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. 

This SearchVirtualStorage.com Tutorial was designed to help data storage professionals to better manage their virtual servers.  Download this tutorial now to learn the top five tips for managing storage in a virtual server environment. 

This paper examines how virtualization has become such a hot topic that the number of virtualization techniques, tools, and technologies is into the dozens, and that’s just from Microsoft. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, configuration optimization, less disruption, and easier reallocation of resources. 

Read this tutorial from SearchDisasterRecovery to find out the additional requirements of VMware’s SRM in order to provide replication of your virtual machine data to a DR site. 

Data storage backups are a necessary element of data protection plan, but they're often the biggest source of security woes. Learn everything you need to know about keeping your backups secure in this tutorial. 

Data Deduplication is a vital technology to consider as part of your overall data protection strategy. Data Deduplication significantly reduces the amount of space required for backup and the network bandwidth required for replication. This tutorial explores several facets of data deduplication technology and compares vendor offerings. 

This resource divides the data center management tools into four distinct subsets and provides definitions and examples of each. Learn how you can determine which physical infrastructure management tools are needed to operate a data center. 

This edition of the CEM e-zine examines the role social media can play in your company. Learn how Major League Baseball is capitalizing on this revolution to fill its stands even during the darkest of times of the season, why Pinterest is such a success and how Dell measures it's social media success by tracking 22,000 daily online comments. 

One of the most important features in vSphere, snapshots, is often misused. This tutorial offers a complete overview of the ways to use snapshots responsibly, addresses the issues that could arise from misuse, and explains how to solve common problems. 

In this white paper, IBM® reveals the next generation data center: scalable, modular data centers (SMDC). 

This white paper discusses the tips and tricks that might make file copying quicker for your network.