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HP reference configuration for BladeSystem: BL495c with Flex-10 and VMware View by HP, Vmware and AMD February 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper is for decision makers that are familiar with and interested in VMware View as a desktop replacement strategy. An understanding of networking and fibre channel infrastructure and how they interact with HP Virtual Connect technologies, virtualization benefits and techniques, VMware software, and datacenter practices is recommended.  (TECHNICAL ARTICLE) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Machine Networking: Standards and Solutions by Cisco Systems, Inc. August 31, 2011 - (Free Research) Uncover details about the two main standards for virtual networking and discover why using them as complementary options can help you achieve virtual networking success.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software: The Virtual Machine Aware SAN by Cisco Systems, Inc. October 2008 - (Free Research) This document describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrated Infrastructure and Performance Management for Virtualized Environments by CA Technologies. April 2009 - (Free Research) Enterprises, government agencies and service providers are increasingly employing virtualized environments to decrease costs, consolidate data center space and reduce environmental impacts. This paper describes a comprehensive set of CA tools for managing virtual environments.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Cisco Virtual Office Deployment Guide by Cisco Systems, Inc. June 2009 - (Free Research) Cisco Virtual Office is a highly scalable solution for medium and large organizations looking to provide teleworkers, small offices, and mobile users with office-like experience combining voice, video, wireless, and real-time data applications in a secure environment. This deployment guide provides full details.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Infrastructure Performance Management for Virtualized Systems by CA Technologies. June 2010 - (Free Research) The management tools selected to support virtualization are essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff required to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Continue reading this white paper to learn more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Xangati Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Dashboard—VDI Performance Management by Xangati June 2011 - (Free Research) Xangati Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Dashboard provides ongoing operational management for VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop VDI environments.  It is a highly granular visibility solution that empowers you to successfully scale up your VDI deployments from early pilots while ensuring you provide the most optimal end-user experience.  (TRIAL SOFTWARE) READ ABSTRACT |

Securing the Physical, Virtual, Cloud Continuum by Juniper Networks, Inc and Plan B Technologies, Inc July 2010 - (Free Research) Information security best practices remain largely the same as 15 years ago, based on a strong perimeter defense. However, virtualization and cloud computing are radically changing data center operations. Security and compliance controls need to extend across the physical, virtual, cloud continuum in order to adapt to this new infrastructure.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Network Architecture by Dell and Microsoft August 2012 - (Free Research) Legacy networks simply cannot fulfill the needs of today's user. A new architecture needs to emerge: a virtual network infrastructure. This whitepaper details how Dell's Virtual Network Architecture provides the flexibility and scalability you need in a cloud foundation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Mainstreaming the vSwitch: HP Network Automation Extends Control to Virtual by Hewlett-Packard Company September 2009 - (Free Research) HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrating Networks into Virtual Environments with Virtual Server Networking by Dell, Inc. November 2011 - (Free Research) Network automation is proving to be necessary to get the full benefit of virtualization and receiving a return on investment from it.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Implementing a 10Gb Network Using a Virtual Distributed Switch (Presentation Transcript) by VMware and Intel April 2013 - (Free Research) This presentation transcript provides insight into implementing a 10Gb network using a virtual distributed switch.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Implementing a 10Gb Network Using a Virtual Distributed Switch (Podcast) by VMware and Intel March 2013 - (Free Research) This podcast provides insight into the growing trend among IT pros to implement at 10Gb network using a virtual distributed switch.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 5 by Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 5 October 2008 - (Free Research) According to the Data Center Decisions 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey, server selection and disaster recovery (DR) are front-burner issues for data center decision makers.  (EZINE)

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 14 by SearchDataCenter.com September 2009 - (Free Research) With so many new technologies, sticking with the status quo for your virtual network infrastructure is probably not your best option. In this month's issue, take a closer look at all the possibilities available now for interconnecting both virtual and physical networks.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Need for Virtual Network Analysis by Altor Networks July 2008 - (Free Research) The rapid deployment of virtual systems and virtual switches drives the need for tools with visibility into the virtual network. This paper examines the tools Administrators are now using to troubleshoot and audit their virtual systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Alternatives for Securing Virtual Environments: A Different Network Requires a Different Approach -- Extending Security to the Virtual World by Juniper Networks, Inc. March 2012 - (Free Research) <p>Virtual networks create a number of new security issues that physical defense strategies do not properly address. This white paper discusses the limitations of physical firewalls and highlights a security architecture designed with virtualization in mind.</p>  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Alternatives for Securing Virtual Networks by Juniper Networks, Inc. March 2011 - (Free Research) In this white paper, we will examine the virtualization issues that challenge today’s data centers and discuss their best options for securing virtual networks.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Chassis Performance: Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches by Juniper Networks, Inc. December 2010 - (Free Research) Juniper Networks commissioned Network Test to assess the performance of Virtual Chassis technology on its EX Series Ethernet switches, especially in the areas of latency and high availability. The key objectives were to determine whether Virtual Chassis configurations would provide low latency and fast recovery from network failures.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

VXLAN Monitoring: How to Gain Virtual Network Overlay Visibility by Ixia December 2012 - (Free Research) This expert E-Guide from SearchNetworking.com provides the information you need to gain virtual network overlay visibility for proper VXLAN monitoring. View now to learn more about VXLAN and which readily available tools can help you overcome the visibility hurdle.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: Improving Network Performance in a Virtual Environment by Brocade November 2010 - (Free Research) In this presentation transcript, learn why performance is extremely important in a virtual server environment. For starters, the better your server performance, the more you can increase the virtual machine density on your host servers. Learn why increasing virtual machine density is one of the best way to decrease your hardware costs.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Network Appliance and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices by Arrow Electronics, Inc. January 2008 - (Free Research) This technical report reviews the best practices for implementing VMware Virtual Infrastructures on Network Appliance fabric-attached storage (FAS) systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Application Brief: Virtual Firewall and Secure Access Gateway by Vyatta Inc. April 2011 - (Free Research) Vyatta delivers the only multi-layer virtual network security solution that maintains compliance and enables instant migration of complex, layered firewall architectures from the physical network into any virtual data center, without compromises.  (APPLICATION NOTE) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 22: Networking Challenges of Server Virtualization by SearchDataCenter.com May 2010 - (Free Research) Learn how to perform that task in a scalable way to prevent enterprises from taking their server virtualization efforts beyond server consolidation and into dynamic resource allocation. Also in this issue, find out which tools can help ease the workload in your virtual environment, and get five tips for virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.  (EZINE)

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Solutions to virtual infrastructure challenges by LEGACY - DO NOT USE - Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc July 2008 - (Free Research) In this final session, Wolf discusses application selection, focusing on using chargebacks to counter physical storage challenges. He gives network architecture examples, offers some CPU considerations, and tackles issues with heterogeneous VM management.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

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