This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime. 

Many organizations lack visibility into the physical and virtual infrastructure in their data center, preventing them from achieving effective infrastructure management. This webcast explores how dependency mapping addresses this issue by enabling you to track and control configurations, model and test proposed changes and execute failure analysis. 

In this month's issue, learn how to keep compliance a priority in a virtualized environment. Also in this issue, get advice on how to buy hardware for virtual systems, and take a closer look at your storage needs. 

This document details the four available networking configurations for running Hyper-V on Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each networking configuration with an emphasis on typical Dell system configurations. 

Flash storage is now a top contender for new enterprise storage applications. The I/O randomization caused by widespread virtual machine adoption demands higher I/O performance. Faster than disks, cheaper than DRAM, flash is occupying a new layer in the storage pyramid. Read this paper to further investigate flash storage. 

The RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication solution, a core component of RSA's Identity Assurance portfolio, is flexible, scalable and simple to administer so that businesses can efficiently provide mobile and remote SSL VPN access to the enterprise while protecting information and applications. 

View this screencast to learn about a new management approach for virtual and physical systems that helps reduce data center complexity. Discover how this tool combines provisioning, patching, managing and monitoring through a single console to enable IT pros to gain control over system sprawl and provide more flexible infrastructures. 

In this podcast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors. 

In this podcast, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down the seven different layers of the server virtualization architecture, and explains the role the hypervisor plays in the success of that infrastructure. 

This white paper provides insights into how host intrusion prevention systems deliver business value to enterprises, provide protection against zero-day threats, give IT time to test and deploy patches, and realize IT operational cost savings via centrally managed security and visibility of all endpoint security layers through a single console. 

When a major acquisition made Layered Tech a larger company with new goals and an opportunity to expand its customer base, the IT team had to revamp its infrastructure to match. Read this case study to learn about the solutions they use to provide the technology and infrastructure that best meets the needs of their customers. 

Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now. 

The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions.