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Virtualized Desktops Deliver Mobile Learning

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:28:47 -0500

Extending a law schools reach with virtual technology. - Colleges and universities across the country seek to provide engaging, personalized learning environments, using multimedia-rich curricula to support collaborative education and distance learning. And, armed with laptops, tablets and smartphones, students and faculty are demanding anytime, anywh...

Leveraging Virtualization's Business Value

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:18 -0500

Virtualization technology has morphed from a mere enabler of efficiency into a fast-emerging bottom-line contributor. - Look at how far virtualization has come. From its earliest roots as a way to squeeze more out of expensive mainframe computers, followed by its widespread adoption as a tool for consolidating overtaxed data centers, virtualization technology has morphed from a mere enabler of efficiency into a f...

Desktop Virtualization Ready for Prime Time

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:07:49 -0500

Lower prices and a growing need to manage multiple OS and consumer devices help drive adoption. - Virtualization isnt exactly a newcomer in the corporate world. Gartner reports that about 40 percent of all servers have already been virtualized and the figure will likely top 75 percent in only three years. But there remains untapped opportunity for organizations looking to ratchet up efficiency, ...

Cloud Computing: Public Versus Private Options

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:34:31 -0400

Business and technology managers may be uncertain about the differences between public and private clouds, but they need to get up to speed very quickly because the demand for cloud computing is increasing at a fast clip. - If youve decided to take your organizations enterprise �into the cloud,� youre hardly alone. And if youre weighing whether to go with a public cloud versus a private one, well, you have lots of company there, too. Take United Seating and Mobility, which sells specialized wheelchairs at 30 locatio...

Cloud Computing: Public or Private?

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:34:26 -0400

Its not easy deciding whether to choose a public or private cloud. Here are some tips that can help. - Here are three factors to consider: 1. If you want wide access to a large range of IT tools with virtually no restrictions, youll probably want to go the public-cloud route. As when ordering at a cafeteria, you pick what you want and use the tech solutions as you need them, with no contractual ob...

Getting Started With VDI

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:53:37 -0500

The idea of running some of your desktops inside a secure data center has a lot of appeal, but the costs for building the right infrastructure can consume the savings that VDI promises to generate. Here are some guidelines for dealing with these challenges.

See also: Best Practices for Desktop Virtualization - Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offers both big promises and big challenges for IT managers. On the plus side, the idea of running some of your desktops inside a secure data center has a lot of appeal, particularly to the generation that grew up during the mainframe computing era and wishes to ...

Building a Data Center for the Future

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:52:48 -0500

ROEL Construction implemented Virtualization and storage solutions that improved data center operations and would scale to meet its future needs, while providing the eco-friendly and cost-saving benefits of reduced power and energy consumption. - When ROEL Construction needed a new cost- and energy-efficient solution that would centralize storage and be eco-friendly, the company opted for a virtual data center. Kevin Fitzpatrick, ROELs IT director, discusses the challenges, choices made and results of these efforts. As a 90-year-old family...

VMworld Focuses on Management

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:11 -0400

Crowds gathered recently at the Moscone Center to discuss innovations in virtualization. With so many companies deploying virtualization solutions on a massive scale, this year's hot topics were around managing and optimizing virtualized platforms and systems. - ...

Slimming Down with Thin Clients

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:18:04 -0400

Embarq hopes to save money with thin-client computing. - Everyones looking for ways to cut costs in a challenging economy. Communications services provider Embarq Corp. is trying to accomplish this by slimming down through the use of thin computing. The Overland Park, Kan., company has launched a project to refresh 3,000 desktop PCs with thin computing ...

Best Practices for Electronic Health Records and Virtualization

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:32:57 -0400

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization EHR project team provides some lessons learned from its big virtualization project.

Managing Your Hypervisors

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:35:17 -0400

As you dive deeper into virtual machine technology, you need a solid understanding of the issues involved, particularly when you run your VMs on what are called "bare-metal hypervisors." - Virtual machine technology is proliferating across enterprise data centers. Server consolidation, energy savings and better resource utilization are all good reasons to consider using one physical server running a series of guest VMs. But as you dive deeper into VM technology, especially for virtu...

Rx for Data Woes

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:16 -0500

Virtual data marts add flexibility, security and scalability to Pfizers rigorous drug development process. - When Pfizer Research Fellow Dr. Michael Linhares and his team introduced a data integration framework in January 2008, it had to accommodate the companys rigorous drug development process. Here, Linhares discusses the teamwork that led to the creation of virtual data marts, which were designed to in...

State Street Puts Agility in The Fast Lane

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:20:03 -0500

This global financial services provider uses virtualization, a service-oriented architecture and a zero-footprint IT model to react quickly to changing conditions. - Ask any CIO what it takes to gain a competitive advantage in todays business environment, and youre likely to receive an earful about �speed� and �agility.� But behind the buzzwords and the emphasis on big pipes and fast processors, theres this often-overlooked fact: No amount of technology can tran...

The Growing Appetite for Virtualization

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:55:00 -0500

Energy conservation, improved performance and reduced cooling costs are just a few of the benefits of virtualization and consolidation. - The Tasty Baking Co. is making a major IT overhaul. In the process, innovations in server virtualization and storage consolidation are saving the company considerable dough in energy costs and on many other fronts. With $250 million in annual revenue and 4.8 million baked goods produced daily, Phi...

Virtualization Is the New Clustering

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:22:01 -0400

As IT shops gain expertise in virtualized applications, they can also get a better handle on load balancing and availability once the domain of clustering solutions. - As enterprises become more involved in virtualizing their application servers, they are finding that virtualization can deliver more than just better utilization of their computing resources. High availability and near-term server failover, previously the province of clustered servers, are now avail...