Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This transcript provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step. 

Many organizations are moving malware protection to the Web and investing in Secure Web Gateways. This  transcript will help sort the different feature options and deployment challenges and help you bring efficiency to your threat management programs by centralizing Web-based security and stop managing numerous standalone Web security products. 

In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down the seven different layers of the server virtualization architecture, and explains the role the hypervisor plays in the success of that infrastructure. 

Heathcare insurance provider Aetna uses IBM WebSphere DataPower appliances every day, processing more than eight million production requests daily. In this presentation you will learn how WebSphere DataPower appliances are a key element in Aetna's holistic approach to service oriented architecture (SOA). 

This webcast will look at Windows-based features and options for performing backups, as well as the capabilities of other products such as Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager. 

This presentation transcript explores monitoring challenges that IT pros face. Gain insight into how to streamline your processes and improve monitoring efficiency. Learn how server enhancements and other improvements could factor into your organization's virtualization decisions. 

This presentation transcript explores how you can develop a comprehensive cloud security plan and leverage the tools you already have to make your data safe in cloud environments. 

This presentation transcript discusses virtualizing SAP. 

In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down VMware ESX Server, Citrix XenServer and Hyper-V, providing details on what each product has to offer. 

This presentation transcript explores how to effectively mitigate architecture, security, and management risks to ensure a successful Windows Server integration into your cloud computing environment. Protect your organization from risks to customer data and liability issues and learn how to better manage virtualized and cloud environments. 

Read this brief yet insightful paper now to learn about the basic components of information architecture, including master data management and data quality, and learn how Sybase can enable your company to integrate all of these aspects into a complete and holistic information architecture. 

Industry expert Wayne Eckerson knows a thing or two about big data and how to handle it. So, it's in your best interest to view the second installment of a two-part video series as Eckerson discusses data warehouse architectures for storing big data. Learn how to evaluate whether data architectures can handle big data, amongst much more.