In this expert Podcast, Nik Simpson, analyst with The Burton Group, discusses trends in green storage, distinguishing industry hype from what storage managers are actually doing in the real world. 

Today's data centers are in the midst of a revolution originating from the move to virtual server architectures powered by solutions such as VMware. Based on Datalink's experience protecting enterprise data centers, this white paper provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures. 

Datalink is committed to helping you build, maintain, and grow highly efficient data centers - Efficiency Central. Learn about the most efficient information technologies, how they're best applied, and what our customers have experienced. 

Read this SearchOracle.com E-Guide to understand how storage is allocated and 20 ways you can maximize storage in your Oracle environment. Furthermore, get tips on how to create an effective data retention policy. Learn what data is necessary to keep and what data should be purged. 

This presentation from leading industry expert W. Curtis Preston will go in-depth into the technology options available, as he shares his insights on deployments he's managed. 

This presentation highlights how virtualization has progressed from vaporware to an actual concept storage managers are using to minimize the amount of machines needed to manage, centralize data and change the economics of storage. 

Virtual desktops can help reign in IT costs and greatly simplify management. Watch now to explore virtualization benefits, trends and architectures. Learn about the role of virtualized iSCSI SANs (storage area networks) to enhance scalability and why you should consider desktop virtualization now. 

Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto- Snapshot Manager / VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs-helping simplify data management, enhance scalability of data protection and recovery, and increase application performance. 

As enterprises turn to server virtualization to enhance IT flexibility while reducing costs, Server virtualization solutions such as VMware Infrastructure software are helping organizations achieve those goals by abstracting applications from physical resources. Read this paper for 7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization. 

ServiceU Corporation was challenged to deploy reliable hardware to support its Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. Read this case study to learn about the benefits that ServiceU achieved through by implementing Dell hardware and Microsoft Hyper-V technology. 

Check out this podcast to learn how VMware and Dell are leveraging VMware vStorage with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs for greater virtual server performance and more efficient management. 

In this podcast, see how a revolutionary solid-state storage technology is supercharging Microsoft Exchange, helping users get more performance and reliability for less. It helps Exchange users get the most out of every dollar by making it possible to support more mailboxes per mailstore, increase access times and decrease backup and recovery times 

When Conseco IT management needed to consolidate their hundreds of different servers into a more streamlined hardware and software environment, they chose the IBM 3850 M2 server and the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series with four cores per processor. Read this paper and find out why.