The Impact of Cloud Computing on the Network
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2012-
The media is overflowing with discussions of the benefits of adopting cloud computing and enabling technologies such as virtualization. What has been missing from that discussion is an analysis of what has to happen to the network and the management of the network to enable them to support cloud computing. For example, the deployment of vSwitches will potentially result in IT organizations having to manage hundreds of new switches from multiple vendors. In addition, today?...
Advances in Network Management
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May 2011-
The role of network management has fundamentally changed. It is no longer just about the availability of networks. It now includes managing the performance of networks, applications and services. In addition, the continued deployment of new functionality, such as mobility and the virtualization of just about every component of IT, is making the task of network management significantly more challenging. Thankfully, there has been a lot of investment in network management, and the panelists in ...
Is There A Compelling Business Case For Desktop Virtualization?
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May 2009-
According to Gartner Research, it costs nearly $6,000 per year to maintain a PC for each of its two-to-three-year lifespan. Tim Fitzgerald, of Avnet Technology Solutions, argues that as much as 40 percent of the desktop TCO can be eliminated by switching to hosted virtual desktops (HVD). He suggests that the enterprise will realize benefits such as simplified, streamlined management, reduced desktop maintenance and support costs, improved compliance and security, and improved end-user SLAs. With the HVD ...
Medianet: Next-Generation Networking For Collaborations And Video
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May 2009-
By 2012, global IP traffic will be six times greater than its 2007 level, with half a zetabyte crossing the global IP network in 2012 alone, and much of this growth will be driven by the increasing use of video for communication and collaboration. Cisco’s Kumar Srikantan discusses the characteristics of video traffic, especially those that make managing it more challenging, as well as key attributes of real-time HD video applications. In addition, Srikantan addresses major concerns ...
CA: Application Performance Management
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May 2009-
Research shows that the top drivers for the adoption of application performance management are the need to improve employee productivity, the need improve responsiveness to external customers, and to support plans for business growth. CA’s Paul Ellis outlines four phases and six rules to follow in order successfully implement application performance management and to reap the benefits.
Virtualization: Enabling Disaster Recovery For Any Sized Business
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May 2009-
In his presentation on virtualization, Stratus Technologies Joop Janssen discusses where server virtualization is taking us, and how businesses both large and small can benefit, especially when it comes to BC and DR planning. High availability, asynchronous deployment, centralized resource management, and DR without duplication are some of the major benefits that can be realized through virtualization. Large or distributed enterprises can support multiple production sites with a single DR site using virtualization, with no ...
Virtualization: Life In The Trenches
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Virtualization is taking hold in IT organizations across the globe, in large projects and small. Christopher Steffen, of Kroll Factual Data, presents a real-life example of a virtualization project at a leading provider of business information to mortgage lenders, consumer lender, property management firms, and other businesses. Kroll Factual Data’s production environment is now 85 percent virtualized, its development environment is completely virtualized, and the company has 63 VM hosts running over 1,600 virtual machines. Through virtualization, ...
Virtualization Management Panel
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
According to VMware’s Ben Verghese, businesses can only change as fast as their IT can. With over 70 percent of the average IT budget allocated for application and infrastructure maintenance, there is very little left over to invest in IT innovation and creating a competitive advantage. In this panel discussion, Verghese walks you through the evolution of virtualization management, from the basics of launching a virtualization project all the way to the management of a ...
Are Virtual Infrastructures Secure? More Or Less?
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May 2009-
According to VMware, 85 percent of its customers are using virtualization for mission-critical production services. According to Gartner, however, 60 percent of virtualized servers will be less secure than their wired counterparts and 30 percent of virtualized servers will be associated with a security incident. Given these statistics, Tripwire’s Chris Orr discusses the dark side of virtualization. Orr also presents the characteristics of high-performance IT groups, including standardized configuration strategy, process discipline, and controlled access to production ...
Tuning, Tweaking, And Troubleshooting Your Virtual Infrastructure
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May 2009-
According to Akorri’s Rich Corley, virtualizations projects fail due to poor visibility, poor analysis, and poor coordination of teams. Infrastructure tends to be heterogeneous, cross-domain, and shared, which leads to resource contention, server-only physical-to-virtual planning, and configuration mistakes, all of which lead to poor performance after virtualization. Corley’s discussion examines these pitfalls and discusses simple steps that can be used to avoid them.