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? 

Dell EqualLogic PS Series XVS arrays present a better option for meeting service level agreements while helping reduce costs. Read about the benefits in this solution brief. 

When a storage I/O bottleneck hampered the performance of Safeway Insurance’s online application for independent insurance agents, they turned to Dell's EqualLogic PS Series storage area network. Find out all the benefits this switch gave them by reading this case study. 

This white paper provides an overview of hybrid storage pools (HSPs) and how they can help businesses meet the growing demands for storage I/O throughput in today's data-intensive applications. 

This paper examines how virtualization has become such a hot topic that the number of virtualization techniques, tools, and technologies is into the dozens, and that’s just from Microsoft. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, configuration optimization, less disruption, and easier reallocation of resources. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

There is no question that the successful implementation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) relies on a careful and holistic approach to business planning. One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is this body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have compiled. 

As VoIP usage becomes widespread, enterprise users will become subject to many of the same security risks that have affected data networks. This report highlights some of the potential security problems associated with VoIP and address what measures can be taken to secure enterprise VoIP deployments. 

TGen has been a pioneer in the cluster computing industry for over 5 years. By deploying the DDN EXAScaler, TGen eliminated I/O bottlenecks and now fully has in place a storage solution for today’s and tomorrows’ sequence alignment. Read this case study to learn more. 

This issue looks at two areas of pain, gain and risk in server virtualization: I/O bottlenecks and virtualizing email systems. 

Dell's Hyper-V Technology Introduction for Windows Server® 2008 is a rapid approach to the deployment and configuration of a Hyper-V and SystemCenter Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) based Proof of Concept (POC) into your pre-production test lab.