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IT@Intel Brief: The Value of PC Refresh with Microsoft Windows 7 sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn why Intel IT decided to implement an enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Windows. This paper provides a discussion of all the performance, manageability, and security benefits that come with this upgraded opeating system. Posted: 27 Sep 2010 \| Published: 14 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Systems \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems \| Operating Systems

Linux in the Mainstream: Highlighting Customers Running Their Business on Red Hat Enterprise Linux sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper presents three case studies of customers that are using Linux for large deployment, business-critical applications. Posted: 11 Dec 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Business Process Management \| Linux \| Linux Server Hardware \| Operating System Virtualization \| Operating Systems

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Managing Datacenter Complexity sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: With advanced virtualization management, intelligent configuration management and more, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center helps IT managers reduce complexity, and simplify infrastructure management. Posted: 23 Mar 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Enterprise Systems \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Operating Systems \| Storage Management

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: The Original Cloud Operating System sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will help you understand how Linux, unlike competing OSes, is the natural fit for cloud computing. Posted: 04 Sep 2013 \| Published: 04 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Linux \| Linux Desktop Environment \| Operating System Virtualization \| Operating Systems

Which Operating System is Right for your Business Needs? sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This white paper talks about the challenges of migrating from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11 and highlights the benefits of migrating from Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux instead. Posted: 09 Apr 2014 \| Published: 30 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Migration \| ISVs \| Linux \| Linux Desktop Environment \| Operating Systems \| Oracle (Product) \| Solaris \| TCO

Solitaire Interglobal: PowerLinux vs Windows for your SAP Deployments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper assesses two leading operating systems and provides proven metrics for effectively evaluating them. Determine which platform offers the availability, performance, and efficiency that your SAP environment requires. Posted: 27 Apr 2012 \| Published: 27 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Downtime \| ERP \| ERP Software \| High Availability \| Linux \| Linux Server Hardware \| Operating Systems \| SAP (Product) \| Windows

Deploying Operating System Images on Dell Business Client Systems using Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 provides unified processes and tools for desktop and server OS deployment using a common deployment console and a collection of best practices. The toolkit provides a single mechanism for image creation and an automated installation process to reduce deployment time. Posted: 19 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Operating Systems \| Server Management

Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Dell Servers sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and underlying technologies, and offers guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers. Posted: 19 Nov 2010 \| Published: 19 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Best Practices \| DHCP \| Enterprise \| High Availability \| Operating Systems \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine Monitor \| VMware

RHEV for Servers Feature Comparison sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This document details the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in comparison with VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2. This document is designed to give you information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and to allow you to compare features and benefits across multiple virtualization platforms. Posted: 24 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Operating Systems \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| VMware

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on Next-Generation Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc., Intel and Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the defining reliability, availability, and serviceability characteristics of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Learn how they enable the addition and removal of physical and logical devices while improving system availability and increasing capacity. Posted: 27 Apr 2011 \| Published: 26 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Linux \| Linux Server Hardware \| Memory \| Operating Systems \| Processor Architectures \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Virtualization