This handbook will cover best practices for moving to Microsoft Windows 7, including assessing Windows 7 to determine if it’s a good move for your organization, which applications in your organization should move over, what help is out there for your migration project and licensing. 

If you're considering a migration to Windows Server 2008 R2, there are several key points you should keep in mind. This expert IT handbook, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, explores the primary reasons why many organizations are moving to this new operating system and offers advice to guide IT pros through the transition. 

The second installment of this series, our conversation expands on the use of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in virtualizing and consolidating data centers utilizing Cisco Unified Computing System.  Our discussion includes specific benefits derived from the joint integration and development work across Red Hat, Cisco, and Intel. 

This white paper will look at the role data migration plays as part of a tiered storage strategy and how IT departments can optimize data migration to make their tiered storage architecture more efficient and cost-effective. 

Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1. 

This technical architecture provides a common foundation of software and hardware infrastructure principles for multiple business applications. The technical architecture provides the framework for interfaces, protocols, standards and products to be used in defining a platform that supports applications across UK public sector organisations. 

Cisco, Red Hat, and Intel have partnered in delivery a three-part webinar focusing on the path to cloud enablement.  We start the discussion with legacy migration touching on RISC/UNIX migrations and the economic and performance benefits of the Cisco Unified Computing System utilizing the new Intel E7 processors. 

Read this white paper to discover how organizations that leverage Noetix software as the foundation for their reporting needs benefit from streamlined access to Oracle application data, as well as reports that continue to run without alteration following an upgrade to Oracle Release 12. 

Read this paper to find out why the FAA's System Wide Information Management program selected four open source service-oriented architecture (SOA) components to combine with its other development and management tools to create an enterprise infrastructure that will be deployed between 2010 and 2015 to support NextGen satellite air traffic control. 

Vyatta provides softwarebased networking and security software that uniquely satisfies emerging IT architectures that are leveraging virtualization, multi-core server platforms and cloud computing models. The Vyatta Network OS includes:Dynamic Routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP) Stateful Firewall IPSec VPN Intrusion Prevention SSL OpenVPN Secure Web Filtering 

This podcast discusses how to achieve application rationalization through proper application portfolio management. Learn about the benefits of this strategy and how it can help better align IT with business goals, as well as cutting costs and providing substantial performance gains.