Dallas Data Center

Successful Companies Run at Dallas Data Center

Dallas Data Center header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Infrastructure'

Network Tools for the Data Center

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Routers, Security, Switches

I just saw a subscriber email come in from Solar Winds advising that Orion NPM now has enhanced data center infrastructure monitoring including better visibility across your virtualized network from a single console (sweet!).  Talk about an awesome way to have an eagle eye view of your network.  For those of you who can afford [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·······

Microsoft Says It’s “All In” When It Comes to Cloud Computing

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Microsoft

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, stated during an interview with InformationWeek that when it comes to cloud computing, Microsoft is “all in”.  He commented that the cloud growth, or “hockey stick” as he referred to it, is now taking off.  Over the past five years Microsoft has made a significant investment in their cloud computing products [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ······

Remote IT Support Helps Businesses Save Money and Keep Moving Forward

April 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Managed Services

As a result of the past year’s economic climate, many businesses have increased their efforts to mitigate risks and lower costs—and more and more are turning toward remote IT support to fulfill those goals.
Remote support tools allow IT providers to support an entire company’s computing infrastructure, wherever and whenever needed, from their own offices. This [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·······

The Next-Generation Firewall

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Firewalls, Managed Services, Security

Gartner RAS Core Research’s note “Defining the Next-Generation Firewall” focuses on how “firewalls need to evolve to be more proactive in blocking new threats, such as botnets and targeted attacks.  Enterprises need to update their network firewall and intrusion prevention capabilities to protect business systems as attacks get more sophisticated.” (Gartner, 2009)
What exactly is the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ················

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ············