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whitepaper Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria2008-05-15 EMC
  In the past several years, server virtualisation technology has moved quickly and firmly into the IT mainstream. Of the many approaches to system virtualisation available in the market today, VMware's hypervisor architecture has gained the greatest market acceptance. This paper examines the architectural issues, solution support, and enterprise readiness required when deploying such a virtualisation solution.   
whitepaper Using Virtualized Servers to Save Money on Disaster Recovery2007 Itanium Solutions Alliance
  Companies don’t need to experience a disaster firsthand to see the importance of having a solid disaster recovery plan. A study found over 40 percent of businesses that suffered a disaster never reopened. Within two years of the crisis an additional 29 percent failed.1 Even minor disruptions can severely impact operations if they bring your network down. Every hour that your business can’t do business means lost revenues and unhappy customers.The growing sophisticated virtualization technology slashed one way to curb the costs of disaster recovery by using virtualized servers and storage area networks linking distant datacenters.

The advantage of virtualized servers is you don’t need to match every server with an identical backup server. One virtualized server, running multiple operating systems and server applications as “virtual machines,” can back up multiple servers. The article introduces us how virtualization technology supports in disaster recovery in detail and the multiple options customers can search for. 		  
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization With Hyper-V Features and Architecture (Level 200)2008-03-07 Microsoft
  This paper introduces server virtualization with Hyper-V and discusses the evolution of server virtualization, explain the new architecture of Hyper-V, and examine new features and changes from previous Microsoft server virtualization solutions. It show how to configure Hyper-V server, how to configuring networks, and how to configure virtual machines.   
whitepaper IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series: Best Practices2008-03-01 IBM
  The Batch Magic tool is used to size a customer's current workload and to determine the size of the TS7700 needed to handle that workload. The tool determines several aspects of the required TS7700 including the host throughput required, in 100 MB/sec increments, and the number of back-end physical drives needed to handle the activity such as pre-migration and recalls. It is important to have the correct number of back-end drives to handle the host throughput. This paper provides the Best Practices for TS7700 Virtualization Engine performance increments versus the number of backend drives.   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology: Planning for Hyper-V and Terminal Services (Level 300)2008-02-19 Microsoft
  This webcast focuses on the architectural decision trees for Windows Server Virtualization - including Hyper-V and Terminal Services. It answers questions one may have about infrastructure requirements in various organization types, and scalability and/or architectural recommendations for the latest Microsoft virtualization technologies. The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA).   
whitepaper Disk Fragmentation in a VMware Environment2008-02-15 Raxco Software
  The purpose of a virtual machine is to allow the user to allocate physical systems resources to multiple tasks. In many computer operations, the CPU and memory resources are underutilized. Virtual machines allow an organization to get better resource utilization without the added expense of new hardware. They also provide a portable environment that can keep a system going on an alternative platform when there is a hardware failure. In the case of VMware, a virtual machine is created on a host disk. Many administrators believe it is a good practice to keep all their virtual machines in one directory. The virtual machine consists of two main files: the VMX file and the VMDK file.   
whitepaper IT Manager Webcast: Taking Control of Your Services With Service Virtualization (Level 200)2008-02-07 Microsoft
  Organizations are starting to reach the limits of their initial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) efforts because of an inability to control, maintain, and trust their services for mission-critical applications. Service virtualization enables to overcome some of the limitations of service implementations by managing endpoints, operations, and policies, instead of Web Services Description Language (WSDL) tools. This webcast looks at the Managed Services Engine (MSE), a solution developed by Microsoft Services that facilitates service virtualization by applying Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Microsoft SQL Server. It provides an overview of the architecture that utilizes emerging patterns such as service repositories, runtime brokers, and dynamic behaviors that can support runtime execution through metadata and configuration.

Tags: Application Servers, Service-Oriented Architecture, 		  
whitepaper ISA Server 2006 Virtualization Licensing2008-02-01 Microsoft
  Virtual Machine (VM) technology can provide a number of significant benefits to the organization, including optimized hardware utilization, better business continuity, and a more agile infrastructure. With VM technology, one can extend hardware infrastructure by running multiple operating system environments on a single server or other hardware system. Microsoft has developed licensing models that enable to take advantage of the benefits and capabilities of VM technology. This paper provides an overview of ISA Server 2006 licensing and addresses some common scenarios to help to better understand how to license ISA Server 2006 in virtual environments.   
whitepaper Premier Firm Speeds Deployments, Enhances Security, Reduces Desktop Imaging Time by 96 Percent2008-01-24 Microsoft
  Sutherland is the largest organically grown Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) player in the industry, with a significant offshore footprint and a balanced portfolio of services that include customer care, technology support, and integrated back-office services. It also offers a professional services arm, focused on process improvement consulting and global business transition. In spite of being a leader in its field, providing services to Fortune 1000 companies, Sutherland faced challenges in deploying, updating, and supporting applications for users. It needed a solution to address these challenges, simplify and accelerate application deployment and upgrades, and establish a cost-effective way to manage its IT infrastructure. Sutherland decided to deploy Microsoft Softgrid Application Virtualization for faster application deployment, enhanced security, and business agility.   
whitepaper Measuring Up for Server Virtualization2008-01-22 Computer Measurement Group (CMG)
  Virtualization is hot because there are very real and quantifiable dollar savings to be gained through proper server consolidation. That's not a misprint. Server virtualization is a technological method to consolidate servers. For those with a mainframe background, consider the business benefits of server consolidation mirroring the advantages of logically partitioning the mainframe. This paper presents a lab-based study designed specifically to aid in understanding performance measurements available directly from VMware ESX. This study sheds light on the impact of virtualization on Windows performance counters.