This podcast explores the key changes made to Windows Server 2008 R2 in Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. Discover how your organization can leverage these improvements for reduced costs, increased control and improved efficiency. 

This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment. 

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the risk of system errors. 

This document details the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in comparison with VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2, and is designed to give you information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and allow you to compare features and benefits across multiple virtualization platforms. 

<p>Open source is a key driving force as organizations consider second-vendor virtualization adoption to attain more diversity, data center power and agility. Discover how businesses gain advantages with open source solutions over proprietary vendor solutions.</p> 

<p>Gary Chen, IDC Research Manager for Enterprise Virtualization Software, outlines virtualization interoperability challenges and key market trends shaping its future. Learn about Red Hat's role in the development of enterprise virtualization technology, new features found in RHEV 3.0, and the next wave in enterprise virtualization―the cloud.</p> 

As businesses strive to achieve ever more efficient data centers and leverage the cloud, many are turning to virtualization. This IDC report examines how organizations can streamline and mitigate the risks associated with virtualizing their data centers with preconfigured infrastructure. 

Discover how your business can successfully virtualize its data centers while saving valuable time, money and resources with a pre-engineered infrastructure. 

What is server virtualization? If you're just getting started virtualizing your data center or looking for a refresher on server virtualization basics, this expert e-guide is just the resource you need. This handy and concise guide covers the essentials of what virtualization is and how you can put the building blocks in place. 

Explore the newest features in VMware vSphere 5, and find out how vSphere helps businesses accelerate the shift to cloud computing. Learn about the new VM format, support for Apple products, improvements in availability and scalability, and more! 

Discover how the Dell and VMware partnership has succeeded in pushing forth virtualization and cloud computing in today's data centers. 

Most IT budgets work on the basis that 70% of costs go on operations, and 30% on innovation – but many IT managers would prefer that ratio to be reversed. Servers are often seen as an operational burden requiring costly management time, so how can you free up cost and time to allow more of your server budget to be spent on innovation? 

Sizing servers for your virtualization initiative is critical. Not every workload requires the same amount of power. Smart virtualization admins will right-size their hardware to meet the need of their virtual workloads. Discover how to do so in this podcast.