Content provided by Google. This article from the Harvard Business Review covers they key points that CEOs and executives need to know about cloud computing. Find out why cloud is a game-changer, and what is preventing companies from adopting it now. Review the courses of action you can take, and the implications of each strategy. 

This document is part of the Global Knowledge Course Review Series, and the review contained will help you understand which types of information the CCNA certification exam covers. 

Research shows that 80%-90% of IT professionals are either implementing or considering desktop virtualization. As this interest continues, IT pros need to be able to ensure the success of deploying this environment. This white paper reviews desktop virtualization initiatives and how proper storage selection can help ensure VDI success. 

Stay informed about the most important cybersecurity issues facing the IT community today. This special December 2011 Global threat report offers a review of what we’ve seen throughout the year, including the essential Top Ten Threats lists of 2011. 

For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service. 

The goal of this white paper is to provide you, an IT Professional, with the knowledge and tools to be successful when taking a certification exam for one of the three available Windows 7 certifications: Windows 7 Configuring, the Enterprise Desktop Support Technician, or the Enterprise Desktop Administrator certification. 

This document reviews actions that IT managers can take to improve overall server performance within their IT environment, and discusses how to go about selecting servers for large-scale virtualized environments. 

This is the third Snapshot survey from the Computer Weekly IT Opinion Panel which provides an exclusive insight into the perception of IT from the perspective of the Board, end users and IT professionals themselves. 

For many years, server-based computing has been seen as a means of, at best, providing those within highly task-based environments with a controlled desktop environment. 

This paper discusses the many challenges of a total virtualized solution in light of the integration of virtualized servers and virtualized storage. 

In this report the Taneja Group will first review the current barriers to wider adoption of VDI, and examine how Dell's EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays can help customers with these problems. They will then validate these claims via benchmark performance tests and interviews, and finally test performance claims under additional scenarios. 

Boston Medical Center uses Dell PowerEdge servers with Intel Xeon processors, Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware. By adding desktop virtualization solutions, BMC improved their total cost of ownership, enhanced security, and continued green initiatives with desktop virtualization. 

The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business.