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• Cut Through The Noise of Cloud Computing

  Many CIOs are looking to implement the power of Cloud computing, but they don't know where to begin. Read the paper, "Cloud Computing In Perspective," by BMC Software Chief Technology Officer Kia Behnia to learn more. Read more.

• Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management

  Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software. Learn more.

• Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation

  Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.

• ITIL, the CMS, and You

  What exactly is a configuration management system (CMS)? While the CMS is not a new concept, it is given considerable focus in the IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL) version 3. Read more.

• A Down to Earth Look at Cloud Computing

  This webcast explores the benefits of cloud computing, cracks open a few myths, discusses how cloud computing currently fits into the data-center picture, and talks about new open source players in the cloud. Watch it today.

• Miercom Summary Report

  Download the Miercom Summary Report to discover which desktop virtualization solution fared better under both LAN and WAN conditions: Citrix XenDesktop 4 or VMware View 4? Download the full report today.

• The Essential Guide to Build a SAN: Turn Any Server Into a SAN for VMware and Hyper-V

  This whitepaper will show you how to build a SAN for VMware and Hyper-V by turning a standard Intel-architecture server into a fault-tolerant SAN in under 30 minutes.

• Windows 7 Made Easier with Citrix XenDesktop

  Download ‘Windows 7 made easier with Citrix XenDesktop’ to learn how you can migrate to Windows 7 faster and for far less cost. Read more.

• Making Virtual Machines Cloud Ready

  Cloud computing is the next significant opportunity to improve the bottom line –but security is the main corporate concern. This white paper explains best practices for making virtual machines cloud ready. Learn more.

• Virtualization Security: Achieving Compliance for the Virtual Infrastructure

  Going virtual doesn’t mean your data center is secure. This analyst report explains how to combine the compelling benefits of virtualization with effective security approaches that meet the needs of compliance. Learn more.

• The 2010 Virtualization Buyers Guide

  As the virtualization juggernaut continues to build momentum, it’s incumbent upon both current and potential virtualization users to research the market for products that fit their specific needs. Learn more.

• Linux Developer Clouds; provision it, use it, trash it, repeat

  Linux developers move at the speed of light. Distributed teams, code sprints and results in record time. Learn how an internal development clouds can help IT keep pace and thrive. Learn more.

• Virtualization, Deduplication, and the Data Protection Connection

  As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they are looking at virtualization solutions in isolation; and for reducing secondary backup storage, they are focusing on deduplication solutions in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.

• Download Easy and Cost-Effective Server Monitoring and Systems Management Software - Free Trial

  up.time helps you cost-effectively manage, measure, and deeply monitor across Physical, Virtual and Cloud based servers, applications, services and more from a unified dashboard.

• Citrix Adds More Beef to its Virtualization Menu

  This Lunch Break Series features articles from our editors that discuss the hypervisor market, the various products that serve this market, and in particular, how Citrix is beefing their offerings in hypervisor market. Read it today.

• Achieving the Lowest Server Virtualization TCO

  Consolidation through server virtualization is a powerful agent for datacenter change, but shrinking your server footprint is just a part of the value that server virtualization brings to your IT organization. Read this paper to calculate the return on your next virtualization investment.

• Five Reasons Why You Need Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Now

  Citrix Essentials™ for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ adds advanced capabilities to Hyper-V to create, integrate, manage and automate virtual datacenters at half the cost of other solutions. Get this paper.

• Maximizing the Value of Hyper-V with Citrix Essentials

  Citrix Essentials™ for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ adds advanced capabilities to Hyper-V to create, integrate, manage and automate virtual datacenters at half the cost of other solutions. Extend the benefits of Hyper-V - view the webcast now.

• Data Protection Options for Virtualized Servers

  Server virtualization continues to be a popular industry focus. This Industry Trends and Technology Perspectives white paper from the StorageIO Group provides the answers you need to protect your data in a virtualized environment.

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