Following on from the first cycle of research carried out in February 2011, this r e-run of the next generation datacentre research covered 10 regions to identify what progress organisations have made in preparing to adapt to new IT architectures and approaches to computing. 

This is a summary of  Part Two  of Cebr’s report, The Cloud Dividend. The research involved an independent study to quantify the economic benefits of cloud computing to business and to Europe’s five largest economies’ (in alphabetical order, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK). 

The purpose of this white paper is to offer a high-level description of the top 10 things about virtualization every system administrator needs to know; regardless whether you’re just dipping your toes in the virtualization pool or are already in the deep end. 

In this e-guide, gain expert insight into how to secure messages with Exchange Server 2010. Find out about common issues IT pros have with unprotected Exchange mailboxes and learn about options to ensure protection. And get tips for managing Exchange servers and administrators to achieve a successful message security initiative. 

Check out this SearchStorage.com E-Guide to learn about recent developments that allow disk to remain a viable backup solution in today's data-intensive environments. In this guide you'll learn about the top challenges associated with disk backup today, and learn about technologies that are evolving in order to overcome them. Read on for more. 

Download this whitepaper to see why many organizations are reaping the rewards of successful service-oriented architecture (SOA) transformations and what you need to do to make yours one of them. 

Read this paper by Global Knowledge instructor, John Hales, to learn how to build a home lab for VMware vSphere for study. This paper is broken down into three major sections; the first and most detailed is about the hardware required, the second is about the Workstation configuration, and the third is about installing vSphere and Virtual Center. 

While most organizations have been managing the components of IT, the future will be about service delivery and service portfolio management. What does that even mean? If you are involved in IT operations and support and simply want to get a handle on service delivery then this event is for you. 

Retail, like virtually all other industries, is awash with stories about the emergence of cloud computing. Much hasbeen written about the ability to remove cost or to greatly speed up implementations. 

It's hard to miss: the term Software as a Service (SaaS) is everywhere, garnering headlines in the technology press, leading to hot IPO's raved about in the financial press, and generally being described as the future of software technology. 

This solution brief explains how organizations can meet new demands for higher performance, security, reliability, and service levels. Gain insight into a processor-based architecture that will allow you to achieve this goal.