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- Get the skinny on licensing Microsoft server products in virtual environments
- Microsoft licensing has always been difficult to understand. Adding virtualization licensing that is different from standard licensing makes it even more confusing. Steven Warren helps you sort through the confusion of virtualization licensing. by Steven Warren
- Tags: Server, Virtual Environment, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)
- Datium is an organization that has been on the leading edge of virtualization for a while, and they currently have VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. Datium is looking for a single set of tools to manage their virtual environments. The presenter of this webcast looks at how Datium...
- Tags: Webcast, Virtual Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft TechNet, Datium
- Webcasts 2009-02-04
- AVChat 1.08 (Windows)
- AVChat3D is a 3D dating, online multiplayer game. It supports relationship building and lifelike interaction as part of the game play. AVChat3D's virtual dating is the next step in online dating. With AVChat3D, you can bring out your fantasies and desires! You can hide your real personality, and meet new...
- Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Environment, AChat Animation Studios, AVChat3D
- Software downloads 2009-03-11
- Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
- Business Service Management BSM is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or customer service - IT is able to deliver on real business goals like providing competitive advantage, improving customer satisfaction,...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Information Technology, Business Service, Virtual Environment, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Virtualization Support for SLA-Driven Resource Distribution Within Service Providers
- Resource management is a key challenge that service providers must adequately face in order to ensure their profitability. This paper describes a proof-of-concept framework for facilitating resource management in service providers, which allows reducing costs and at the same time fulfilling the quality of service agreed with the customers. This...
- Tags: SLA, Service Provider, Virtual Environment, Resource Management, Business Services, Service Level Management, Virtualization, It Operations, It service Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-14
- Programming Language Support for Collaborative Virtual Environments
- Collaborative Virtual Environments CVEs are a very popular form of entertainment. The high cost of developing CVEs has limited their use in small scale or experimental domains. The 3D graphics, network communications, and audio features of CVEs pose significant challenges for developers. This paper describes very high-level language support for...
- Tags: 3D, University Of Michigan, Programming Language, Virtual Environment, Programming, Collaborative Virtual Environment
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Using Hardware-Based Voice Recognition to Interact With a Virtual Environment
- This paper presents ongoing research on human-computer interaction in virtual environments using voice recognition systems. The paper starts describing voice recognition technologies (software and hard-ware based). The Virtual Reality Laboratory of the University of Colima has begun an initial development of a desktop virtual environment where a virtual molecule was...
- Tags: Voice Recognition, Virtual Environment, Hardware, Voice Recognition System, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Shadow Defender 1.1.0.266 (Windows)
- Shadow Defender is an easy-to-use desktop security and privacy protection tool for Windows operating systems. It provides an excellent way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being made to a PC. With Shadow Defender you can run system in a virtual environment, called Shadow Mode. And all the attacks...
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Environment, Attack, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Business Continuity in a Virtual Environment
- Are you prepared for virtual environment outages that affect business continuity? What are the potential threats in virtual systems? This webcast covers the strategies and approaches for protecting your virtual environment--including hypervisors. virtual machines, and physical hosts--to help you assess and select the appropriate high availability...
- Tags: Virtual Environment, Business Continuity, It Services
- Webcasts 2008-09-30
- Proactively Reduce Risk and Improve IT Security in Physical and Virtual Environments
- Learn more about the security risks and vulnerabilities faced by organizations, and the elements of a proactive security approach. Then find out how Tripwire helps organizations attain and maintain a good security posture using industry-leading configuration assessment and change auditing to harden systems against security breaches, automate compliance with security...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Virtual Environment, Tripwire, Security
- White papers 2008-09-11
- Managing Enterprise Services in Virtual Environment
- Virtualization is becoming an increasingly commonplace commodity. The Service Lifecycle Management project at HP Labs is investigating how it can be applied to a more flexible provisioning of enterprise applications as a service by providing an automated delivery framework, enabling traditionally heavy-weight enterprise applications to become more agile. The work...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Virtual Environment, Enterprise Application, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software
- White papers 2008-07-06
- TechNet Webcast: Securing the Virtual Environments (Level 300)
- Security is of paramount concern for all organizations, and it is no different for a virtual solution. The presenter of this webcast gives the four main solutions from the previous webcasts and covers some best practices for ensuring the virtual environment is secure.
- Tags: Webcast, Virtual Environment, Microsoft TechNet
- Webcasts 2009-03-06
- Storage Management for Virtual Environments
- Server virtualization is transforming IT operations, however it also makes storage management more complex and in many cases does not support capabilities available today in physical server environments. Current x86 virtualization solutions have tried to solve this problem using a file system-based approach, but this architecture forces users to give...
- Tags: Virtual Environment, Storage, Storage Management, Virtualization, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-07-09
- Running Exchange Server 2007 in a virtual environment
- In efforts to virtualize everything from the lowliest application server to the highest-end database server, Exchange servers look like scrumptious candidates. After all, those servers just run e-mail, right? Not so fast. Although Microsoft does support virtualizing Exchange in certain scenarios, there are a number of caveats and requirements. by...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, Virtual Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Exchange, Servers, Hardware, Scott Lowe
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Mandrake Linux founder offering Open Virtual Desktop Solution for the enterprise
- Former Mandrake Linux founder heads up a new company called Ulteo, now offering a Virtual Desktop Solution to serve up Linux applications, but the plans are to support Windows applications as early as 2009. by Selena Frye
- Tags: Virtual Environment, Virtual Desktop, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, Ulteo, Linux, Open Source, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Managing a Virtual Environment
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic, ZDNet, or BNET! Offer ends June 26, 2009.View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover the major virtualization technologies and learn how to deploy and manage a virtual server environment in this introductory course. This Global Knowledge exclusive course covers...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Virtual Environment, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- Training 2008-01-01
- Application Availability in a Virtual Environment
- As enterprises implement server virtualization in their data centers and move from a one application/one server architecture to a consolidated virtual server environment, application availability becomes more important than ever. For today's business-critical applications, enterprises require robust, proven solutions. They must be confident that they are protected, not only against...
- Tags: Virtual Server, Virtual Environment, Application Availability, Server Virtualization, Servers, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-09
- Re-Evaluating Disaster Recovery for Virtual Server Environments
- Today, as more mission-critical applications and data are deployed in a virtual environment, organizations must evaluate the most efficient ways to manage them in both physical and virtual environments. They must also incorporate a comprehensive, proven HA/DR plan into their overall business strategy. Ultimately, this will help ensure the successful...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Symantec Corp., Environment, Virtual Environment, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-24
- Data Deduplication: The Smart Choice in Virtual Environments
- IT managers and executives are in a tough spot. Cost reduction is a non-negotiable objective this year, while user expectations remain high and demand continues to rise. It's no surprise, then, that Symantec's recently released 2008 State of the Data Center report found a flurry of activity is being aimed...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Center, Virtual Environment, De-duplication, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2009-03-12
- Forterra Systems On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) Technology Overview: A Multi-User, Virtual World Software Platform
- Virtual worlds are being developed to support a variety of industries for the purposes of collaboration, training, analysis, experimentation, socializing and entertainment. The creation of realistic, virtual worlds, populated by large numbers of people, requires a sophisticated, distributed architecture. Organizations developing these solutions will need to create, support, and maintain...
- Tags: Virtual World, Olive, Virtual Environment, Forterra Systems, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-05
