Data Center Strategies for the CIO
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Desktop Demystified: Server-Centric Client Virtualization Model Reduces Costs While Improving Security and Flexibility.
White Paper -- Client virtualization or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that offers IT the ability to host and centrally manage Virtual Machines while providing end users a full-desktop experience. If you haven’t yet discovered the advantages of a VDI, read this whitepaper and put yourself in command of the desktop.
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Virtualization Saves: From Acquisition to Administration, Server Virtualization Offers Cost Savings and More
Technical Article -- Stretching IT dollars is essential. And one of the main ways that a growing number of companies are making their IT budget dollars go farther is through server virtualization. The technology lets IT administrators create and run multiple server instances on shared host hardware.
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Say Yes to Virtualization: Server Virtualization Helps Businesses Achieve Considerable Reductions in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
White Paper -- Virtualized servers are yielding dramatic cost savings through consolidation of physical resources, reductions in power and cooling requirements, and slashed operational expenses. It’s delivering a magnitude of benefits that many businesses find virtually amazing. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the benefits of server virtualization.
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Virtualization and the Green Data Center: Server Virtualization Can Help Reduce Energy Costs by up to 50%
White Paper -- Server virtualization coupled with consolidation can help data center managers with efficiency and cost issues. Check out this paper to learn how your organization can achieve significant data center energy savings.
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CDW Virtualization Overview
Video -- Virtualization is more than just a buzzword. On the server side, companies are in full-fledged execution mode, and on the client side, things are starting to heat up, too. Come join us in CDW's downtown Chicago offices for a chat with Nathan Coutinho, solutions manager for CDW, to learn more about this exciting topic.
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Server Consolidation Assessment Tool
Assessment Tool -- Server consolidation can stretch your IT budget and make your data center more efficient. The CDW Server Consolidation Assessment can help you decide if consolidation is right for you.
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Desktop Virtualization
Podcast -- Virtualization is the future of enterprise computing. In this podcast, we discuss the two kinds of desktop virtualization - local and hosted - and how to decide which approach is best for your business. Download this podcast to learn more.