SMBs are often left in the dust when it comes to D2D backup – the price is too high, setup too taxing on IT resources, and vendors don't have lower-capacity offerings suited to SMBS. Not anymore. This podcast highlights a new D2D backup solution that is an ideal match for the needs of an SMB. 

In Windows Server 2008 R2, the improvements to failover clusters are aimed at simplifying failover clusters, making them more secure, and enhancing their stability. Cluster setup and management are easier. Security and networking in failover clusters have been improved, as has the way a failover cluster communicates with storage. 

This white paper includes information useful both before and after purchase of a business ready configuration that includes Dell PowerEdge R710 servers, Dell MD3000i iSCSI storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V technologies. 

This white paper examines the TCO of this blade solution at acquisition and at 1, 3, and 5 years. TCO includes hardware, support, management software, IO virtualization, power, cooling, network ports, and data center space. 

The City of Monroe posted its employees' and elected officials' email addresses on its web site (without a spam filter) - to disastrous results. In this case study, you'll learn how Google Message Security solution immediately reduced the number of offensive and often pornographic, spam that reached the City's email servers by 95 percent. 

Acme Truck Line, Inc. wanted to develop a cost-effective, comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Read this brief case study to see how they implemented VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs to deliver an affordable and flexible virtual platform that supports disaster recovery needs for companies of all sizes. 

The head of IT for Sunco Cabinets, a small business, felt the new Web Security service might be the answer to simplify enforcement of Sunco's Internet use policy and protect against emerging web-based threats. Read this case study to learn how this Webroot solution gave Sunco the protection they needed. 

According to industry analysts, email volume in organizations is growing by more than 30% annually, and the average user receives 7MB of data per day via email. In this whitepaper, we'll discuss four reasons that drive organizations to seek an archiving solution and 11 considerations for controlling your email environment. 

Despite the many benefits of using email archiving, many organizations still have not adopted an archiving solution and continue to manage their messaging storage levels with quotas. In this analyst report, we'll discuss why medium sized businesses need email archiving, how to make an informed purchase, and make the case for SaaS based archiving. 

In March 2008, Prince George's County Public Schools ran a pilot of Google Apps Education Edition. In this case study, you'll learn how they used it to dramatically reduce time searching for email records from weeks to minutes, and how it also helped reduce costs in their messaging and collection system. 

Last year was a difficult one for many businesses. Most IT departments saw reductions in their budgets and staff. Volume 4 of the Exchange Insider e-zine looks at how diminished budgets will affect IT pros’ migration plans in 2010—and where the recent release of Exchange Server 2010 fits into their roadmaps. 

In this white paper, we examine how to use Wireshark, the world's most popular open-source network analyzer, to troubleshoot some of the top causes of poor network performance, including high latency, packet loss, inefficient window sizes, intercepting devices, and application dependencies. 

This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.