Approach by Citrix
45;an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award. IT managers and executives have enthusiastically embraced server virtualization because it greatly increases server utilization, reduces capital costs and cuts operating expenses. And a growing number of IT executives are looking beyond server consolidation to use...
Virtualization 101: A Guide to Using Virtualization in Any Environment by Citrix
XenServer provides simple, economical server virtualization designed for easy implementation in any IT environment. Virtualization adoption is concentrated among large enterprises, but mid-sized companies are faced with challenges around fragmentation, application performance, vendor lock-in, and more. Check out this white paper to learn how you can deploy...
Try XenServer Enterprise Edition Now with a Free 30-day Trial by Citrix
Edition is a powerful platform managing virtualization as a flexible aggregated pool of compute and storage resources, for dynamic managed virtualization environments for the enterprise. Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition is a powerful platform managing virtualization as a flexible aggregated pool of compute and storage resources, for dynamic managed...
Server Virtualization - Deciding What You Need to Purchase by CDW Corporation
Server virtualization uses software to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual machines, each of which can run a different application on a different operating system. Server virtualization uses software to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual machines, each of which can run a...
Storage Bin 2.0: Virtualization: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore by Storage Magazine
Server virtualization is still higher on the food chain, but storage virtualization will have its day. A lot of storage types are put off by the overwhelming hoopla that's been generated by VMware and server virtualization. That's because storage intellectuals feel that it's unfair for server virtualization to get all of this attention...
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IT automation that works by Jasmine Noel, Contributor
period. If a business can automate provisioning of and changes to its computing infrastructure then those resources will always be allocated according to business needs. This concept can be applied to servers, virtual machines, software, network bandwidth, storage capacity, databases or any computing-related resource.

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How many data centers are sufficient for disaster recovery? Two, three, or more? by Richard Jones, VP and Service Director for Data Center Strategies, Burton Group
ensuring disaster preparedness, especially in light of the damage caused by natural and human made disasters over the past decade.

The answer to the "how many" question is never simple. And yes, I am going to say it: "It depends." So what does it depend on? The number of data centers that you need for disaster recovery depends on two principal decisions... More...

Selecting a general contractor: Data center construction runbook, Chapter 3 by Karim Khan, Contributor
runbook. Each chapter will outline a specific aspect of data center design, walking you through the step-by-step process of a data center build-out. Chapter 1 focuses on data center site selection, and Chapter 2 is on selecting a data center design team.

It's probably not a smart move for you to finish designing your data center without selecting the... More...

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Experian drills backup water supply to cool data center by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
water supply. And eventually he and his data center staff took a page from the book of the old Texas oil men: You drill for it.

Digging a hole to get out of one
That's right; Experian dug a well. It hired a contractor to drill 1,200 feet into the ground to hit the Woodbine Aquifer, which runs through 17 counties in north central Texas. Burlew said that in the case... More...
After Transitive acquisition, will IBM shed translation software beneficial to competition? by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
company whose translation software enables applications written for one kind of CPU and operating system (OS) to run on various combinations of CPU and OS without modifying the source code or binaries. Terms of the deal have not been announced.

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CA announces Mainframe 2.0 by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
giantCA announced its Mainframe 2.0 iniative, which aims to untangle the complexity of mainframe management.

Chris O'Malley, the head of CA's mainframe business unit, said Mainframe 2.0 strives to make its mainframe management software easier to use for less experienced IT staff, to create greater uniformity among products, and to provide a service to... More...