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Podcast Series: ITIL support services
Identify ITIL support services to offer customers in part two of our three-part ITSM and ITIL podcast series.Podcast
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Podcast Series: ITSM and ITIL basics
Adelle McIlroy of GTSI Corp. identifies ITSM and ITIL services you could be offering to customers in part one of SearchSystemsChannel.com's three-part ITSM and ITIL podcast series.Podcast
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Podcast Series: ITSM and ITIL FAQ
How can you justify ITSM spending? What should your ITSM and ITIL priorities be? How can you involve customers in the project? Get answers to these ITSM and ITIL FAQs and more in part three of ITSM and ITIL podcast series with Pink Elephant's George Spalding.Podcast
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Business intelligence software ROI
Business intelligence (BI) software allows a reseller to be more responsive to their customer's needs, but that agility comes with a price. This guide will help you sell and deliver an effective BI solution.ROI Guide
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Providing shared availability with a cold spare server
Solution providers can sell SMB customers a shared server chassis to rapidly ease server failure by providing a compatible cold spare server.Tip
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Seven questions for backup and disaster recovery customers
To determine whether your customers need to outsource their backup and disaster recovery services, they need to answer these questions, such as when was their most recent backup test, and allow you to explain the value you can provide in each area.Tip
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How to get in the backup and disaster recovery service game
Backup and disaster recovery (BDR) services can be a great addition to a managed service provider’s portfolio, but it requires a deep level of trust from your customers. Learn about the risks and rewards of this solution for MSPs.Tip
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Virtual disaster recovery best practices guide for VARs
Separate yourself from competitors by knowing how to produce a disaster recovery (DR) plan for your customers, including how to cut costs for them, and the best approaches for a virtual DR environment.Guide
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Shaping a solution provider's ESX DR plan: Disaster types
Solution providers can avoid surprises late in the ESX disaster recovery (DR) game by forming a solid DR plan and knowing how to deal with different disaster types such as chassis failure or rack disaster.Chapter Excerpt
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Four cost benefits to virtualized disaster recovery
Virtualizing your customers' disaster recovery site has an excellent ROI. Find out about the cost benefits relating to hardware, power and management overhead.Tip
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Top four server virtualization enhancements for efficiency gains
In 2009, customers will be looking to improve data center efficiency to drive down costs. You can help them reach that goal by delivering four key server virtualization enhancements.Tip
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Server virtualization health check services: Data protection, networking
In the second installment of a four-part series on server virtualization health check services, learn how to assess a customer's data protection and networking status, and find out how to put the proper exit strategy in place.Tip
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System Recovery and Diagnostic Tricks: Backup and Restore Center
This chapter excerpt from "Tricks of the Microsoft Windows Vista Masters" covers Vista's Backup and Restore Center and provides you with key information on complete system backup, how to access backup with virtual servers or PCs and how to use the configuration tool.Tip
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Systems products to pay attention to
Discover what experts, readers and TechTarget editors deemed the most noteworthy systems products of 2007.Feature
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VAR concerns and considerations for handling vSphere security: FAQ
Dealing vSphere security is a different animal for VARs than their customer’s physical environments. Our expert explains the various products, concerns and recommendations involved with vSphere security in this FAQ.FAQ
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Soluto Windows monitoring software may add to VAR business
Windows monitoring software from Soluto, now in beta, may help solution providers’ customers collect new types of data and drive future business opportunities.Report
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Systems channel tutorials
SearchSystemsChannel.com’s tutorials offer comprehensive systems management guides for value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, information technology consultants and other information technology resellers.Tutorial
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SMS 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 migration
There are a few different strategies to take into consideration when migrating from Systems Management Server 2003 to SCCM 2007, including the side-by-side and in-place approaches.Chapter Excerpt
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Upgrading SMS 2003 sites to System Center Configuration Manager 2007
From accessing the initial splash screen to ensuring the installation and configuration processes are completed, every step of upgrading primary and secondary SMS sites is crucial.Chapter Excerpt
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SMS 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in-place upgrade
By running the prerequisite checker and finding out the site requirements for SMS 2003, conducting an in-place upgrade is a smooth process.Chapter Excerpt
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Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 and SC Configuration Manager 2007
Use these steps to test a SCCM 2007 database upgrade, and run Upgrade Advisor to learn how to set up and prepare for a SQL Server 2005 upgrade.Chapter Excerpt
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SMS 2003 to SC Configuration Manager 2007 post-upgrade considerations
Solutions providers need to know the best methods when upgrading SMS 2003 clients as well as post-upgrade considerations, including site boundaries and the SMS SQL Monitor.Chapter Excerpt
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Windows 7 performance monitoring tools
Use updated tools such as Performance Monitor, Resource Monitor or Task Manager to focus on specific performance aspects and capabilities while enhancing and measuring system performance.Chapter Excerpt
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Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 tools
Solutions providers can put the SCCM toolkit to work -- as well as available community tools -- helping them with installations, troubleshooting and performing updates.Tip
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SMS 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 migration
There are a few different strategies to take into consideration when migrating from Systems Management Server 2003 to SCCM 2007, including the side-by-side and in-place approaches.Chapter Excerpt
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Upgrading SMS 2003 sites to System Center Configuration Manager 2007
From accessing the initial splash screen to ensuring the installation and configuration processes are completed, every step of upgrading primary and secondary SMS sites is crucial.Chapter Excerpt
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SMS 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in-place upgrade
By running the prerequisite checker and finding out the site requirements for SMS 2003, conducting an in-place upgrade is a smooth process.Chapter Excerpt
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Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 and SC Configuration Manager 2007
Use these steps to test a SCCM 2007 database upgrade, and run Upgrade Advisor to learn how to set up and prepare for a SQL Server 2005 upgrade.Chapter Excerpt
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SMS 2003 to SC Configuration Manager 2007 post-upgrade considerations
Solutions providers need to know the best methods when upgrading SMS 2003 clients as well as post-upgrade considerations, including site boundaries and the SMS SQL Monitor.Chapter Excerpt
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Configuring Windows Server 2008 Server Core
This chapter excerpt shows you how to make the necessary configuration changes in Windows Server 2008 after installation and details the best ways to install roles and features.Chapter Excerpt
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Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 tools
Solutions providers can put the SCCM toolkit to work -- as well as available community tools -- helping them with installations, troubleshooting and performing updates.Tip
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Distributed Power Management in vSphere cuts energy costs
News Roundup: vSphere's Distributed Power Management feature is expected to significantly reduce power consumption through consolidation.Article | Mon May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2009
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Managed Objects Partner Program Checklist
VARs interested in selling configuration management can learn about what Managed Objects' reseller partner program offers with this standardized checklist.Partner Program Checklist
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Configuring Unix and Linux printers for SMBs
Configuring Unix and Linux printers may not be a priority for an IT manager in a small or medium-sized business (SMB). Help customers set up their printers by offering these printing services.Tip
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News in brief: HP’s new Odyssey
HP unifies Unix and x86 architectures with its newly announced computing project roadmap, Odyssey; VMware releases its first vSphere 5 patch, fixing a bug that produced long boot times in iSCSI virtual machines; other news in briefNews | Tue Nov 29 16:16:01 EST 2011
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Windows Vista Study Guide
Take this quiz to test your knowledge of Windows Vista and make sure you're on top of your Vista game.Study Guide
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Four sales drivers for Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Vista Service Pack 1 brings four good reasons for your customers to upgrade to Vista. Find out what they are and how you can use them to rekindle the client upgrade discussion.Tip
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Continuous integration can ease pain of software development projects
Continuous integration practices can help you streamline your customers' software development projects by simplifying integration work and reducing bugs as well as the time needed to get new team members up and running.Tip
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Oracle Database 11g innovations: Get ahead of the game
Oracle Database 11g offers a slew of new innovations, but typically organizations avoid post-pone first-release bugs by delaying deployment until the second release. Learn more about why in this excerpt from our sister site SearchOracle.com.Tip
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Oracle 11g almost bug-free
Beta-testers lauded Oracle 11g as the least bug ridden Oracle DBMS release in a long time.Tip
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Integrating IBM AIX's NIM and SUMA
Now that you've had an overview of key sessions -- and parties -- attended at IBM System p, AIX 5L and Linux Technical University, as well as the "buzz" on HACMP and Linux, our contributor Ken Milberg dives into some of the more technical takeaways. In this column, he discusses the integration of AIX's NIM (Network Installation Manager) and SUMA (Service Update Management Assistant), and what it means to you as a channel professional.Column | Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2006
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Packaging virtual appliances for SMBs
If you haven't yet considered packaging virtual appliances with your server and software offerings, it's time to take a look at what opportunities you're missing. Contributor Chris Wolf offers ideas for virtual appliance offerings and a checklist for maintaining VMs in an SMB environment.Checklist
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