Explore the new and improved features in VMware's vSphere 5, the next version in the ESX and ESXi and vCenter family of products, and the successor to the widely-used vSphere 4. Learn about the top 5 new features in vSphere 5 with step-by-step case studies. 

<p>Top five reasons why customers deploy Microsoft SQL Server on EMC VNX Unified Storage.</p> 

Private cloud database-as-a-service enables IT organizations to control database sprawl through automation and consistent policy enforcement and accelerate application development cycles with self-service database management. Attend this webcast to learn how to build database-as-a-service in your datacenter. 

This white paper provides five fundamental tips for finding the mobile printer that provides the best fit. Find out more about these fundamentals, what differentiates mobile printers, and how to select the model that will perform reliably, efficiently and affordably in your business. 

In this comprehensive resource, learn how you can build virtualization and cloud-ready data centers and examine the role that network convergence plays in ensuring a top-level network architecture. Explore important convergence considerations, including cost, security, high availability and more. 

Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. 

In this podcast, gain insight into how one vice president of IT transformed his enterprise from a struggling, 80-year-old company into an agile, responsive business built on a cloud computing platform. Discover why Paul earned the SearchCIO-Midmarket Technological Advancement Award, an honor given to a IT leader for innovative tactics. 

<p>To enjoy the flexibility and resource savings of a private cloud, you need to know where to begin with building one. In this issue of <em>Cloud Development Digest, </em>find best practices and expert recommendations for implementing a private cloud.</p> 

BY relying on a comprehensive set of organizational capabilities, top performing companies are able to plan, implement, and manage their BI strategies more efficiently, ultimately leading to a lower cost per user, and a higher return on their BI investment. 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 7 is built specifically for VMware vSphere®, and provides all the features you need in an extremely easy-to-use agentless backup solution that can be deployed in minutes so you can quickly begin backing up your vSphere environment. 

Customers rely on us to deliver quality learning products and services featuring superior instruction and training. Cisco trusts Global Knowledge, the world's largest Cisco Learning Solutions Partner, to deliver expert instruction to a worldwide network of learners and to be the primary training provider for their Associate Sales Engineers. 

In the cover story of the April 2012 issue of Storage magazine, Lauren Whitehouse outlines best practices for cloud backup integration and the various methods for doing so. Also included in this issue are articles regarding virtual server management, storage for big data, the rising cost of disk drives and more.