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Dell R815 Server Makes Heavy Virtualization Light on the Wallet

The Dell PowerEdge R815 and its four 12-core AMD Opteron CPUs want to run many, many virtual machines, at a much lower cost than Intel multicore.

Dell's VIS Vision Takes Shape

Leveraging Dell AIM, the VIS Self-Service Creator tackles automated provisioning for the private cloud.

Eight Great Virtual Appliances for VMware, Free for the Downloading

The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances you'll find.

Top Five Scripting Languages on the Java Virtual Machine

Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term "Java" refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java language is compiled into bytecodes that run on the JVM. Through this design, Java delivers its vaunted portability.

First Look: VMware VSphere 4.1 Keeps the Virtualization Crown

With scalability improvements, network and storage I/O control, and countless other enhancements, VMware continues to redefine the possibilities for server virtualization.

First Glimpse: Cisco OTV

Long distance VMotion via Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization, or how to succeed at data center extension without really trying

Desktop Virtualization for Windows and Linux Heats Up

VMware Workstation 7 is still king for developers and techs, but innovative VirtualBox 3.1 and easy-to-use Parallels Desktop 4 gain ground

Dell's Virtualization Servers Surge Ahead

Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers, based on AMD's hexacore Opteron CPUs, are far faster, cheaper, and more efficient than models that shipped only a year ago

First Look: Amazon RDS Gives You a MySQL Server in the Cloud

Amazon's Relational Database Service provides an easy escalator into the cloud for existing MySQL applications.

How Cisco UCS Reinvents the Datacenter

If you could design a blade server system entirely from scratch, it might look a whole lot like Cisco's Unified Computing System

 
HP VirtualSystem delivers best-in-class virtualization, with integrated software, services, infrastructure, and management - all delivered as one proven solution.

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In this report, Enterprise Strategy Group reviews how HP's portfolio of hardware, software, and services can provide the foundational support for VMware environments. When it comes to business continuity, HP Converged Storage streamlines virtualization initiatives, accelerating realization of the business benefits that contribute to IT's ability to maintain high service levels and customer satisfaction.

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When AlertBoot switched to the cloud it needed a load balancing solution that would support its migration and prevent as much downtime as possible. The company chose Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager to use while transitioning its infrastructure to an entirely virtualized environment. The move was a complete success, at one-third the cost of comparable hardware solutions.
With over 5,000 requests per second during peak periods, online retailer Gilt Groupe could lose a large percentage of its daily profits in just 10 minutes of downtime. After choosing the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager as its load balancing solution, visits to the site have increased thanks to improved customer satisfaction. Real-time traffic views and tracking also make it easy to strategize and plan for the future.
With 85 percent of its ticket sales made online, See Tickets needed a robust, secure, highly accessible website. The company chose the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager to ensure that its site was always online and fast, even during extreme peaks in traffic. Now the company's valued customers receive optimal online service.
Triboo specializes in managing e-commerce activities and performance marketing for many Italian companies. The company's website was struggling to support over 2 million page views and 45 million hits each day, so they turned to Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager. Now Triboo enjoys high website availability and scalability, and its customers enjoy an outstanding online experience.
As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform.
Second in a three-part series discussing the "4 Must Haves" in virtualization security designed to help large organizations understand the challenges of securing virtualized environments while positioning themselves to take advantage of future IT and business opportunities.

Gain insights into next generation, virtualization-optimized solutions to help you drive:

+ Faster time-to-value from your security initiatives
+ Provide corporate with visibility and enable a state of continuous compliance
+ Reduce risk via automated configuration and policy-based access and enforcement engine
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:00 PM EDT

Traditional NAS systems don't scale beyond fixed limits. Proliferation of NAS systems leads to management challenges. Many organizations also use traditional block-based SAN solutions for transactional systems like databases and email. Having separate block and file storage also adds to management challenges.
Have you been thinking about what it would take to start using virtualization? Or do you know the basics and want to find out more? No problem. This webcast is designed for anyone with little to no knowledge of virtualization technology. Attend this webcast to learn:

-A basic overview of the business value of the technology and some key capabilities that make virtualization so valuable to IT and the businesses you serve.
-The basics for creating virtual machines and the key choices that can be made along the route to deployment.
Capacity management may not be dead yet, but with the adoption of private clouds it's barely recognizable. Join Andrew Hillier as he outlines best practices for gaining control over dynamic capacity supply and workload demand in large scale virtual and cloud infrastructure. Hear how leading Fortune 500 organizations increased agility, reduced risk and costs by optimizing infrastructure planning and management processes.
Disaster recovery is a form of insurance to protect your IT assets when a disaster strikes. Learn how to protect your business in this insightful webinar.
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