Veeam Data Center: The Challenge of The Always-On Business

The Veeam Data Center Availability Report 2014 investigates the increasing demands organizations face to provide an ‘Always-On Business’, what actions they are taking to meet those demands, and how successful their actions are. Following on from previous Veeam Data Protection Reports, this report investigates whether existing solutions can provide the always-on availability that businesses demand in the 21st Century.
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Virtual Backup Strategies: Using Storage Snapshots for Backups

Effective data protection is a mandatory element in the modern IT environment. Historically, backup strategies were confined to the last few chapters in an administrator’s manual and treated like an afterthought. Now they sit firmly at the forefront of every CIO’s mind. The ability to continue business operations after a system failure and the need to fulfil stringent compliance requirements have made backup a necessity—not only for business continuity, but also for business survival. The question organizations need to ask about data protection is not whether to backup their data, but how to backup their data.
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Providing security for software systems in the cloud

The software industry has learned that putting fancy boxes on the network doesn’t fix bad software. Especially if you’re using cloud-services, you need to focus on the risks they bring to the software you deploy. This paper details risks to software deployed in the cloud and tells you what steps you can take to mitigate those risks.
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Mobility tech dossier: There’s an app for that, but is it secure?

Companies can’t move fast enough to meet customer and employee demand for mobile services. But security has eroded over the past decade as companies strive to create applications for multiple platforms by farming design and development out to subcontractors. This trend has strained the processes and governance put in place to ensure application security. Read this dossier for proven best practices to mitigate risk and embrace mobility without trepidation.
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Making the Most of Data for Education

Today’s schools face a serious data problem. The problem isn’t that there’s too little data flowing though schools — or even that there’s too much of it — but rather that its use is too limited to provide the actionable insights into student performance that educators need. Student data, as it exists now, lives mainly in isolated silos that are compiled in static, state- and district-mandated reports issued with irregular frequency. Since data is often not accessible enough to teachers or administrators, students typically can’t benefit from timely interventions that could result from a close analysis of their performance, problem areas, and the strategies they most respond to.

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A New Model for Teaching and Learning

In an era when we challenge the status quo and institute new standards for teaching and learning, policy makers seek effective models. When we see success, we question how to take what works in that setting and recreate it in other places. The Science Leadership Academy, a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute, has established a highly successful inquiry-driven, project-based high school, where more than 95% of graduates pursue some form of post-secondary education. The key to understanding what works at SLA is in the combination of pedagogy—having solid curriculum and methods that encourage students to learn how to learn—and commitment—shared beliefs and shared responsibility for success by all stakeholders. This white paper explores how SLA has built this successful teaching and learning model so that educators can replicate the model elsewhere.

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Driving Outcomes with One-to-One Initiatives in K-12

By putting mobile devices into the hands of every student and teacher in their schools, districts open the door for a richer, more individualized educational experience. Learning is no longer confined to a desk and classroom. Teachers, now with a wealth of high quality resources at their fingertips, can design activities that push the boundaries of the traditional classroom, inspiring creativity, exploration and new discoveries. Discover some of the outcomes that Clear Creek ISD and Northwest ISD have seen since implementing their 1 to 1 initiatives with Dell tablets.

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Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016

Gartner discusses 10 technologies and capabilities that will be critical to organizations wanting to unlock the full potential of mobility as part of their digital business strategy. Download this Gartner report, compliments of Dell.

Gartner, Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016, Nick Jones, 12 February 2014

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2014 Strategic Road Map for Endpoints Using Mobility as the Key Driver

A mobility strategy should be embedded in an IT strategy, work processes and policies to align investments with business goals. IT leaders should consolidate PCs, Macs, desk phones, ruggedized devices, mobile devices and alternative endpoint device teams into a single I&O organization. Download this Gartner report, compliments of Dell.

Gartner, 2014 Strategic Road Map for Endpoints Using Mobility as the Key Driver, Leif-Olof Wallin et. al., 7 May 2014.

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What Makes a Private Cloud a Cloud?

To run a truly efficient private cloud, the enterprise must have clear visibility into operations, applications, and costs, no matter how heterogeneous the underlying virtualized environment. Read on to learn how to build the ties that bind the private cloud infrastructure to what the business needs. Dell Cloud features Intel® technology.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

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Top Five Reasons to Take Advantage of the Private Cloud Now

If your company has yet to investigate the move to a private cloud infrastructure, it’s clearly bucking the trend. The private cloud - defined as on-premise or hosted cloud-based infrastructure dedicated to your company’s use - has moved from the trendy to the mainstream, and organizations of all sizes and in virtually all industries are beginning to invest in private cloud solutions. Dell Cloud features Intel® technology. Download this paper to learn more.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

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Building the Business Case for Cloud: Real Ways Private Cloud Can Benefit Your Organization

Companies and IT organizations are exploring migrating to a cloud architecture today in order to rein in IT costs, gain the flexibility and agility to deliver new and better services, and meet rapidly evolving business requirements. Read this paper to further learn how:

• Leveraging cloud technology can help drive costs while enabling service-oriented IT.
• Private and hybrid cloud approached improve application delivery.
• Cloud implementations increase agility and help organizations adjust to meet customer and worker expectations.
• Dell Cloud features Intel® technology.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

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Three Tough Business Challenges a Private Cloud Can Handle

More organizations are discovering that private cloud gives IT the right foundation to tackle three tough business challenges every day. This paper by Dell and Intel® highlights these 3 challenges and the smart solutions that private cloud offers.

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Building a Windows Based Private Cloud

Information technology pervades all aspects of organizations today including operational systems like financial processing or customer-facing applications like e-commerce or partner management. Today there is an “IT on demand” mindset that expects rapid delivery of innovative technology solutions at lower costs. This trend is driving the adoption of cloud capabilities. Download this paper from Dell and Intel® to learn more.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

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Making the case for a PC refresh – Three reasons to upgrade to new client systems

When upgrading client PCs, there’s a balance to be achieved between the direct costs of refreshing systems and the overall value gained by increasing productivity with more secure devices. By understanding all the factors that contribute to total cost of ownership, organizations can develop a stronger business case for upgrading that moves beyond budget constraints to focus on value.

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