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| IT Solutions | Date | | Newsletter | | 06/01/2010 | | June 2010 News
Traditional storage arrays can be complex and inflexible. Often as your capacity requirements change, a forklift upgrade is required to provide the processing power and bandwidth throughput required. This is not the case with Dell/EqualLogic, one of the industries easiest to manage and most versatile IP-based storage systems.
EqualLogic is a winner of InfoWorld’s 2010 Technology of the Year award because they can offer a great set of features at a low price, excellent fault tolerance, high performance and unmatched scalability. Much of the same functionality that is found on enterprise class storage systems is included with EqualLogic storage including: thin provisioning, snap shots, replication, advanced application integration, virtualization, etc.
Strengths
· Unique architecture delivers the benefits of consolidated networked storage in a self-managing, iSCSI SAN that is affordable and easy to use.
· Virtualization enables controller performance and network bandwidth increases as capacity is added to the SAN.
· 10 GbE and SSD are available now, providing investment protection for the future.
· Direct integration with Microsoft (Exchange, SQL, Hyper-V, Storage Server, etc.), Oracle, VMware (vSphere & View), CommVault, Symantec, Citrix, Virtual Iron, etc. | | 5/16/2010 |  | May 2010 News
We all know that the amount of data we are storing is growing at an exponential rate, which makes it difficult to manage for many reasons. The question is how does an IT organization effectively manage the data to ensure availability and integrity at the lowest total cost of ownership. Lewan currently has 4 main storage partners: NetApp, Compellent, Dell and Hewlett Packard. First let’s take a look at NetApp and in the following weeks I will cover the other manufacturers.
NetApp believes that integration with your applications is critical to building a storage foundation that will meet your data management goals. The Data ONTAPoperating system provides a robust set of features and ability to adapt to your changing business requirements. | | 05/01/2010 | | May 2010 News
Microsoft’s end of support for the client operating systems Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 as well as the server operating system Windows 2000 will take effect July 13th, 2010. In addition, Windows Server 2003 will change from Mainstream Support to Extended Support on this same day.
If you are not planning for a migration to Windows 7 and Server 2008, now is the time to get started because these changes have significant implications for the security of your machines and application support. Our Microsoft certified professionals have helped many local customers build a strategy to effectively manage these upgrades, so as you begin to discuss how these changes might affect your organization, please let us help.
Included is a whitepaper with a detailed overview of the workstation lifecycle management methodology Lewan PROS have found to be successful. We also assist with customized health check, planning/design, configuration/testing, installation/integration and contract management services.
| | 4/15/2010 | | April 2010 News
There are great deals for IT organization looking to implement game changing technologies like video conferencing, virtualization and disaster recovery. Here are the latest promotions from Lewan and our partners.
| | 3/26/2010 | | March 2010 News
Blades are a huge enabler of consolidation and simplification of the data center. Reduced cabling infrastructure, improvements in hardware efficiency, ease of scalability and robust management tools are all benefits an IT organization can realize by implementing Blades, but there are many choices available. The current offerings from Cisco, Dell and HP are very different, but they each have a fit for specific reasons. Let’s take a look. | | 3/4/2010 | | March 2010 News
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s most important Operating System since the October 2001 release of Windows XP. Read on to learn more........... | | IP Communications | | Date | | Newsletter | | 05/15/2010 | | May 2010 News
Whether your organization is looking for a better way to communicate internally or with your customers, it is critical to have a video strategy to reach today’s audience. The mass proliferation and commoditization of high-definition devices and broadband internet service has made lifelike HD video communications from the living room to the board room a reality. Our partner LifeSize, a division of Logitech, is ushering in a new era in communications using legacy internet protocols to deliver video communications. | | 3/15/2010 | | Protecting the IT infrastructure from the latest threats and vulnerabilities has become increasingly difficult. This is because IT security personnel face:
| | 1/26/2010 | | January News
Last week a NASA astronaut, Timothy J Creamer, sent the first Tweet from the International Space Station which you can read here: http://twitter.com/Astro_TJ. As a technologist, and geek, I think this is a pretty significant milestone that we have reached. Our information network and ability to communicate literally has no more limits. We have reached an age where we can communicate from anywhere to anyone at any time. |
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