With VMware’s success, vendors have begun touting virtualization products for every layer of the infrastructure, but management and security lag behind.

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With energy and production costs on the rise, energy-conscious companies are enjoying the economic benefits of using energy-efficient technologies and best practices. This special resource centre addresses methods for improving your company's bottom line with energy conservation tips, such as using power-saving devices, virtualisation techniques and recycling programs for equipment and consumables.

Backup and restore: Are you running an organisation where your Microsoft Exchange servers are considered mission critical? Learn more in this Acronis white paper "Backing Up and Restoring in a Microsoft® Exchange Environment." This paper is designed to help solution architects and storage administrators evaluate current offerings quickly and efficiently by applying the latest standards currently available within the industry. Armed with this information, you will be better able to evaluate your options and chose a solution that works for your organisation.

Data migration: When replacing or consolidating systems and meeting constantly increasing capacity needs, data must be migrated from one place to another; it’s become a routine task in most IT departments. However, with business and operational needs dictating that critical systems be available 24/7/365 and the complexity that results from non-commoditized and heterogeneous environments, data migration has become a task that is both increasingly important and increasingly difficult. This white paper will outline the factors that are driving data migration and examine the hidden costs that may be encountered when data is moved.

Virtual servers: Virtualisation can simplify server management and reduce total operating costs. Despite the benefits of virtualisation, though, its use in production environments can present a disaster recovery challenge. Read the latest insights into virtual server backup and disaster recovery in this white paper. Learn more, read this white paper.

Eco-Friendly Asset Optimisation: Many organisations downplay the importance of energy efficiency when planning or upgrading their IT infrastructures. This is not particularly surprising; utility bills do not come out of the IT budget and accordingly IT managers frequently minimise the question of energy efficiency when making purchasing decisions. In the long term, deploying an energy-efficient infrastructure can provide a much better return on investment (ROI). Learn more, read this white paper.