This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to recognise that they will need to move to IPv6, even if they have IPv4 addresses available. They should treat IPv6 like any other disaster recovery plan. 

Read this paper by Global Knowledge instructor, John Hales, to learn how to build a home lab for VMware vSphere for study. This paper is broken down into three major sections; the first and most detailed is about the hardware required, the second is about the Workstation configuration, and the third is about installing vSphere and Virtual Center. 

Mobility has become a part of life, especially as more end-users begin to work from home and on the road. This video highlights how desktop virtualization can help address data center performance and growth as mobility continues to experience growth, without compromising your company's data. 

In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key trends and technologies that will be on IT leaders’ agenda in 2012. Our first Buyer’s Guide of the year examines how IT consumerisation will affect business technology; and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh tells us why government IT isn’t working. Download the new issue now. 

The tough economic climate will accelerate businesses take-up of “disruptive technologies”, such as cloud computing and mobile working, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard. 

A simple, cost-effective disaster-recovery solution for virtual environments is high on the agenda for IT organizations as they virtualize more business-critical applications with VMware. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager provides centralized management of recovery plans, enables nondisruptive testing and automates site-failover processes. 

In the competitive realty market, where time is of the essence, high availability and quick data recovery can be the difference between a cold listing and a closing. WhereToLive.com needed a solution that flexible and easy to use to revitalize the company's storage infrastructure. Read this Case Study to learn how they did it. 

This White Paper aims to provide an understanding of femtocell technology. 

In this tutorial on Site Recovery Manager disaster recovery best practices, learn what you need in place to use VMware Site Recovery Manager, how to test and execute your recovery plans, and if Site Recovery Manager would be a good fit for your company's disaster recovery strategy. 

Check out this E-Guide to learn how centralized backup can help address some of today's remote site data backup and protection challenges. In this guide you'll learn the keys to remote backup and recovery, and discover how technologies like deduplication and cloud are becoming part of these processes. Read on to learn more. 

As more and more organizations turn away from tape to disk as their primary backup media, however, a significant portion of them will not only seek to eliminate tape for on-site retention, but for their off-site retention as well. Read on to learn more. 

When we talk about the world becoming increasingly interconnected, instrumented and intelligent, the most ubiquitous example is the smartphone. It collects and disseminates data while its users are at home and on the go, serving up just as much socially driven info as static, always-there web content. This white paper outlines smarter commerce.