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| | | Service oriented architecture (SOA) is fast becoming the go-to method for enabling change within the enterprise and within an IT infrastructure. With increasing pressure on companies to employ 24x7 availability and to achieve a global reach, the ability to create an agile architecture that moves swiftly through periods of change is no longer a business fantasy -- it is a business reality. This case study offers an inside look at a comprehensive selection of companies from a large breadth of industries to allow you to see how they are adapting to change and allowing their companies to achieve the global reach within their marketplace that keeps them not only competitive, but in many cases at the forefront of their industry. | |  | | | | Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) estimates the overall virtualization market will grow by around 20% on average through the next 12-24 months, with the strongest growth coming from desktop and application virtualization. WithXenApp 5, Citrix addresses one of the key reasons for the slower-than-expected uptake for end-user facing virtualization technologies -- the difficulty in transitioning end users from old-style physical desktops and applications to new (often complex and different) virtual desktops and applications. | | | | | | | Most compute platforms utilize disk drives to store local data. Hard drives are likely to remain the obvious storage choice for many years to come. However, systems that host applications with modest capacity requirements and maintain relatively static data can benefit from devices that perform faster, cool more efficiently, and come at a lower cost than traditional disk drives. Flash devices offer a possible alternative to traditional hard drives. Based on solid state, nonvolatile memory, flash devices can be more robust and less expensive than disk drives. | | | | | | | As businesses grow increasingly dependent upon Web applications, these complex entities grow more difficult to secure. Most companies equip their Web sites with firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and network and host security, but the majority of attacks are on applications themselves -- and these technologies cannot prevent them. To address security-related issues as they pertain to Web applications, organizations can employ four broad, strategic best practices. | | | | | | | A decade ago, manual configuration and maintenance of monitoring systems was not so large a problem. The pace of change in data centers and networks was modest. It wasn't difficult for IT personnel to manually install proprietary monitoring agents or establish thresholds on devices when only a handful of data center servers were added each quarter with a fixed stacking of software of somewhat predictable load. Now the core data center infrastructure is in flux as well. Heterogeneity is on the rise as IT departments seek to support business applications with best-of-breed hardware and software solutions. | | | | | | | In a down economy, companies are looking more than ever at the bottom line, and IT managers are looking at doing more with fewer appliances. Riverbed can help you save money is by enabling Branch Office Simplification. With the latest release of their software, they have a new platform called the Real Services Platform (RSP). The RSP is a protected area on a Steelhead appliance where you can run third party services, such as printing and IP address management, directly from the appliance. | | | |
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