Money is tight and hard to come by, and a lot of companies are looking to cut costs and sacrifice the non-essentials. For many, taking off a chunk out of the IT budget is one of the ways to try to save money.
However, when it comes to IT services, chances are a bit more investment [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Virtualization'
Why Investing in Technology Can Actually Save You Money
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services, Virtualization
Tags: Business Continuity·Cut Cost·IT Budget·IT Services·Managed Services·Save Money·Technology·Virtual Private Networks·Virtualization·Virtualization Software·VPNs·Web Conferencing
Are You Regularly Defragmenting Your Disks?
May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Business Continuity, Managed Services, Virtualization
When most people want to purchase a new computer or upgrade their current one, they focus on finding a CPU with the quickest speed, the most computing cores, or the most RAM they can afford. However, they may be overlooking the most likely reason for computing slowdowns: fragmentation in the disks.
Disk drives claim the [...]
Tags: Antivirus·Business Continuity·Computing Slowdowns·CPU·Defragmentation·Disk Drives·Disks·Drive Capacities·Fragmentation·Fragmenting·Hard Drive·Managed Services·RAM·Scattering·Software Utility·Speed·Virtualized
Go Green!
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Green IT, Virtualization
These days there’s a lot of buzz about “going green” – helping preserve the environment, conserving energy, and looking for sustainable ways to grow the economy. The IT industry is doing its part as well, with “green computing,” which is basically computing by more efficient and sustainable means. You can get on board with some [...]
Tags: Carbon Footprint·Eco-Friendly·Economies of Scale·Going Green·Green Computing·Green IT·Machine Virtualization·Outsource IT·Virtualization
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 Shifts During 2010
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
An interesting article from Channel Web discussed the prediction of an increased volume of companies shifting towards cloud computing in 2010. In the article, numerous IT executives embraced private and public clouds in Boston this past Wednesday during the North American Conference held by the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), an organization designed to create IT [...]
Tags: Analog Devices·Channel Web·Cloud Computing·Innovation Value Institute (IVI)·IT Budgets·North American Conference·Virtualization
Say GOODBYE to 2009 and Hello to 2010!!
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Dallas Data Center would like to welcome you to a brand new year! Countless individuals start out the year with overdue New Year’s resolutions that can be tough to keep. At DDC, the commitment remains the same all year long. With a resolution to always provide excellence and value to our clients, we are able [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Disaster Recovery·Virtualization
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
Windows 7 Will Have Better Support for Windows XP-only Applications
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Microsoft recently announced the availability of the Release Candidate for Windows XP Mode. According to Microsoft, this release was specifically designed to ease the migration path for small to medium-sized businesses by providing additional compatibility for their older applications that may not be compatible with Windows Vista or the upcoming Windows 7.
Windows XP mode runs [...]
Tags: Dedicated Servers·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Microsoft·ROI·Virtualization·Windows 7
Colocation Is The Perfect Hosting Solution
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Colocation, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Services, Virtualization
Tags: Backup·Budget·Business Continuity·catastrophic·colo·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·data backup·data center·data center security·data management·data security·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·green data center·Green IT·green ITgreen technology·iscsi·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Management·north texas data centers·ROI·Storage·utility computing·Virtualization
Attention all ex-customers of Core IP Networks
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Colocation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
If you were an innocent victim of the FBI’s raid this past Thursday at a Dallas ISP and need services, we can help. We have been helping a local company who had their 2 1/2 cabinets seized, which included all of their servers (network, web, domain, Exchange, SQL) and their backup, get back online ASAP. [...]
Tags: Backup·catastrophic·colo·colo by the u·Colocation·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·failure·Host·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Storage
Living in an HA World
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Today’s business can’t afford to be down. If you have a web presence, your business is on 24/7. If you don’t treat your infrastructure as if you are open around the clock, you could be losing opportunity. Many people think that in order to get HA (High Availability) in their hardware that they have to [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·Disaster Recovery·IBM·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Virtualization·VM·VMware
Dedicated Servers Now on Sale
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Trying to grow your business but don’t have the technology to move forward? Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers provide you with the hardware for only $249 per month with no term commitment and only a $100 set up fee.
Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers are configured with the following specifications:
· Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz Processors
· 4 [...]
Tags: Budget·colo by the u·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Microsoft·ROI·TCO·utility computing·Virtual·Virtualization
When to Virtualize
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Virtualization
In the IT arena, fads come and fads go, but when the concept makes bottom-line sense, then it stays and becomes part of our infrastructure. This is what has happened with virtualization. Now the question is not if you should virtualize, but when. There are some things to consider such as justifying to the financial [...]
Managing Your IT Implementations
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
Technology isn’t a one size fits all situation. Seems the more we try to fit our environment into a box, the more expensive the box becomes. There are ways to avoid this, IT consultants and Project managers. Both of these skill sets are necessary to have a successful IT implementation.
IT consultants can offer valuable insight [...]
Tags: Implementations·IT·Management·Project
You’re Free!
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Virtualization
Last Monday, Citrix announced that they will now give away their entire virtualization platform. What does this mean? It means that virtualization is more than a fad or a gimmick. Previously, the software was $3000 per server. Citrix understands that the more people that use the platform, more of a chance they have to sell [...]
Tags: Citric Essentials·Citrix·Microsoft·Xen
Defrag or Not to Defrag
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Storage, Virtualization
IT professionals know that server disks fragment. As server disks fragment, the performance and file access can slow down. Most administrators just set a schedule to defrag the server when usage is low and keep moving. Virtualization has brought another problem into the mix. We can defrag our virtual machines, but what about the host [...]
Virtualization Strategy
February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Storage, Virtualization
Several things in today’s market trigger an organization to think about virtualization: The lack of space in a data center and the cost of acquiring more space and equipment, after analyzing your servers and finding that 80 percent of the servers are underutilized and only carrying a load of 5-10 percent or maybe your time [...]
Tags: Consolidation·EMC·Equal Logic·IBM·Left Hand·Virtualization
Server Consolidation = Green, Money Saving, Easier to Manage
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
In the last several weeks more than 75,000 layoffs have occurred. The jobs didn’t go away, just the people who did them. Server consolidation and job layoffs can be compared for the fact that the servers and people that are left, still have to carry the original load. The difference is that the servers were [...]
Tags: Consolidation·Green IT·Managed Hosting·utility computing·Virtualization
Green IT
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
Green IT doesn’t mean that little greens guys from light years away are providing IT, although sometimes we wonder about that. Green IT is creating an infrastructure that is more efficient in power consumption, consolidating your servers for maximum utilization, and choosing the right location for your gear.
Most manufactures are creating “green” servers. These [...]
Tags: colo·Colocation·Consolidation·Green IT·Managed Hosting·utility computing·Virtualization