Posts Tagged ‘EqualLogic’

And the Award Goes To…

February 3, 2010

It’s the time of year for awards, but not the Grammys or Oscars, the tech industry awards are much more important!  I would like to congratulate our partners for winning the following recognition from SearchStorage.com.

CommVault – Gold medal for Backup & DR Software & Services

ExaGrid – Gold medal for Backup & DR Hardware

Akorri BalancePoint - Gold medal for Storage Management Tools

Dell/EqualLogic - Silver medal for Disk and Disk Subsystems

DataDomain - Bronze medal for Backup & DR Hardware

For all of the awards and why they won follow this link:

http://bit.ly/92Emjm

11/23/2009

November 23, 2009

Happy Turkey Week Everyone!

We can all agree that every organization is different and has unique challenges to overcome, right? 

This is undeniably true, however it is also a fact that there are many challenges we are all facing in regards to managing electronic information, including:

  • Backup administration & management
  • Proper capacity forecasting & storage
  • Meeting eDiscovery & compliance regulations
  • Power reduction, cooling & green initiatives
  • Controlling costs
  • Managing data & storage growth
  • Data center consolidation & virtualization
  • Archive & data retention
  • Protecting data on end-user machines & in remote offices

Now you may not have initiatives in all of these areas, but we are seeing runaway data growth that has gone underestimated, untamed and unaddressed in many businesses.  The consequences of this scenario include: spiraling costs, mounting complexity, excessive hardware, ever-dwindling storage space, failed backups, inaccessible information and much more.

To overcome these challenges, we need tools that are easy to use and scale with changes in the end-user community and growth of the data store.  Two of the best tools available to address information management challenges are featured in this upcoming lunch seminar in the Denver Tech Center.  Please join us for this presentation of how EqualLogic & CommVault will help you address many the challenges listed above.

Register Here: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=7990&PHPSESSID=hsrvvf3899cqruo9hbeb3pbv73&reference=smb

If you can’t make it to this lunch, I would be more than willing to bring our experts to your office for a private lunch & learn to dive deeper into what would work best for you.

8/17/2009

October 19, 2009
As our IT environments grow more complex, the end user community requires faster, more reliable access to information and the business cuts budgets, IT must constantly adapt.  Solid State Drive (SSD) technology and managed data center services are two topics that will continue to be valuable to IT organizations, so I have included some of the latest information about these topics.  I have also included a link to a informational webcast from Gartner to help you make an impact.
 

Webcast - Gartner – Be an IT Hero: Proven Approaches to Efficiency - View the webcast
How can IT departments today deal with shrinking budgets and increased demand for apps, storage space, mobility, reliability, etc.?  This is a great high-level webcast from Gartner which shows how to address these issues and keep IT looking good to the business.

 
Good (and quick) Reading – NY Times - Solid State Drives get Warmer Reception from Businesses – Article 
The New York Times recently ran a short article discussing how Solid State Technology is making an impact to business IT environments.  We now have the ability with our partners Fusion IO, Compellent and Equallogic to provide Solid State technology to support your most IO intensive applications.  If you are looking at this technology, we have some great information to share with you about how to harness the power of SSD.  Fusion IO Compellent SSD Equallogic PS6000S
 
Featured Partner – Latisys – Link
Latisys (formerly Data 393) has the ability to support organizations requiring a cost-effective solution for facilities and infrastructure.  With Tier 3 data centers in California, Colorado and Illinois, Latisys can provide enterprise level products and services for data center space, hosting and managed services.  If you have requirements which have been too costly or complex to address in the past (DR, virtualization, archive, security, etc.) let’s schedule a data center tour and talk about how Latisys might fit into your plans.

8/10/2009

October 19, 2009
Because our event downtown with EqualLogic and ProStor systems was such a success, we are going to hold another session for technologists in the Boulder area.  Anyone is welcome to join us, simply follow the registration link below.  I also came across some great product announcements from our partners LifeSize and Nexsan.
 
 

8/3/2009

October 19, 2009

This week, I would like to once again invite you to our lunch session, we are almost full, so sign up now!  I would also like you to know about 2 new ways we can help out, including full managed services for many of the technologies we represent and a new Microsoft solutions practice.

6/22/2009

October 19, 2009
This week I would like to highlight some new solutions from Dell.  They are trying to “Simplify IT” with modular designs, simplified management tools & pre-configuration services.  The articles below show Dell’s commitment to business computing environments.  Dude, you’re getting a dell, from Lewan!
 
Dell Expands Server & Storage Portfolio - Dell announced new products aimed to help small & medium sized businesses implement advanced technologies such as virtualization, centralized storage, & backup in a turn-key, modular approach.  These technologies are designed to lower entry cost, obtain the flexibility required to run today’s business critical applications & provide a platform for your business to grow.
 
Dell announces entry-level iSCSI array line - Dell announces the EqualLogic PS4000 & NX3000 for small businesses & remote offices to harness enterprise storage capabilities.  The PS4000 is still managed by the same EqualLogic software as the larger units, which means simplified management of the storage environment for the IT staff.  The NX3000 will provide network attached storage, coupled with deduplication & integration into the storage area network.  SAN & NAS centrally managed…powerful stuff. 
 
Dell diversifies with pre-configured server bundles - For enterprise customers, that require rapid provisioning of new servers, Dell has announced a new program to manufacture pre-configures blades, storage & rack servers with integrated software solutions for customers requiring rapid growth of the environment.  This model will grow & is soon to include the desktop environment as well.
 
To Learn More
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Product Demonstrations - WebEx demo’s to learn specifically how EqualLogic solutions work & integrate with other technologies
PS4000 Series 
NX3000
48TB in 4U?

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