Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This webcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments. 

This paper provides an overview of deploying Exchange 2007 Server in a virtualized environment using VMware 3.5 Update 3 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and EqualLogic iSCSI storage array. In this paper a solution building block is proposed for 4000 mailbox users to deploy in an ESX environment running on Dell hardware. 

Enterprises have embraced various forms of virtualization during the past few decades including server, storage and desktop virtualization. In this paper, we will describe several desktop virtualization architectures, and the success criteria required for each. 

Now is the time to realize all of the benefits of virtualizing your test and development lab. This chapter highlights some of the benefits of consolidating your test and development environments through virtualization, including costs savings, accelerated time to deployment and system consistency throughout your environment. 

This white paper outlines a sound, process-based approach to protecting the critical privileged accounts found in most applications, databases, and infrastructure devices throughout the enterprise. This approach integrates features like automated password resets and management workflows, secure storage of credentials, and a sealed operating system. 

This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately. 

In this white paper, we will address the basics of this Layer 2 technology and help you get your network switch up and running. For our examples, we will use Cisco's 2950 switch. 

This paper describes a comprehensive set of best practices that allow mid-market enterprise SAP customers to appropriately configure and use HP management software to monitor, manage, and operate an SAP® environment. 

In this webcast, learn how a leading financial services company closed major gaps in their security and compliance programs using an identity management solution. Get details on the design and deployment, as well as how identity management aided in achieving quick results and immediate value. 

This technical article provides an introduction to Trusted computing and its components, and is an comprehensive primer to IT departments evaluating security at the platform level. 

In this chapter of the "Introduction to Virtualization E-book" we will look at how to protect production workloads running in a virtual environment as well as off load this work to a stand-by host if needed. 

This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and underlying technologies, and offers guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers.