The emergence of Software as a Service-based applications has enabled organizations to get new applications up and running quickly and cheaply, saving resources for mission-critical tasks. 

Read this report for information about pricing differences among the top virtualization offerings, performance and feature differences, and practical recommendations to assist with purchasing decisions. 

IT organizations must ensure that their data center management solutions are versatile. The solutions must address today's challenges such as provisioning, availability, compliance, and protection — and at the same time let data center managers focus on tomorrow's opportunities. 

The Microsoft System Center server compliance solution is designed to support data center managers as they deal with a variety of issues. Read this data sheet to learn more. 

This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that achieves these goals and introduces comprehensive desktop-virtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy. 

Read this case study to learn how Kroll Factual Data evaluated Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and is using it to manage Microsoft Virtual Server–based virtual machines, accelerate and improve virtual machine provisioning, and streamline disaster recovery. 

This expert e-guide lays out many process and security benefits of using a centralized access administration model. Discover the three major phases of the access lifecycle and learn why using a centralized model mitigates security risks when employees are terminated or move within the organization. 

Proper software asset management (SAM) requires setting policies for corporate standards, software evaluation, purchasing, usage and compliance monitoring. This white paper explains how to do that. 

Dell Asset Management service provides an intuitive, easy-to-use asset management solution for today’s highly distributed environments. Delivered as a SaaS-enabled solution, Dell Asset Management leverages the Internet to discover and manage your company’s Microsoft® Windows notebooks and desktops, printers, routers, switches, servers and more. 

The Dell Project and Program Management approach enables the alignment of all elements of a client deployment. This standardized and easy-to-understand framework can be tailored as necessary to complement and integrate with existing customer processes. 

In the fall of 2008, Forrester Research commenced work on a research project commissioned by Dell, Inc., that focused on examining the potential net savings and benefits enterprises may realize by adopting Dell’s PC products and services. 

Virtualization technology isn't complete without a hypervisor. This final chapter of the Introduction to Virtualization e-book explains some hypervisor basics—highlighting the differences between bare-metal and hosted hypervisors—and lists some features that you should look for when selecting one for your virtual environment. 

Check out this slides presentation to read about the new Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system, which provides a productive and cost-effective server platform with low-cost virtualization, power-saving capabilities, and a superior experience for end users.