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An insider’s look at security strategy centered around desktop virtualization by Citrix January 23, 2012 - (Free Research) Citrix Systems has implemented an information security strategy and business continuity plan - on the foundation of desktop virtualization - that incorporates technology and best practices designed to mitigate risk while supporting business agility and growth. View now to join a Citrix security insider to explore the benefits.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Worst Practices in SOA Implementation: Why Service-Oriented Architectures Fail by Information Builders Inc. (E-mail this company) October 2007 - (Free Research) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for High-Tech Manufacturers by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Worst Practices in BI: Why Business Intelligence (BI) Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail by Information Builders Inc. (E-mail this company) June 2007 - (Free Research) Tthis paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for BI. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Dell™ Reference Architecture Sizing and Best Practices for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a VMware® ESX Server Environment using EqualLogic PS Series Storage by Dell, Inc. October 2009 - (Free Research) This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Skill Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft’s Business Skills Library focuses on behavioral skills that are designed for business professionals and key to performance regardless of job responsibility, as well as the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the various areas of functional responsibility in today’s business organizations.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Accelerate ITIL Initiatives by Bomgar Corporation (E-mail this company) March 2008 - (Free Research) In this video, Joel Bomgar, Founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, explains how Bomgar fits into the ITIL framework, accelerating your ITIL initiatives through more efficient and effective Incident Management and Problem Management.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns: Key to Successful Service Oriented Architecture Implementation by Oracle Corporation April 2008 - (Free Research) 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.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

NetApp and VMware View Solution Guide – Best Practices for Design, Architecture, Deployment and Management by VMware and NetApp May 2011 - (Free Research) This technical guide provides guidelines for architecting, deploying and managing VMware View (VDI) on NetApp storage virtualization.  (TECHNICAL ARTICLE) READ ABSTRACT |

Managing a Remote Workforce: Proven Practices from Successful Leaders by Citrix Online Go To Meeting January 2012 - (Free Research) Access this report from research and advisory firm Work Design Collaborative, LLC (WDC) to learn about the business benefits of a remote workforce and the best practices and technologies IT can implement to leverage them.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Project Management, ITIL, & Professional Skills Training by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. February 2006 - (Free Research) Now is a great time to train yourself or your team. Choose from over 30 eligible courses from our Project Management and Professional Skills line.  (E-LEARNING TUTORIAL) READ ABSTRACT |

Planning for and Managing the Future of your Network by Quest Software February 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper delivers best practices for helping you with network planning and expansion. From design considerations to business needs, get the information you need to build a successful network plan.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Dashboard Best Practices by LogiXML January 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper examines what features are necessary and nice to have on business intelligence (BI) dashboards.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Storage Sizing and Best Practices for VMware View 4.5 by Dell, Inc. March 2011 - (Free Research) The goal of this paper is to present the results of a series of VDI tests conducted by Dell Labs, and provide storage sizing guidance and best practices for designing and running VMware View 4.5 based virtual desktop infrastructures.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Article: Best practices for deploying iSCSI SANs in DSS database solutions by Dell, Inc. April 2011 - (Free Research) Scalability and availability are key factors of an effective DSS or DW solution. Adhering to the best practices outlined in this article for integrating Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays into the design can help IT administrators create a scalable high-performance infrastructure.  (ANALYST NEWS) READ ABSTRACT |

Podcast: Designing of Desktop Virtualization Architecture by Dell and VMware June 2011 - (Free Research) Virtual desktop infrastructures is an initiative that many IT pros are familiar with, but when it comes to designing a system, many are not prepared for the decision making that is involved with the process. This podcast highlights industry expert Gabe Knuth as he takes a look at the challenges of designing VDI and more.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Designing of Desktop Virtualization Architecture by Dell and VMware June 2011 - (Free Research) IT pros have a general understanding of virtual desktop infrastructures. But when it comes to designing a system, many are not prepared for the decision making that is involved with the process. This webcast highlights industry expert Gabe Knuth as he takes a look at the challenges of designing VDI and more.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

How to Design and Deliver Effective Virtual Sales Presentations by Citrix Online Go To Meeting January 2012 - (Free Research) This new What Works! e-book explores best practices for effectively engaging prospects in a virtual environment to shorten the sales cycle, beat the competition and close more business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best practices for automated disaster recovery with virtualization by Dell Compellent July 2011 - (Free Research) Virtualization opens the door to a more flexible – and even automated – disaster recovery strategy. But getting to that point still takes a lot of manual work. In this webcast, virtualization expert Shannon Snowden reviews the requirements for automated DR and the best practices for designing and building this new infrastructure.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Secure by Design: five customers use desktop virtualization for security by Citrix January 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper presents a proven approach to managing risk and improving information security. Find out why desktop virtualization is secure by design and discover new requirements your security strategy should address, including a full range of device types, access to data from anywhere, and more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Top 10 Things System Administrators Need to Know About Virtualization by Global Knowledge March 2011 - (Free Research) The purpose of this white paper is to offer a high-level description of the top 10 things about virtualization every system administrator needs to know; regardless whether you’re just dipping your toes in the virtualization pool or are already in the deep end.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practice Guidelines for SAP Solutions on VMware® Infrastructure by VMware, Inc. October 2008 - (Free Research) This paper provides best practice guidelines for deploying SAP software solutions on VMware Infrastructure 3.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Provergent Suite - Telecom Order & Inventory Software by Digital Fairway, Inc. The Provergent Communication Asset Management Suite helps to manage the planning, procuring, provisioning, auditing & delivering of communications services. Provergent allows you to build accurate & easy to manage centralized inventories, backed up by automated provisioning processes to manage all moves, adds, changes & deletes in the inventory.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine by Oracle Corporation November 2010 - (Free Research) By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: Virtualization 101 - Part 2 Moving From Test to Production by Dell and VMware December 2009 - (Free Research) 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.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

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