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Virtualization Consulting Service Providers: Profiles
This document provides a quick reference to understand the offerings and capabilities of nine service players in virtualization consulting services. This research can help you make informed decisions on your “long list” of providers for a virtualization program.
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Presentation Transcript: Reducing Cost in the Data Center with Windows Server 2008 R2
Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this presentation transcript, learn about the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for power and energy savings in the data center. The speaker will discuss the trends in this area and offer steps to improve power consumption and costs.
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Presentation Transcript: Reducing Cost in the Data Center through Windows Server 2008 R2 - All About Virtualization
Everyone is talking about virtualization as a critical component to the success of a data center. What are some of the benefits of virtualization? What are the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for virtualization? Learn more in this presentation transcript.
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Presentation Transcript: Using Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 R2 to Reduce Costs in the Data Center
Everyone is talking about virtualization as a critical component to the success of a data center. What are some of the benefits of virtualization? What are the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for virtualization? Learn more in this presentation transcript.
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Virtualization: Consolidation to Cloud Foundation
Read this white paper to learn how Dell ProConsult Services helped develop and implement a flexible, scalable, automated virtualized infrastructure for several companies, allowing them to take advantage of cloud computing and focus on their core business.
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Presentation Transcript: Reducing Cost in the Data Center with Windows Server 2008 R2 by Extending Hardware Life
Most IT organizations are still looking for ways to cut costs in this economy. One way is to extend hardware life in the data center. In this presentation transcript, learn why this strategy is especially valuable to SMBs.
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Implementing and Expanding a Virtualized Environment
In 2005, Intel IT began planning, engineering, and implementing a virtualized business computing production environment as part of its overall data center strategy. Read this white paper to learn more about how Intel’s virtualization strategy has helped lower costs, increase agility, and reduce energy consumption.
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An ERP Platform Strategy Based on Industry-standard Servers
Many large organizations have a centralized enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment based on proprietary mainframes or RISC-based systems. In contrast, Intel IT has successfully implemented a decentralized ERP environment that is based on industry-standard servers and supports more than 10,000 active users. Read this paper to learn more!
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Unprecedented Reliability and Scalability in a Multi-Processor Server with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series
Whether you've got data-demanding applications, are deploying a private cloud, or are using virtualization to consolidate your data center or develop a robust data recovery plan, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series, with Next-Generation Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem), expands server capabilities with world-record-breaking performance.
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Data Center Servers and Storage E-Book Chapter 3: Selecting Storage in a Virtual Data Center
With Fibre Channel, iSCSI and even prepackaged storage-plus-SAN solutions available, figuring out which makes sense for your particular environment can be tricky. So, when it comes to virtual server storage, choose wisely. Learn provisioning tactics that can help organizations make the most of their storage.
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Ten Signs That You Need a Server
If you'e a small or medium business owner with more than one computer, it's time to consider investing in a server. A server will keep your data secure and organized and will help you run your business more efficiently and professionally. If you've reached one of the 10 thresholds in this article, a server could do your business a world of good.
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New Power for Data Center Virtualization
Virtualization on industry-standard servers has transformed IT service delivery, enabling companies to dramatically consolidate infrastructure, reduce costs, and much more. Read this paper to learn about the features and benefits of Vmware vSphere and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers.
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Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions
Intel conducted tests on Web servers serving encypted data to quantify the benefits of AES-NI and found that AES-NI reduced computational overhead of encyrption by 50 percent. Continue reading this paper to learn more about the tests and results.
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Intel® Xeon Processor-based Server Refresh Savings Estimator
Developed with key learnings from Intel IT's experience in justifying server refresh internally, this tool allows you to enter data about your existing environment and evaluate the benefits of replacing it with the latest generation of Intel-based servers.
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New Power for Turbo-Charging the Efficient Data Center
The value of data center virtualization continues to grow. This white paper discusses the features and benefits of the Intel Xeon 7500 series processor combined with Dell PowerEdge servers and VMware® vSphere™.
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Maximizing Value in the Efficient Data Center
Large-scale consolidation using Dell PowerEdge servers with the Intel Xeon 7500 series processors and Hyper-V can multiply the benefits of virtualization, while significantly reducing associated costs. Read this white paper to learn more.
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An ERP Platform Strategy Based on Industry-standard Servers
Many large organizations have a centralized enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment based on proprietary mainframes or RISC-based systems. In contrast, Intel IT has successfully implemented a decentralized ERP environment that is based on industry-standard servers and supports more than 10,000 active users. Read this paper to learn more!
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Unprecedented Reliability and Scalability in a Multi-Processor Server with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series
Whether you've got data-demanding applications, are deploying a private cloud, or are using virtualization to consolidate your data center or develop a robust data recovery plan, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series, with Next-Generation Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem), expands server capabilities with world-record-breaking performance.
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The Total Economic Impact™ of Dell's Server Virtualization Solutions
In late 2008, Forrester Research commenced work on a research project commissioned by Dell, Inc., that focused on examining the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by adopting Dell's server virtualization solutions in conjunction with VMware's ESX server and virtualization platform. Read this study to discover key findings.
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Simplifying IT through Virtualization
Working with Dell will ensure that your virtualization projects achieve fast time to value and return on investment (ROI). Read this paper to learn about how Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services, backed by a close partnership with Microsoft, offers flexible, high-impact consulting services for comprehensive solution design and much more.
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The Tangible Value of Virtualization
Read this article to learn how Dell has developed adaptive power management and worked with VMware to develop ways to autonomically and proactively power-down underutilized systems during off-peak times.
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SMB Server School: Security Considerations for a Windows Server Integration
This presentation transcript explores the security implications of integrating a Windows Server into an existing infrastructure. Gain insight into steps that organizations can take to minimize risks and facilitate a successful integration.
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Presentation Transcript: SMB Server School: Considerations for Integrating Windows Server into a Cloud Computing Environment
This presentation transcript explores how to effectively mitigate architecture, security, and management risks to ensure a successful Windows Server integration into your cloud computing environment. Protect your organization from risks to customer data and liability issues and learn how to better manage virtualized and cloud environments.
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Benefits of Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Business-Critical Applications
The combination of an Intel Xeon processor and a Windows® operating system is an industry standard, proven platform for running business-critical applications, and many companies are making the switch. Read this paper to learn about the benefits of Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Business-Critical Applications.
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Presentation Transcript: SMB Server School - Considerations for Integrating Windows Server into a Virtual Environment
This transcript explores the virtualization benefits of implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 in your organization. Receive best practices on how to effectively integrate R2 into your current infrastructure. Discover how this integration can enable your organization to increase the performance and reliability of its virtualized environment.