Customers are confronting the confusing number of options and configurations when it comes to backing up and restoring their network attached storage servers. This paper addresses this by describing the best practices for protecting and recovering NAS devices utilizing the Network Data Management Protocol. 

This article is intended for IT managers and storage architects familiar with HPC applications and data requirements in the organization. 

This E-guide addresses configuration and change management in a partially virtual environment. Topics include: reporting on and managing virtual servers, the effects of physical changes on servers, how to extend change management processes like ITIL to cover the SAN, and handling human problems between the networking, datacenter, and storage teams. 

Today's enterprise and government organizations increasingly support the use of mobile (wireless) devices by their employees. At the same time, enterprise and government organizations often underestimate the potential security risks of using wireless devices. 

Learn how to go beyond HIPAA by showing how to use HIPAA as the starting point for your security program, and then using best practices and Lumension solutions to improve your overall security posture. 

This expert e-guide lays out many process and security benefits of using a centralized access administration model. Discover the three major phases of the access lifecycle and learn why using a centralized model mitigates security risks when employees are terminated or move within the organization. 

This Focus profile describes Microsoft Hyper-V and VMM. It discusses Microsoft's server virtualization history, the origins of the Microsoft virtual server technologies and solutions, and the architecture of those solutions. 

In Windows Server 2008 R2, the improvements to failover clusters are aimed at simplifying failover clusters, making them more secure, and enhancing their stability. Cluster setup and management are easier. Security and networking in failover clusters have been improved, as has the way a failover cluster communicates with storage. 

As services shift to IP protocols and bandwidth demands grow, Wireline Telcos and Cable MSOs alike must evolve their infrastructures to become IP centric. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the two paths service providers are taking to get to this new infrastructure and how they both end up in the same place. 

This paper provides an overview of the new features in Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and detailed information on live migration. 

BranchCache and Windows 7 Enterprise can help WAN utilization and increase responsiveness when accessing documents, web pages, and videos stored on file servers and internet sites running on Windows Server 2008. Watch this video to learn how. 

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical component of IT and risk mitigation strategies, and compounded in difficulty by ever growing data volumes, distributed computing, and new technologies. 

Virtualization has become the standard in data centers today with its ability to allow IT pros to do more with less – but it still has its challenges. Watch this episode of Cisco TechWiseTV to learn how to overcome these challenges to take full advantage of virtualization.