View the helpful blog post to learn how to build the most cost-effective applications using Windows Azure Storage (WAS) by understanding how bandwidth, transactions, and capacity are billed. 

Are your decision-support systems and servers up to date, equipped to handle today's onslaught of data? Legacy systems are no longer viable. This paper explores the results of a research report about decision-support systems, highlighting how Dell's 12th-generation servers and solutions meet these evolving requirements based on users' responses. 

This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to server virtualisation looks at the potential barriers to successful virtualisation and how they can be overcome. 

At the NERSC Center in California, tape is simply seen as extremely efficient, cost-effective, scalable—and reliable—storage. With over 13 PB of data on tape (growing at around 60% p.a.) and decades of history, NERSC has the facts to prove tape’s capabilities; so much so that it does not employ additional copies. 

As organizations begin implementing server virtualization, it is critical that they consider the fact that backup and data protection processes will need to be done differently and may become more complicated. This DCIG analyst report discusses methods of effectively protecting data in virtual environments and the different solutions available. 

Due to an increased need for productivity in an ever-changing environment, more and more solution providers have turned to PSA tools to streamline operations and integrate third-party systems. In this expert e-Guide, sponsored by Autotask, you will be introduced to the advantages, concerns and available opportunities of key PSA functions. 

Where exactly does virtualization come in when implementing a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)? This white paper takes a look at how server virtualization and storage relate (or don't relate) to VDI, and offers advice on virtualizing your desktops. 

This short white paper from Dell and Symantec explores backup and recovery solutions for virtualized environments and recommends which products to use. 

Advances in storage technology directly affect Windows environments in terms of reduced costs, improved performance and greater manageability. Access this paper for a detailed look at these advances and what they mean for SMBs using Windows. 

This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization. 

This white paper examines how you can combine servers, storage, networking and management technologies into one integrated, ready-to-install solution that will help get you on the fast track to client virtualization. 

By taking the lead through a business risk mitigation strategy, IT decision-makers can safeguard their organizations against the cost, time and resource implications of restoring access to critical data and resources, while reducing the potential economic impact of unplanned outages.