<p>Server hardware is a major consideration for companies migrating to newer operating systems. This expert e-guide examines the key players in the marketplace, how virtualization influences purchasing decisions, and common integration oversights so you can take care to avoid them.</p> 

Access this white paper to learn how your organization can reduce downtime with effective support services. Discover a system that provides hardware and software support and remote monitoring to diagnose and solve problems more quickly. 

Correctly sizing your server hardware is essential to maximize the performance of your virtual environment. Get tips for how you can monitor and analyze your virtual environment to determine your server needs. 

<p>Choosing the right hardware to run Windows Server 2008 R2 is a complex undertaking, and making the wrong selection can have serious implications. This IT handbook examines various blade server options, recommended configurations, and requirements for virtualization.</p> 

Introducing virtual servers into your data center both simplifies and complicates your backup processes. This expert podcast explores the best practices for backing up and recovering critical VMs to avoid these potential obstacles. 

Introducing virtual servers into your data center both simplifies and complicates your backup processes. This expert webcast explores the best practices for backing up and recovering critical VMs to avoid these potential obstacles. 

This resource demonstrates how a buy-and-hold strategy can add data center costs that many of today’s enterprises simply can’t afford. Read on to learn more about server replacement cycles and the ongoing operational costs of holding on to legacy hardware platforms long past their recommended life-cycle. 

<p>View this webcast to learn how to leverage commodity processing hardware to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and optimize performance, scalability and availability when running SAP systems in Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server environments.</p> 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This transcript provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step. 

This white paper examines various hardware architectures and their unique performance capabilities. Discover new technological developments that increase availability, simplify management, and reduce energy costs. 

<p>This white paper discusses various options for properly configuring Exchange 2010. Determine which architecture is best for the number of mailboxes you must support, your average user profile, and more.</p> 

Read this paper to learn about WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B, a specialized, high-performance hardware appliance that can empower you t improve competitiveness by helping to strengthen business connectivity with partners and customers, and between internal organizations, add specialized connectivity, integration and more.