Have you ever heard the song, “If you’re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band?” For some reason, this theme plays in my head but the lyrics are, “If you’re gonna do an upgrade, you’re gonna wanna do it now.” I know the song could use some work, but the content couldn’t be more true. If you are thinking about or need to do a network refresh, this is the time to do it.

Business continuity and disaster recovery planning are all about a company’s ability to survive and continue operations in the face of physical and environmental events, such as natural disasters (fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc), network outages, disgruntled employees and computer viruses. Critical business technologies – telephone, email, Internet, corporate applications, databases – must be included in the planning process to ensure corporate survival and continued operation.

Companies continually seek new ways to go green with efficiencies, recycling and building improvements. How can IT help make business more eco-friendly? For companies with applications running on multiple servers, virtualization is a great way to maximize computing resources, reduce power consumption and eliminate server room expansion.

Virtualization is a hot topic for many companies because of its savings in power, space, cooling, ease of administration, speedy server deployments and quick return on investment. But what about business continuity and disaster recovery? more…

Businesses are always looking for alternative ways to cut costs, increase value and streamline operations without disrupting output of future growth. Traditional cost-cutting strategies such as canceling or postponing projects and reducing headcount can offer immediate relief of financial obligations associated with budget. However, these methods often fail to ultimately generate quantifiable value. Here’s a list of five business technology trends designed to extend cost-cutting solutions, as well as true business value…more…

In a world where capital expenditures continue to climb through the roof, it’s essential for decision makers to look closely at indicators (such as return on investment) and how quickly expenditures are depreciating over the life span of assets. more…

Virtualization for the small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) supports the need for IT to optimize server environments, without the need for additional or extensive hardware investments. It also provides a new approach to disaster recovery and improved back-up capability. more…

Virtual technology has been around since the heyday of the mainframe era. Virtualization has gained increasing popularity over the last few years as companies seek to enhance their return on investment (ROI) from computing hardware while decreasing associated costs such as data center power, cooling and support costs. more…