Hunter Manufacturing is a good example of what a midsize company can accomplish with a disciplined approach to gaining ERP value, in concert with a vendor that has the functionality, technology and services to support the effort. 

This paper provides general information for using Data Domain deduplication storage systems to backup virtual machines deployed with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3). Topics include an overview of VI3 components and various methods of backing up data in VMDK images and Guest OS files for discrete recovery - either locally or remotely in a DR site. 

This paper provides general information for using Data Domain deduplication storage systems to backup virtual machines deployed with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3). Topics include an overview of VI3 components and various methods of backing up data in VMDK images and Guest OS files for discrete recovery. 

This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment. 

Logical Domains, or LDoms, is Sun's built-in, no-cost hardware virtualization technology for servers and blade systems powered by UltraSPARC® T1, T2, and T2 Plus processors. The purpose of this Sun BluePrints™ article is to provide a simple set of steps for setting up and running a server with Logical Domains 1.2 software. 

Bill Martorelli, principal analyst for Forrester Research, discusses trends in the SAP managed hosting arena, myths about SAP managed hosting, and gives advice on creating RFPs and negotiating SLAs. 

IBM has created a pair of complementary views to bridge the communication gap between the business and the technical perspectives of security to enable convergence in thought and process. The IBM Security Framework addresses the business view, and the IBM Security Blueprint addresses the technical view. 

This paper compares traditional data protection options and provides an overview of the impact data deduplication is having on the storage industry. Deduplication is quickly gaining momentum in the growing disk-to-disk backup market and offers several significant improvements over traditional data protection methods. 

The efficiency benefits introduced with deduplication technology are driving mid-market organizations to modernize their backup infrastructures. With the introduction of its DXi6500 family of secondary storage systems with deduplication, Quantum has a competitive offering for mid-market companies—in features and price. 

This article discusses running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on servers configured with Sun™ Logical Domains (LDoms). Sun LDoms virtualization technology allows the creation of multiple virtual systems on a single physical system, and enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload. 

Check out this white paper for a discussion on network changes; IP address management; Core Network Services solutions; and the benefits of integrated, automated IP. 

Understanding and measuring an offering’s operational simplicity is crucial criteria for selecting a D2D solution. As we at Taneja Group will explore in this brief, we believe that Data Domain has delivered an offering that personifies this notion of operational simplicity. 

Ingram Entertainment Inc. is the leading national distributor of home entertainment products in the US. Having implemented the Data Domain and Luminex solution they have been able to successfully meet DR goals and achieve significant yearly cost savings.