This document explores the ways real SAP customers have used VMware virtualization to: Optimize datacenter resources; Ease SAP upgrades, new implementations, and platform migrations; Better meet SLAs and Support service delivery to the business. 

Organizations have been holding off on an operating system (OS) migration to Windows 7. But as times begin to turn, the case for a migration is highly compelling. This white paper highlights tips and tricks to ensure a successful migration to this OS. Get started on your migration here. 

This case study examines the City of Denver's document management issues and how implementing Alfresco Enterprise Content Management helped them overcome these challenges. 

This paper examines how virtualization has become such a hot topic that the number of virtualization techniques, tools, and technologies is into the dozens, and that’s just from Microsoft. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, configuration optimization, less disruption, and easier reallocation of resources. 

<p>Determining which features of Windows Server 8 justify a migration to this operating system can be a challenging task. This expert e-brief provides an in-depth overview of the most compelling capabilities of Windows Server 8 and offers advice to help you decide whether an upgrade is right for your organization.</p> 

If your business is operating an older version of Windows Server, you may want to consider upgrading to 2008 R2. This expert e-guide showcases the top new capabilities of this operating system and offers best practices for successfully navigating your migration, no matter where you are at in the process. 

This expert e-guide offers an overview of SearchDataCenter.com's annual Data Center Purchasing Intentions Survey. Get insight into this year's trends around server hardware, operating systems and virtualization. Find out what your IT peers have made top priorities in their data centers this year and much more! 

This presentation transcript explores the key features of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Find out how this technology compares to its predecessor and gain insight into the benefits you can expect to achieve from using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7. 

Watch this webcast to learn about the top ten most useful advantages of Windows Server 2008 R2. Gain insight into improvements made to Terminal Services and Hyper-V that can provide your organization with increased flexibility. 

Consolidating databases onto a private cloud is a new model for the delivery of database services. Private clouds consolidate servers, storage, operating systems, databases, and mixed workloads onto a shared hardware and software infrastructure. 

By turning to a virtual-ready infrastructure, IT has the opportunity to create a next-generation architecture that fundamentally changes the way data centers work for the future. In doing so, IT has the opportunity to transform its own value to the organization by making the infrastructure more flexible and ready to move at the speed of business. 

<p>This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models.</p>