With the new Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server, better and improved features are designed to make business operations much more productive and cost effective. With support for thin clients and older workstations as well as better connectivity with other Microsoft Server products, the new Multipoint Server is sure to be a much more versatile tool to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Storage'
The New Windows Multipoint Server
January 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Backup, Microsoft, Servers, Storage
The Cloud: What Difference Does It Make?
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Storage
A recent survey on the perception of cloud computing shows that almost half of small businesses are unconvinced of the benefits that cloud computing can offer. With better and easier IT management through the Internet as well as features like secure off-site data storage, cloud computing is at least worth a second look.
A recent survey [...]
Tags: Cloud·Cloud Computing·Storage
Eight Questions to Ask Yourself about Disaster Recovery
July 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Storage
One of the most dangerous yet common mistakes business owners make is assuming “it will never happen to me”. However, there are only two types of people: those who have had a data loss and those who are about to.
What would happen to your business if you had a major data loss? The possibility is [...]
Tags: Backup·Disaster Recovery·Storage
Can You Get Your Data Back from the Cloud when You Need It?
June 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Storage
While the cloud can be a good place to store data and backups, you need to make sure you can quickly get it when you need it. Restoring data is a critical component of any disaster recovery planning initiative. In case of a disaster or unforeseen occurrence that requires you to recover your data, you [...]
Have You Done a Test Restore Lately?
May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Storage
A lot of businesses make it a habit to back up their data, and leave it at that. But many do not realize that there is another half to an effective backup system – regularly testing it.
One of the most basic actions a company takes – big or small – with its data is back [...]
New Features in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
May 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Hosting, Microsoft, Servers, Storage
Microsoft has made business operations much simpler and more accessible through the new Windows Small Business Server 2011. Packed with enhanced features and improvements, it is a must for every small business.
Microsoft has released an upgrade to its Small Business Server Platform – Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard. Based on the Windows SBS 2008, [...]
Tags: Backup·Exchange·Microsoft·Servers·SharePoint·SQL·Windows
Dropbox: 5 Uses You Might Not Have Considered
April 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Cloud Computing, Storage
I’m a Dropbox fan boy; I admit it, and am going to weekly meetings. Not really, but I have sincerely drunk the Dropbox Kool-Aid. There are many services that do the same thing Dropbox does (Sugar-Sync, SpiderOak, etc.), but none of them do it nearly as elegantly and efficiently. Dropbox isn’t as cheap as other solutions [...]
Tags: Applications·Backup·Cloud Computing·dropbox·Productivity·Storage
How to Assess Your Backup Solution
March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security, Storage
Most backup solutions available these days certainly do a good job of backing up your data. However, all backup solutions are not the same, and careful assessment is needed to ensure your backup solution is suitable for your requirements.
It’s impossible to have a disaster recovery plan without first having an efficient backup solution. So, the [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Disaster Recovery·Managed Services·Security·Storage
Malware Virus Now Targets USB Devices
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Dallas Data Center, Managed Services, Security, Storage
Plug-in USB devices, such as thumb drives, USB storage hard drives, are a very popular method of transferring digital files. However, they have also lately become a hacker’s favorite way of spreading malware. Find out why your company might be vulnerable to malicious software (malware) brought by infected USB devices.
A USB device is indeed a [...]
Tags: Backup·Flash drives·Hackers·Malware·Security·USB·Viruses
InfoWorld Announces 2011 Technology of the Year Awards
February 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage
Who says awards lists are only for the end of the year? InfoWorld has released their picks for the best software, development tools and hardware for the upcoming year in their InfoWorld 2011 Technology of the Year Awards. From best storage system (Dell EqualLogic PS6010XVS) to best PC (Apple iPad – and they make a [...]
Tags: Apple·awards·Dell·development·Google·hardware·infoworld·Software·Technology
Three Business Plan Essentials: Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Storage, Virtualization
Erratic by nature, disasters (natural or man-made) can happen anywhere at any time, and often with little or no warning at all. Planning ahead is imperative to ensure that your business can get back to normal operation as quickly as possible, with minimal loss and damage.
Small to medium-sized businesses usually think that disaster plans are [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·disaster·Disaster Recovery·Disaster Recovery Plan·IT Infrastructure·IT Management·IT Services·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·ROI·Storage
Storage At Its Finest
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Managed Services, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
For those who haven’t heard or aren’t familiar with the EqualLogic line of SANs from Dell, they recently announced some quite impressive changes for the PS6500 series of products. These new options include a PS6500E with 96 Terabytes of disk space in a 5U package, a PS6510E with the same capacity, the PS6500X and PS6510X [...]
Tags: Dell·EqualLogic·Fiber Channel·Managed Services·SAN·Servers·Storage·Virtualization
Get Efficient Results Using Managed IT Services
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Dedicated Servers, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Storage, Uncategorized, Virtualization
Utilizing IT Managed Services allows entrepreneurs to concentrate on their company’s core competencies, resulting in an increase in productivity which translates to increased revenue.
The term Managed Services is defined as “the practice of transferring day-to-day related management responsibility as a strategic method for improved effective and efficient operations”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_services) While large corporations regularly choose this [...]
Tags: IT·IT Managed Services·Managed Hosting·Managed Services
Dallas Data Center Partners With The Planet to Deliver “Colo By The U”
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Green IT, Linux, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, Uncategorized, VMware, Virtualization
HOUSTON, September 7, 2010 – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Dallas Data Center (http://www.DallasDataCenter.com), a provider of Colo By The U, is the company’s newest referral partner, and joins its growing portfolio of referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, The Planet provides colocation services from its wholly [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·The Planet·Virtualization
Brad Paisley Sings the Blues…
May 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Backup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage
Not even the rich and famous are immune from disasters so don’t think that it can’t happen to you. Just take a look at country singing sensations Brad Paisley and Keith Urban who are two of countless musicians that will most likely lose millions of dollars on performance gear due to the historic floods in [...]
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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
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
10 GbE Throughput with iSCSI SAN? Wow!
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
An exciting new product to check out is the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510 series of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN storage with supporting 10GbE technology. As stated by a recent article from Dell™, the products versions PS6510E and PS6510X integrate “intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Business Critical Applications·Data Protection·Dell·Dell EqualLogic·Dell R710·iSCSI SAN·PS6510·Storage Consolidation·Streaming Workloads·Virtualization
Cloud Computing 101
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Storage
With more and more people and organizations accessing the Internet, and as the potential uses of the web grow, the way business is done is naturally evolving as well.
One example of this is the emergence of cloud computing services. In essence, this is the outsourcing of an organization’s IT services to a different company. Everything [...]
Tags: Budget·Cloud·Cloud Computing·Consolidation·Data Storage·Security·Servers·utility computing
What is Virtualization and What Can It Do for You?
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
Virtualization is generating a lot of buzz in IT circles these days because it promises to dramatically change the way many companies manage and operate their IT infrastructure. Virtualization is a broad term that covers the creation of virtual computing resources—such as storage, the network, or even an entire machine. For example, using virtualization you [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Consolidation·data center·Disaster Recovery·Green IT·Hyper-V·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Virtual·Virtualization·VM·VMware·Xen