This paper shows the value of combining Oracle software with Intel Xeon processors on Dell PowerEdge servers. It begins with an overview of the collaboration that created these synergies, before detailing the major areas where they are manifest to end-customers: intelligent performance, automated energy efficiency, and flexible virtualization. 

Read this paper to learn how software vendors are offering virtualization management software that offers robust features and has well defined roadmaps. Read on to learn how to build the next-generation data center and overcome the challenges of managing a virtual infrastructure. 

Layered Tech chose Dell servers to build a new infrastructure that would take its managed hosting and cloud services to a new level, and saw performance increase by 22 percent. Download this case study for more information. 

Cloud computing builds on various trends including network-centric application access, the consumerization of IT, increasing scale and complexity, open source, and virtualization. Discover how IaaS can help automate an IT infrastructure, maintain governance and eliminate VM sprawl with the proper policies. 

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. 

IT shops are increasingly considering failover capabilities to support critical Web-based services. This webcast looks at what factors you need to consider and tasks you must perform to successfully deploy Windows Server 2008 R2. 

Watch this videocast for a virtual whiteboarding session with Zeus Kerravala, VP of Research for the Yankee Group, as he discusses with the things an SMB needs to think about when building a data center, also commonly known as a server room. Learn the 3 primary considerations for SMBs as the build their data centers. 

Read this paper to learn how a Dell First Server with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 supplies the basis of a secure, accessible, and collaborative organization. 

With increased resource flexibility, reduced operating expenses, high availability and improved business continuity, server virtualization is making a significant impact on IT infrastructures across the globe. Access this exclusive resource for a thorough exploration of the entire implementation of the virtualized server architecture. 

Explore how Intel cloud technologies can help you build a simpler, more secure and energy efficient cloud with next-generation servers and processors. Discover how these technologies can scale to meet your virtualization and cloud computing demands, while delivering the flexibility, performance and agility that you need. 

In this comprehensive IT handbook, build a solid understanding of server virtualization. Get tips for how you can optimize hardware management and performance, ensure high availability and manage your virtual environment. 

With its unique kernel-level architecture and NSA-developed security mechanism, Red Hat Secure Virtualization (sVirt) is the industry’s most comprehensive security solution for virtualization, built from the ground up on the Linux kernel. 

Planning on backing up virtual machines? Which option is right for your business – purpose-built VMware backup tools, or a heterogeneous backup offering? In this archived webcast, W. Curtis Preston - aka “Mr. Backup” – discusses the advantages of both, and which is right for you.