WHITE PAPER - In this paper we compare the major differences between three software deployment models: hardware appliances, virtual machine (VM) appliances and multitenant software‐as‐a‐service (Saas) – against a traditional software delivery model. The goal is to help independent software vendors (ISVs) make informed decisions about these deployment models.
Posted: February 17, 2010 | Published: February 17, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | Hardware | ISVs | Network Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Software | Software as a Service | Systems Management | Virtual Appliance | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise Management Associates believes that sophisticated, integrated, heterogeneous, virtual systems management is a critical business differentiator for enterprises as they deploy and expand their virtualization infrastructure. Read this paper for more information.
Posted: January 27, 2010 | Published: January 27, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Applications Management | Hardware | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization | Systems Management | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses key issues surrounding configuration management and compliance, such as the IT department's need to lower costs, increase management flexibility and control, and increase responsiveness to business needs and requirements.
Posted: January 8, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Processes | Change Management | Configuration Management | Hardware | Infrastructure Management | IT Departments | ITIL | Risk Management | Software

VIDEO - This video compares Microsoft Virtualization to VMware and outlines the additional cost for VMware because they require four layers - hardware, virtualization, operating system and applications and Microsoft only requires three - hardware, operating system with virtualization, and applications.
Posted: December 21, 2009 | Premiered: December 21, 2009


Topics:  Application Integration | Applications Management | Hardware | Hardware Management | Operating System Virtualization | Operating Systems | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The ability to access and update Lotus Domino applications can be a simple and effective way to improve efficiency. Read this paper and learn how easy it can be to create BlackBerry applications that integrate with your Lotus Domino applications.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Published: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Domino | Hardware | Java | Security | Software | Troubleshooting | Web Services

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - This E-Guide explains the changes in traditional network management and how Web 2.0, SOA, IMS and other application-heavy delivery platforms are changing the management requirements.
Posted: August 5, 2008 | Published: August 5, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Accounting | Hardware | IPTV | Network Management | Network Traffic Management | Networking | SOA | Software

EGUIDE - In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Hardware | Hardware Configuration Management | Project Management | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | VMware

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Most companies allow far too much data to reside on expensive primary storage. In this presentation transcript, Anne Skamarock Research Director, FOCUS, discusses the most effective methods for reducing and managing the data footprint on primary storage -- including tools and techniques.
Posted: August 19, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Hardware | High Availability | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how IT personnel costs have risen faster than hardware and software investments. IT services have not improved process-wise and still require as much manpower, if not more, to operate now as they did in the past.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: February 22, 2010


Topics:  Business Service Management | Business Service Providers | Hardware | Investments | IT Agents | IT Services | ITIL

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Hardware | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Networking Hardware | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Software | TCO | VMware

EGUIDE - In this informative Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, learn more about the virtual management tools on the market and their functionality. Discover which product capabilities organizations should consider when evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Hardware | Project Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Service Creation Tools | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Server 2008 is a solid workstation product that makes for a nice demo machine and coincidentally gives you a platform (on the 64-bit version) for running Hyper-V.
Posted: January 23, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Device Drivers | Hardware | Operating Systems | Security | Server Management | Workstations

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of the new features in Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and detailed information on live migration.
Posted: December 17, 2009 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Hardware | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | TCP/IP | Virtual Machine | VM