Must-have data center utilities: Picks by IT pros

	Reality check: Southern scales back desktop virtualization | Survey finds many disappointed in virtualization, cloud computing
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	Must-have data center utilities: Picks by IT pros Some of your peers rely on these tools to help run their shops, for everything from virtual machine backup to real-time server graphing and capacity planning. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault provide expert guidance, peer advice, survey results and best practices to help you protect your mobile infrastructure. From determining a policy for employee-owned devices and data encryption to supporting the six major mobile operating systems, securing mobile devices and data is a top priority. View now In this Issue Reality check: Southern scales back desktop virtualization Survey finds many disappointed in virtualization, cloud computing VMware CEO: What we plan for the post-PC era Chris Poelker: How to build a cloud-based organization Josh Stephens: X-Men, virtualization and why they're relevant to you He's looked at clouds from both sides now RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Quest Save The Day – and Your Data - With vRanger Your VMware success depends on protecting critical Exchange data. It's a job for vRanger, the mighty backup and recovery solution. vRanger is simple, streamlined and faster than a speeding bullet, so your virtual data is safe and secure, today and tomorrow. Get your free trial and see for yourself. Reality check: Southern scales back desktop virtualization Southern Co. had been planning to move most of its employees into a virtual desktop environment within two to three years but will now tackle a much smaller-scale deployment over time. Read More Survey finds many disappointed in virtualization, cloud computing Too often, organizations aren't getting as much out of virtualization and hybrid cloud computing as they first thought they would, according to a Symantec survey of 3,700 information technology managers in 35 countries. Read More VMware CEO: What we plan for the post-PC era Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware, sees virtualization as one piece of the platform VMware intends to offer a mobile, cloud-enabled world. (Insider content - free registration required.) Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Adding Visibility to WAN Optimization Too often network professionals find themselves stuck in reaction mode, which can prevent them for strategically planning for positive, long-term benefits. Read this report to learn some best practices for understanding and improving the visibility and performance of mission-critical, networked applications. Read now! Chris Poelker: How to build a cloud-based organization The first step for moving from a traditional data center model into the cloud is typically determined by the state of your IT infrastructure. If you have recent investments in servers or storage and your infrastructure is fairly new, you can begin by introducing virtualization into your existing data center to create your own private infrastructure cloud. Read More Josh Stephens: X-Men, virtualization and why they're relevant to you As I was watching X-men, I was thinking about the fact that early on in the movie most folks didn't know anything about mutants and they didn't think that they needed to. They figured this was a subject that was only important to scientists so why should they bother to learn about it. Believe it or not, virtualization has some very similar traits. (Insider content - free registration required.) Read More He's looked at clouds from both sides now A colleague recently sent around this quote from a university CTO he interviewed for an upcoming article: "We're not building some generic Joni Mitchell cloud. The thing we're trying to do is build a cloud that is really infrastructure and services, not some vanilla, virtualized blah, blah, blah." Read More
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