Virtualization

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To reap the maximum benefits from your consolidation efforts, you must build your virtualized infrastructure on the most cost-efficient and highest-performance platforms. Here's how state-of-the-art solutions from AMD and Microsoft can give you a leg up on IT resource consolidation.

This paper examines the distinctive capabilities of a virtual server infrastructure that combines Microsoft Hyper-V AMD Opteron multi-core processors, and Dell PowerEdge Servers.

Virtualization and the cloud are now mandates for IT. In an AMD study 37% of organizations worldwide reported they are currently operating in the cloud. The five-year outlook for cloud shows an annual growth rate of 26%, which is 5x greater than the rate of traditional on-premise IT offerings.

IT departments need a solution that meets the evolving needs of both the employees and IT something not possible with a traditional PC model. This paper illustrates the benefits of moving beyond the physical PC to a modern desktop that is highly flexible, easy to manage, customizable to suit users' needs, and ready for new and future technology.

Forrester Consulting recently analyzed the requirements for consolidating branch office infrastructures while simultaneously supporting the demands of emerging business goals. After surveying over 200 IT decision-makers from global enterprises, it was determined that WAN optimization is a key ingredient.

To stay competitive and keep costs down, today's enterprises need to consolidate resources, quickly provision services, and more effectively rationalize costs with new business models. If done correctly, cloud computing can help solve these problems, and further help IT managers maintain business-critical applications and data. But there are numerous challenges that can prevent organizations from succeeding with cloud initiatives. This solution brief addresses those limitations, and looks at how Riverbed Technology helps you overcome them.

Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true-cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry but it does hold real potential for new types of on-demand dynamic IT services.

Are your workers going increasingly mobile? Don't wait for their calls to slam Support when they experience poor application performance on the road. Discover in the Forrester report how companies are successfully deploying WAN optimization solutions that are specifically tuned for a mobile environment, delivering the acceleration needed to ensure consistent performance, room for new applications, and the ability to ensure end user productivity at all times.

Ready to accelerate disaster recovery across your entire enterprise? Read this Taneja report to find out how you can increase WAN efficiency, overcome latency, and optimize IT performance for disaster recovery by deploying WAN optimization.

Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster.