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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 Proposition for IBM DB2 9.7 -- Cost Savings Potential Compared to Oracle 11g; International Technology Group; July 2009  by IBM


August 20, 2009 - Informational applications have become one of the most critical areas of IT activity. How will these challenges be met? This report examines an option -– use of IBM DB2 9.7 as an alternative to Oracle 11g -– that represents a major new opportunity for organizations to meet escalating demand while reducing IT costs.

 

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.

 

Value-driven product management: Six keys to product success  by IBM


January 01, 2009 - This paper explains how assessment, alignment, achievability, accessibility, agility and accountability, the six key concepts of value-driven product management, can be applied to create a repeatable process for developing successful products.

 

Vault-Like Protection for 200 Financial Services Locations  by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.


October 26, 2009 - Southern Management Corporation, a financial services company providing tax and loan services, required a tight lockdown of their cache of personal and confidential customer data, while allowing for easy administration from the small IT staff managing a widespread network. WatchGuard provided the perfect solution. Read on to learn how they did it

 

VDI Comparison Kit  by Citrix


September 11, 2009 - Are you looking for the right Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) product for your organization? Check out this Citrix e-kit for current information about desktop virtualization products.

 

VDI Expert Series: Reduce Desktop Management Costs While Increasing IT Security & Agility  by Citrix


August 27, 2009 - This webcast explores the cost saving benefits of virtual desktops. Gain insight into implementing a more secure and accessible enterprise desktop environment. Discover how this technology has transformed business operations by reducing management and support costs.

 

VI Service Desk Version 4.0.1 - Free 30 Day Trial!  by Velocity Integrations Software, Inc.


September 18, 2009 - VI Service Desk fulfills the need to provide consistent, centralized service and support. Tickets are prioritized, assigned to the proper resources and escalated to the next support tier when necessary. Robust Ad-hoc reporting helps IT track trends and justify change.

 

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: Enabling Agile and Intelligent Businesses  by Oracle Corporation


October 28, 2009 - Oracle SOA Suite 11g is a significant step forward toward empowering enterprises across the chasm to the next generation business applications that is powered by a platform delivering rapid composition, comprehensive lifecycle management, customizability, and easy upgrades.

 

Video Whitepaper: Enhance Your Business with Fast, Efficient Middleware  by Oracle Corporation


October 28, 2009 - Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.

 

Video Whitepaper: Managing Risk and Uncertainty - An Executive's Guide to Integrated Business Planning  by Oracle Corporation


November 03, 2009 - A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. View this video white paper to learn how integrated business planning can help your company align strategic, operational, and financial plans.

 

Video Whitepaper: Rapid Bottleneck Identification: A Better Way to do Load Testing  by Oracle Corporation


October 28, 2009 - Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.

 

Videoconferencing Best Practices: Leveraging The Value of a Total Solution  by TANDBERG


November 12, 2009 - As companies become more global and more virtual, executives are realizing the value of visual communications: Only by seeing the people they’re working with can employees truly collaborate as though they are in the same room, even if they’re continents apart.

 

Virtual Applications and Virtual Desktops, Decision Criteria  by Citrix


August 25, 2009 - This document will explain how to look at an environment and identify the best solution, a virtual desktop or a server-hosted applications, for each user.

 

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 9  by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 9


April 06, 2009 - In this month's issue of Virtual Data Center, learn how to reduce the number of physical servers even more by focusing on the process of virtual machine placement on host servers.

 

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 Data Center E-Zine - Volume 15: Staying Compliant in a Virtual World  by SearchDataCenter


October 06, 2009 - In this month's issue, learn how to keep compliance a priority in a virtualized environment. Also in this issue, get advice on how to buy hardware for virtual systems, and take a closer look at your storage needs.

 

Virtual Desktop Management: Reducing Infrastructure Costs  by HP, Vmware and AMD


September 17, 2009 - This webcast discusses ways to reduce costs and improve return on investment with desktop virtualization. Learn how implementing this technology enables you to reduce IT staff costs by more than 40 percent. Discover ways to reduce infrastructure expenses and total cost of ownership by more than 50 percent.

 

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 Desktops vs. Virtual Applications  by Citrix


October 06, 2009 - This webcast talks about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) vs Terminal Services (TS) - determining what is the best solution to use based on a set of fixed criteria.

 

Virtual Machines Are Not Free  by VKernel


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

 

Virtual server backup FAQ  by Zenith Infotech


April 15, 2009 - In this Podcast, backup expert, Mark Bowker, addresses how this technology helps leverage your storage, network, and computing resources.

 

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 - aligning IT supply with business demand  by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel


October 01, 2005 - Virtualization allows you to dynamically allocate and manage resources in a utility-like way. It helps you break down the rigid IT structures that inhibit business agility. Virtualization also helps you increase utilization of valuable computing resources.

 

Virtualization 101  by Dell and Microsoft


December 03, 2008 - In this podcast, virtualization expert Anil Desai provides an easy-to-understand primer on virtualization that will quickly bring any listener up to speed on the topic.

 

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 Capabilities Drive Taco Inc. to Choose Syncsort for Data Protection  by Syncsort


October 21, 2009 - Because their data center was reaching its physical limits, Taco, Inc. found their backup and restore processes getting noticeably slower. With their exposure to IT disaster scenarios a distinct reality, they turned to Syncsort for their data protection needs.

 

Virtualization Challenges Are Highlighted by User Survey  by Syncsort


November 16, 2009 - To understand the impact of server virtualization, Syncsort commissioned Ziff Davis Media to conduct a survey around end-user experiences with migrating physical servers to virtual machines (referred to as P2V migration). Read the results here.

 

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 for Dummies, 2nd HP Special Edition  by Hewlett-Packard Company


October 14, 2009 - Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.

 

Virtualization for Dummies: Sun and AMD Special Edition  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


December 31, 2008 - Virtualization for Dummies explains how virtualization works and how it can benefit your organization. The book covers the kinds of issues virtualization can address and how it addresses them.

 

Virtualization with Xiotech's Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) - Animated Demo  by Xiotech Corporation


November 23, 2009 - There are three primary issues that must be addressed to create a reliable storage environment. View this video to find out how Xiotech's Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) addresses these issues.

 

Virtualization, Cloud Computing and the IT Service Catalog  by newScale, Inc.


October 29, 2009 - In this webcast, learn about an IT service catalog that will help you achieve virtualization benefits like cost savings and IT agility. Discover a new operating model that enables effective virtualization and cloud computing management. Learn how IT can become more cloud-like and explore how to pave the way for an internal cloud.

 

Virtualization: Growing Your Success in the Data Center to the Desktop  by Hewlett-Packard Company


August 27, 2009 - Desktop and server virtualization are not the same. This webcast, featuring virtual desktop experts, Brian Madden and Zeus Kerravala, explains how some methods and tools that work for servers disrupt desktops. Discover how to plan a successful virtual desktop project by addressing customization needs of users and meet your organization’s goals.

 

Virtualize and Fortify XenApp for Lower Costs & Higher SLAs  by Marathon Technologies


September 10, 2009 - This webinar will discuss the benefits of virtualizing Citrix XenServer as well as show how fortifying XenApp and XenServer with Marathon Technologies' everRun software will give you the confidence to increase your SLAs for your most critical XenApp deployments and protect your Citrix License Server and Data Store from downtime.

 

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.

 

Virtualizing a Windows Active Directory Domain Infrastructure  by Global Knowledge


October 09, 2009 - This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment.

 

Virtualizing Exchange - The Cold, Hard Numbers on Why Citrix XenServer + everRun VM is the Best Platform  by Marathon Technologies


September 10, 2009 - Moving your Microsoft-Exchange servers to the latest server virtualization technologies offers compelling benefits. View this webcast to discover the benefits of virtualizing Exchange, Exchange 2007's new architecture, the performance advantage of XenServer for Exchange and why everRunVM software is essential in keeping users continuously connected

 

Virtualizing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 on Dell™ Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™  by Dell and Microsoft


April 01, 2009 - In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment.

 

Visibility and Control: Key to Accelerating Your Business  by Tripwire, Inc.


December 08, 2008 - Read this paper to learn how to eliminate all undesired changed within the enterprise by following the steps outlined here.

 

Vizioncore is Making Virtualization Adoption as Easy as 1, 2, FREE!  by Vizioncore Inc.


September 16, 2009 - This podcast explains how to successfully adopt virtualization to cut costs and simplify resource management. Discover how to manage hypervisor environments and properly allocate storage resources. Learn how to automate time consuming manual costs to improve productivity.

 

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 on 3PAR Utility Storage - Tips for Simple and Efficient VMware Deployments with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers  by 3PAR


October 02, 2009 - This paper focuses on various points that should be considered when deploying 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with both VMware vSphere, VMware’s latest suite that includes VMware ESX™ 4, VMware vCenter, and Virtual SMP, and with previous versions of VMware ESX.

 

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 Training Nxtbook: Reduce Your IT Costs with VMware Training  by Global Knowledge


September 21, 2009 - VMware vSphere is the next evolutionary step in IT computing. vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs, and increases control over IT infrastructures while preserving the flexibility to choose any OS, application and hardware. Learn how to take advantage of this new technology with VMware training from Global Knowledge.

 

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.

 

VMware vSphere v4 Best Practices for Emprise 7000  by Xiotech Corporation


November 19, 2009 - This document provides valuable insight on determining the number and size of datastores, planning the storage environment, and tuning performance of the Emprise 7000 system.

 

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.

 

Voice, Video and Data Convergence: A best-practice approach for transitioning your network infrastructure  by Blue Coat


December 02, 2008 - Enterprises everywhere want to quickly prepare their IT infrastructure to take full advantage of convergence. Is your company one of them? If so, you need a strategy that helps you quickly achieve benefits, with minimal investment and impact to your business processes. This white paper is a great place to start.

 

VoIP and Lower TCO Will Drive Adoption of Hosted On-Demand Contact Centers  by Five9


September 10, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how organizations that have selected a hosted contact center solution have minimized or even eliminated the cost of their IT or telecom support departments. Keep reading to learn what the benefits a hosted contact center solution can have for your company.

 

vSphere Virtual Infrastructure Business Ready Solutions for the R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


July 01, 2009 - This white paper presents a sample Dell solution -- using the Dell R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series) -- designed to tolerate faults at multiple infrastructure layers to provide maximum level of availability for the virtual infrastructure.

 

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.

 

VUE Software: Insurance Commission & Incentive Compensation Management  by CSSI


VUE software delivers flexibility and automation to help solve the complexities of insurance sales commission and incentive compensation plans. VUE’s web-enabled incentive management solution reduces costs while driving accuracy and efficiency into your organization. This comprehensive solution offers the ease of a total solution from one vendor.

 

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.

 

Vyatta - Open Routing, Firewall, VPN Software  by Vyatta Inc.


June 01, 2009 - Vyatta is a network operating system (enterprise-class router, firewall, VPN +) that removes the need for proprietary hardware, allowing you to leverage performance and price advantages of x86-based servers and virtualization technologies.

 

Vyatta vRouter & vFirewall for XenServer & VMware  by Vyatta Inc.


September 22, 2009 - Vyatta's vRouter & vFirewall technology is optimized to run in virtual environments to manage traffic and enforce policies in the same way that a physical router, firewall, VPN or intrusion prevention device does in a traditional infrastructure. Try out this open source software today.

 
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