WEBCAST - This webcast is an overview of Microsoft Unified Communications. Unified Communications can help you to collaborate with your coworkers, partners, and customers more effectively, setting up the environment for a "people-ready business."
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Premiered: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Collaborative Applications Software | Instant Messaging Software | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | Videoconferencing Software | VoIP | Windows Vista | Windows XP

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Network security is critical to organizations of all sizes and across all industries. The CDW Security Assessment can help you measure your network security against that of your peers, understand how various security threats can affect your organization, and more. Start your assessment now.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Data Encryption | Intrusion Prevention | Network Security | Networking | Security Threats | Spam | Spyware | Virus Protection | Vulnerability Assessments

PODCAST - Virtualization is the future of enterprise computing. In this podcast, we discuss the two kinds of desktop virtualization - local and hosted - and how to decide which approach is best for your business. Download this podcast to learn more.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Premiered: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Data Security | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Disaster Recovery | Enterprise Architectures | Server Virtualization | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Server consolidation can stretch your IT budget and make your data center more efficient. The CDW Server Consolidation Assessment can help you decide if consolidation is right for you.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | Network Management | Networking | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

VIDEO - Virtualization is more than just a buzzword. On the server side, companies are in full-fledged execution mode, and on the client side, things are starting to heat up, too. Come join us in CDW's downtown Chicago offices for a chat with Nathan Coutinho, solutions manager for CDW, to learn more about this exciting topic.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Premiered: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Disaster Recovery | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn what CDW Corporation has to offer your organization in terms of unified communication solutions.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: January 22, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Communications Systems | Network Convergence | Telephony Services | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | VoIP

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - Even if you have a disaster recovery plan in place already, you may wonder if it is good enough to keep your business running without any downtime. This paper walks through the steps every organization needs to take to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Management | Storage Security

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - Stretching IT dollars is essential. And one of the main ways that a growing number of companies are making their IT budget dollars go farther is through server virtualization. The technology lets IT administrators create and run multiple server instances on shared host hardware.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Hardware Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Management Services

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization coupled with consolidation can help data center managers with efficiency and cost issues. Check out this paper to learn how your organization can achieve significant data center energy savings.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: October 23, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The risks attached to not having a BC or DR plan are neither small nor cheap. Every good plan employs certain technologies and methodologies to limit the disruptiveness of an outage. CDW offers storage, power and networking specialists to assist with disaster recovery needs.
Posted: January 27, 2010 | Published: January 27, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | Downtime | High Availability | NAS | SAN | Storage Virtualization

CASE STUDY - GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Converged Networks | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | IP Networks | Security | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

WHITE PAPER - Advanced technology allows businesses to get maximum bang out of hardware buck while reducing server counts and support costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization can help your business get the most out of its server hardware.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - With server virtualization, you do more with less. Instead of filling your data center with underutilized boxes, you run multiple operating systems and applications on a single physical machine. You make the most of your space while taking full advantage of your hardware investment. Read this whitepaper to learn more about these benefits.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper is actually a combination of four smaller papers all rolled into one PDF. It features articles on revisiting old virtualization practices for new business purposes, desktop virtualization strategies for faster provisioning and migration, network security concerns in a virtual environment, and more.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Security | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Network Security | Server Virtualization | Virtualization Security | VMware

CASE STUDY - Lakeview Medical Center needed to optimize their IT environment to combat data center infrastructure challenges. CDW helped them put VMware to work consolidating their servers and providing a more efficient environment. Read this quick case study to learn how they reduced backup times, improved response times, and reduced cost of ownership.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server