In today’s tough market environment, many businesses are turning to Managed Services. But is the up-front cost worth it? We say yes—and think you’ll agree when we explain why. With Managed Services, an IT consultant constantly manages your network, typically from afar. In other words, someone will prevent many IT problems—and fix those that do [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
Three Ways Managed Services Can Reduce Your IT Costs
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services
Tags: Business Model·Increased Cost Predictability·IT Consultant·Lower IT Costs·Lower Overhead·Managed Services·Network
Dell Awarded the 2010 CRN Channel Champion: Network Storage Award
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage
CRN recently celebrated their 20th Channel Champion Award ceremony where the Vice President and General Manager of Dell Global Commercial Channels, Greg Davis, accepted the 2010 Network Storage Award during the XChange Solution Provider conference that was being held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. This award is regarded as the “people’s [...]
Tags: -1·2010 CRN Channel Champion·CRN·Dell·Enterprise Network Storage·Financial Performance·Hyatt Regency Century Plaza·Network Storage Award·Storage·Support Satisfaction·Technical Satisfaction·XChange Solution Provider
Hackers Target Email, Blogs, Social Networking Sites
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services, Security
In a report by security firm Websense, an alarming rise in the growth of malicious websites was identified in 2009 as compared to 2008 – almost 225 percent. The study also found an increased focus among hackers and spammers on targeting social media sites such as blogs and wikis. Social media or so-called Web 2.0 [...]
Tags: Blogs·Business Continuity·Hackers·Malicious Websites·Managed Services·Security·Social Media·Social Networking·Spammers·Vulnerability·Web 2.0·Websense·Wikis
Business Continuity Planning: Your Business May Depend on It
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services, Security
With the start of a new year, businesses commonly implement changes and launch new initiatives that have ramifications for your IT environment. Ignore them at your own peril.
Chief among your IT considerations should be a Business Continuity Plan, or BCP, which will allow your business to resume normal operations in the event of a significant [...]
Tags: BCP·Business Continuity·Business Continuity Planning·IT·Managed Services·Security
VMware Migration
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, VMware
Our Dallas Data Center team recently took over IT management for a customer who was experiencing poor VM performance in an environment which consisted of ESX 3.5 Enterprise with two hosts and an iSCSI SAN which was, for all practical purposes, homemade. The performance issues appeared to reside primarily in the SAN which only had [...]
Tags: 10Gb Interfaces·Business Continuity·Consolidation·Dallas Data Center·Data Centers·Database Performance·Dell EqualLogic PS610X iSCSI SAN·Dell PowerConnect 8024F 10Gb Switches·Dell PowerEdge R710·ESX 3.5 Enterprise·ESXi 4·High Disk Queue Lengths·I/O Capability·iSCSI SAN·IT Management·LAN·LUNs·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·NIC Ports·Palo Alto Networks PA-500 Firewalls·Poor VM Performance·Routers·Security·Servers·Single Gigabit Connections·Storage·Storage vMotion·Switches·vCenter·Virtual Machines·VM·vMotion·VMware·vSphere·Xeon Quad-Core Processors
Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: 3 Plans You Can’t Afford NOT to Have
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Managed Services, Security
Companies sometimes think that disaster planning is only for larger corporations, but recent changes in technology make such planning affordable for almost all business sizes. In fact, small businesses today can’t afford to be without such planning.
As a business owner, you should have three goals when it comes to disaster planning: ensuring that you never [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Disaster Planning·Disaster Recovery·Managed Services·Security·Technology
Cyberattacks Could Cause Disaster for U.S. Companies
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Security
The Cyber Security Act of 2009 was the subject of a February 2010 hearing where experts informed Senators of how U.S. companies are encountering an increasing amount of computer-based network attacks that are stripping them of much needed revenue and market advantages. With the intention to regulate entities that provide critical infrastructure for the United [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Computer-Based Network Attacks·Cyber Security Act·Cyberattacks·Cyberwar·Disaster Recovery·Electro-Mechanical Systems·Firewalls·Infrastructure·SCADA·Security·Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Five Reasons to Consider Managed Services
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services
Managed IT services are the technology solution of choice for large businesses, but many small and medium businesses remain resistant to considering this approach. Below are five reasons you may want to change your mind.
Reason #1: You need to control costs. In today’s economic environment, IT budgets have been slashed-but a cut in IT spending [...]
Tags: Business Continuity·Control Costs·Dependent on IT·Inefficient Existing Solutions·IT Budgets·IT Complexity·Maintain Compliance·Managed IT Services·SMBs
Chinese Hackers Exploit IE Vulnerability in a Concerted Attack – Make Sure Your Browser is Protected
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security
Early January, Google released a report detailing attacks on its infrastructure which it claimed to have originated from China. In the wake of its announcement, another report came out detailing what is purported to be an “organized espionage operation” originating from China. Known as “Operation Aurora”, the attack attempted to siphon information from 33 companies [...]
Tags: Attacks·Business Continuity·China·Google·Hackets·Microsoft·Operation Aurora·Organized Espionage Operation·Security·Vulnerability