It’s not enough to be a technical expert. Today’s IT pros need to develop skills that transform them into IT leaders. “More IT pros are taking on the role of leader.” This TechRepublic brief explores 10 things you should know to become an epic IT manager, plus 40 other essential tips to advance your IT career.  

Most email migration projects are quite complex. Following four steps will speed your migration and reduce the risk of unplanned downtime or migration failure: inventory the current environment, analyze usage, identify unused assets, and clean up unused assets. This white paper describes how a comprehensive reporting solution for your messaging and unified communications platform, such as MessageStats from Dell, can […]

Cloud computing, also known as ‘IT as a Service’, is predicated on delivering IT services on demand, an idea that has support from business leaders as a way to better align IT with business operations. Cloud computing has two key requirements: virtualized applications and seamless support and integration between the server, networking, storage and hypervisor components. In this paper, we […]

In the search for a more scalable approach to IT infrastructure, a growing number of schools see cloud-based computing as a tremendous opportunity to achieve large-scale efficiencies without sacrificing performance. Yet in order to realize these benefits and get the maximum return on their investment, colleges and universities must take into account the various challenges and considerations unique to each […]

This white paper separates fact from fiction, reality from myth, and, in doing so, will aide senior IT executives as they make decisions around cloud computing. While dispelling cloud computing myths, we will answer tough questions: How hard is it to adopt a private or hybrid cloud? How difficult is it to maintain and secure a cloud? How will the […]

Servers So Intelligent, They Redefine the Service Experience. HP has developed new online and enhanced remote service technologies designed to capitalize on the embedded HP ProLiant Gen8 management and monitoring capabilities. The most notable of these offerings — HP Insight Online — is the industry’s first comprehensive, cloud-based management and support solution with a personalized dashboard for monitoring device and […]

With HP Converged Storage and Microsoft® Windows®Server 2012, you can chart a simple, non-disruptive path from your current IT infrastructure to a Microsoft Private Cloud in order to respond faster to business needs and drive greater operational efficiency. Read this brochure to learn how HP Converged Storage not only simplifies deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2012, but also provides an […]

You live in the world of “now” – businesses dynamically connected through social and business networks that are creating an explosion in data growth. Agility, scalability and mobility are essential. In this webcast from Dell and VMware, you’ll hear from a pair of experts on why CIOs are turning to the enterprise hybrid cloud to thrive in this dynamic global […]