Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know? 

For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service. 

More and more organizations are looking to SOA as the basis of their future computer architecture. Recognizing that legacy application design and implementation approaches have led to applications that are costly to operate, hard to change, organizations are hoping that SOA provides a key component of the answer to these problems. 

In the September 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert clears up some of the confusion as he looks at the characteristics of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS and reviews the pros and cons of each for virtual environments. 

Find out what's fact and what's fiction about virtualizing your Exchange Server. What steps should you take, and how can you ensure success? Explore all these questions and more in this e-book. 

This Microsoft white paper will discuss in detail ten things you should probably know as you get familiar with the latest version of the Windows client; what's been improved, what to expect and how it differs, if much at all, to Vista. 

File exchange is an integral part of daily business life but the problems with current methods make it into a proverbial marathon. File transfer methods include FTP, physical transfers, and personal emails which lack security, compliance, and efficiency. Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions are the answer to the question, "How do I send this?" 

Manufacturers have specific instructions for the care of magnetic tape cartridges, which differ from tape technology to tape technology. It's important to follow those instructions in addition to the general suggestions presented here. Read this tutorial now to find out so much more. 

Microsoft Exchange 2010 promises performance enhancements to those SMBs that utilize this platform, giving them a real incentive to upgrade from Exchange 2003 and 2007. Check out this white paper and learn about the benefits this platform can bring to your email messaging system and more. 

This white paper provides a general overview of SAM benefits, and then addresses the specific issues involved in getting SAM up and running in your organization. 

This brief white paper explores the 7 essential storage capabilities your organization will need to adopt in the rapidly transforming business landscape. 

In this podcast, George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization. Find out about PCIe bus extenders' advantages and disadvantages for users, the necessary steps, requirements to implementing them, and more. Listen to this podcast to learn more. 

What’s the latest around the PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization? Check out this SearchVirtualStorage.com interview as George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization.