CiRBA On-Demand Webcasts:

CiRBA Overview Presentation

This presentation by Andrew Hillier, CiRBA’s CTO provides a brief introduction to CiRBA’s approach to consolidation analysis.

Download 20 minutes - 22.5MB WMV format.

Dynamic Capacity Management for Virtual Environments:
Balancing Efficiency and Risk to Optimize VM Placements

The ability to move VMs creates an unprecedented opportunity to align resource supply and demand and drive higher efficiency in the data center. Solely relying on motioning to optimize resource utilization can create significant issues relating to control, change management, and even efficiency within an environment.  To minimize costs and maximize the efficiency of virtualized infrastructure, organizations require advanced capacity management that facilitates intelligent workload placements initially and through forward looking planning.

Andrew Hillier, Co-Founder and CTO of CiRBA, presents:
Dynamic Capacity Management for Virtual Environments:
Balancing Efficiency and Risk to Optimize VM Placements

Download 55 minutes - 36.9MB WMV format.

Virtualization is 90% preparation, 10% perspiration:
How to analyze your environment and avoid common pitfalls.

Presented by Chuck Tatham of CiRBA &
Chris Wolf of The Burton Group.

Download 58 minutes - 43MB WMV format.

“Now What?” Successful Strategies for Optimizing
Virtual Infrastructure After Consolidation

Andrew Hillier, CTO & Co-Founder of CiRBA
with Chris Wolf,  Senior Analyst, Burton Group

When couples bring their first child home from the hospital, they often find themselves facing “Now What?” syndrome. The baby is home, but what are they supposed to do next? Ultimately, parental instincts kick in and everyone has a laugh about their “Now what?” moment later in life. Unfortunately, virtualization management isn’t as instinctive. Many organizations spend months planning for the arrival of their data center’s newest baby – virtualization, and following completion of the virtualization migration project find themselves in a “Now what?” moment. In this webcast, Burton Group senior analyst Chris Wolf and CiRBA CTO Andrew Hillier take a deep look at steps organizations should follow after a successful virtualization implementation. Like a newborn baby, virtualization can get into a lot of trouble if the collective virtual infrastructure is not effectively managed and optimized. With the proper approach to virtualization management, you can spot potential performance bottlenecks, governance red flags  and continue to optimize utilization despite constant change within the environment.

Download 58 minutes - 47MB WMV format.

How to Successfully Plan and Manage
Large-Scale Virtualization

Andrew Hillier, CTO & Co-Founder of CiRBA
While the benefits of virtualization may seem straightforward, the process of building and managing virtualized infrastructure is anything but. The complexity that hides beneath the covers of the modern data center poses a serious threat to the success of any initiative that is not methodically planned. This live Web cast discussion will explore how advanced workload analytics combined with in-depth analysis of business and technical constraints have helped organizations safely establish and maintain optimally virtualized data centers.

Download 58 minutes - 39MB WMV format.



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