As enterprises turn to server virtualization to enhance IT flexibility while reducing costs, Server virtualization solutions such as VMware Infrastructure software are helping organizations achieve those goals by abstracting applications from physical resources. Read this paper for 7 Ways Dell Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization. 

Dell is moving well beyond industry expectations to unlock data center efficiency and help organizations work toward the goal of returning as much as 50 percent of their IT budgets. Read this white paper to learn about the Dell Efficient Data Center model and how it can help lower costs and increae IT efficiency. 

As cloud continues to evolve, IT managers are looking for better integration of cloud platforms with existing tools, greater control and management, improved self-service and greater portability among cloud environments. This e-zine takes a look at trends in cloud computing, using open source software, moving applications to the cloud. 

In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. 

This E-Guide from SearchCloudStorage.com is here to help you decide if cloud storage services are a good fit for your organization. In this guide you'll learn about the pros and cons of various cloud deployments, explore advantages specific to SMBs regarding cloud infrastructures, and discover 5 of today's best practices for moving to the cloud. 

This presentation transcript offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production. 

This videocast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production. 

Read this FAQ featuring W. Curtis Preston, which outlines how Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape differs from other tape media, the various generations of LTO and the pros and cons of this backup technology. Also learn about the newest model, LTO-5, being released this year. 

This white paper presents how a secured shared infrastructure can help simplify your journey to virtualization, gain integration with existing open source technology, address storage management issues, and achieve rapid results. Read on to learn more about how you can meet ongoing growth requirements as they arise. 

With Dell Compellent Live Volume, organizations can continuously optimize storage for high availability and Administrators can move enterprise data when and where it’s needed on demand, based on ever-changing business conditions and application requirements. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

This White Paper presents the initial conclusions from The Open Group on how to build and measure Return on Investment (ROI) from Cloud Computing. It was produced by the Cloud Business Artifacts (CBA) project of The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group.