The purpose of this study is to provide a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Windows Server 2008 R2 on their organizations. Forrester's aim is to show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis. Use this study to better understand and communicate a business case for investing in Windows Server 2008 R2. 

When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's IT staff faced critical power and cost problems due to server proliferation, they worked with Microsoft and Dell consultants to implement the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system with Hyper-V technology and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. 

The majority of today's businesses have flat or decreasing data center budgets. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the latest data center purchasing trends. 

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical component of IT and risk mitigation strategies, and compounded in difficulty by ever growing data volumes, distributed computing, and new technologies. 

Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI. 

This IDC Analyst Connection takes a closer look at the key parameters in establishing the appropriate financial objectives in an organization's decision-making framework. 

In Windows Server® 2008, Microsoft is introducing new features and technologies that will help to reduce the power consumption of server and client operating systems, minimize environmental byproducts, and increase server efficiency. This document describes some of these features and technologies. 

The final 2009 issue of Storage Magazine Online features the 5 technologies that our editorial team and expert contributors predict will make the biggest impact in 2010. Plus, our annual Salary Survey shows how the economy is affecting the highly-specialized world of storage in IT. 

Continental Airlines deployed a beta release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter to expand its virtualized server and desktop infrastructure. By using improved Hyper-V™ technology and Remote Desktop Services, Continental expects to increase system uptime, implement new services in minutes, and save up to U.S. $1.5 million a year. 

The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the financial impact of Progress Actional on its organizations. Forrester Research, Inc.'s aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis. Readers should use this study to better communicate a business case for investing in Progress Actional. 

Dynamic Markets Research Demonstrates that Nearly All IT Managers' Service Desk Solutions are Creating Cost Headaches Beyond the Basic Purchase Price. 

Desktop virtualization is a suite of technologies that remove the physical desktop, operating system and computing device physically sitting on the desktop, and aggregates those resources in the data center. Read this whitepaper to learn the benefits and immediate cost savings of these technologies to your organization's data center. 

With XP support sunsetting, customers are concerned about data migration, hardware limitations, compatibility and integration of existing applications and licensing issues associated with upgrading to Windows 7.