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(Source: NetApp) This technical case study reviews how the combination of VMware software and NetApp storage solutions provide significant advantages for companies consolidating servers and storage to Reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. VMware allows companies to reduce server counts by 50% or more without major application changes, while making it possible to adapt much more rapidly to support new projects and new applications. NetApp solutions simplify a company's overall storage infrastructure, creating a storage system that adapts rapidly to changing needs while improving data protection and disaster recovery-often by reducing or eliminating the need for tape-based solutions.

I know some IT managers are extremely skeptical of products or software that promise to cut power to servers or storage that's idle. But power management or demand response is becoming a much more common conversation among data center professional, one that developer Cassatt hopes to influence. ...

Xsigo Systems is the technology leader in data center I/O virtualization, a solution that reduces IT expense by changing the way that servers are connected to networks and storage. The Xsigo I/O Director delivers the following benefits and more: 70% fewer cables, cards, switch ports, 50% less capital cost, 100x greater agility and centralized, remote control of I/O resources.