DoubleTake to the Cloud

DoubleTake has an interesting new product which will enable you to backup your servers to the cloud, using Amazon’s EC2 infrastrucutre.
http://www.doubletake.com/english/products/double-take-cloud/Pages/default.aspx

10/21/2009

This week I would like to share a few seminars & webinars that we are sponsoring. 

 

LOCAL EVENTS

 

iSCSI Storage in Virtual Environments Happy Hour Registration Link

Del Frisco’s – 8100 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village

Thursday, October 29^th from 4:00pm –6:00pm

Sponsored by Lewan IT Group & HP LeftHand Storage

 

Please join Lewan and HP for a brief informational update on the impact of iSCSI storage platforms within today’s virtualized IT environments. Enjoy appetizers and cocktails in a relaxed setting to further discuss your IT initiatives and plans with local Lewan account managers and experts from Lewan and HP.  This seminar is ideal for all technical support roles.

 

Lower Costs & Risks with Datacenter Optimization & Consolidation Registration Link

Denver Aquarium – 700 Water St, Denver

Wednesday, November 4^th from 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Sponsored by Lewan IT Group, Avnet & HP ProCurve Networking

 

Two presentations from industry experts Abner Germanow (Director of IDC’s Enterprise Communications Infrastructure Services) and Lin Nease (Director of Emerging Technologies HP Procurve Networking) about the current strategies for automation in the data center to reduce operating expenses.  This seminar is ideal for technical executives & managers.

 

 

WEBINARS

 

Application Availability for Critical Workloads Live Webinar Registration Link

Wednesday October 28^th, 2009 from 9:00am to 10:00am

Sponsored by DoubleTake

  

Unplanned disasters and downtime cause disruption and loss of productivity for employees as well as tedious and time-consuming processes for IT managers. In the event of an outage, make sure you are prepared to be back up and running before the business notices.

 

Five Tips to Achieving Storage Infrastructure Efficiency Link to On-demand Webinar

65 Minutes

Sponsored by Compellent

 

ESG Analyst Mark Peters examines the ongoing challenge of managing data growth while containing costs. Discover how efficient storage technologies enabled CIO Brian Trudeau of Amerex Brokers to keep pace with data growth and reduce the overall cost of doing business.  This webinar is ideal for decision makers & managers.

8/24/2009

We all know that change is the only constant and therefore it always important to be informed of updates from about the products we use.  This week Microsoft released a major update for Windows Server which will have an immediate impact on the agility of your Microsoft virtual servers and integration with Windows 7.  We also know that as our communication (voice, video, email, text, chat, etc.) applications are becoming business critical and that we must be able to ensure high availability for these ever-changing technologies.

 

Hot Headline - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Released – Byte And Switch Official Product Information Download the Eval Copy

Microsoft’s latest service pack for Windows Server includes features to improve the versatility of the server platform, the integration with Windows 7 and the experience for remote workers and branch offices.  Among others, there is also a new feature called the AD Recycle Bin, making restoration of users or groups a cinch.  If you have software assurance, then these updates are available now.

 

Featured Webinar – September 9th, 2009 – Protecting Your Exchange Environment & 2010 Overview - Register

Our partners DoubleTake and Microsoft are holding a Webinar discussing the newest release of Exchange 2010 & strategies to integrate with your overall business continuity requirements.  This webinar will touch on the following points:

• Complete messaging infrastructure availability
• HA for SQL, SharePoint, Unified Messaging & Edge servers
• Rapid recovery for lost servers
• Exchange 2010 feature overview

We have dedicated a great deal of resources to ensure we have one of the strongest local Microsoft support organizations, so please let me know if you would like to learn more about how we can help with your current Microsoft Windows, Unified Communications, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, .NET, System Center, etc. projects.