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Posted on October 11th, 2010
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The cost advantages of virtual desktop infrastructures aren’t limited strictly to IT operations. You can also use this technology to lower expenses in other areas, such as selecting and issuing equipment to your employees. With the ability to push a fresh desktop (including Windows 7) to any device – including mobile devices – desktop virtualization provides the backbone for a change in your “standard issue” equipment for your business users.
If you could find a way to issue less expensive devices to your average employee, the cost savings across your company would be substantial. Think about replacing all those laptops with thin-clients, for example. From capital outlay for procurement through ongoing maintenance and replacement, the potential reduction in TCO is enormous.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: Citrix, desktop management, Desktop Virtualization, IT operations, operations, virtual desktops, Windows 7, XenDesktop
Posted on October 6th, 2010
by rbrumpton |
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The principal advantage of server and storage virtualization is that your existing equipment becomes more efficient. Instead of managing a lot of under-utilized equipment, you make better use of what you have, preventing the need to tie up your budget with additional purchases. At the same time, though, you can expect utilization of your existing servers to increase over time – that’s the point, after all.
With your streamlined IT operation, you wind up introducing a new risk into your datacenter: losing one physical server, because of the consolidated environment, could have a disproportionate effect. Fortunately, a bit of planning up front can help you prepare for this possibility.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: IT operations, operations, risk, risk management, ROI, Server Virtualization
Posted on September 22nd, 2010
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Heterogeneous infrastructures are inherently costly and difficult to manage. The need to integrate different systems, maintain a wide spectrum of skill sets and engage multiple teams to diagnose and resolve problems requires a considerable investment in management and coordination. Simply marshaling the necessary resources can cut the time allowed for repair under your SLAs.
1. Internal consistency: Enhance IT operational efficiency throughout your datacenter with a unified solution that facilitates system integration and management, allowing you to alleviate IT team workloads and reallocate team members to higher-impact initiatives.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: Cisco, Cisco UCS, datacenter, infrastructure, IT operations, operations, risk, risk management, ROI, SLAs, unified computing
Posted on September 8th, 2010
by rbrumpton |
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Adoption of Citrix XenDesktop 4 has been robust. Many companies are interested in implementing a centralized solution for desktop management, particularly since the control it brings solves a number of IT support challenges, from software deployment to malware prevention. Operational efficiency gains are salient post-implementation, and the TCO and ROI cases are clear. Aside from these high-level benefits, though, there are a number of granular reasons to move to Citrix XenDesktop. Here are the top three:
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: Citrix, Dazzle, Desktop Virtualization, infrastructure, IT operations, malware, Microsoft, operations, ROI, virtual desktops, Windows, Windows 7, XenDesktop
Posted on July 14th, 2010
by Chris Chrobocinski |
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Disaster recovery and business continuity can be a challenge to manage effectively. In addition to investing considerable amounts of capital into robust, reliable solutions, you’re stuck with the nagging thought that you’re putting your budget into something you hope you never actually have to use. Anything you can do to simplify your D/R framework comes with an inherent cost advantage, particularly through a reduction in complexity and resource-hours committed to planning and managing the environment.
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Posted in Managed Services |
Tags: Tags: business continuity, disaster recover, infrastructure, infrastructure management, IT infrastructure, IT operations, managed infrastructure, operations, ROI
Posted on June 2nd, 2010
by Chris Chrobocinski |
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In this series, we’ll focus on the implications of specific technology solutions for CFOs. Though they are the keepers of a company’s financial health, they don’t always understand the advantages that come with certain technology solutions, and IT professionals sometimes take a suboptimal approach when explaining these concepts to the finance team. This series is intended to help make those conversations easier and more effective.
You know the drill: the CFO needs to keep costs contained. Meanwhile, the IT department always seems like it’s running too lean. Demands are always increasing, especially as new systems are introduced to increase business efficiency. Every new opportunity to streamline operations across the company seems to come with an incremental burden on the infrastructure. So, what happens to the infrastructure team?
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Posted in Managed Services |
Tags: Tags: infrastructure, infrastructure management, IT operations, managed infrastructure, operations
Posted on May 31st, 2010
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In this series, we’ll focus on the implications of specific technology solutions for CFOs. Though they are the keepers of a company’s financial health, they don’t always understand the advantages that come with certain technology solutions, and IT professionals sometimes take a suboptimal approach when explaining these concepts to the finance team. This series is intended to help make those conversations easier and more effective.
Your CFO is focused on keeping costs under control, and a request for new technology tends to be met with skepticism. Whether he thinks you’re chasing something new and exciting or believes that the status quo is just fine for now, the CFO isn’t likely to start writing checks just because you asked. Emphasizing the technological advantages of a particular solution won’t help much either, especially for virtualization technologies, which can be difficult for anyone working outside the infrastructure team to grasp fully. So, when you reach out to your CFO to talk about the need for a virtualization solution (e.g., storage, server or desktop), you need to make sure your pitch is tailored to a decidedly non-technical audience.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: Desktop Virtualization, IT operations, operations, ROI, Server Virtualization, storage virtualization, Virtualization
Posted on May 12th, 2010
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How much of your datacenter is dark? At any given time, you have systems that aren’t being used. Oddly, this is often intentional. Your capacity planning exercises are designed to show how much you need under a variety of circumstances, and the need to handle peak usage means there will be occasions when servers and storage are under-utilized. In fact, this will generally be the case – you’ll have dormant systems more often than you have heavily utilized systems. This translates to lost potential. Unlock the potential of under-utilized systems, and you can defer IT investments, gain more value from existing equipment and streamline your IT operation.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: capacity planning, datacenter, infrastructure, infrastructure management, IT operations, processor, Server Virtualization, storage, storage virtualization, utilization, workload
Posted on May 10th, 2010
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You don’t know what’s going on with the desktops across your organization. It’s the Wild West out there. Non-standard software, personal website surfing and connections over public wireless networks after hours can lead to an accumulation of desktop risk that can spread to your enterprise as fast as … well, as fast as a virus can move from one computer to the next.
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Posted in Virtualization |
Tags: Tags: business operations, Citrix, desktop management, Desktop Virtualization, IT operations, virtual desktops, virus, viruses, XenDesktop
Posted on May 5th, 2010
by Chris Chrobocinski |
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For new businesses and entrepreneurs, 2009 was grim. The effects of the financial crisis made it much harder to get a new business off the ground. Venture capital money just wasn’t flowing, and innovation was forced to take a back seat to the survival instinct. We’re experiencing signs of economic recovery now, but it’s still slow and cautious. Nonetheless, new businesses are starting to pop up, and the folks with the cash are beginning to invest again. Cost discipline remains the norm, however, with every dollar allocated carefully. Frankly, it’s the perfect situation for managed services from MTM.
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Posted in Managed Services |
Tags: Tags: Aware 360 v2, infrastructure, infrastructure management, IT operations, managed infrastructure, monitoring, monitoring solutions, network, networking, outsourcing
