Valero Revamps Applications to Reduce Risk and Increase Business Agility  by Micro Focus, Ltd

October 26, 2009 - Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) is one of the top U.S. refining companies. Read this case study to learn how Valero worked with Micro Focus to reduce risk and costs while increasing competitive advantage in the complex delivery of energy services at both the retail and wholesale level.

Value-Driven Healthcare: Transforming the Environment with Business Intelligence  by SAP America Inc

September 30, 2008 - Find out why the benefits from applying business intelligence (BI) in the healthcare environment are tremendous. Learn how leveraging the wealth of information to understand patients and physicians, to monitor operational performance, and to anticipate the need for action or change are strong incentives for adopting BI.

vDesk on VDI  by RingCube Technologies, Inc.

December 01, 2009 - This webinar will show you how, by combining RingCube's new vDesk solution with your VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), you can achieve personalization, offline mobility and efficient storage.

Victaulic Speeds Backup and Restores, Cuts Capacity with SEPATON VTL and Data Deduplication  by SEPATON

May 19, 2009 - Facing exponential data growth and lengthening backup times, Victaulic Company's tape backup systems could no longer provide the performance or capacity they needed for efficient data protection. For a cost comparable to tape, Victaulic Company implemented a SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library (VTL) with DeltaStor data deduplication software.

Video Whitepaper: The Great Debate: Buy Versus Build  by Oracle Corporation

October 19, 2009 - This video white paper explores the relative pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse against Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel or similar systems.

Virtual Data Center - Volume 16: Software Licensing and Support, Virtualization and the Cloud  by SearchDataCenter

November 11, 2009 - In this month's issue, find out which aspects of licensing need special attention in the virtual world. Also in this issue, make maintenance easier with a little bit of planning, and learn what to do when virtualization fails.

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 14  by SearchDataCenter

September 01, 2009 - With so many new technologies, sticking with the status quo for your virtual network infrastructure is probably not your best option. In this month's issue, take a closer look at all the possibilities available now for interconnecting both virtual and physical networks.

Virtual Desktops and the Pano System  by Pano Logic, Inc

November 12, 2009 - Pano Logic® is the first company to offer a complete, purpose-built solution for virtual desktops combining a unique zero-client endpoint device with centralized tools designed specifically for the tasks of deployment and managing virtual desktops.

Virtual Machines Are Not Free  by VKernel

November 14, 2008 - This paper explains the advantages that virtual machine provides to the IT department.

Virtual Servers, Real Savings  by CDW Corporation

September 09, 2009 - With server virtualization, you do more with less. Instead of filling your data center with underutilized boxes, you run multiple operating systems and applications on a single physical machine. You make the most of your space while taking full advantage of your hardware investment. Read this whitepaper to learn more about these benefits.

Virtualization and Your Storage Infrastructure  by Forsythe

August 20, 2009 - Storage virtualization can bring many benefits to an organization including reduced costs, higher capacity, and greater data protection. This SearchStorage E-Guide was developed to give storage managers practical guidelines and best practices to consider when evaluating how to best leverage virtualization in their storage infrastructure.

Virtualization Buzz and Benefits: Decoupling Hardware From Software for Greater Efficiency  by CDW Corporation

September 09, 2009 - Advanced technology allows businesses to get maximum bang out of hardware buck while reducing server counts and support costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization can help your business get the most out of its server hardware.

Virtualization for a Dynamic Infrastructure  by IBM

October 01, 2009 - This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.

Virtualization Management Survey Report: Key Findings  by Focus

August 01, 2009 - 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.

Virtualization, Deduplication, and the Data Protection Connection: Reinventing IT Infrastructure Consolidation with Efficient Data Protection  by Syncsort

October 20, 2009 - As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.

Virtualize at the Speed of Your Business - The Dell Guide to Virtualization  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

December 01, 2008 - Virtualization is changing everything, from how you manage resources to the way you support your business, it addresses many of today's IT challenges - cost, responsiveness, availability, disaster recovery - and is a key element for achieving a more automated, agile infrustructure. Dell helps you virtualize at the speed of <i>your</i> business...

Virtualized OLTP workload performance comparison of end-to-end solutions: Dell vs. HP  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

March 01, 2009 - One of the key findings discovered in this series of tests is that the Dell PowerEdge R710 server and Dell EqualLogic storage supported 22.2% more virtual machines than did the HP ProLiant DL385 G5 server and HP StorageWorks EVA 4400. Read this test report to learn more.

Virtually Effortless Backup for VMware Environments  by FalconStor Software

March 09, 2009 - VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) improves virtual server backup, but there are a number of limitations. FalconStor Software has a solution that works with VCB while overcoming these limitations. Using this solution, you can quickly and efficiently back up virtual machines and retain transactional consistency, without management complexity.

Visibility Through The Funnel: Integrating Advanced Analytics with Salesforce for Greater Insight in the Business  by SAP BusinessObjects

June 17, 2009 - This Beagle Research Group Profile examines how analytics solutions such as OnDemand solutions by Business Objects can help Salesforce users to strategically leverage sales and other data.

VKernel Capacity Analyzer  by VKernel

January 09, 2009 - In a virtual server infrastructure where all resources are shared, optimal performance can only be achieved with an adequate amount of properly allocated resource capacity. Not allocating enough resources can cause critical bottlenecks - leading to performance problems and costly downtime events.

VKernel Case Study: Proactive Capacity Optimization for Hershey Entertainment & Resorts  by VKernel

March 06, 2009 - In its VMware server environment, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (HE&R) needed to get more proactive visibility into its resource utilization and allocations to plan for future growth.

VKernel Chargeback - Automated Chargeback Solution  by VKernel

July 08, 2009 - Many organizations understand they need cost-visibility or a more formal chargeback process in order to further expand their virtual data centers. The challenge is where to begin and how to implement an automated solution.

VM Storage Solutions: Integrated Storage and Management for VMware Environments  by Xiotech Corporation

August 19, 2009 - More and more organizations are implementing server virtualization to enhance efficiency and resource utilization within their data centers. However, provisioning and managing storage within the virtual environment can be complicated and time consuming. This paper presents a line of storage solutions that simplify and accelerate server processes.

VMware Data Backup and Recovery -- Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide  by Data Domain

January 01, 2008 - VMware offers benefits, but it can cost you extra storage, backup resources and administrative challenges. This paper reviews the best practices for architecting a backup/recovery/DR approach for VMware using Data Domain storage.

VMware Monitoring with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager: MTT Reduces Costs  by Veeam Software

November 10, 2009 - Learn how they used the nworks Management Pack (MP) to centralize monitoring of physical and VMware virtual infrastructures, reduce costs of implementing VMware monitoring, and give them the ability to receive performance metrics specific to the VMware virtual infrastructure.

VMware Solutions for Small and Midsize Businesses: The Most Cost-Effective Way to Enable Always On IT  by Dell and VMware

May 01, 2009 - Check out this solution brief to discover how VMware equips SMBs with technology solutions that allow them to cost effectively optimize the use of their existing IT assets and resources as well as protect the systems, data, and applications that run the business, ensuring Always On IT.

VMware vSphere File Recovery Speed Increased by 95 Percent at Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd.  by Veeam Software

November 10, 2009 - Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd is one of the largest car retailers in Northern Ireland. When they needed a fast backup and recovery solution for their VMware ESX environment that didn’t require hours of rebuilding data, they turned to the Veeam Backup & Replication solution.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phone Hardening-- Part I  by Global Knowledge

May 01, 2009 - This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems.

vSphere: New Features and Benefits  by Global Knowledge

May 01, 2009 - vSphere, VMware's latest release, adds approximately 150 new features to its previous VI3 product! The purpose of this white paper is to highlight the most notable of these features and to discuss the benefits they offer your organization's IT infrastructure.

Vulnerability Management Buyer’s Checklist: Key Questions to Ask Before You Select a VM Solution  by Qualys, Inc.

October 21, 2009 - Choosing a solution for Vulnerability Management (VM) is a critical step toward protecting your organization's network and data. Qualys provides this 12-point short list of considerations that will help you determine what will work best for your organization.