IT is challenged to meet rising business expectations while managing increasing infrastructure complexity at the lowest cost possible, and generic IT processes are no longer effective. 

Are you going to upgrade to SQL Server 2012? This edition of SQL Server Insider sets out to help you decide whether the investment is worth it or not. Read this edition to learn if several IT pros are going to upgrade and why, how this release will affect the database marketplace and pros and cons of actually upgrading. 

If you're a small or mid-sized business thinking about virtualization, particularly in the world of Microsoft, it makes sense to upgrade your database servers as well. This article explains why to upgrade and provides several examples of companies that have successfully made the move. 

In this webcast you will discover how SAP Sales OnDemand can help your business overcome sales challenges. 

Put your PC in your pocket with Pocket ACE. Watch this informative session to learn how you can deploy your PC to a variety of devices like USB memory sticks, laptops or even iPods. 

This resource explores how this advanced method can align your business users and IT so you can take advantage of all the new opportunities the private, public, and hybrid clouds introduce. Review essential bursting use cases and considerations, as well as a step-by-step demonstration of the technology. 

In this demonstration you will get an inside look at Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM), and learn Dell AIM's value add in highly virtualized environments. 

Watch this demo, 'Exalytics-Powered App Demo: Analyze Almost a Billion of Records Instantly,' for an in-depth video demonstration of how this tool works from the users perspective and just how easy it is to have the right BI and analysis at your fingertips. 

Over the course of 2010 and 2011, Forrester Research spoke to hundreds of customers about their enterprise service bus (ESB) activities, and conducted briefings and demonstration reviews as well as over twenty customer interviews to evaluate five commercial and four open source ESB product vendors. Access this paper to examine Forrester's findings. 

Watch this webcast to learn key tips on installing, configuring and managing VMware vSphere 5 environments. Review product demonstrations that offer step by step instructions for successfully implementing this technology. 

There are many potential problems you may encounter during a physical to virtual machine conversion (P2V), starting with what and how to convert to cleaning up a newly created virtual machine post-conversion. Access this resource to learn techniques to address these challenges, application virtualization, security concerns and more. 

Sterling Fax Conversion Services automate the processing of faxed and paper-based purchase orders and invoices, resulting in improved productivity and reduced headcount, while increasing data accuracy and reducing cycle times. 

Uncover how an electronic business card holder can help you store and use important data on your smartphone without cluttering your personal address book.