How did one man manage the entire desktop infrastructure of Lincoln, Massachusetts? A near-constant demand for physical desktop support meant high inefficiency for critical public works. This case study reveals how one IT director moved his town forward to a hardware refresh and Windows 7 migration by leveraging desktop virtualization. 

Inside this expert e-guide, learn how automation tools simplify the virtualization management process and can aid in both data center consolidation and disaster recovery. 

This case study explains how Quantum DXi3500 Saves Virtual Iron Time & Money with 95% Reduction in Backup Volume and Saving $12,000 annually on tape media costs. 

To achieve their business goals and unlock the value of their infrastructures, companies need a more disciplined and structured way to eliminate inefficiencies. This first installment in a three-part series explores how standardization forms the basis for deriving value from the efforts that follow. 

This white paper is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the white paper provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication. 

Some IT managers have steered clear of server virtualization technologies because the deployment process can seem too daunting to begin. But this step-by-step handbook maps out the deployment process in four easy-to-follow steps. 

When automating decisions, choosing the right business rules management system is not enough. In this white paper, FICO offers 11 steps to help insurers make the most of business rules, from understanding where to apply the technology in your business to strategies to operationalize analytics and continuously improve decisions. 

Most organizations report that less than 30% of their workloads are running on virtual servers today, meaning that many organizations are not getting the most from their virtual sever environment. This webcast highlights how to build virtualization maturity and maximize its outcomes. Learn more here. 

To prepare the data center for the future, you must first align people, processes and technology and develop a strategy for transformation. This paper offers 5 key steps for transforming the data center to meet evolving business needs. 

This installment, the second in a three-part series, explores how simplification extends the value of data center standardization efforts and forms a stable, efficient base that can be used to support automation. 

Explore advanced networking features in VMware vSphere 5.0 in this in-depth, step-by-step guide to configuring and testing these essential features for your virtual environment. Discover how NetFlow, port mirroring, and user-defined resource pools help network admins gain visibility in virtual machine traffic and troubleshoot network issues. 

This expert E-Guide explores the best practices to adjust to and the top demands that come along with virtualization.