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Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server: Uncompromised Virtual Desktop Performance
When employing a virtual desktop solution, it is crucial to choose the right combination of hardware and software. This white paper introduces a comprehensive technology suite that can deliver uncompromised virtual desktop performance while using less than 5% of available bandwidth.
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Optimizing Clinical Workflows with VMware View and Cisco VXI
This white paper outlines the benefits of adopting a virtual desktop infrastructure for healthcare delivery, and goes beyond the usual IT-centric discussion about CapEx and OpEx reductions to explore the ways in which VDI improves clinical workflow at the actual point of care, where it matters most.
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Cloud Security Myths and Strategies Uncovered
Security and compliance is the most often-cited barrier to cloud adoption. Read what David Hunter, CTO of Platform Security from VMware, and Art Coviello Jr., Executive Chairman of RSA, say about ensuring control and visibility in a secure cloud.
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Enabling Fast and Secure Clinician Workflows with One-Touch Desktop Roaming
Learn how to maximize electronic medical records (EMR) user adoption by providing fast, convenient, secure access to EMR data across multiple clients, where and when the clinician requests it.
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Boost Health IT Efficiency With Thin-client Virtualization
Access this case study to learn how the IT team at Ross Medical Center has virtualized 90% of their x86 servers and replaced more than half of their aging desktop PCs with low-cost thin clients, achieving dramatic cost savings while improving the productivity of clinicians and IT administrators alike.
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Brian Madden - Notes on Desktop Virtualization
This essential e-zine offers expert insights from industry guru Brian Madden on the ins and outs of desktop virtualization from the basics to the many complexities. Madden covers key topics such as app virtualization, the differences between “TCO” and “ROI”, desktop virtualization's effect on the network and much more.
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Brian Madden - Notes on Desktop Virtualization
This essential e-zine offers expert insights from industry guru Brian Madden on the ins and outs of desktop virtualization from the basics to the many complexities. Madden covers key topics such as app virtualization, the differences between “TCO” and “ROI”, desktop virtualization's effect on the network and much more.
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Transform Your Desktop into a Virtual Workspace using Cisco VXI with VMware View - Presentation Transcript
Read this resource to learn how Cisco and VMware are partnering to improve business process outsourcing, delivering a secure environment with a new virtual workspace that unifies virtual desktops, voice, and video.
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Optimizing Clinical Workflows with VMware View and Cisco VXI
This white paper outlines the benefits of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure for healthcare delivery. Gain insights beyond the traditional IT-centric discussion about CapEx and OpEx reductions to explore the ways in which VDI improves clinical workflow at the actual point of care, where it matters most.
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How to decide which applications to virtualize in your IT infrastructure
Access this expert e-guide to learn how to determine which applications you should virtualize in your IT infrastructure. In addition, discover the pros and cons associated with virtualizing applications, including security risks and challenges.
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Virtualize Critical Applications with IBM and VMware
When IT professionals migrate critical applications to a virtualized infrastructure, they must consider continuity throughout every stage in the application lifecycle. Access this white paper to learn about technology solutions that can virtualize your critical applications to enhance business value and minimize risks.
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SAP Implementation and Operation in Integrated Environments
Access this detailed technical brief to learn how creating a dynamic infrastructure can advance business performance and reduce operational efforts.
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Trust in Your Cloud
Cloud computing is a new model for IT services leveraging the efficient pooling of an on-demand, self managed virtual infrastructure consumed as a service. Working in concert with the security partner ecosystem, VMware is helping businesses of all sizes migrate to secure cloud computing.
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How to prepare your applications for a Windows 7 Migration
This expert e-guide from SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com explains how to ensure application compatibility and ease transitions. Learn which steps to take to simplify the move to Windows 7.
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School District of Somerset Goes Virtually One-to-One
With over 1650 students and 225 faculty members, attaining one-to-one student to computer ratio for the Somerset School District was no easy task. Access this exclusive resource to learn how the Somerset School District cost-effectively and efficiently dispersed computing resources with desktop and application virtualization.
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Desktop Virtualization in K-12 Schools: Reducing costs, saving time and delivering anytime, anywhere access for students and staff
This paper will show how desktop virtualization can positively position educational institutions for the future, enabling them to reduce expenses through hard dollar savings and time efficiencies while delivering the experience that students, faculty and staff need and desire.
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vSphere Storage Appliance Technical White Paper
This technical white paper covers the vSphere® Storage Appliance (VSA) architecture, deployment of a VSA cluster, and basic monitoring and management. Discover that VSA is resilient and easy to deploy, while enabling you to use advanced vSphere features like vSphere HA, vMotion®, and vSphere DRS.
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VMware vSphere 4: The Most Efficient SQL Server Consolidation Platform
Learn how to support your SQL Server instances and control your costs and administration requirements.
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Essential Deployment Tips: Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4
This paper provides technical guidance when deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere.
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Indiana University Virtualizes Mission-Critical Oracle Databases
Access this resource to learn how the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University used virtualization to decrease server deployment time for faculty special projects; reduce amount of physical hardware; and reduce the power consumption across all infrastructure.
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VMware Reference Architecture for Stateless Virtual Desktops with VMware View 4.5
This document provides a high-level summary of a reference architecture for stateless virtual desktops with VMware View™. By leveraging the tiered storage capability in VMware View to support stateless virtual desktops, organizations can lower costs by about USD $500 per desktop.
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Manchester Essex Regional School District: Virtualization helps a Massachusetts school district deliver better education while reducing costs, IT staff burdens and environmental impact
The Manchester Essex Regional School District was looking to build a new school for its 8500 student body, tasking the IT department with finding the most effective way to help build and manage an energy-efficient IT infrastructure. This white paper highlights how VMware data center virtualization and other software helped them achieve their goals.
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Business and Financial Benefits of Virtualization
When IT executives engage with VMware they often ask themselves many questions, including “How do my metrics compare to my peers with respect to virtualizing my IT environment?”. This exclusive white paper highlights top anecdotes and qualitative research on virtualization's business and financial benefits. Learn more here.
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VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7
This document provides guidelines for configuring a standard Windows 7 image to be used within a VMware View™ environment, providing administrators with the information necessary to create a standard image of Windows 7 leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or a script-based approach to optimize a traditionally installed Windows 7 VM.
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Building a Business Case for Desktop Virtualization
This document explores how to build a business case for VDI and how some of the pioneers and earlier adopters are reaping significant benefits through cost savings, improved security, better compliance management, and a more agile, scalable and responsive IT infrastructure.