Intel’s Xeon 7400-series processor made a solid impact in 2008, with multiple top scores in benchmark surveys and powerful implementations. What does it mean for virtualization performance, especially as the enterprise moves toward virtualizing its most critical applications with a new generation of virtualization technology?

In this video podcast, IBM’s ...

Managing your enterprise datacenter with VMware Virtualization Disaster Recovery Solutions.

Speaker:
Jon Bock, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, VMware

As a concept, “unified communications” has been around for awhile. It can mean anything from bringing all business communications into a single, seamless user experience to bringing global collaboration and conferencing technologies onto the same basic platform as traditional voice and text communications systems. It’s one of the most exciting ...

The Core i7 microprocessor (built on Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture) represents a major advance in computing to enable chips to handle more data. In this video podcast, Ronak Singhal, a lead architect on Nehalem, says the chip design is an overhaul–the internal core has been changed significantly for added performance, as ...

Business are modernizing their SAP landscapes, preparing for ERP6.0 migration. Intel’s Enis Skillern speaks with James G. White, SAP modernization director for HP, about the technologies from the two companies that help enterprises keep costs low while allowing for maximum flexibility and scalability.

For more information, expert advice and answers, and ...

The VMware Virtual Datacenter Operating System is now an integral part of the enterprise infrastructure for many customers and needs to be managed alongside other infrastructure in the environment. We’ll discuss how VMware works with key partners to enable integrated management of VMware Infrastructure in the datacenter.

Featured Speakers:
David Friedlander, ...

In this podcast, which features highlights from the webinar Minimizing the Risk of Information Security Breaches, Best Practices for SOA Governance and Compliance, experts in the field grapple with today’s data security questions. One of the moderators, Andreas Antonopoulos, senior vice president and founding partner of Nemertes Research, says ...

This past Fall, Intel announced that the Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, marking the first time that the industry has seen 1.2 million database transactions per minute on an 8-socket IBM server. It was announced by Intel Executive Vice President Pat Gelsinger at IDF 2008, and it ...

As high definition video conferencing takes hold in the enterprise, it improves communication in clear ways, as well as in some subtle ones. The impact on the boardroom is one thing: groups and executives now come together for effective virtual meetings that save money and valuable energy resources. But new ...

MobileUC means bringing unified communications applications to mobile workers with the same quality and reliability as we have at the desks in our offices. In this German language podcast, Marcus Birkl, vice president with Siemens Enterprise Communications, discusses the impacts and challenges involved with keeping productivity high, costs low, and ...

MobileUC means bringing unified communications applications to mobile workers with the same quality and reliability as we have at the desks in our offices. In this podcast, Luc Roy, vice president with Siemens Enterprise Communications, discusses the impacts and challenges involved with keeping productivity high, costs low, and workers connected. ...

Join Lance Shaw, group product marketing manager at EMC, as he chats with Frost & Sullivan Principal Analyst Melanie Turek on how Web 2.0 technologies are transforming the way organizations conduct business today. Hear Melanie’s perspective on the potential benefits these tools can offer as well as the ramifications of ...

New technologies are helping the enterprise to save time, money and energy, while eliminating downtime. When virtualization meets the data center, the savings can be profound. Intel’s and VMware’s “Flex Migration” allows VMware’s VMotion to take advantage of all the hardware in the data center - from older generations to ...

Verizon Business is expanding its Managed WAN Optimization Services portfolio to help improve the performance of widely used business applications such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and collaboration tools to users around the globe. Verizon Managed WAN Optimization Services, now available on Cisco and Juniper Networks platforms, provide ...

Unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) – the integration of business telephony and information technology (IT) applications – enables corporate users to communicate more effectively and collaborate more easily. Yet, many global enterprises are challenged by the complexities of moving to UC&C. Mike Marcellin, vice president of global product marketing for ...

Janice Chaffin, group president, Consumer Business Unit at Symantec, discusses the Norton 2009 release, the expanding Norton portfolio, and initiatives focused on one-click support for customers. She also discusses how protecting consumers comes first, as they are the more frequent initial target of attacks, which is then leveraged by the ...

Today’s Knowledge Worker frequently has a whole new set of expectations for how to collaborate and use content as part of their daily jobs, thanks to ever-increasing usage of new Web 2.0 technologies, such as wikis, social networking sites, and blogs. Incorporating Web 2.0 tools into the way business ...

Thing5, a leading provider of software-based messaging services to the hospitality industry, is leveraging Verizon Business’ IP networking to offer cost-effective and reliable services via software-as-a-service (SaaS) to hospitality chains such as Extended Stay Hotels, La Quinta and LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels. David Thor, managing director of Thing5, ...

It may seem obvious that planning pays. But for those CIOs and their staffs, managing an IT infrastructure often occurs in an environment where problems are moving targets. Many organizations have little time to plan ahead. But they must. “You’re not going to get there unless you have a ...

Few enterprises understand the benefits and challenges of global collaboration better than TANDBERG, a leading provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video products. In this podcast, Rick Snyder, president of TANDBERG Americas, discusses his firm’s decision to deploy Verizon Private IP to connect 85 locations in 42 countries ...

Join BearingPoint Managing Director Greg Molley to explore the importance of Business Intelligence (BI) and how it can exponentially benefit your organization. In today’s challenging business market, the level of what’s available within a company is now more important than ever. Organizations are faced with increasing costs and no ...

In this video we hear from Sudip Chahal, principal engineer with the Intel IT Enterprise Architecture Group, talking about a new white paper from IT@Intel, “Evaluating Two- and Four-Socket Server Virtualization Platforms.” Chahal talks about the proof of concept testing and total cost of ownership analysis conducted in order ...

Enterprise content management (ECM) solutions have enabled organizations to more effectively manage information. Yet, the lack of an ECM standard has presented a huge challenge: How can content-enabled applications access and manage content among disparate systems?

To solve this problem, EMC, IBM, and Microsoft are joining forces to lead the drive ...

Effective collaboration is critical to the success of large businesses and a key challenge for information technology executives. A new managed service now available from Verizon Business – Verizon Managed Wireless LAN Service – enables business and government entities to take full advantage of wireless technology by extending mobility ...