Join us for a complimentary webcast series with live Q&A.  Click on a title for more details and to register!

May 23: Best Practices for Virtualizing Oracle Database and Applications

Virtualization can improve IT efficiency, flexibility and availability, transforming service delivery while reducing costs. The inclusion of business-critical applications (BCA) such as Oracle Database and applications can deliver the most significant value to your business. However, many companies are cautious about including Oracle software in their virtualization roadmap because they lack specific in-house expertise to virtualize the infrastructure for Oracle or because of the perception of risk associated with these projects.

May 24: Introduction to Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View

Although the capital expenditures for traditional computers have decreased over time, the operational costs of managing these desktops have increased significantly because of the escalating complexity of tasks, labor costs and security concerns. End users are also tied to a single piece of hardware to access all their data and applications, which limits mobility and causes frustration. Learn how virtual desktops using VMware View™ can meet these challenges by providing end-user freedom while maintaining IT control.

May 30: Best Practices for Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange

Virtualization can improve IT efficiency, flexibility and availability, transforming service delivery while reducing costs. The inclusion of business-critical applications (BCA) such as Microsoft Exchange can deliver the most significant value to your business. However, many companies are cautious about including Microsoft Exchange in their virtualization roadmap because they lack specific in-house expertise to virtualize the infrastructure for Microsoft Exchange or because of the perception of risk associated with these projects.

May 31: Technical Deep Dive: Capacity Management with VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.0

VMware has introduced new capabilities to allow VMware vSphere® administrators to proactively manage virtual infrastructure resources. When you right-size and optimize your infrastructure capacity you can increase virtual machine density and consolidation ratios by up to 30 percent, defer hardware and software purchases, and plan for upcoming virtualization projects more easily.

Learn from technical experts how you can take advantage of these new capacity management capabilities to ensure best performance and quality of service in a more cost-effective manner.

Join us for a complimentary webcast series with live Q&A. Click on a title for more details and to register!

April 17: Introduction to Virtualization

Have you been thinking about what it would take to start using virtualization? Or do you know the basics and want to find out more? This webcast is designed for anyone with little to no knowledge of virtualization technology.

April 19: Address Key Desktop Virtualization Use Cases with VMware

As desktop virtualization garners more momentum, IT organizations are looking for a solution that is cost-effective and easy to deploy, manage, and scale. VMware View meets these requirements with a proven desktop virtualization solution designed to optimize both end user freedom and IT management and control. With View, organizations can provide their end-users with a modern desktop while allowing IT to manage desktops easily and securely from a centralized location at a reduced cost.

April 24: Technical Deep Dive: Managing Infrastructure Health and Performance with VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.0

VMware has introduced new super metrics and self-learning analytics in the VMware vCenter™ Operations Management™ Suite to allow administrators to better assess infrastructure health, identify performance bottlenecks and intercept incidents before they create havoc on the end-user experience. Learn from technical experts what these metrics are and how you can use them to ensure best performance and SLAs of your infrastructure.

NEW IN 2010…eGroup presents a monthly “Coffee Break” webinar series!

We will be teaming up with our technology partners to deliver content rich sessions on the hottest and most current topics and technologies in the market today. These partners will include VMware, Cisco, EMC, Citrix, Vizioncore, Fat Pipe–as well as many others.

On Thursday, January 14th, we are teaming up with David Lapadula from EMC to kick things off and are excited to present:

“Deduplication Technologies and Products: High Level Overview and Strategy”

The format each month will be a casual “Coffee Break” session lasting approximately 30 minutes, and will occur the second Thursday of each month at 9 A.M.

Going forward, only those who “opt in” to this series by registering below will receive further communication regarding the upcoming topics each month. After you register, please click the “Add to my Outlook Calendar” link at the bottom of your confirmation e-mail so that a recurring reminder with the webinar log-in details will appear on your calendar each month.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

We hope you will grab a cup of coffee and plan to join us!