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Webinar Archives
Webinars are free sponsored educational seminars that are accessed over the Internet. You can register for upcoming webinars or view archived presentations via the links below.
Evolving the IT Network for the Virtual Era
Date: 5/16/2012 Archived webinar available soon Join us for an interactive discussion of the new challenges that are threatening network performance, plus strategies and technologies for evolving the network to keep pace with new demands.
Securing & Managing Mobile Devices in a Multi-Platform World
Date: 5/15/2012 View archived webinar Join us to learn about how Dell can help you solve the problem you are facing (demo screen shots included), while reducing management costs and Dell’s vision of how this area is going to evolve over the next 2-4 years.
The Disaster Recovery Fire Drill: How to Simplify and Test DR Plans for Virtual and Physical Assets
Date: 5/9/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an hour-long discussion of the best approaches to simplify the protection of services across both physical and virtual infrastructures.
Leveraging Cloud for Desktop Virtualization: Getting Started!
Date: 5/3/2012 View archived webinar In this live webinar, you will learn from experts at Dell and VMware our vision of cloud computing for desktop virtualization, concrete solutions and their quantifiable benefits for your business, and how to get started.
Fast Track to the Private Cloud: Tips and Techniques for Speeding the Journey
Date: 5/2/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion on private cloud options that shorten and simplify the set up process of private clouds.
Preparing Your Organization for a Bring-Your-Own-Device World
Date: 4/25/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion of how to capitalize on mobility trends while overcoming the hurdles they create.
Application and IT Service Delivery Best Practices: Building an Agile and Efficient Infrastructure
Date: 4/18/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion of the best practices for providing each of these components, which are the key to rapid application and IT service delivery.
Big Data, Cloud and Mobility: Solving the New Network Challenges
Date: 4/11/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of how to adjust your network approach to better serve today's needs - and to prepare for future changes.
Mobile Security: Balancing Freedom and Control
Date: 4/5/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion with Dell and Intel, of how enterprises are learning to balance mobility's productivity benefits with the need to protect information and control access.
Building a Private Cloud, Part III: Eliminating Guesswork and Speeding Time-to-Value
Date: 4/4/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of a simpler and faster approach to setting up a virtualized, private cloud environment.
Managing the Mobile Workforce
Date: 3/28/2012 View archived webinar Join Dell & Intel for an in-depth discussion of the components every enterprise must include in a comprehensive mobility management strategy.
Efficient Data Center Power and Cooling: Building an Intelligent Infrastructure, Part 4
Date: 3/27/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth look at new power management capabilities in Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers that address these challenges. You’ll learn: • How to identify the areas where power efficiency can be improved • How to reduce the risk of cooling failures due to brownouts or rolling blackouts • How to enable quick responses for reducing server power consumption and heat output in case of a cooling emergency.
Mobile Strategies: Harnessing the IT Consumerization Deluge
Date: 3/22/2012 View archived webinar Join Dell & Intel for an in-depth discussion of how to solve the challenge of managing all these devices. You'll hear answers to the most common questions, including: • What are the trends leading to IT Consumerization? • How has adoption of IT Consumerization worked thus far? • What does this mean for me? • Do I need to keep my environment open to any device? • How do I support & manage the emerging platforms/devices? • How do I provide secure access and protect corporate data? • How do I manage mobile applications deployments, upgrades and maintenance?
Harnessing Virtualization’s Power: Building an Intelligent Infrastructure, Part 3
Date: 3/20/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion of how the 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers meets these advanced requirements. You’ll learn: • The importance of memory capacity in expanding virtualization • How scalable I/O and storage capabilities contribute to balanced performance • The critical role of availability features, including dual SD cards with a redundant hypervisor that fails over • How to simplify the process of deploying virtual infrastructure using pre-engineered solutions.
Simplifying Desktop Virtualization - Really!
Date: 3/15/2012 View archived webinar Join Citrix and Dell to explore the technologies, use-cases and best practices that make desktop virtualization ridiculously easy, while delivering a quick return on investment (ROI).
Simplified IT Management: Building an Intelligent Infrastructure, Part 2
Date: 3/14/2012 View archived webinar Join us for a detailed look at the management features built into the new Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. You’ll learn: • The importance of managing through the whole lifecycle (deploy, update, monitor, and maintain) • The critical role of integration with multiple data center management tools and interfaces • How performance boosting features speed management and reduce errors • New security features that support compliance and protect infrastructure configuration details • The role of agent-free monitoring in reducing overhead and simplifying software updates.
Conquering Challenges in the Virtual Era: Building an Intelligent Infrastructure, Part I
Date: 3/7/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth look how the capabilities in Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers meet the exacting demands of enterprise computing today, while ensuring the flexibility to adapt to the next wave of IT challenges, whatever they may be. You’ll learn: • The key role of memory and internal storage in high-density virtualization • How to run more workloads and more virtual machines • The secret to achieving faster data access • How to preserve network adaptability, ensuring smooth migrations between 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Which built-in characteristics and options speed data access by increasing I/O capacity
Uplift your SharePoint environment with Dell’s SharePoint Infrastructure Optimization Solution
Date: 3/6/2012 View archived webinar You’ll learn how Dell can be your end-to-end SharePoint solution partner and provide expert guidance and proven processes to help reduce the time, costs, and risk of using SharePoint.
Building a Private Cloud, Part II: Automation for Innovation
Date: 2/29/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion of how private IT clouds—with built-in automation—are helping organizations reduce IT costs while freeing talent to focus on innovation to support strategic goals.
Boosting Efficiency: Make IT Work Smarter, Not Harder
Date: 2/22/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth look at the increasing demands on IT and the emerging solutions for tackling them. You’ll learn: •How to set up an environment that dynamically adapts to spikes in demand •Strategies for speeding time to market and automating approval processes •Why IT processes can actually inhibit business agility •Tools and techniques for dynamically managing workloads across hypervisor offerings •How to implement the change management controls that should be part of a dynamic environment •How to provide automated resource scheduling across multi-vendor hardware environments.
Building a Private Cloud Part I: Speeding IT Service Delivery for Competitive Agility
Date: 2/15/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of how savvy organizations are building private clouds to speed their IT service delivery and get that all-important edge in the market.
Virtualizing Business-Critical Enterprise Applications: Say Goodbye to Performance and Security Concerns
Date: 1/11/2012 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth look at why the perceptions of performance and security issues that once held back enterprise application virtualization are giving way to a new reality.
Networking Essentials for the Virtual Era
Date: 12/21/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of the challenges - and the opportunities - of addressing the networking needs in a virtualized infrastructure. You'll learn: ·The dramatic effects IT consumerization and employee mobility are wreaking on corporate networks ·Why an effective networking strategy must address multiple domains, including virtualization, IT consumerization, data management, cloud computing and more · How closed, expensive and typically complex network offerings have held enterprises back from their full IT potential ·Why simplification, consolidation, virtualization and automation are all key components of an efficient network strategy ·How new network offerings are providing an open framework to deliver data center, cloud, campus, branch and mobile connectivity.
Networking Essentials for the Virtual Era
Date: 12/21/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of the challenges - and the opportunities - of addressing the networking needs in a virtualized infrastructure. You’ll learn: ·The dramatic effects IT consumerization and employee mobility are wreaking on corporate networks ·Why an effective networking strategy must address multiple domains, including virtualization, IT consumerization, data management, cloud computing and more · How closed, expensive and typically complex network offerings have held enterprises back from their full IT potential ·Why simplification, consolidation, virtualization and automation are all key components of an efficient network strategy ·How new network offerings are providing an open framework to deliver data center, cloud, campus, branch and mobile connectivity.
Virtual Environments: Meeting the Need for Speed
Date: 11/16/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of the solutions and technologies that are accelerating the push to ever-more virtualized environments. You’ll learn: •How preconfigured, tested and validated virtual infrastructure speeds deployment and ROI •Why automation is the key to shortening response to user needs •Methods for managing virtual machines efficiently using familiar tools •New, comprehensive solutions for governing, monitoring and retiring unused virtual machines
Building a Truly Mobile Enterprise, Part 2: Mobile Apps for Business
Date: 11/16/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of the mobile application software development platforms and middleware options for mobile app development. You’ll learn about new Dell solutions that let business focus on building and delivering applications without worrying about the details of each new mobile OS, device and feature. You’ll also learn why a consistent solution for data security, back end system integration, application management, and analytics/trouble analysis tools for each mobile OS platform are key to successful mobile app development. Register today to secure your place in this important discussion.
Networking Essentials for the Virtual Era
Date: 11/9/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of the challenges - and the opportunities - of addressing the networking needs in a virtualized infrastructure. You’ll learn: ·The dramatic effects IT consumerization and employee mobility are wreaking on corporate networks ·Why an effective networking strategy must address multiple domains, including virtualization, IT consumerization, data management, cloud computing and more · How closed, expensive and typically complex network offerings have held enterprises back from their full IT potential ·Why simplification, consolidation, virtualization and automation are all key components of an efficient network strategy ·How new network offerings are providing an open framework to deliver data center, cloud, campus, branch and mobile connectivity.
Virtualization: Breaking Through the Limits
Date: 11/2/2011 View archived webinar Join us for this interactive webcast to learn how and why the barriers to extending virtualization are finally coming down. You’ll learn: • Why the cost, complexity and performance concerns that once deterred virtualization’s expansion are no longer the obstacles they once were • How a multi-hypervisor infrastructure can help keep costs low and boosts functionality • Best practices for substantially increasing overall virtualization ROI • Details of new, jointly engineered solutions from Dell and Microsoft offer consolidated virtual and physical management and a clear path to IT as a service and private-cloud initiatives.
Virtualizing Business-Critical Enterprise Applications: Say Goodbye to Performance and Security Concerns
Date: 10/26/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth look at why the perceptions of performance and security issues that once held back enterprise application virtualization are giving way to a new reality.
Cloud Success: Real-World Examples of Successful Transitions
Date: 10/13/2011 View archived webinar Join the panel discussion and hear from growing companies (just like yourself) that have recently been through the process of moving to the cloud.
The Cloud Bottom Line: Calculating ROI for Business Applications in the Cloud
Date: 10/6/2011 View archived webinar Join business advisor and USA Today columnist Rhonda Abrams, who has been guiding growing businesses for over 25 years, for tips on calculating TCO and ROI for your cloud-based efforts. Rhonda will be joined by a top industry analyst to share optimal ways to quantify cloud adoption – and predictions for the financial impact on businesses. We'll provide checklists and a step-by-step guide to help, and share the best means for tracking the ROI of applications that have company-wide impact.
Getting Started: Planning Your Cloud Strategy & Integration Roadmap for Success
Date: 9/28/2011 View archived webinar Join Rhonda Abrams, best-selling author and trusted advisor for growing businesses, Bill Odell of Dell Cloud Business Applications, and Scott Holden of salesforce.com for an interactive discussion on proven best-practices for moving your business to the cloud and real-world tips for creating a cloud application integration strategy to ensure maximum return on investment.
Win7 Migration: Best Practices for the Enterprise
Date: 9/14/2011 View archived webinar Join us to participate in this interactive discussion of key Win7 success factors, including the key findings from a recent study of the experiences of 200 large enterprises that have been through the Windows 7 migration process.
Part 2: Securing & Managing mobile devices in a multi-platform world
Date: 8/30/2011 View archived webinar The expansion of mobility devices and services places strain on IT through additional challenges such as tighter security requirements, new mobile applications, and high expectations from C-level leaders, business leaders & end-users. Join us to learn about how Dell can help you solve the problem you are facing (demo screen shots included), while reducing management costs and Dell’s vision of how this area is going to evolve over the next 2-4 years.
Part 1: 3 ways to build Mobile Apps in a multi-platform world
Date: 8/17/2011 View archived webinar So, what's the right strategy to develop and deliver enterprise mobile applications in this dynamic, multi-platform market without limiting your application's capabilities or ability to run across a variety of mobile OS platforms now and in the future? Join us to discuss.
No More Guesswork: The New Approach to Efficient Data Centers, Part III
Date: 7/21/2011 View archived webinar As companies look to boost efficiency in every area of business, the old data center model is giving way to a much simpler one, built on a resilient, adaptive standards-based virtual infrastructure. But getting from the siloed, inefficient, one-off method model to a sleek, agile one can seem a daunting task. Join us for an in-depth look at solutions that take the heavy-lifting out of the process.
Solving the Right Problems: The New Approach to Efficient Data Centers, Part II
Date: 7/14/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth, 60-minute look at how Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) helps enterprises drive down costs for and speed up key IT challenges.
Virtualization Sanity Check, Part II: How to Do It Right the First Time
Date: 7/7/2011 View archived webinar Join us for a 60-minute discussion of how to put together a virtualized environment that meets the goals of saving money, simplifying management, and improving agility.
Simpler, Faster, Better: The New Approach to Efficient Data Centers, Part I
Date: 6/29/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an detailed, interactive discussion of new developments in data center transformation
Virtualization Sanity Check, Part I: Why Do We Do It?
Date: 6/23/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an in-depth discussion of why virtualization is the answer to so many enterprise challenges today, including driving down costs, speeding up reactions to business needs, and simplifying the IT environment.
Running IT as a Business: Combining Automated Self-Service with Policy Based IT Governance and Control
Date: 5/24/2011 View archived webinar Join us for an interactive discussion of how to build such an infrastructure. You'll learn: * The two key dilemmas facing CIOs today * How an efficient, self-service infrastructure can shift cycles from maintenance to innovation * How do-it-yourself IT can empower users but also enforce governance & control * The key components of a self-service IT solution. Register today to secure your place in this discussion of how to take your virtualized infrastructure to the next level. |
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