Solution Set

This vendor landscape looks at the blade system market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for your organization's server needs.

Note

This vendor landscape looks at the blade system market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for your organization's server needs.

Tool

This assessment and roadmap development tool will help you create a roadmap for future development of a managed virtual infrastructure and internal cloud.

Note

Server virtualization has gone from hot emerging trend to a mainstream reality. As virtual infrastructure becomes core infrastructure, focus investment on getting the most benefit at the lowest total cost.

Solution Set

For many enterprises, server virtualization is moving beyond basic consolidation into a more managed virtual environment, and potentially to the internal Cloud. Understanding the benefits of each of these stages and their associated costs will...

Note

VMware continues to dominate the server virtualization landscape; however, challengers such as Microsoft, Citrix, and Red Hat are providing competitive features for consolidation and virtual infrastructure management.

Tool

This tool allows enterprises to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on required capabilities and future requirements around server consolidation, virtual infrastructure management, and the internal cloud.

Tool

One of the keys to successful Application Portfolio Management (APM) is mapping business function and business value to applications in inventory. Use this tool to assess the business function and value of enterprise applications.

Tool

This tool allows enterprises to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on required capabilities and future requirements for blade systems.

Vendor Research

This report helps vendors and solution providers in understanding the market dynamics surrounding cloud adoption decision making. The analysis and guidance provided will help in selling and marketing cloud-related offerings.

Solution Set

This solution set will clearly describe the strengths and weaknesses of a full range of vendors in midrange storage and will apply a range of scenarios to provide deeper insight into what solutions are best.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to help vendors and solution providers understand the market dynamics surrounding consolidated storage. The analysis and guidance provided will help in selling and marketing consolidated storage solutions.

The general feeling in the Valley right now seems to be that there is a dearth of really new ideas or companies in the hopper. DEMO was flat, everyone has their Cleantech investments in place, and people are tired of talking about Facebook for...

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Explosive data growth, cloud computing, virtualization and consolidation, mobile computing; these are all major technology trends that are having a large impact on IT departments today. For infrastructure professionals, these trends are top of...

Note

Server virtualization and consolidation has become a way of life for most infrastructure managers. The breakdown of physical barrier through virtualization and consolidation has also led to the breakdown of traditional infrastructure rules and...

Video

Organizations pursue shared services to reduce costs and increase quality. However, ineffective governance frequently undermines the benefits of shared services, with over a third of implementations increasing costs. This video will discuss...

Solution Set

IT managers have come under increasing pressure to cut costs, and implementing shared services has become a popular demand from the business.

Note

Organizations pursue shared services to reduce costs and increase quality. However, ineffective governance frequently undermines the benefits of shared services, with over a third of implementations increasing costs.

Tool

Use this tool to pick the optimal governance model for your organizational scenario and follow the appropriate steps to get the implementation launched.

Template/Policy

This template is designed to provide server virtualization vendors with a consistent set of instructions, ensuring an objective comparison of product features, all while evaluating ease-of-use, and ease of setup and configuration. This template...

Tool

This TCO tool provides organizations with a framework for estimating the costs associated with deploying a server virtualization solution relative to a server refresh, or an alternate vendor.

Video

VMware continues to dominate, but selection isn't just about who is the leader. Competitors are providing legitimate alternatives for consolidation and virtual infrastructure management.

Template/Policy

Organizations embarking on the selection process for server virtualization may elect to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) after determining their final selection criteria.

Tool

For organizations that have issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) to evaluate server virtualization vendors, gathering and scoring the various responses can be difficult and time consuming. This tool enables enterprises to evaluate and...

Tool

Info-Tech Research Group has established that savings through lower one-time and ongoing server acquisition costs is the strongest argument in a business case for server virtualization. Use this calculator to get a broad sense of the...

Solution Set

Many consolidation projects are poorly planned, costly, and time consuming. They result in angry executives, unhappy users, and IT in the hot seat.

Template/Policy

Reviewing the application portfolio and evaluating options for consolidation is a comprehensive and detailed process involving various stakeholders and complex procedures. Initial planning for the project is critical to its success.

Solution Set

Provisioning an app or service in a consolidated environment is less about acquiring and deploying technology than it is carving resources out of an existing pool of capacity. Server and storage consolidation breaks a neat 1-to-1 connection that...

(10-Sept-10) Analysts from Info-Tech Research Group recently examined green IT initiatives, seeking to determine what contributed to their success—or failure. Four factors helped initiatives succeed: a strong and well-communicated adoption...

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Consolidated network storage is a strategic enabler that forms the foundation for server consolidation and a unified approach to data and system availability and recovery.