April 24, 2012 - (Free Research) This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security.
December 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper describes a virtualized infrastructure that applies storage and server virtualization technologies to cost-effectively achieve a flexible, high-performance, dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale.
November 2008 - (Free Research) XenServer enables consolidation of server and other infrastructure resources, by combining servers and storage into resource pools that can be apportioned to the applications with the highest business need.
March 2010 - (Free Research) In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover how to balance the storage and networking demands of today's virtual environments.
January 2011 - (Free Research) This paper examines the benefits of Microsoft's BranchCache solution to allows branch office workers to cache content obtained from head office file and web servers locally.
August 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization.
December 2009 - (Free Research) Just what do you expect Microsoft has delivered with the latest release of Windows Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 (release 2)? Let's take a look at how different and how similar Windows Server 2008 R2 could be for you.
December 2010 - (Free Research) This technical white paper is the second in a series that is designed to help map I/O best practices from the physical world into the virtual world supported by logical domains.
September 2009 - (Free Research) Dell has a full line of the latest sever and storage hardware and software to enable you to consolidate and virtualize your environment, control your costs, and satisfy all of your IT needs. To learn more about the newest line of single- and dual-socket servers and storage in the Dell lineup, please read on.
November 2010 - (Free Research) This paper examines how SharePoint 2010 is a sophisticated enterprise-level collaboration platform. Whether it’s creating wikis and micro-blogging, or document sharing and project management, SharePoint 2010 allows organizations to take collaboration to an entirely new level.
November 2011 - (Free Research) Cloud computing builds on various trends including network-centric application access, the consumerization of IT, increasing scale and complexity, open source, and virtualization. Discover how IaaS can help automate an IT infrastructure, maintain governance and eliminate VM sprawl with the proper policies.
September 2011 - (Free Research) In this video, Christian Liem, Server Manager at Gensler, shares his views on capacity planning, automation, the value in standardizing IT resources, both the technology and the process for delivering it. Watch this video to learn more about the issues and progress on their virtualized environment.
March 2010 - (Free Research) By turning to a virtual-ready infrastructure, IT has the opportunity to create a next-generation architecture that fundamentally changes the way data centers work for the future. In doing so, IT has the opportunity to transform its own value to the organization by making the infrastructure more flexible and ready to move at the speed of business.
March 2010 - (Free Research) Customers need to better understand how the use of virtualization and cloud computing changes datacenter infrastructure management requirements. In this paper, May Johnston Turner, IDC's research director of System Management Software, answers questions posed to her by Dell’s customers.
March 2012 - (Free Research) This executive brief details some of the key responsibilities of the IT department, including delivering high-performance applications to users, securing reliable data storage, and troubleshooting issues before they escalate. Discover how the right servers can free up resources, contain power and cooling, and position your organisation for growth.
October 2011 - (Free Research) McKesson is a true converged infrastructure success story. In this resource, get the details on how this healthcare industry player upgraded it's server environment, resulting in improved data growth, reduced and deployment time.
October 2011 - (Free Research) By deploying a converged infrastructure solution, one organization in the public sector upgraded its server environment to support growth and reduce server footprint. Read this resource and discover how this helped them handle data growth, and accelerate deployment time.
May 2011 - (Free Research) When it was determined the IT infrastructure on Carnival ships was consuming too much power and occupying too large a footprint, Carnival Cruise Lines engaged Dell Consulting Services to evaluate its options. Read this case study to learn more about Dell's robust solution.
May 2012 - (Free Research) Though building a private cloud can seem too ambitious for SMBs, selecting the right technology can make it possible for businesses to support private cloud on a single server. Find out about the key components of a successful private cloud in this resource.
May 2012 - (Free Research) Server performance fuels business performance. Servers also store and use your company’s most valuable and sensitive information. These two facts pose a dilemma for data center and security managers: should they maximize server protection at the expense of performance or optimize server performance and risk a serious security breach?
June 2010 - (Free Research) This expert E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com discusses some of the obstacles facing administrators managing virtual environments. Explore the "side effects" virtualization can bring to the data center and learn how implementing a few new tools can help alleviate some of these pain points.
February 2012 - (Free Research) This resource presents how one organization within the government industry updated their network and data center in order to support a multi-agency communications and information platform by deploying an HP unified communications infrastructure.
