This series examines some of the implications of virtualization for small and medium-sized businesses. In this note, we examine opportunities to leverage virtualization to automate service level management. 

Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority for small and midsize businesses. According to ESG's 2010 Spending Intentions Survey, it is nearly tied as the top priority for SMBs over the next 12 to 18 months. Read this white paper and learn how VMware is helping companies boost the value of server virtualization. 

<p>This special nine-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing IBM, its financial performance, the services it offers.</p> 

Using two of the Intel SS4000-E storage servers mirrored for additional redundancy, Philips has cut about USD 10 thousand off the storage cost for more than one terabyte of data by eliminating the need to buy expensive optical disks. 

Learn how midsize companies can rapidly adopt Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management (PM) technologies while minimizing training, support and ongoing costs in this research note from Nucleus Research. 

In this case study Flow International standardizes on Dell hardware to increase enterprise efficiency, cut new PC deployment time by up to 10 hours, and foster collaboration among global divisions. Download now to learn more about the specific benefits achieved. 

Businesses of all sizes are continually looking for new and improved ways to protect valuable information that resides on their corporate and virtual networks. With risk coming from many directions, the pressure to protect IT resources and gain better network and application visibility is only getting greater. 

CPG companies are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with retail customers and distributors trying to manage the flow of product. Learn how CPG companies deliver BI to business managers to better manage fluctuating product demand. 

While current technologies and techniques allow for more sophisticated and effective approaches to counterparty risk management than those that fell short in 2008, there are still barriers to successful adoption that will require organizational changes. Read this white paper to learn more. 

Deep inspection network-based intrusion prevention continues to be a due-diligence security control. The near-term future of the intrusion prevention system market will be determined by the pace of innovation of another market: next-generation firewalls. Explore Gartner's evaluation of network IPS that places McAfee in the leaders' quadrant. 

While desktop virtualization and VDI are certainly becoming trendy, the reality today is that properly designing a system is still complex and a source of worry and confusion for many architects. 

“Before Autotask, we were spending way too much time billing and invoicing. Now an invoice goes out half an hour after the work was completed.” Richard Fitzgerald, President of 2GEN Pty LTD