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

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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...

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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.

Solution Set

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.

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Info-Tech conducted its own market evaluation of six leading desktop virtualization solutions. Before sitting down with vendors, use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy the company's requirements.

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Desktop virtualization continues to expand in both function and use case. Select the solution that fits your desktop situation and provides the best user experience and TCO for your organization's needs.

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Each desktop virtualization vendor has its own strengths and weaknesses. Use this tool to ensure that shortlisted vendors meet enterprise requirements.

Template/Policy

Organizations in the selection process for a desktop virtualization solution should issue an RFP to gather required information, and make an informed final decision. This RFP template will help streamline your selection process.

Solution Set

While Citrix and VMware are the dominant players in the desktop virtualization market, it's important to explore other options.

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Info-Tech conducted a market evaluation of seven leading application integration middleware solutions. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy the company's requirements, before sitting down with dealers...

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The application integration middleware landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years. Once a niche market, middleware deployments have become an essential strategy for competing in today's business environment. Modern middleware will see a...

Solution Set

In today's IT environment, organizations often have numerous applications communicating with each other chaotically. Middleware streamlines that communication process, providing maximum integration benefits.

(8-Jul-11) According to Gartner, the number of virtualization workloads is set to grow fivefold by 2015, and the market no longer belongs solely to VMware. In a Magic Quadrant report published last week, the analyst firm for the first time...

Info-Tech Research Group ranks VMware Server Virtualization overall “Champion” with Citrix and Microsoft nipping at their heels and looking to 2012 as a big year London, ON – May 11, 2011 – A recent report published by Info-Tech Research...

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...

Windows Server 2008 early adopters deploy on new servers or replace existing Windows instances, according to a recent Info-Tech Research Group survey. A handful of enterprises are deploying the new Microsoft operating system to replace...

A recent Info-Tech Research Group survey sees more than 50% of enterprises running Linux or UNIX alongside flavors of Microsoft Windows. However, Windows is nearly ubiquitous and IT shops tend to deploy more instances of Windows at smaller...

The server operating system market is not a zero-sum game. Over 95% of enterprises with more than 500 employees use Microsoft Windows. Between 40% and 47% also run Linux, UNIX, or an IBM operating system (OS). As single-pane-of-glass management...

Migration from Solaris to Linux-based systems is not a trivial task. Existing Solaris shops evaluating a migration to Linux should undertake an end-to-end review of the technical differences and methods to complete a migration successfully.