"This is one of the most useful and informative seminars I have been to in a long time. Thank you!" - Systems Admin, Pate Engineers, Inc.

Take virtualization out of the lab and into production servers, disaster recovery scenarios and desktops with help from the experts!

Most IT pros today are familiar with virtualization and virtual machines, and may even have deployed a few in a test environment.  While moving virtualization into production and extending its uses can yield significant benefits, these moves require thoughtful planning and execution.

At this free half-day seminar, attendees will hear from independent industry expert, Nelson Ruest, as he describes a 5-step best practices approach to executing viable virtualization projects and how to:

• Consolidate Through Virtualization: The impact virtualization has on servers and the desktop
• Structure the Virtualized Data Center: Required hardware, storage structures and how to build on multiple virtual layers (server, desktop, application and more)
• Move to a Dynamic Organization: Going from P2V, the cost of virtualization and potential ROI

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Don't miss this exclusive opportunity - attendance at each seminar is limited. To reserve your free seat today, complete our quick online registration form or call Amanda Lamb at 508-621-5574.

At this seminar you'll learn:

Deploying virtualization without careful consideration to the initial project and ongoing management requirements can jeopardize a virtual environment’s success.  Mr. Ruest, who has worked with dozens of organizations on their virtualization projects, will detail proven best practices that pave your way to realizing virtualization benefits.

Step One: Discover your infrastructure

Step Two: Rely on virtualization and virtualize more than the operating system

Step Three: Maximize hardware utilization

Step Four: Design proper virtualization architectures

Step Five: Update your management strategies

In addition, Mr. Ruest will arm attendees with specific action items that they can use TODAY to:

• Justify the IT benefits of virtualization and its additional applications to senior management
• Move from simply testing virtualization to actual production within the organization
• Expand the use of virtualization from just servers to desktops and disaster recovery

Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with a panel of experts to get their questions answered about server, architecture and storage setups for virtual machine platforms.

Also at this seminar:

CDW solutions engineers will examine real world virtualization case studies. They'll also discuss server optimization solutions that reclaim real estate, reduce operating expenses, simplify management and improve availability.

During an interactive panel discussion, grill the experts on your particular situation and also learn how your peers have achieved the benefits of virtualization.

Don't miss out! Attendance is free but limited to a select group of qualified professionals. Reserve your seat online today or by calling Amanda Lamb at 508-621-5574.

Who should attend

This event is designed for IT managers and IT practitioners responsible for virtualization projects.

What your peers are saying about this seminar

Here's what the past attendees of this event had to say about Nelson Ruest's presentation:

"Informative, clear, concise talk." - Network Administrator, First Community Bank - NM

"Lots of things to consider that we had not gotten to, very good roadmap, innovative." - Sr. Engineer - McLeodUSA

"Very informative. Appreciate the cross-vendor approach." - Sr. Infrastructure Engineer - Dorchester Capital Management

"It is an outstanding presentation." - Network Technician - Alpha Circuits

About Nelson Ruest

Nelson Ruest is a Senior Enterprise IT Architect with over 20 years' experience in migration planning and network, PC, and server infrastructure design. He has been working with virtualization technologies for 10 years and is well-versed with all facets of a migration to a virtual infrastructure. Nelson was instrumental in the development of advanced solutions for development and testing support over seven years ago by relying on virtualization technologies and now supports multiple customers running production virtualization systems. Nelson is also a Microsoft MVP for the Windows Server product line. He is co-author of "Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference", a guide for moving Windows infrastructures to a virtual environment, and "The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration." He also delivers a full-day course on The ABC of Virtualization for Interop conferences.

Nelson works for Resolutions Enterprises Ltd., a consulting firm focused on IT Infrastructure Design and Migration Planning in the enterprise. Resolutions has been offering virtualization solutions for the past 10 years. These solutions range from testing and development support environments to the virtualization of enterprise production systems. Nelson has been instrumental in the development of these offerings as well as their promotion through multiple articles, presentations and conferences.

About CDW

CDW provides virtualization solutions that reclaim real estate, reduce operating expenses, simplify management and improve availability. Best of all, it's delivered by CDW's dedicated teams of server and storage specialists. CDW, ranked No. 39 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education and was founded in 1984. For more information, visit CDW.com.

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