In order to tackle significant data center problems, virtualization must be effectively managed. This white paper discusses the cost savings virtualization can deliver to data centers and outlines the issues that can occur if the technology is not properly managed. 

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. 

A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres. 

MGM Resorts International sought to consolidate the data centers from its latest acquisitions, in order to contain IT costs, increase availability, improve agility and focus on innovation. The company chose Dell™ Services to perform a Virtualization Assessment with partners Intel® and VMware®. 

This case study highlights how a government agency used ITIL best practices in the face of ever-tightening budgets and staff resources in order to implement a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for greater agility and end-user satisfaction. 

This paper examines how personal computers are now an essential business tool in most organizations. But as the PC assumes an increasingly critical role in everyday business activity, the demands on IT staff are greatly intensified. 

Enterprises have successfully controlled their IT budgets and server sprawl issues with the help of virtualization technologies, but what’s next? Increasingly, organizations are turning to storage consolidation for virtualized server environments in order to reduce data center costs and inefficiencies. 

As you think about an upgrade or refresh, it is critical that you think first and foremost about your most mission-critical applications and what you will need to consider in order to not only ensure their continuity, but to improve their performance, flexibility and scalability. 

This white paper introduces an integrated, turnkey data center solution designed to accelerate VM backup and restore operations while keeping IT costs to a minimum. Featuring backup, storage and data protection technologies all-in-one, this integrated solution can protect your most critical VM data. Read on to learn more. 

In order to analyze the cost of deploying and managing an email system, Osterman Research undertook a primary and secondary research program. This data was then combined with secondary research in order to develop a cost model that compares MDaemon and Microsoft Exchange. Read on to see how the results may impact your own decision. 

This exclusive case study explores how one organization within the financial industry migrated from old, mainframe technology to HP Integrity Superdome servers in order to respond faster to changing financial markets with an adaptive infrastructure. Learn about the many IT and business improvements they gained. 

Aging IT systems, shrinking budgets, and inefficient, paper-based processes are creating an unsustainable and error-prone work environment. This white paper reveals the major obstacles to EHR adoption and explores the cost benefits of virtualization with Hyper-V.