Kerry Dolan

• lab reports
  May 21, 2013

  HDS HCP Anywhere: Easy, Secure, On-Premises File Sharing

  This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Anywhere solution with a focus on ease of use, security, and efficient deployment.

• lab reports
  May 9, 2013

  ExaGrid with Veeam: Virtual Machine Backup without Compromise

  This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of the ExaGrid backup appliance using Veeam Backup & Replication software, and demonstrates the ability to execute Veeam Instant VM Recovery alongside ExaGrid’s capacity- and cost-saving deduplication.

• lab reports
  May 2, 2013

  Brocade Networking with EMC VSPEX Reference Architecture

  Infrastructure Deployment for 100 Virtual Machines

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of the EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure with Brocade networking for supporting 100 virtual machines (VMs). The report is focused on ease of use, performance, and high-availability networking.

• lab reports
  Apr 5, 2013

  Citrix CloudPlatform

  Enabling Simple, Scalable, Flexible Cloud Deployments

  This ESG Lab Validation documents the results of hands-on testing of Citrix CloudPlatform, a flexible, scalable solution for deploying public and private clouds. The report focuses on ease of deployment and management, flexibility, and scalability.

• lab reports
  Apr 4, 2013

  Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance

  Evaluating the Out-of-the-Box Experience

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of the Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance, which offers advanced data protection for virtual and physical environments. The report focuses on the out-of-the-box experience, ease of management, and cost-effectiveness.

• lab reports
  Apr 4, 2013

  Symantec Backup Exec 2012

  Achieving Best Practices for Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of Symantec Backup Exec 2012’s advanced virtual server data protection. The report focuses on how Backup Exec 2012 measures up against best practices in virtual data protection.

• Blogs
  Mar 21, 2013

  Building a Private Cloud - Where's the Instruction Manual?!?!?!

  A lot of organizations think the cloud can help them save money and improve IT service delivery.  And they’re right—for many, it can transform operations. But often the biggest questions are “How the heck do I get there?  Where do I begin?  What will it actually get me?” 

  A good place to start answering those questions is to see what companies with successful clouds have done. ESG has been following EMC on its cloud voyage since 2004, and we recently completed our IT Audit on the topic. While the first two were more about the journey, this last one focused on their achievements—which are, quite frankly, stunning.

• lab reports
  Mar 14, 2013

  Hitachi Unified Storage VM and Hitachi Command Suite

  Extending Enterprise Storage Capabilities to the Midmarket

  ESG Lab recently completed hands-on testing and analysis of Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM) and Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) 7.3 software. This report focuses on the evolutionary enhancements to both HUS VM and HCS that enable the Hitachi Data Systems vision of one platform for all data providing shared storage services in the data center and private cloud. This validation also focuses on how HUS VM and HCS improve administration, operations, provisioning, performance, and resilience for enterprise storage environments.

• lab reports
  Mar 6, 2013

  Lab Audit: EMC IT: Leading the Transformation

  Reaping the Benefits of Cloud Computing

  EMC Corporation’s IT organization launched a transformational journey toward cloud computing beginning in 2004. In 2009, ESG published an initial audit of EMC’s achievements, documenting their impressive initial savings on equipment and power as well as improvements in productivity, efficiency, and resource utilization. We published an update in 2010 as EMC reached important milestones in its server virtualization, tiering, and automation efforts.

  This 2013 update finds EMC leveraging the firm foundation of efficiency they have built; a key focus is on new levels of agility and productivity that EMC can achieve through a new cloud operating model for offering IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). By sharing its experience through its EMC IT Proven program and a series of IT Audits, EMC offers a valuable service to other organizations that may have a vision for such a transformation but are struggling with what steps to take and what results to expect.

• lab reports
  Mar 6, 2013

  Lab Review: Veeam Backup & Replication – Built for Virtualization

  This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of Veeam Backup & Replication, designed to assess Veeam’s claims that they deliver a Powerful, Easy-to-Use, and Affordable data protection solution Built for Virtualization.

• lab reports
  Feb 27, 2013

  Brocade Networking with EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure

  Infrastructure Deployment for 500 Virtual Desktops

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of an EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure with Brocade networking for supporting 500 virtual desktops. The report is focused on ease of use, performance, and high-availability networking.

• lab reports
  Feb 14, 2013

  HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

  Simple, Efficient, Affordable Tier-1 Storage

  This report documents the results of ESG Lab’s hands-on testing and validation of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 storage array, with a focus on autonomic simplicity, efficient unified storage, application performance, and resilience for mid-range enterprises.

• lab reports
  Feb 14, 2013

  Riverbed Granite Edge Virtual Infrastructure

  Optimizing Server, Application, and Storage Consolidation

  Riverbed Technology provides a performance platform for enterprises implementing strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery in a globally connected enterprise. Riverbed solutions are designed to enable a fluid, dynamic IT architecture by eliminating bottlenecks and increasing the performance of a full range of business applications including e-mail, ERP, CRM, backup, and file sharing. This ESG Lab Validation examines Riverbed’s WAN optimization as well as the Riverbed Granite Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure that enables organizations to consolidate servers and data considered impossible to consolidate due to the response time requirements of branch-bound applications that rely on local storage.

• lab reports
  Jan 28, 2013

  NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Oracle Databases

  Easy, Dynamic, and Proven Solutions

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of NetApp clustered Data ONTAP in Oracle database environments, with a focus on ease of management, non-disruptive operations, and efficient scaling.

• lab reports
  Dec 3, 2012

  SIGMABLADE Server Systems/PAN Manager Solution

  Integrated Computing from NEC and Egenera

  This ESG Lab Validation documents the hands-on testing of the NEC SIGMABLADE server systems with Egenera PAN Manager software, a fully integrated foundation for integrated computing environments. The report focuses on the benefits an integrated computing environment can provide to IT organizations, including streamlined operational procedures, more efficient resource utilization, and greater management flexibility for both physical and virtual resources.

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