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Unix-to-Linux Migrations Handbook
This IT handbook provides expert tips on ensuring a successful Unix-to-Linux migration. Discover common mistakes to avoid and review the advantages Linux can offer.
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Realizing Cloud Cost Savings
This expert e-book discusses the importance of evaluating the costs associated with building a private cloud before jumping the gun. Learn how to prove the economic value of this environment, learn about hidden costs, and discover surprising savings you might not know about.
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Private Cloud Computing E-Zine Vol. 2, No. 3: Consumerization and the Cloud; Cloud Management
This expert e-zine covers select topics that can help guide your organization through the process of preparing your data center for the cloud, building and managing a private cloud, and leveraging the cloud for identity management.
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Running New Workloads Like Linux
This expert e-book explores the changes to mainframes in the past ten years. Discover how your organization can lower TCO and achieve other benefits by moving workloads to the mainframe.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine: Volume 39: Managing Virtualization Patches
Keeping all of your patches up-to-date is a tedious but necessary task in order to ensure a fully protected data center. This dedicated e-zine highlights tips and strategies for making patch management easier and less time-consuming.
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Expert FAQ: Solve your top VM backup concerns
Explore virtual backup best practices and get answers to frequently asked questions in this expert e-guide. Gain tips and strategies for optimizing your backup processes for virtualized environments to ensure comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery.
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Expert ways to maximize security in Exchange
This expert e-guide provides tips for maximizing Exchange security, including how to leverage the enhanced capabilities in Forefront Protection 2010. In addition, it reviews the 6 most commonly overlooked Exchange security vulnerabilities.
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Top strategies to master an Exchange 2010 migration
Find out how you can avoid the most common mistakes that Exchange admins make when migrating to Exchange 2010 in this e-guide. Plus, gain tips for how to properly document and plan your migration.
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e-Guide: Cloud computing myths and tips
Read this e-guide to gain insights on the building blocks of the private cloud and how the cloud works with virtualisation. Also, uncover the truth about four common cloud computing myths.
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Cloud Computing Review
The first edition of Cloud Computing Review tackles the big questions about cloud computing, such as does the cloud really save you money? Find out about the hidden costs of cloud, as well as what you should pay attention to in cloud contracts. Plus, explore the link between enterprise applications and the cloud through a detailed case study.
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E-Brief: Capacity Planning for Virtualized Infrastructure
Explore current trends and tools for capacity planning in this e-brief. Discover how you can maximize server space and overcome top challenges of capacity planning to increase server utilization and ROI these tips from virtualization pro David Davis.
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Strategies for Building a Private Cloud
While the cloud can offer many benefits, IT professionals are still hesitant to transition their computing environments with all the complexities involved. This expert e-zine discusses current cloud trends, the benefits of taking the plunge, and tools you can leverage to ease the extensive process so you don’t have to lag behind.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 32: Public vs. Private: Comparing Cloud Architectures
Before committing to a public or private cloud architecture, evaluate the benefits and especially the tradeoffs associated with each. Also in this issue, determine what needs are most important when planning your virtual applications, and find out how to monitor the performance of applications in the cloud.
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What is Private Cloud Computing Anyway?
Vendors are racing to deliver private cloud offerings, but there are really only a few “true” cloud solutions available, so it is critical to be able to separate fact from fiction when looking at the saturated market. Read this e-book to gain expert insights on the private cloud and learn best practices for building one in your organization.
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E-Book: Virtualizing Your Infrastructure - Selecting Server Hardware for Virtualization
Choosing the right server hardware to maximize virtualization benefits is an important investment. To gain the high consolidation ratios you're after, you need powerful-enough hardware to support your workloads and applications. In this expert ebook, explore the hardware consideration to keep in mind as you virtualize.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 37: Maximizing Virtual Data Center Consolidation
Virtualization may be well underway, but it doesn't mean new challenges won't arise as you continue to navigate your initiative. This expert e-zine offers detailed guidance for achieving the right balance in your virtual data center and presents key findings concerning your peers' consolidation objectives for 2012.
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Virtualization Backup Tools
This expert briefing offers information on how physical and virtual backups differ and offers advice for integrating these two essential processes. Download now to assess the drawbacks and benefits of backing up your VM, as well as key criteria for evaluating your market options.
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E-Guide: Expert Tips to Successfully Implement a Private Cloud
Deploying a private cloud successfully requires extensive planning and a smartly executed strategy. Read this expert e-guide to review the key steps to take to effectively implement a private cloud in your enterprise and discover how to prepare for road blocks that may come up along the way.
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Expert tips for consolidating servers and avoiding sprawl
This expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com explains how you can leverage virtualization and other techniques to reduce the costs of running servers. Plus, obtain exclusive advice and answers to frequently asked questions about developing an effective server consolidation plan.
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Virtual Desktop Toolbox
Read this virtual desktop e-book, featuring experts Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth, to gain key insights on performance monitoring tools, WAN optimization, personalization software, and much more.
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Virtualizing your Exchange Server: Fact vs. fiction
Find out what's fact and what's fiction about virtualizing your Exchange Server. What steps should you take, and how can you ensure success? Explore all these questions and more in this e-book.
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IT Handbook: Building Blocks of Data Center Construction
This expert handbook offers information to help you properly prepare for the most critical decisions in your data center construction project. Download now to uncover ways that help you future-proof your investments and avoid costly construction mistakes such as: site selection, negotiating with contractors and more.
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Virtual Data Center eZine: Planning for Desktop Virtualization
Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are capturing the attention of IT professionals, but like most major initiatives, these technologies require careful planning. This expert e-zine offers tips and tricks to help you determine the proper uses for desktop virtualization and minimize the risks of an outage in your cloud environment.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 36: Selecting the Right System Management Tools
System management is a crucial issue in virtual environments, but selecting the most appropriate tools can be extremely challenging. Find out when it's better to deploy a comprehensive system management framework, when point tools are the right choice, and when an organisation should go with both.
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Data Centre Energy Efficiency IT Handbook
The deadline for the UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme has now passed, and companies will begin to receive fines if they can't demonstrate how they've reduced their carbon footprint or are putting processes in place to do so. This expert IT handbook offers detailed information about this new regulation and how organisations can adhere to it.