SMBs are always looking for ways to cut software spending in the data center. Where are the areas that SMBs can make smart software spending decisions in the data center? In this videocast, get advice on how to effectively reduce costs in the data center using Windows Server 2008 R2 and a smart software spending strategy. 

Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this videocast, 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 presentation transcript explores how to effectively mitigate architecture, security, and management risks to ensure a successful Windows Server integration into your cloud computing environment. Protect your organization from risks to customer data and liability issues and learn how to better manage virtualized and cloud environments. 

With over 5,000 requests per second during peak periods, online retailer Gilt Groupe could lose a large percentage of its daily profits in just 10 minutes of downtime. After choosing the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager as its load balancing solution, visits to the site have increased thanks to improved customer satisfaction. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

This paper examines the benefits of Microsoft's BranchCache solution to allows branch office workers to cache content obtained from head office file and web servers locally. 

By turning to a virtual-ready infrastructure, IT has the opportunity to create a next-generation architecture that fundamentally changes the way data centers work for the future. In doing so, IT has the opportunity to transform its own value to the organization by making the infrastructure more flexible and ready to move at the speed of business. 

This test report compares the performance of two new Dell PowerEdge R720 servers powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2640 and the Intel Xeon processor E5-2650.