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Best in Class Virtualization: Using Intel-based HP G6 Servers with VMware vSphere 4 by HP, Intel, & VMware
under more pressure to reduce costs this year than they were last year. To meet the challenges they are facing in the current climate, IT executives are looking to a number of technologies to help rein in costs and meet IT service delivery...
Solving Your Lotus Notes Domino and Blackberry Problems by BlackBerry
devices an integral part of doing business. Results from last year's reader survey showed that the large majority of the SearchDomino.com community use BlackBerry mobile devices. This guide was compiled to help answer some of your...
Stop Data Leaks via Email: Top 5 Tips by Proofpoint, Inc.
a leak of confidential information via email in the last year? Protecting your company's confidential information, and your customers' private data, has never been more crucial. Data loss prevention strategies and...
How Controlling Access to Privileged Accounts Can Keep Insider Threat from Hurting Your Bottom Line by Symark International, Inc.
this was not the only example of insider attacks in the last year, which shows how vulnerable enterprises are to this threat. In the current economy, protecting your enterprise from insider attacks and insider risk is more important...
FCoE -- Happiness or Hype? by Storage Decisions
promote and update Ethernet have been taking shape over the last year. This includes both enhanced performance and function as Fibre Channel vendors look towards Ethernet as the physical transport for the future of Fibre Channel in the...
Web Content Management with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by Microsoft
with their customers, partners, and employees over the last few decades. What began as a simples storefront for consumer information has become a dynamic, evolving environment for managing customer relationships...
Top Five Strategies for Combating Modern Threats - Is Anti-virus Dead? by Sophos Inc.
corporate IT environment has changed irrevocably over the last few years. Threats are no longer high-profile viruses that spread themselves obviously to millions of internet users for maximum publicity. Today's fast,...
Technical Brief: Data Domain SISL™ Scaling Architecture by Data Domain
the pressure off of disk accesses as a bottleneck. Over the last 20 years, CPUs have improved in speed by a factor of millions, while disks have improved by about 10x. CPU vendors appear poised to continue these benefits well into the...
Maximize Availability with Oracle Database 11g by Oracle Corporation
to system design. Your business needs to be online 365 days a year. If applications can't access critical information or if data is destroyed due to system failures, customers and revenue are lost and negative publicity can have a...
Reducing Downtime with Oracle Database 11g by Oracle Corporation
Your business needs to be online 24x7, 365 days a year. If critical applications, servers, or data becomes unavailable, your entire business might be jeopardized. Lost revenue, dissatisfied customers, penalties, and...
Server Resource Protection: A Critical Element of IT Security by CA
paper are based on historical and current research. Over the last 10 years, IDC customer and vendor surveys show that IT and senior management are becoming increasingly concerned about internal security, especially among highly...
Virtualization and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard by HyTrust
the audit process when virtualization is in the mix. In the last several years, many organizations have invested significant resources in new technologies and processes in order to comply with PCI DSS. But as anyone knows...
Windows 7 Review Guide by Global Knowledge
system rollercoaster ride might have smoothed out at last.

But it was not to be. I can't quite bring myself to call Windows Vista a dud, because many aspects of its design (such as the revised administrative tools) show a welcome...
The New Microsoft IT Pro Certifications and Exams by Global Knowledge
The MCITP assures that anyone possessing Microsoft certification has a breadth of knowledge on various products and is concerned with the network architecture and design. There must be value and worth...
Business Service Management: What It Is and Why You Should Care by Global Knowledge
relatively new term in the IT management community. Over the last few years, it has become a sort of buzzword--many vendors are adopting the term and using it to market their products and services. The average executive is now...
vSphere: New Features and Benefits by Global Knowledge
been a key leader in server virtualization for at least the last decade. In fact, most of the current Fortune 100 companies use VMware products as part of their network infrastructure. One of the reasons that VMware continues to lead...
Creating Enduring Customer Relationships by Oracle Corporation
Read this white paper to learn how investing in a new loyalty solution or improving your existing one will enable you to truly differentiate your business around the customer experience and drive...
Protecting the Last Link: Encryption Considerations for Desktops and Laptops by Symantec Corporation
This videocast explores a practical way to use and manage full-disk and removable storage encryption as part of a comprehensive approach to endpoint security. The importance of data protection...
Windows Server Multi-Site Clustering with GeoCluster® by Double-Take Software
the shared data used by a cluster which is truly the "last mile" in terms of building multi-site cluster architectures. GeoCluster provides a way to efficiently replicate these data changes and allow cluster nodes to quickly...
LIVEWIRE™: Full-Server Protecting and Recovery in Real-Time by Double-Take Software
process, including the loss of any changes made since the last backup. Download this free whitepaper to learn about LiveWire from Double-Take Software - a cost effective solution that will keep your second tier servers up-to-date on...
Driving Datacenter Efficiency Through Server and Application Consolidation by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The massive expansion of compute infrastructure over the last few decades have left many organizations facing power and cooling, floor space, and administrative challenges. By embracing application and server consolidation...
What's Cool about Columns by ParAccel
reads columns of data instead of rows of data.

For much of the last decade the use of column-based approaches has been very much a niche activity. However, with eight vendors (that we are aware of) now active in the market, with approaching 1...
Data Base 101a - Thinking Just a Little Differently by ParAccel
users, and describe where they are most applicable. The last point is crucial; it is important to explore the value proposition of columnar databases because there are situations where they are not applicable. Finally, we will...
How Successful ERP Selections Are Made: The Top Things to Look for, Look at, and Look beyond When Evaluating a Manufacturing ERP Purchase by IQMS
This paper examines the major considerations manufacturers looking to add, upgrade of replace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software should be aware of. By being cognizant of these aspects you'll...
Cisco Security Troubleshooting: Part I-- Connectivity Through ASA or PIX Firewalls by Global Knowledge
system, and newer capture and packet tracer tools, the last of which can be used without involving the end-user...
VMware Resource Center
Power options for graceful VMware virtual machine power-offs by Eric Siebert, Contributor
hard shutdown and causing corruption inside the VM's guest operating system.

Eric Siebert is a 25-year IT veteran with experience in programming, networking, telecom and systems administration. He... More...

Jun 24, 2009
VMware's growing pains: Free ESXi and VMworld restrictions by Eric Siebert, Contributor
to shut down the booth without facing a law suit. After the poker chip stunt that Microsoft pulled last year and other recent questionable acts, it doesn't surprise me that VMware has taken steps to... More...
Jun 10, 2009
How vSphere, Intel servers, and integration tools create a 'triple threat' by Steve Kaplan, Contributor
training and expertise. Savings often reflect a payback period on the investment of less than a year.

Addressing manufacturer support
Most major software manufacturers now certify their... More...

Jun 8, 2009
Solving driver installation problems: Windows XP on VMware ESX by Eric Siebert, Contributor
a floppy drive or if you have an application that is on physical floppy disks.

Eric Siebert is a 25-year IT veteran with experience in programming, networking, telecom and systems administration. He... More...

May 29, 2009
UCS spurs shared virtualized data center vision for VMware, Cisco by Steve Kaplan, Contributor
Cisco purchased $150 million of VMware stock from EMC and gained a seat on the board. The previous year, it had invested $70 million to purchase 80% of a company co-founded by Ed Bugnion, who was also the co... More...
May 27, 2009