Virtualization & automation for dummies: The shortcut guide

Virtualization & Automation for Dummies: The Shortcut Guide Virtualization's play within the enterprise organization promises a host of easily recognizable benefits, including reduced cost for power and cooling, right-sizing of resources for workloads, elimination of legacy hardware, reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and enhanced agility. When architecting the processes that govern the implementation and use of virtualization technologies, smart organizations look to their management platform as the locus of process automation. Finding the right management platform that provides automation of all forms across multiple platforms is the best practice, and becomes especially critical with the growth of the environment.   Application Management 101: Ensuring Compatibility with Vista There's more to a migration than just installing a new OS and making sure existing applications are compatible. A desktop migration is a prime opportunity for organizations to gain an in-depth understanding of their application environment and help reduce the IT department's management and financial burdens. This white paper provides an overview of how to discover the applications being used within an organization, the tools and methods that can be used to gain control over these applications and how outsourcing some application services can add value to a Windows Vista migration.   Save 63% on Backups: NetApp Disk-to-Disk vs. Tape-Based Solutions It's becoming more common every day: the need to store and archive tremendous amounts of data is in direct contrast to the need to tighten budgets and make sound business cuts. Traditional tape-based solutions are still in use by a large number of businesses, but tape is an expensive backup medium. This research report compares disk-to-disk (D2D) and tape-based backup methods to determine which is more reliable, faster and less expensive.   5 Steps to Better Performance Management Performance management (PM) is a set of processes that enable businesses to define strategic goals, then measure and manage performance against those goals. It requires consolidation of data from various sources, querying, analyzing, and putting results into practice. It also requires continuous and real- or near real-time analyses and forecasts to identify and resolve problems faster. Lack of PM usually means lack of insight into what operations need to be improved on, which can spell trouble for any business in this growing globally competitive environment.   Uncovering the Top 10 Secrets about PDF Security Is the PDF security software you are looking to purchase really secure? If the PDF security software you are evaluating can be simply broken then you might as well save your money. All PDF password protected documents can have their passwords removed by PDF password recovery software. Once the password has been removed the user can do what they like with the PDF document. This can lead to costly theft of proprietary corporate or intellectual property. Can you afford that?   Best Practices for Windows Server 2008 Migration With the release of Windows Server 2008 from Microsoft, IT managers now have a new operating system, with new features to address. But the hardest part of adopting any new software is migration. Migration is always scary, but best practices already exist to reduce the time and risk. Hear from the actual engineer that has been working for two years on Windows Server 2008 about ways to simplify migration, so you can start getting the benefits sooner and with less hassle. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide Member Update with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide Member Update, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy