Virtually every IT services business is in the evaluation, planning or implementation phase of a managed services program, and yet very few manage to deliver true high-value services to their customers. This whitepaper discusses the major obstacles to becoming an MSP and how to overcome them so that your organization can enjoy the business benefits 

In this report, Clabby Analytics explains why Hyper-V will overtake VMware in just a few years to become the x86 server virtualization market's leader. 

The investment management business in 2009 will be dominated by the ramifications of the events of 2008. In this report, TowerGroup has compiled a list of the top 10 business drivers and the resulting major strategic responses and technology initiatives. 

Thinking of making the move to “total enterprise virtualization?" Here are some interesting points of view about virtualization you should know coming from the vantage point of a storage virtualization pioneer, DataCore Software. 

Data migration can be defined as transferring of data between storage types, formats or computer systems, it is required when organizations or individuals change computer systems or upgrade to new systems. 

Currently over 600 Orange Business Services customers use their VPNs to transport voice and data. Some use a do-it-yourself model; others use a fully managed model. If you're looking for value, the fully managed approach is the less costly and higher quality alternative. Read this paper to find more details about pros and cons of each choice. 

IDC believes that thin provisioning is a powerful enabling technology with significant benefits to offer storage administrators looking for higher levels of storage efficiency. 

With Windows 7, Microsoft has added and extended many security capabilities in its flagship Windows operating system (OS). Deciding which features to activate as well as testing will impact the planning for every Windows 7 rollout. This analyst reoprt will analyze the major security capabilities of Windows 7 in order of importance. 

This article will explains how servers consume power, how to estimate power usage and the mechanics of cooling. It also discusses the major components impacting power consumption and where the inefficiencies lie. 

In this e-book, find out what you need to know before embarking on a global SAP upgrade project. Learn best practices and tips for global SAP upgrades. Read a real-world case study about an SAP upgrade for a major multinational - and discover insider advice about the most common pitfalls of global upgrades - and how to avoid them. 

Connecting virtual desktop technology with the disaster recovery process has probably not been a major focus for organizations; however, integrating a disaster recovery plan for the virtual desktop is moving up organizational priority lists for a multitude of reasons. 

The ever present demand to maximise the value delivered by business-critical applications requires that we optimise the use of all the resources that execute and manage them. BMC Software is one of the major vendors offering such support and has a highly regarded set of solutions collectively called BMC SQL Performance for DB2.