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Back-end of BYOD: Are You Ready For A Whole New World of Storage Demands? [Dell]
The “client computing revolution” is upon us, and in a world where enabling a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy in your organization “isn’t optional”, IT administrators face a plethora of concerns...
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5 Reasons to Migrate Unix to Linux [SUSE]
You can probably relate to this scenario. Your hardware, OS or applications have reached end-of-life, and you need to deploy new software that’s not supported on your current (legacy) platform. You’re...
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Do You Have The Right Failover Plan For Your Mission Critical Apps? [SUSE]
You realize that a little downtime is expected from time to time. However, do you calculate what the downtime of mission critical applications could cost your business? In this post, I cover the high...
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What comes with the SUSE High Availability Extension? [SUSE]
This is the second in our two-part series on the SUSE High Availability Extension. Read Part 1 Do You Have the Right Failover plan for your critical applications to learn more about the solution and...
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vFabric Support Now Extends to Oracle Databases [VMware]
A new release of vFabric Data Director 2.0 now offers support for virtualizing Oracle databases and automation features that pave the way for Database-as-a-Service (DaaS). But, before I get into...
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So A Chameleon And A Penguin Walk Into A Bar… [SUSE]
Before I discuss Linux and SAP, I want to quickly recap what I’ve already covered in the Advisor blog. The first two posts looked at the importance of high availability and the tools available to get...
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SnS Renewals Explained: Frequently Asked Questions [VMware]
In Part 1 of this blog series, I explained 5 points to ponder for a smooth renewal process, and discussed what to expect when you call Softchoice about VMware Licenses. In this post, I offer answers...
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VMware Support & Subscription Renewals: 5 Things You Should Know
Have you received a notice from VMware that your licenses are up for renewal? Do you feel unsure if renewing your licenses is really worth it? If you plan on renewing your VMware subscriptions, the...
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The Software-Defined-Data-Center (SDDC): Concept or Reality? [VMware]
Besides being a mouthful to say, the concept of a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) is based on abstracting hardware from the delivery of business applications. Forrester defines SDDC as “…an...
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4 Ways Application Delivery Controllers Enhance Your Application...
If you’re like most organizations, lack of application availability and poor performance issues for key services cause instant uproars from within user communities. For IT organizations, this means...
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How 3PAR Addresses The Biggest Part of IT’s Spend [HP]
Since HP won the $2.3B battle over 3PAR, they have brought the enterprise-class features of 3PAR storage into a mid-range solution offering. This pre-configured, converged storage platform combines HP...
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What You Need To Know About Cisco’s New Application-Centric Infrastructure
On November 6th 2013, Cisco announced their vision for the ultimate data center – the Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI). The Cisco ACI combines their Unified Computing System (UCS)...
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3 Reasons Softchoice Implemented Veeam Backup and Replication
In our recent blog post on Veeam V7 Backup and Replication we discussed 12 disruptive innovations offered by Veeam Backup Version 7. Recently, we implemented this solution ourselves. Read on to find...
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The Most Important IBM System x Announcement in 3 Years
On Jan 16th, IBM launched its next generation server family that is built on the exclusive IBM X-Architecture. Featuring the Intel Xeon E7 v2 family of processors, the four socket x3850 X6 and eight...
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3 Best practices for setting up an Enterprise Mobility Management solution
Users are bringing their own devices to work, like it or not. To completely prevent users from bringing their own phones, tablets, and laptops requires a very militant and expensive array of solutions...
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Need a Strategy for Backup and Data Growth? Read This First
Before you make any decisions about backup and replication, there’s one critical thing you need to do. When choosing a backup solution, the first thing you need to do is build a snapshot of your...
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IBM’s Power8 Processors Thrive on the Complex – And They’re Available Right Now
Announced April 23rd 2014, IBM Power8 Systems for big data offer data processing at incredible new speeds (even Google uses them). Why so fast? We have three BIG reasons… 1. We’re amassing a wealth of...
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Everything you need to know about Cisco’s new UCS Mini
Media outlets are saying Cisco’s just-announced UCS Mini is the ‘blade runner’ of hyper-convergence, that Cisco just upped its UCS server game and that it’s the first truly disaggregated server in the...
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The lowdown on Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 business
On October 1 2014, IBM and Lenovo closed Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business. I talked with our dedicated IBM team and got the lowdown how much it costs, why they did it, and what...
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Telemerge’s President on Telepresence-as-a-Service (TPaaS)
While we think of Simon as a unique leader, his focus on ensuring customers are delivered the experience they deserve is something I’d wager he shares with CEOs across the board. And when it comes to...
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