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When planning for cloud computing, you must take a look at your virtualized data center and examine whether or not it is ready for this environment. Your data center must be prepared for the increased demands the cloud introduces in order to maintain efficiency. This white paper discusses how to successfully transition your data center to the cloud by leveraging the following tactics: power management, unified networking, scale out storage, and mor...

With the introduction of cloud computing, the IT industry has a new path for applying Shared Services business models to better utilize a company’s financial and operational resources. At the same time, it creates the need to understand how these new business models can be integrated with existing IT organizations and business, and understanding that it is sub-optimal to organize the management of IT resources into a “one size fits allâ�...

Has BYOD really arrived? How are organizations responding to this latest challenge to IT? Get the answers to these pressing questions and more in this just-released research from HDI. So whether or not you’re currently running a BYOD program, planning to roll one out or just curious how a BYOD program might impact your organization – this research brief is for you!   ...

Is your IT department stretched thin? Are you experiencing tighter budgets and a shortage of staff to administer and manage software? McAfee Security-as-a-Service solutions are designed to provide organizations with a comprehensive set of security products built in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. This strategy takes advantage of McAfee’s core strength in threat prevention, a diverse SaaS portfolio, and our industry-leading Global Threat I...

Since its release in March, VMware vCenterâ„¢ Operations has been gaining significant market traction in managing dynamic virtual and cloud infrastructure. This webcast highlights VMware customer Brian Mack from MAXIMUS, a leading provider of health and human services programs to government organizations, and his experience in deploying vCenter Operations. Brian will discuss how he implemented vCenter Operations in his environment, the results he�...

This webcast is designed for those with little to no virtualization experience to understand why virtualization and VMware are so important to driving down both capital and operational costs. Hear about key concepts and technologies of virtualization, including the VMware vSphere® Hypervisor and VMware vSphere 5, the world’s most robust and complete virtualization platform. This session will also introduce the new vSphere Storage Appliance a...

Tape-based storage is more relevant today than ever before. Depending on the environment, tape can be an optimal choice for backup, disaster recovery, archiving, or even primary storage. Tape especially shines for large-scale, long-term archiving. When implementing an active archive strategy, tape has significant advantages over disk, both in cost and functionality. Download this Data Mobility Group Research Note sponsored by HP & Intel to learn ...

As with any uncomfirmed Apple news, take this one with a big ole grain of sodium chloride. PatentlyApple reports that Apple has been granted a patent for a steering-wheel-mounted remote control for various iDevices. The patent describes a device looking like the multi-touch controller from an original Apple iPod but mounted to a clamp that grabs your car's steering wheel. Once attached to the outer rim, it would put control of your iPhone, iPod touch...

Google today provided an update on its security efforts, revealing that it identifies almost 10,000 new malicious websites every day and serves up millions of daily malware-related warnings to users. Google finds about 9,500 new malicious websites every day, Niels Provos from Google's security team wrote in a blog post. "These are either innocent websites that have been compromised by malware authors, or others that are built specifically for mal...