This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure. 

Blackboard needs a highly available, very scalable platform for its mission-critical learning management system offered through managed hosting from six global data centers. Ease of set-up and monitoring are of paramount importance. Read this case study to learn how Dell servers and Intel processors make it happen. 

This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime. 

The ability to stay up and running in the face of a disaster can be crucial to the survival of any business. Without effective disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity plans, businesses risk lost income, lost productivity, or worse. Read this brief paper to learn about effective disaster recovery and business continuity solutions. 

View the December issue of Cisco trainings available in this latest Nxtbook. Inside you'll find a complete listing of dozens of courses offered in routing and switching, data center and storage, optical networking, security and much more. 

This podcast, featuring Forrester Research, explains how Software as a Service business intelligence can deliver a more cost-effective way to get relevant information to those who need it faster than traditional business intelligence can. 

SharePoint 2010 is the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web that enables you to connect and empower people through an integrated set of rich features. Watch this video for a sneak peak of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. 

Tune into this expert podcast to learn why companies have chosen Google Apps to improve their IT infrastructures. Learn which technical and business factors drove one company to adopt this technology. Determine how this technology can be used in your IT environment to improve Web application performance. 

This document is designed to help Citrix XenApp customers understand how and when Citrix XenDesktop can be used with Citrix XenApp to deliver virtual desktops to further reduce application and desktop computing costs and provide greater IT and user flexibility compared to traditional application and desktop management models. 

Learn why you can’t afford to wait on storage virtualization and get some great storage virtualization implementation tips in this podcast. 

The Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Software Development Kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on SharePoint 2010 products and technologies. 

This article contains a number of technical diagrams describing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 features, upgrade considerations, and benefits. Many of these resources are visual representations of recommended solutions. They include poster-sized documents available in formats including Microsoft Office Visio 2007 files, PDF files, and XPS files. 

In this mediacast, Exchange expert, Lee Benjamin, discusses how to make the transition from your current Exchange version or how to migrate from a different messaging platform to Exchange 2010. Learn about the new features of Exchange 2010 and which requirements you should keep in mind to ensure a successful transition.