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whitepaper Benchmarking Servers Using Virtual Machines2007-04-27 Indiana University
  Virtualization software is often used in enterprise on server machines to run Virtual Machines (VMs), each running a distinct server. is has many benefits including flexibility and lower hardware cost. is paper presents the results from conducting a performance evaluation of two comparable dual quad-core server machines, one from HP and another from Dell, both running VMWare ESX V3. The performance is measured using a series of independent benchmarks testing the performance of a le server, database server, web server, java server and email server. This multi-workload benchmark is used to evaluate the two server machines and how the different server workloads interact to better utilize the hardware resources.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Championing Energy Efficiency in the Data Center: An IBM Server Consolidation Analysis2007-04-20 IBM
  Energy efficiency has long been a top priority at a large natural gas and electric utility headquartered in the United States. Many organizations around the globe are looking to reduce power consumption and many are even facing a data center power scarcity. This utility company, teaming with IBM, is currently undertaking a server consolidation of their data center with the explicit goal of greatly reducing power consumption and increasing their own energy efficiency. This paper will highlight business and IT goals, discuss server consolidation and its advantages, outline original and target configurations, analyze estimated energy savings, and conclude with next steps for clients and IBM.   
whitepaper Consolidate Windows Now With Next Generation Server Virtualization2007-04-03 XenSource
  The business case for virtualization is based on an industry-wide focus on server consolidation, a need for enhanced flexibility and responsiveness of IT assets, and high availability of critical infrastructure applications. While hardware savings has been thought a primary driver for server consolidation in the past, the primary savings are more and more in the areas of environmental (power, cooling, real estate) and management costs, which are growing far more rapidly than the hardware investment itself.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Performance Comparison of Commercial Hypervisors2007-03-15 XenSource
  IT infrastructure virtualization, and in particular server virtualization, has become a primary consideration for all IT managers and CIOs because of the tremendous financial benefits that it delivers through reduced server count, power savings, automated management of data center resources, and because it simplifies the delivery of high availability, disaster recovery and resource optimization in the data center. Virtualization is the buzz of the enterprise IT market, and the upcoming IPO of VMware, the industry's most successful virtualization solution vendor, is of great interest. Customers and analysts alike are wondering whether any competitive products can compete with the runaway success of VMware's ESX Server hypervisor and Virtual Infrastructure 3 product.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Gritti Gas Rete Increases Flexibility and Cuts Costs With Virtualization2007-03-10 Microsoft
  The company has made the choice to outsource the IT infrastructure with the aim of reducing the tasks of its in-house management and system development personnel to a minimum, while keeping a close collaboration relationship with its technological partner in order to ensure rapid adaptation to the changes of operating and administrative needs. Computer Design presented Gritti Gas Rete with a server consolidation project and the simultaneous implementation of a disaster recovery system developed on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition technology.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper VirtualizeIT Designs and Implements a Virtual Infrastructure Platform for High Availability and Support of Business Critical Systems at Anglian Water2007-03-09 VirtualizeIT
  Anglian Water is one of the leading providers of water and wastewater services in the UK. This year, Telemetry Systems Manager, was required to review his IT infrastructure as some systems were coming to end of life and furthermore he had to take on the role of tactical systems development. This required a server environment that was both flexible and agile to enable support of rapid development of small business applications. Following consultation with VirtualizeIT, a VMware Authorized Consulting (VAC) Partner and VMware Enterprise VIP, Anglian Water began implementing a virtual infrastructure that would deliver on its business requirements.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Sun Virtual Desktop Access Kit for VMware Sun Desktop Virtualization Solution2007-03-08 Sun Microsystems
  As virtualization technology, which improves flexibility and mobility both for users and for IT organizations, has made its way into desktop architectures, there has been an increasing need for corresponding software tools and management capabilities. A properly designed desktop virtualization solution should allow users to access their desktop environments from an assortment of devices, such as PCs, thin clients, and compatible web browsers. The Sun Desktop Virtualization solution consolidates desktop operating system instances into the data center, using remote display protocols on a wide array of devices and network access methods to present them to users. Secure hosting and management of virtual desktop instances within the data center make it easier to offer remote user access that is both local and secure.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R22007-01-25 Microsoft
  Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a virtualization solution for consolidating multiple workloads onto a physical server, allowing organizations to make more efficient use and simplify management of their hardware resources. Built on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and bolstered with new functionality, Virtual Server 2005 R2 enables IT organizations to enhance their administrative productivity and rapidly respond to changing business needs. Virtual Server 2005 R2 is easily administered with standard server management tools. Virtual Server 2005 R2 is an extensively tested and well-supported virtualization solution that is supported both by the broader Independent Software Vendor (ISV) community and by Microsoft in conjunction with its server operating systems and applications.

Tags: Virtualization, Application Development		   
whitepaper BPM & SOA2007-01-18 01:00:27 Quocirca Ltd
  As business move away from buying applications to buying the means of facilitating business processes, a different approach to existing technology assets is required.   
whitepaper Connectivity & SOA2007-01-18 01:00:27 Quocirca Ltd
  Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) will provide greater flexibility for those utilising them, but will also bring greater issues for data and functional connectivity. This paper contrasts and compares the capabilities of a point-to-point and an enterprise service bus approach.