An effective virtualization plan will tie any upgrade to an organiza­tion's overall transformation efforts. The best source for support in this endeavor is a technology provider that can act as a full partner. This paper serves as a guide of what to look for in that supplier. 

In this white paper, discover how you can leverage the benefits of image‐based backup solutions for your virtual infrastructure. Explore the various backup technologies for both physical and virtual servers to determine the best option for your backup solution, and find out what the strengths and weaknesses are of adopting image‐based backups. 

This expert e-guide from SearchVMware.com contains vital virtual hardware statistics for your consideration, including virtual CPU counts and consolidation ratios. Additionally, the benefits of scaling up and scaling out are weighed. 

Will your current infrastructure support efficient virtual desktops? IT managers must consider application performance and, to that end, how well WANs are optimized to swiftly deliver those applications. This chapter will look at what infrastructure you may need to upgrade to support a virtual desktop environment. 

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. 

Chris Wolf talks about the tools that are used to increase virtual server performance. Later, virtualization platform decision points are covered with emphasis on OS and application compatibility and support, high availability, automation and management. 

In this E-Guide learn how Microsoft Hyper-V fits into the server virtualization landscape, with insight on exactly what Hyper-V has to offer, and analysis of how the Microsoft technology stacks up against the competition. 

This new What Works! e-book explores best practices for effectively engaging prospects in a virtual environment to shorten the sales cycle, beat the competition and close more business. 

Learn about the improvements in VMware View 5, including up to 75 percent bandwidth reduction over the previous version and changes in the ways virtual desktops are managed and provisioned. To explore these changes and more, access this resource now. 

This E-Guide is designed to help get you thinking about virtualization for DR and DR for virtualization by outlining how to choose the best DR solution for your virtual environment, 5 strategic challenges you may face when incorporating virtualization into your DR plan, benefits of using server virtualization for DR and more. 

In this first session, Wolf introduces principles of virtual infrastructure optimization and covers virtual machine placement optimization and bottleneck identification. 

With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options. 

Access this whitepaper to uncover why and how the network must evolve to optimize the benefits of virtualization.