Cloud Computing Strategies for the CIO
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Enabling Data Footprint Reduction: Storage Capacity Optimization
This white paper explores different data reduction techniques and their characteristics, caveats, and benefits to address your various data growth challenges. Read now to learn more.
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E-Guide: Virtual SQL Server: What's to Gain and How to Keep It Secure
Read this expert e-guide to discover five lesser-known benefits of virtualizing SQL Server and learn best practices for keeping your data safe in a virtualized environment.
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E-Guide: SQL Server Virtualization: What Your Organization Needs to Do to Prepare
Are you still unsure if SQL Server virtualization is the best move for your organization? Or have you already decided to move forward with a virtualization initiative and don't know where to start? Read this expert e-guide to discover when virtualization is not a good idea, must-do checklist items for getting started, pitfalls to avoid, and more!
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E-Guide: Best Practices to Maximize SQL Server Performance
Read this expert e-guide to find four tips for boosting SQL Server scalability as well as guidance on determining if solid state disk (SSD) storage is worth the cost for your SQL Server environment.
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4 Gig FC, 1 Gig Ethernet Dominate Storage
Check out this E-Guide to learn the most common networks, how many are using 10 GbE, 8 Gbps and more. Also learn about Dell’s recent EqualLogic upgrade and how it supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet copper for iSCSI SAN.
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Storage Efficiency Best Practices: Tiering and Energy Efficiency
You need modern storage that is simpler, more agile, and grows along with your business. Check out this expert E-Guide to explore 8 green storage best practices that increase energy efficiency while reducing your costs.
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E-Guide: Software-Defined Networking Could Make Network-as-a-Service a Reality
This E-Guide from SearchNetworking.com explores the reality of Network-as-a-Service and how it may be coming soon to a data center near you.
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Presentation Transcript: Scaling Your Desktop Virtualization Pilot for Success
Discover what it takes to scale your pilot into a live environment and how to avoid the most common mistakes, including incorrect ROI calculation, failure to gain user adoption and more with IT expert Brian Madden. Plus, review 6 corporate use cases and an exclusive Q&A session with questions posed by your peers.
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Presentation Transcript: Low Impact Upgrades to Exchange 2010 from Exchange Server 2003
Are you considering updating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 but are not sure of the best way to do so? In this presentation transcript, review recommended processes for upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2010. Discover common pitfalls you may experience during the upgrade process.
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Managing the Information that Drives the Enterprise Storage: Focus on Storage for Virtual Machines
Virtualization puts new demands on storage, so whether you opt for FC, iSCSI or NAS, storage will be a key factor for your virtual environment. Read this e-book for expert tips and suggestions on managing storage for virtual servers and virtual desktops including, ten things to know about storage for VMs and choosing NAS for virtual machines.
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E-Guide: Tips for Building a Private Cloud – Start Slowly
Many IT professionals are intrigued by the idea of a private cloud to reduce performance bottlenecks and simplify management. This expert e-guide from SearchCloudComputing.com provides insight into what you need to consider before investing in a private cloud strategy.
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Definitive Guide to Exchange Server 2010 Migration: Chapter 1: Under the Hood of Exchange Server 2010
Migrating to Exchange Server 2010 from the 2007 edition is becoming a must, as the 2010 edition offers improved email archiving, high-availability, and optimal storage features. But as you begin to explore the possibilities of upgrading to Exchange 2010, do you have a proper plan in place?
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6 Ways to Reduce IT Expenditures in the Next 3 Years
This paper considers six ways SMBs can trim IT costs: private clouds, storage virtualization, disaster recovery, business intelligence, backup and data protection, and Windows 7 migration via virtualization.
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IT Handbook: Planning a Server Refresh
Server buyers should consider the implications of vendor roadmaps and consolidation and look to capacity planning and objective tools when updating data center hardware. In this IT handbook you will learn the importance of a server roadmap, factors to consider in server selection, tips on server consolidation and capacity planning, and much more.
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Dell: Expanding Its Position as an HPC Market Leader
With several offerings available, choosing the ideal high performance computing (HPC) offering for your business can be a daunting task. This resource examines one well-reputed HPC vendor and explains how it differentiates itself in the competitive marketplace.
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Presentation Transcript: Data Center Consolidation Trends
2012 holds a lot of promise for today's data centers, with several new trends taking off at the same time. This presentation transcript follows the evolution of virtualization, cloud computing, and other recent technologies and projects the impact they will have on business infrastructures.
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HPC Storage: Taming the Data Torrent
Check out this latest issue of HPC source to learn about the current state of high performance computing and what top experts predict for the coming decade.
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Dell Intelligent Data Management: Applying the Efficient IT Approach to Enterprise Storage
The Dell Intelligent Data Management strategy is being delivered through Dell Fluid Data solutions to help you automate, optimize, scale, and protect your storage. Fluid Data solutions are designed to optimize your storage by putting the right data in the right place at the right time for the right cost. Read now to learn more.
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E-Guide: Desktop Virtualization: Best Practices for a Seamless Deployment
In the past, virtualization was mainly focused on servers and storage, but today virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) are becoming a go-to solution for resolving network bandwidth issues and improving mobile workforce management. Read this expert e-guide to review common desktop virtualization challenges and deployment best practices.
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E-Guide: Expert Tips to Improve Business Agility Through Capacity Planning
In this expert e-guide, learn how you can increase business agility by implementing effective capacity planning and VM management. Plus, access an exclusive FAQ that clarifies how and why you should leverage virtualization storage consolidation and shared storage to reduce costs while supporting advanced virtualization features.
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E-Guide: SAN 101: A CIO's Guide to Storage Area Networks
This expert e-guide offers step-by-step instructions for IT executives looking to deploy storage area networks in their organizations. Learn about SAN technologies and the many features and functions to look for when making your selection. Also, learn tips on how to configure your SAN post-deployment.
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E-Guide: Dell's Data Storage Portfolio Changes & Why Customers Are Excited
At Dell Storage Forum 2011, SearchStorage.com spoke with Dell storage vice president Darren Thomas. Check out this expert E-Guide to learn Dell Storage VP Darren Thomas’s take on scale-out NAS, data reduction, 3PAR and EMC. Also learn why Dell’s data storage plans are piquing customer interest.
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Backup Solutions For Today's Data Center
This expert E-Guide explores the different data backup and storage systems available, and which ones will really eat up your storage budget. Read now to learn more.
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E-Guide: Top Five Mistakes Made When Backing Up VMs and How to Prevent Them
This expert E-Guide can help by outlining the 5 most common mistakes made when backing up VMs and how to avoid them.
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E-Guide: Maximize VMware Storage Efficiency
In this expert e-guide, discover strategies for optimizing storage for your VMware environment by leveraging VMware capabilities and other techniques such as thin provisioning, data deduplication, compression and more. Plus, explore storage options for virtual machines such as raw device mappings and VMFS.