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  • Power management strategies

    Desktop power management is an increasingly important avenue to cut down on your customers' energy use. In this podcast, PC expert Stephen J. Bigelow steps through techniques for cutting power usage on end-user computers.Tip

  • Virtual vs. Vista desktop management: Calculating virtual costs, pg. 2

    Estimating virtual desktop costs requires assessing server and virtualization software expenses. This tip provides a model for calculating desktop virtualization expenses and comparing them to Vista desktop management expenses. Use it to make the right desktop management decisions for your customers.Tip

  • Cost comparison: Virtual vs. Vista desktop management

    The rise of virtualization is changing the desktop upgrade equation. Up until recently, almost all shops went straight to a Windows upgrade when client PC operating systems reached end of life. Now, desktop management efficiencies are swaying the pendulum in virtualization's direction. Find out how the numbers break down in this cost comparison.Tip

  • Virtual vs. Vista desktop management costs: Intangibles, pg. 3

    If your customers are considering a move to virtual desktops over the standard PC/Windows upgrade path, you've done the analysis on the hard costs and found them about even. But that's not the whole picture. It's important to consider harder-to-quantify issues such as admin efficiencies.Tip

  • Desktop interoperability in a mixed-platform environment

    Service providers who champion mixed-platform desktop interoperability face an uphill battle because perception hasn't kept pace with reality. Unfortunately, some customers still resist running Windows-based systems alongside open source systems. Find out why their fears are unfounded.Tip

  • Should I recommend desktop virtualization to my SMB clients?

    Learn how your SMB clients, especially those with remote workers and a decentralized IT infrastructure, can benefit from desktop virtualization.Ask the Expert

  • Tech Watch: Desktop virtualization movement creeping into customer sites

    Analysts predict desktop virtualization will be headed for the mainstream by 2010, driven by VMware, Citrix and Microsoft, among others. Find out what this trend could mean for your business.Article | 28 Nov 2007

  • HP Partner Program Checklist

    Value-added resellers (VARs) and service providers interested in becoming an HP partner can learn about the features of HP PartnerONE, the company's reseller partner program, with this standardized checklist.Partner Program Checklist

  • Desktop virtualization options

    If your customers are considering upgrading to Vista, now's a good time to investigate desktop virtualization. Server-based computing, virtual clients and PC blades are poised for big growth in the next few years, and they're viable options for sites looking to simplify desktop management.Tip

  • Citrix channel chief touts server, desktop combo for virtualization

    In recent months there has been an abundance of news around virtualization vendors and their products, including VMware's initial public offering (IPO) and the announcement last month that the company intends to embed its ESX Server 3i thin hypervisor into server hardware from Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and other hardware vendors, and Microsoft's introduction of its Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007. Microsoft currently offers a free virtualization server that can ride on top of a Windows server operating system, but is not integrated deep within the operating system to improve stability and performance, as VMware's enterprise product is. Microsoft has announced that Viridian -- the virtualization server it is building into the core Windows Server 2008 -- will ship next year. Often mentioned in passing as an adjunct concern to the Microsoft vs. VMware tussle is Citrix Systems Inc., which has been a key Microsoft partner, running applications remotely using the Citrix Presentation Server since long before such arrangements were called "virtual." In mid-August Citrix put itself front and center of the virtualization market, however, with the acquisition of XenSource, an open source server virtualization developer whose links with Microsoft include a contract that gives it access to the source code and developers of Viridian. The $500 million acquisition gives Citrix a virtualization server that can serve as the back end for the Citrix Presentation Server, as well as virtualization technology it can bring to the desktop. Al Monserrat, vice president of world wide channels and emerging product sales for Citrix, is charged with developing a channel program to encourage existing and new partners to sign up to support XenSource and its XenEnterprise v4 virtualization server with Citrix Presentation Server after the deal officially closes next month. SearchITChannel's Nicole Lewis sat down with Monserrat, who talked about his focus on current Citrix presentation server customers and those wanting desktop virtualization as key growth areas.Interview | 08 Oct 2007

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    Systems service providers were most interested in learning about Windows Vista installation, migration and compatibility in 2007. Upgrading to Oracle 10g and virtual machines licensing were also key concerns. Check out the year's top five tips.Tip

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    Read our five most popular tips of the year so far to learn more about best practices for installing Windows Vista, virtualization technology licensing, ITIL basics and more.Tip

  • Make a Unix-to-Linux migration for the right reasons

    Unix-to-Linux migration can help customer's save money and improve efficiency -- but only if the Linux migration is made for the right reason. If a customer is interested in running Linux on blade servers or saving money on an OS, then the move can work.Feature

  • Wrong reasons for Linux migration

    Linux migration may seem cool but that's no reason to move your customer to the open source operating system. Know when it's not time for a Unix-to-Linux migration.Feature

  • Migrate to Linux when old systems become expensive

    Linux server migration is best undertaken when existing software can be ported to Linux, old systems are obsolete and customer's are looking to save money by going open source.Feature

  • Windows Vista and Unix integration opportunities

    Unix shops may be averse to even considering Microsoft Windows Vista, but there are some tactics you could take to demonstrate the benefits of Unix/Vista integration.Tip