This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

This case study explains how Quantum DXi3500 Saves Virtual Iron Time & Money with 95% Reduction in Backup Volume and Saving $12,000 annually on tape media costs. 

Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a Columbia, South Carolina-based law firm with five locations throughout the state sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, increase storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. In this case study you'll learn about their new Dell and VMware solutions. 

In the cover story of the Summer 2011 edition of Storage Europe, Manek Dubash highlights how two UK financial firms are leveraging server virtualisation for affordable DR provisioning. 

Oracle's Unified Storage Simulator makes it possible to install and manage a virtual storage system on any laptop or desktop and experience the power of Open Storage. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

The combination of the ever-changing compliance landscape, Web 2.0 and technologies such as mobile devices have made it increasingly more difficult to track where your confidential data resides and put mechanisms in place to protect it. 

It's easy to get started with virtualization, but it takes a lot of work to create a true virtual infrastructure. The Advanced Server Virtualization Interactive Classroom covers these steps -- and some pitfalls you may encounter along the way. 

There is a clear financial case that favors SMB adoption of virtual environments or cloud computing. The decision of which strategy to choose is less clear simply because the stakes are so high. This paper compares both strategies and point out the best option for SMBs. 

What do you do to prepeare for the inevitable invasion of server virtualization? How are you going to get from 20% virtualization to 60% virtualization in three years or less. The first and by far most critical step is to make sure that you have in place an infrastructure that is optimized for virtualization. 

In this session, the speakers will review and address the most common goals of a desktop virtualization pilot, including, improved productivity, increased reliability and reduced costs. 

The top seven things to consider when managing configuration for virtual and cloud infrastructures.