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In between the cloud rhetoric and virtualization hyperbole at this year’s VMworld, I’m starting to see a few significant announcements.
RSA Security made one of these by introducing virtualization intelligence in its Archer compliance suite.
What’s the big deal? IT operations needs standard server configurations to meet compliance ...
ESG research shows that desktop virtualization is quickly running up the priority list. While many desktop virtualization initiatives are the result of the success of server virtualization, the majority of deployments we see are led by a larger company-wide initiative to incorporate desktop virtualization into an overall desktop strategy. The ...
Virtualization turns physical devices into a set of resource pools that are independent of the physical asset they run on. This abstraction makes it easier to implement standardized measurement, monitoring, and management of resources. It also eliminates the economic and operational issues of infrastructure silos. All told, virtualization delivers compelling ...
Published on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 5:44 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
The ever-increasing volume of unstructured file data that organizations need to share, manage, and protect has become a real problem for IT managers—particularly those that need to provide online access to shared files for revenue-generating workflows and processes. This report explores how the Fujitsu Scalable File Server Solution, known in ...
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
Is cloud computing real? Yes. When you sort through the hype and evaluate collective industry R&D efforts, cloud computing options may arrive sooner than most believe. In fact, smart CIOs are already assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each workload should run—locally or in the ...
This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of a NetApp Unified Storage Architecture deployed in a VMware virtual server environment with a goal of simplifying, protecting, and consolidating physical servers hosting Microsoft applications. The value of NetApp features and software (e.g., file serving, Virtual Storage Console (VSC) ...
Server virtualization adopters have made tremendous strides and even improved their IT staffs’ quality of life. Once the flywheel builds inertia, virtualization initiatives can move into the spotlight and prove themselves to be a brilliant strategic move for many businesses. Virtualization technology, however, has matured beyond existing deployments; the focus ...
Business executives want to know their company has a cloud strategy and they want the assurance that IT is executing against its goals and objectives. This, in turn, is putting added pressure to IT operations, application owners, and developers. Will the cloud deliver on its promises? Will businesses take the ...
As the enterprise data center has grown in size and importance, the minimum unit of deployment has moved from the individual server to the blade frame—and now to a whole rack. To support this move to rack-level deployment, pre-provisioned racks and scale-out networking architectures have become imperative. Top of rack ...
Published on Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
Server virtualization remains a high priority for IT organizations of all sizes as they look to improve IT asset utilization, streamline operational efficiency, and enhance service level agreements with application owners. This report documents hands-on testing of Microsoft server virtualization technology with a focus on the enhanced flexibility, availability, and ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
