http://www.itoamerica.com http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=808&name=IT+Savings+Made+Simple-Rethink+Your+User+Desktops The traditional PC, long a mainstay of corporate life, provides a rich target for those seeking to eliminate waste and maximize limited resources. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=842&name=Making+the+Case+for+Desktop+Virtualization Anyone familiar with IT knows that Citrix is a power player in the market, focusing on virtualization, centralization and optimization. Citrix serves 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and partners with more 10,000 companies worldwide. Glenn Willis, Editor-in-Chief of ITO America had the opportunity to speak with Harry Labana the VP and CTO of the XenApp Product Group at Citrix, Labana offers his executive insight on the ins and outs of desktop virtualization. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=podcast&id=843&name=A+Closer+Look+at+Desktop+Virtualization In this podcast, Harry Labana, VP & CTO at the XenApp Product Group at Citrix, makes the case for desktop virtualization by examining its benefits, risks and associated costs. Labana also explores the differences between desktop virtualization and VDI, and explains how Citrix's partnership with Microsoft has changed both companies' approach to desktop virtualization. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=podcast&id=843&name=A+Closer+Look+at+Desktop+Virtualization In this podcast, Harry Labana, VP & CTO at the XenApp Product Group at Citrix, makes the case for desktop virtualization by examining its benefits, risks and associated costs. Labana also explores the differences between desktop virtualization and VDI, and explains how Citrix's partnership with Microsoft has changed both companies' approach to desktop virtualization. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=podcast&id=849&name=Successful+IT+Consolidation Consolidating branch offices can be an efficient strategy, but you must know when it makes sense to consolidate all or part of the branch office. This podcast covers the rules of thumb for successful IT consolidation and explains the top three challenges for IT. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=855&name=A+Guide+to+Ensuring+Business+Continuity+through+the+Power+of+Virtualization With increasing pressure to better serve customers, ensure revenue growth and remain competitive at all times, business leaders are seeking a solution that allows them to efficiently continue to conduct business as usual-no matter what situation arises. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=856&name=Technical+Guide%3A+Using+a+Comprehensive+Virtualization+Solution+to+Maintain+Business+Continuity Establishing, implementing and maintaining an effective disaster recovery and business continuity plan is a high priority agenda item for organizations worldwide. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=webinar&id=857&name=Key+Considerations+for+Business+%26+IT+Continuity Business interruptions such as site closures due to fire, natural disasters, severe weather, and pandemics can displace employees from their workplace, significantly impacting the productivity of the employees; in turn financially impacting organizations. Join Bob Laliberte, ESG and Dave Podwojski, Dir. of Gov't, Education & Health, Citrix, Americas and discover the key technology components in an effective workforce & business continuity strategy. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=879&name=The+CIO%27s+New+Guide+to+Design+of+Global+IT+Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=879&name=The+CIO%27s+New+Guide+to+Design+of+Global+IT+Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1036&name=Increase+IT+Performance+from+the+Enterprise+to+the+Cloud+with+WAN+Optimization+-+Taneja+Group WAN optimization plays an important role in today's highly distributed datacenters and cloud computing architectures. Massive consolidation and data mobility, enabled by virtualization, have radically altered how we build servers, design applications, and deploy storage for the emerging 'cloud' decade. This paper discusses how Riverbed solutions effectively eliminate IT performance constraints in such environments. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1038&name=Making+the+Case+for+Application+Performance+Monitoring Monitoring the performance of your business-critical applications can be a significant undertaking in today's complex IT environment. This challenge is amplified as virtualization, cloud computing and composite applications continue to drive dynamic change in the data center. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1171&name=Simplifying+Virtualization%3A+Management+Through+Automation Virtualization - a technology that abstracts physical hardware from IT services - is a disruptive innovation that is taking IT by storm. A well-managed virtualization deployment improves server utilization, reduces hardware costs, increases uptime, makes IT faster to react, and drives significant ROI. It can also provide advantages in terms of service performance, application resiliency and responsiveness in delivering critical new IT services. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1172&name=Managing+Risk+on+the+Journey+to+Virtualization+and+the+Cloud Virtualization has set IT free from many of its legacy constraints on resource optimization. But as virtualization enables IT to evolve into highly flexible service architectures such as cloud computing, these new approaches to technology also introduce new risks. How can enterprises best manage the wide range of risk and compliance challenges that accompany the many opportunities introduced by these innovations? http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1234&name=Network+Management+and+the+Responsible%2C+Virtualized+Cloud One of the greatest "innovations" within the current IT climate is that of Cloud services. Cloud services can offer great advantages over traditional, siloed, infrastructure-centric approaches to IT, but we are now progressing beyond the unrealistic optimism phase and confronting the hard part of making it all work to it's potential. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1263&name=Improving+Business+Value+of+WAN+Optimization+-+IDC+Whitepaper+ Want to achieve faster ROI with WAN optimization? Read the latest IDC report and discover how you can cut IT costs without compromising performance, gain greater efficiency, and improve productivity and overall satisfaction. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1264&name=Forrester+Consulting+-+Optimizing+Users+and+Applications+in+a+Mobile+World Are your workers going increasingly mobile? Don't wait for their calls to slam Support when they experience poor application performance on the road. Discover in the Forrester report how companies are successfully deploying WAN optimization solutions that are specifically tuned for a mobile environment, delivering the acceleration needed to ensure consistent performance, room for new applications, and the ability to ensure end user productivity at all times. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1266&name=What%27s+Needed+for+Cloud+Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true-cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry, but it does hold real potential for new types of on-demand dynamic IT services. This paper seeks to clarify the definition of cloud computing, identify how far along users are in terms of cloud deployment, and examine the role of the network in the cloud computing model. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1267&name=ESG+-+Avoiding+the+Hazards+of+IT+Consolidation In an effort to reduce costs and streamline operations, today's large, distributed organizations are investing more in data center transformation, consolidation, and server virtualization. And yet many IT consolidation projects suffer from poor planning and implementation issues that ultimately impact application performance and user productivity. This technology brief investigates the processes and tools that are needed to provide complete enterprise visibility and WAN acceleration for high-priority traffic. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=podcast&id=1282&name=Interview+with+Founder+of+CloudChronicle.com+ In this interview with Patrick Pushor, CTO and Founder of CloudChronicle.com, Patrick discusses the models of consumption that lend themselves well to cloud computing, covers the challenges regulated industries face when launching cloud projects, touches on the public versus private cloud debate, and names some of the non-technical barriers to cloud adoption. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=podcast&id=1282&name=Interview+with+Founder+of+CloudChronicle.com+ In this interview with Patrick Pushor, CTO and Founder of CloudChronicle.com, Patrick discusses the models of consumption that lend themselves well to cloud computing, covers the challenges regulated industries face when launching cloud projects, touches on the public versus private cloud debate, and names some of the non-technical barriers to cloud adoption. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1381&name=Case+Study-+Riverbed+Steelhead+Enables+Private+Cloud+Services+for+Global+Natural+Resources+Firm Rayonier chose Riverbed Technology for a global WAN optimization solution in order to make its private cloud a reality. With Riverbed, Rayonier consolidated and virtualized eight data centers down to two, without diminishing end-user performance or adding bandwidth. Payback on the Riverbed investment was less than a year. Download the case study to learn how your organization can similarly benefit. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1382&name=Case+Study-+Riverbed+Enables+Cloud+Computing+for+Constangy%2C+Brooks+%26+Smith%2C+LLP Download this case study or watch the video to learn how Constangy, Brooks & Smith, a labor and employment law firm, improved the efficiency of their IT infrastructure. With the help of solutions from Riverbed Technology, the firm consolidated and virtualized many different servers, and eliminated the expense and difficulty of remotely managing hardware and software. Learn how you can too. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1383&name=WAN+Optimization%3A+The+Key+to+Effective+Private+Clouds This CIO article discusses how WAN optimization solutions, like those Riverbed Technology offers, can accelerate private cloud implementations and enable users to be productive, while helping to deliver the cost and management efficiencies businesses require. Read the informational story now and learn why companies like MasterBrand Cabinets chose Steelhead WAN optimization appliances for superior performance. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1384&name=Riverbed+Extends+from+WAN+Optimization+to+Edge+Virtual+Server+Infrastructure In this report, Taneja Group explores how Riverbed Technology has identified a way to lower IT costs in branch offices. The new Steelhead EX + Granite appliance combines a http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1385&name=Lab+Validation+Report%3A+Riverbed+Steelhead+EX+++Granite This informative ESG Lab report examines the Riverbed Steelhead EX + Granite appliance, which delivers a powerful combination of wide area network (WAN) optimization, a virtual services platform, and innovative block-storage optimization to help organizations consolidate servers and storage and deliver IT services globally, while ensuring the performance required in remote and branch offices. Download this informative report now to find out how edge-VSI can improve your IT infrastructure. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1386&name=Successfully+Consolidating+Branch-Office+Infrastructure+In+The+Face+Of+More+Users%2C+Services%2C+and+Devices The enormity of a consolidation effort in a global organization can be daunting, but the rewards are compelling. To get a step in the right direction, download this informative report from Forrester Consulting to find out how organizations are successfully consolidating their environments using advanced WAN optimization solutions along with an updated vocabulary and adjusted business approaches to drive greater business value from IT infrastructure. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1398&name=CIO%27s+Guide+to+Advanced+Consolidation Consolidating IT infrastructures is a continuing trend, particularly in an uncertain economy with organizations looking to reduce costs. Broader consolidation requires overcoming complexity, distance, latency, and silos; but a well-planned and executed consolidation approach can extend beyond cost savings to include improved risk mitigation and efficiently. Download and learn to maximize the data center of the future and consolidate without compromise. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1399&name=Four+Missing+Components+that+Put+Your+Data+Center+Consolidation%2FMigration+Project+at+Risk Data center consolidation and migration projects are fraught with risk. By using Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems to get a handle on dependency information, usage information, change impact information, and post-change problem identification, IT organizations can significantly reduce risk by automating and improving the planning process and minimizing disruption during implementation. Download this informative Riverbed white paper to learn more. http://www.itoamerica.com/index.php?section=pdf&id=1400&name=Forrester+Application+Visibility%3A+The+Root+Of+Good+Service+Management As your business needs become more dynamic, monitoring systems will be key to understanding how applications fulfill business needs and your ability to provide governance will determine the success level of your entire enterprise. With complexity growing at such a hyperbolic rate, in the future, automated application discovery and dependency mapping will not just be useful -it will be mandatory.