Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this presentation transcript, learn about the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for power and energy savings in the data center. The speaker will discuss the trends in this area and offer steps to improve power consumption and costs. 

This transcript explores the virtualization benefits of implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 in your organization. Receive best practices on how to effectively integrate R2 into your current infrastructure. Discover how this integration can enable your organization to increase the performance and reliability of its virtualized environment. 

<p>The same improvements that increase software performance create new security risks that IT pros must contend with. This white paper takes a closer look at the nature of software complexity and describes tactics you can implement to minimize it.</p> 

The risk of being hacked is one that all businesses face. There is only so much that defensive and preventative security measures can do to protect your business. But what if you could hack the hacker? This white paper presents a radical solution for protecting your network. 

Customers need to better understand how the use of virtualization and cloud computing changes datacenter infrastructure management requirements. In this paper, May Johnston Turner, IDC's research director of System Management Software, answers questions posed to her by Dell’s customers. 

Advances in server technology promise tantalizing benefits, such as higher consolidation ratios and reduced costs. Read this special report to discover the new capabilities updated software provides. You'll also learn the advantages of modern hardware and garner best practices on upgrading to newer software and hardware. 

Read this paper to learn how a Dell First Server with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 supplies the basis of a secure, accessible, and collaborative organization. 

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely inventory small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of any agent software. This paper explains how to utilize it to "map" your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008. 

Rising security breaches cost UK billions over the last 12 months as cyber attacks reached record levels, according to the 2012 Information Security Breaches survey. 

When AlertBoot, a leading provider of full disk encryption, made the switch to the cloud it needed to find a load balancing solution that would support its migration and prevent downtime. The company chose Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to use while transitioning its infrastructure to an entirely virtualized environment. 

View this exclusive webcast to learn why context and situational awareness are necessary for advanced threat detection and behavioral analysis, how enerprises are using Security Intelligence to combat insider threat, how to detect threats that many security products are missing, and more. 

In this chapter sample, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, Willem Kasdorp as the contributing author and published by Wiley Publishing, learn how your existing environment and upgrade/migration plans impact your installation decisions and read about requirements for this new operating system.