This FOCUS report of key findings presents the highlights of an end-user survey conducted in April 2009, outlining the current state of virtualization adoption, pain points, barriers to expansion, and management requirements. 

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 independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime. 

Microsoft is targeting close to zero downtime with SQL 2008 with availability and recovery features that only used to be available via third-party solutions. This white paper discusses the evolution of High-availability from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, and the tools available to minimize downtime in the Enterprise. 

Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime. 

Read this whitepaper to learn about a software solution that brings together all the capabilities you need to respond effectively to these challenges by providing end-to-end event, performance and availability management so that, at all times, IT staff is able to understand any IT event in terms of its impact on the business. 

This white paper discusses ten common problems encountered by network technicians today and their symptoms, causes, and resolutions. 

The knowledge gained from this paper will assist in formulating strategies and methodologies to achieve near-zero downtime dynamic database migrations to Oracle10g or Oracle11g. Read this white paper to learn more. 

GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more. 

The modular, easy-to-install solutions from APC by Schneider Electric allow you to implement an appropriate IT environment that meets your current and future needs, without breaking the bank in the process. 

Nine out of ten communications-intensive organizations are seeking outside help in building mobility-enriched, IP-centric environments. Most organizations are currently seeking assistance for transactional functions, but a far wider service continuum is actually available. Read this analyst report to learn more. 

This ABI Research white paper examines the use of smartphones as tools for mobile field workers as a replacement for rugged devices. Through interviews with multiple companies with we found that the TCO of owning smartphones was 14% - 85% less than rugged devices. 

The computing-as-a-service/ cloud computing scenario is gaining great popularity, but there are challenges. The big one is the performance of the "cloud" itself, and consumers need a CDN provider like Limelight Networks to help businesses shoulder the burden of maintaining service uptime.