The Debate I was speaking with a friend of mine about what we do and kept referring to our ‘Clients’ as ‘Customers’. She politely corrected me, and advised that I reread my Webster’s Dictionary. So, after pulling out the 1,664 page Collegiate Edition from my bookshelf, I decided to just look it up online. Here’s [...]
Microsoft, Citrix & DedicatedIT Offer Includes New Computer Network West Palm Beach, FL – March 30, 2009 – In this tough economic climate it’s not easy to afford a new computer network or an upgrade on a current system. Xtreme Network Makeover is a chance for your company or one you know of, to apply [...]
My company is a Microsoft partner and was invited to speak at a small and disadvantaged business seminar in Miami. Our company was tasked with presenting the benefits of the new ribbon inside Microsoft Office 2007. Normally, I don’t accept these types of events, because our target market isn’t going to be there. Recently, I’ve [...]
Twitter Question From Pal_Pal pal_pal asked Twitter a question about XenServer: Does Marathon Everrun on XenServerprovides HA for Windows 2003 VMs without requiring a shared storage???? What is Marathon everRun? According to Marathon’s website: everRun VM completely automates VM availability setup, configuration, fault detection and policy management. Automated setup and configuration eliminates the manual configuration other availability [...]
What good is a high availability solution without testing? Not worth waiting three minutes for, as we found out this morning in a test for a client’s solution implementation. How Does It Work? Our design consists of two HP Proliant servers running Citrix XenServer 5, a Compellent SAN, a bunch of Windows hosts (both clustered [...]
First Ingredient: Really Smart People Okay, so you have some really smart, certified and well trained folks working for you. Their resumes are probably three pages long and have some acronyms that look really good, but you have no clue what they really mean. They can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 30 seconds. You can [...]
Before you make a hasty decision, please remember that no good deed goes unpunished. Sometimes it’s better to step back and think through something before “running onto the track”.
CRN quotes Adam Steinhoff on Cisco job cuts. Steinhoff thinks that job cuts by companies is a smart move in this economy.
Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) isn’t playing nice with the government-mandated changes to the start and end dates of Daylight Saving Time (DST) that began on Sunday morning. CSCsy25150: CUCM timezone DST date corner case You can read the full bug report on Cisco’s web site if you’re a member. In short, if your phones are [...]
“Make sure you have a good backup”. My definition of “good backup” has changed. If you can’t restore, it’s not good. Can you restore your backup? 561-491-5725
