In this month's issue of Virtual Data Center, learn how to reduce the number of physical servers even more by focusing on the process of virtual machine placement on host servers. 

The majority of today's businesses have flat or decreasing data center budgets. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the latest data center purchasing trends. 

This paper will detail how to control and manage MIPS usage by employing a systematic, repeatable approach that uses powerful technology and a proven process and expertise. 

The Sun GlassFish Portfolio offers proven, integrated open-source software and enterprise-class support in the most complete, cost-efficient, open Web platform available. 

This document provides an overview of BranchCache, explains the different modes in which BranchCache operates, and describes how BranchCache is configured. The paper also explains how BranchCache works with Web servers and file servers and the steps BranchCache takes to determine that the content is up-to-date. 

Enterprise job scheduling is a mature and mission-critical IT capability that supports some of the most important business processes throughout a modern enterprise. This EMA whitepaper will review the implementation and benefits of agentless job scheduling. 

Greenbrier needed a fast, stable, and scalable SharePoint data protection solution capable of backing up directly to disk, and able to seamlessly integrate with both their existing and intended IT infrastructure. Learn why they turned to AvePoint's DocAve solution for its reliability and modular architecture. 

One of the most popular business motto’s within the past year is "more for less." Organizations want things better, faster, and cheaper. In the IT world this is all too true as well. BPM is the tool that delivers faster, better, and cheaper solutions. Read this paper for an in-depth look into BPM from the perspective of the CIO. 

In this webcast, learn how to handle the management challenges that come with a virtualized environment. Find out how to address your top five virtualization issues, including effectively monitoring resource performance and availability. Discover ways to minimize data center disruptions for optimal performance. 

This white paper provides a simple guide and checklist for IT professionals focusing on the four key virtual workforce requirements to create an efficient and secure architecture for success. 

This webinar continues the exploration of how to manage deployments on the cloud. We demonstrate how much easier and more efficient it is to perform maintenance tasks on the cloud using the RightScale Cloud Management Platform, while staying in control through the entire process. 

The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems introduce DirectAccess, a solution that provides users with the same experience working remotely as they would have when working in the office. With DirectAccess, remote users can access corporate file shares, Web sites, and applications without connecting to a virtual private network. 

Using benchmarks and code samples throughout to anchor the discussion, this paper explores how Quercus - Caucho's Java implementation of PHP - can perform faster than the standard Apache-based PHP both in synthetic benchmarks and real-world applications. The results are quite impressive.