In one neat package, the Web Platform Installer gives you the frameworks, web server, database, tools and applications you need to quickly build and run Web applications and solutions on Windows. 

To fully benefit from Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V and Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) technology, a fully engineered virtualization solution is needed, that is both cost effective and easy to manage whilst simultaneously ensuring high availability with enterprise performance and stability. 

To curb server proliferation and rising electrical costs, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center moved its virtualization infrastructure to the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Hyper-V technology, using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to manage its server landscape. 

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. 

Virtualization basically means inserting a software layer between your hardware and your operating system. This decouples the operating system from the hardware and allows you to run many operating systems at the same time on top of that same physical piece of hardware. Read this short paper to learn about the benefits of using virtual servers. 

How can Web 2.0 systems and applications support management of sales processes? Read this white paper to find out! 

This data sheet highlights the features and facts for the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest for any type of database workload, and the only database machine that runs transaction processing applications. 

Have you ever had to recover an email regarding an ex-employee whose account and mailbox no longer exists? Has HR ever asked you to find all emails involving certain employees, topics or associated dates? 

This document provides an overview of BranchCache, explains the different modes in which BranchCache operates, and describes how BranchCache is configured. The paper also explains how BranchCache works with Web servers and file servers and the steps BranchCache takes to determine that the content is up-to-date. 

Monitoring and configuring a variety of complex devices (network, systems, storage, security) from multiple vendors is a daily battle that challenges even the most experienced administrators. Today's virtual and physical environments can only be handled with a centralized management solution. 

Latency is an important metric that should be considered when evaluating web application delivery solutions. Through tests performed, Citrix NetScaler exhibited very low latencies and was at least 3x fast than F5 BIG-IP in almost all test scenarios. 

This white paper explains how to use Encrypting File System (EFS), a feature that is provided by default in the Windows® operating system, to protect data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook Compatibility Update running on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2).