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I always chuckle when I think back to those Microsoft Windows Live commercials where they exclaim: “To the Cloud!” like they’re super heroes. In 2006-2007 the term “Cloud” was an overused buzzword that had no official meaning – at that time, it seemed like a lot of people were talking about cloud computing or putting things in the cloud but …

Yeah I said it: “IDS just brought Sexy Back!” For a refresh a recent customer sought to finally step into the Virtual Limelight. This particular customer, whose vertical is in the medical industry; purchased four Cisco Chassis and eleven B200 blades.  Alongside the Cisco server they purchased an EMC VNX 5500 OE Unified Array with two Cisco MDS 9148 FC switches. Our plan …

In IT circles, the year 2011 is now known as “The Year of the Breach”. Major companies such as RSA, Sony, Epsilon, PBS, Citigroup, etc. have experienced serious high profile attacks. Which begs the question: if major players such as these huge multi-million dollar companies are being breached, what does that mean for my company? How can I take adequate precautions to ensure that …

We talk about a lot of paradigm shifts in IT. The shift to a converged network, the shift to virtualization, etc. There is a more important shift happening however, that we aren’t talking nearly enough about. The absolutely necessary shift in the people who make up our IT work force. The IT field as a …

The adoption of virtualization has skyrocketed in the past few years. Companies have found tremendous cost savings when migrating to virtual environments. There have been savings in CapEx expenditures, not to mention lowering energy bills. Most importantly, improvements within operational efficiencies by introducing business continuity, automation and meeting service level agreements. This spike in the interest level of virtualization has led …