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How to Guarantee 100% Recoverability of Your Backup
In this white paper Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst George Crump shows you that 100% recoverability is possible, and introduces you to the next generation tools and processes that make it so. Read on.
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Lab Test Report: AppAssure v4.7 Backup & Replication Software vs. Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
In this new Lab Report, openBench Labs examines AppAssure backup and replication software v4.7 with Acronis Backup & Recovery 11. Learn more.
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Lab Test Report: AppAssure v4.7 vs. Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2
In this new Lab Report, openBench Labs examines AppAssure backup and replication software v4.7 with Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2. Read more.
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Top 5 Requirements for Backup of Virtual and Physical Servers
In this white paper Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert Greg Shields shows you how to ensure guaranteed recoverability across physical as well as virtual infrastructures by taking a different backup perspective. Read more.
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Understanding and Mitigating the Legal Risks of Cloud Computing
The main stumbling block for many—probably most—companies looking to move operations to the cloud is risk. But the right program of information governance can make the cloud less frightening and more valuable. Find out how to develop that program in this white paper.
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DCIG Report: Virtual Server Backup Software Buyer's Guide
Virtual server backup software is critical to your organization, but shopping for it can be a confusing and frustrating experience. Eliminate the hassle with this buyer’s guide, which dives into vendors and product features in the virtual server backup software space.
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Virtual Backup: Twice as Easy, With Half the Overhead
Virtual machine backup is a new must-have in the IT arsenal, but there are vast differences among solutions in the market. Taneja Group put Acronis vmProtect 7 up against the competition and found vmProtect 7 to be clearly superior. Discover why in this white paper.
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The Risks of Social Media and What Can be Done to Manage Them
Everybody wants to—has to—have a strategy for social media. But with voluntary exposure to the social network comes inherent risks. Learn how to manage those risks in this white paper.
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Personal vs. Strategic Archive with Exchange 2010
Storage resources getting a little thin? You’re not alone. With the need for storage constantly increasing, many traditional backup and recovery tools can’t keep pace. But some can. Learn more in this white paper.
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5 Simple Steps to DR Replication
David Davis of TrainSignal explains in this white paper how to quickly and easily replicate a virtual infrastructure for disaster recovery.
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BYOD: Focus on User Experience, Not the Device
There’s more to bringing outside devices into your IT infrastructure than just attaching them to your network. For BYOD to really work, you need a comprehensive plan. Discover more in this research report.
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Success with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Avoiding the Top Three Pitfalls of VDI
In this white paper learn how IT departments face the challenge of finding cost-effective ways to regain control of the network can clearly benefit from moving to Virtual Desktops, but only if it is done correctly. Learn more
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Hyper-V® vs. vSphere™: Understanding the Differences
In this white paper by author and blogger Scott Lowe, will introduce you to differences and feature gaps between Microsoft® Hyper-V® and VMware® vSphere™. Read more.
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Miercom Report: Avaya Ethernet Fabric
Miercom’s report on Avaya’s Shortest Path Bridging protocol found that SPB “considerably simplified the process of configuring large data center networks” compared to SMLT and MSTP. How considerably? The numbers and a lot more are all in this white paper. Learn more.
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Getting Started with Doyenz rCloud: Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery for VMware vSphere
With the rCloud Agent for vSphere, Doyenz makes backing up virtual infrastructure simple. This white paper outlines procedures for backing up a VM and testing in a secure, dedicated virtual lab. Read on.
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BYOD and the Wireless Revolution
Is your company ready for the wireless revolution? Ready or not, the trend of employees using their own devices for work is here. Find out how to use the revolution to your advantage in this white paper.
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Miercom Report: Avaya Plug and Play Switches
Miercom put an Avaya switch up against competitors from HP, Cisco and Juniper and found that Avaya’s product delivered lower total cost of ownership and more energy savings. Discover more in this detailed report. Read on.
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The Avaya Collaborative Cloud
The cloud isn’t just about ditching on-premises software anymore. It’s about people now: how employees work, how they communicate, and how IT can enable their interactions. Find out in this white paper why Avaya’s cloud is different.
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Miercom Report: Avaya WLAN
Avaya’s WLAN 8100 outperformed counterparts from Cisco, Aruba and Juniper in a series of tests. Its voice and video performance were unmatched. Discover the results and a lot more in this Miercom report.
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Automated Data-Aware Tiering
In this white paper learn about new breakthrough SSD support on the Drobo B1200i and how it delivers self-optimizing storage performance with automated tiering and industry-standard hard drive capacity. Learn more.
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IDC: The Case for Real-Time Networking
Say goodbye to your current network, and say hello to the real-time network of the future. How can you do that without negatively affecting service or breaking the bank? Find out in this IDC report. Read now!
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Yankee Group: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the new Data Center Network
The fully virtualized data center is the next step in the evolution of computing, and it will be the most important since the birth of the Internet. This white paper from Yankee group will walk you through the most important steps in virtualizing your data center. Read more.
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RAID 25 Years Later: New Innovations in Storage
In this white paper learn how to provide users with a truly modern storage experience with technologies that are the basis for enabling a unique combination of simplicity and storage sophistication. Learn more.
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No Compromise, Cost Effective VMware Storage
In this white paper learn how VMware can bring tremendous operational flexibility to organizations of all sizes and how IT managers have found an affordable storage option that integrates seamlessly into VMware. Learn more.
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Shared Storage for SMB Server Bundles
SMBs are increasingly moving to server-hosted applications. Cost-effective SMB server bundles and a shared storage system allows SMBs to move to the next level of compute infrastructure. Learn more and read now!
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Performance Analytics: How Normal is Your Data
This white paper will show that IT data does not behave normally and in fact there are an infinite number of distributions
such data can take as the distributions change with respect to time. Thus any techniques using data mean and standard deviations as the basis of their analysis for real-time baselining will be significantly inaccurate. Learn more.
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Executive Summary: An Overview of the Virtual Infrastructure Operations Management Market
In this white paper, Taneja Group presents and evaluation of the current state of the virtual infrastructure operations management (VIOM) market. Read on.
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Converged Operations Management for Virtualization and the Cloud
This white paper describes a new management paradigm that integrates and embeds the disciplines of performance, capacity and configuration management into virtualization-aware methodologies. Learn more.
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The State of Enterprise Disaster Recovery Preparedness 2011
This white paper outlines five trends in how enterprises are architecting their DR solutions today, including: secondary site configuration and separation, cloud recovery, tiers of applications, and causes of disasters. Read on.
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eBook: A Guide to Modern IT Disaster Recovery
This ebook highlights the VMware perspective on disaster recovery in the data center and how to learn to overcome the unexpected disatser. Learn more.
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Forrester: Business Value of Virtualization
In January 2011, VMware commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential
return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by virtualizing mission-critical Oracle databases on the VMware
vSphere platform. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial
impact of VMware vSphere on their organizations. Read on.
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Mastering Disaster Recovery: Business Continuity and Virtualization Best Practice
This white paper outlines five trends in how enterprises are architecting their DR solutions today, including: secondary site configuration and separation, cloud recovery, tiers of applications, and causes of disasters.
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Real World Virtualization for Your Business: A Guide from VMware
Demos and hypothetical discussion of technologies are fine, but a product is only worthwhile if it’ll help a real business accomplish real goals. This white paper explains how virtualization tools from VMware do just that.
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vSphere Storage Appliance Technical White Paper
Not every business can spring for a SAN or NAS array for its virtual infrastructure, but every business wants to take full advantage of vSphere 5.0. This paper explains how the vSphere Storage Appliance makes that possible. Learn more.
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VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7
VMware View is a fantastic tool for desktop and application management, and it works even better when it’s in tune with Windows. Read this white paper to find out how to optimize VMware view for Windows 7.
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Quantifying the Business Value of VMware View
This study explains why VMware View is so valuable and how companies are using it to do real-world things like reduce user downtime and cut costs—dramatically. Read on.
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Comparing VMware Zimbra with Leading Email and Collaboration Platforms
What’s more important to a business than email? Nothing. So why do so many organizations rely on outdated email platforms? They don’t have to with VMware Zimbra. Find out more in this white paper.
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10 Reasons to Modernize the Desktop
In this white paper, learn why modernizing the desktop is so critical for business efficiency, cost control and security. And learn how IT professionals can use virtualization to expand their users’ computing capabilities from the old PC in the office to any device, anywhere. Read on.
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Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Hyper-V Using Best Practices Planning
Download this white paper by Brien Posey and learn best practices for backing up Hyper-V. Explore some common "gotchas" that can undermine your disaster recovery initiatives. Read on.
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Six Recommendations to Ensure Your VM Backup is Recoverable
Are you using the right tools to back up your virtual machines? Your tools should guarantee VM backups are recoverable across all the types of data they might contain. Help assure your recoverability with the six recommended action items discussed in this whitepaper. Read more.
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Storage for VDI Environments - Planning and Considerations
This paper examines issues IT professionals should consider before embarking on a VDI implementation. The issues relating to storage can be categorized into three areas: capacity, performance, and administrative changes. Read on.
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Quantum Newsletter Download
This newsletter outlines several key areas that IT departments should focus on when they are evaluating alternative approaches to protecting VMs.
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Veeam Backup & Replication 6.0
In this white paper find out how you can develop a backup strategy for mixed virtual infrastructures like VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V. Learn more and read on.
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Top 7 VMware Management Challenges
In this white paper learn how to conquer the top management challenges of implementing VMware virtualization. Read on.
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Raising the Hyper-V Backup Standard
Download the report to find out how enterprises using Hyper-V can now leverage the power of Veeam Backup & Replication to enable server virtualization to improve the standard of data protection and lower its costs. Read on.
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The 7 Questions You Must Ask Before Buying a VM Protection Product
This white paper provides 7 key questions and the background behind them that IT managers can ask vendors when evaluating virtualization data protection products. Learn more.
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Backup and Replication v6 Data Sheet
In this white paper learn how Veeam Backup & Replication for Hyper-V provides fast, flexible and efficient recovery of virtualized applications and data. Read on.
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Top 7 VMware Management Challenges
Read this white paper and learn howvirtualization is both an architectural and a fundamental change. Virtualization affects everything in the data center. Don’t ignore the challenges that come with virtualization. Read more.
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The Impact of VMware and Hyper-V Snapshots on Backup Technology
Download this white paper to gain a better understanding of the key differences between VMware and Hyper-V snapshot technology. Learn more.
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Lab Report: Virtual Backup Comparison
In this competitive assessment, one virtual backup solution outperformed the leading competitor across the board - demonstrating better simplicity, higher performance, and lower resource consumption. View the results.
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A Guide to Modern IT Disaster Recovery
This white paper provides insight and advice on how to build an effective disaster recovery strategy in the evolving world of virtual infrastructures, while mitigating the impact of so-called 'Black Swan' events in the datacenter. Practical, how-to best practices, real customer success testimonials and links to additional resources. Read more.
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How the Right Security Can Help Justify and Accelerate Your VDI Investments
In this white paper learn about a new architectural approach has been jointly developed by VMware and Trend Micro, which brings the muscle of physical desktop security to virtual desktops while optimizing density among the virtual desktop-hosting servers. Learn more.
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Backup and Replication v6 Data Sheet
In this white paper learn how Veeam Backup & Replication for Hyper-V provides fast, flexible and efficient recovery of virtualized applications and data. Read on.
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VMware Recovery: 77x Faster! New ESG Lab Review
In this white paper get a detailed, hands-on look at Veeam’s game changing vPower capabilities in this NEW ESG Lab Review of Veeam Backup & Replication. Read more.
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VMware Disaster Recovery Planning: Essential Checklist
Download this new white paper that functions as a checklist and can guide you on the creation of a top-notch VMware disaster recovery plan. Learn more.
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VMware Disaster Recovery Planning: Essential Checklist
Download this new white paper that functions as a checklist and can guide you on the creation of a top-notch VMware disaster recovery plan. Learn more.
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Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: 2011 Update
Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership. This Gartner white paper illustrates how a higher management level for desktops can achieve lower TCO and improved user productivity.
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Desktop Modernization eBook
This eBook looks at the challenges involved in delivering and managing desktops, today and in the future. Its goal is to demonstrate how VMware desktop virtualization can deliver a solution to address the requirements of IT and end-users without compromise.
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vSphere Storage Appliance
This technical white paper covers the the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) architecture, deployment of a VSA cluster, and basic monitoring and management. Read more.
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Lab Test: VMware Recovery Revolution
Download this new white paper to learn how Veeam’s new vPower breakthrough technology drastically increases IT’s ability to meet tight RTO requirements. Learn more.
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Effective Monitoring Strategies for vSphere Environments
Download this free white paper to learn about an effective capacity planning strategy including visualizing growth trends, identifying VM sprawl, and determining which infrastructure investments will pay the greatest dividends. Learn more.
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The Essential Guide to Legacy Free Disaster Recovery
In this paper you'll learn about eliminating traditional data protection shortcomings and how to revamp your VMware data protection strategy with Veeam Backup & Replication v5. Read more.
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Stupid Hypervisor Tricks: Tips for Hypervisor Efficiency
This white paper details the tips for efficiently wringing the most out of your hypervisors. Learn more.