Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Microsoft Datacentre Security & Management Update
The Interconnect Platinum programme which focuses on selling Virtualisation, IT Management and Security Solutions is designed exclusively for VAD partners , is all about ensuring you have the tools, training, support, information and end user opportunities at your fingertips so that you can sell more of your selected Microsoft solutions. As part of this our Microsoft Solutions Architect writes a weekly blog to keep you apace of the developments to the products in the programme.
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Microsoft opens up Office 365 for beta testing
Microsoft has made the cloud-based Office 365 available for public beta testing. The service combines Office applications with hosted versions of Exchange and SharePoint as well as Microsoft’s Lync communication and collaboration software. It also comes with the ForeFront security client for online protection. Different versions of the suite will be available for enterprise and SMB customers and education.
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SMEs still growing says HP report
HP’s latest SMB Index, has found that SMEs have grown by six per cent on average over the last six months, despite the problems in the broader economy. The survey, which polled 1,000 companies with fewer than 50 staff, also found that 48% of SMEs are turning to social media to help grow the business and reach new audiences. It also found that over two-thirds of respondents are optimistic about the year ahead, expecting to grow by as much as 13 percent.
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Virtualisation cutting a path for cloud adoption
According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualisation Tracker, 19.4% of all new servers shipped in the Q4 of 2010 were virtualised, up from 18.4% in Q4 2009. End-user spending on virtualised servers increased 23.3% in 4Q10. The company says that this is paving the way for cloud adoption, describing virtualisation as ‘a critical evolutionary step in the journey to the private cloud’.
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Sean’s Weekly Computer 2000 Microsoft VAD program update
I’m going to keep it short and sweet this week as I’m at an event tomorrow and Saturday, hence the reason I’m writing the blog today.
I wanted to draw your attention to the fantastic resource that is the Realtime Nexus and the ability to download books free of charge, not just about the products covered by the program but a whole range of topics.
Well that’s it for this week have fun!
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Virtualisation cutting a path for cloud adoption
According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualisation Tracker, 19.4% of all new servers shipped in the Q4 of 2010 were virtualised, up from 18.4% in Q4 2009. End-user spending on virtualised servers increased 23.3% in 4Q10. The company says that this is paving the way for cloud adoption, describing virtualisation as ‘a critical evolutionary step in the journey to the private cloud’.
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New 20nm NAND process will lead to higher capacity tablets and SSDs
Intel and Micron has announced a finer 20-nanometer (nm) process technology for manufacturing NAND flash memory, which is likely to lead to higher capacity plug-in flash drives, solid state devices and tablets early next year. The new 20nm process produces an 8-gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash device. The result will be higher capacity in a smaller space and for around the same price as today’s technology.
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Face to Face with Joel Chimoindes, Director of Azlan Unified Communications about TelePresence.
In today’s intricately networked and globalised economy, efficient and meaningful collaboration among colleagues, customers, partners, and suppliers is a business imperative.
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Power to I – the power of a connected enterprise or individual
Today I set out the simple objective to get from point A to point B and back whilst meeting with a customer and upgrading some hardware.
Sounds simple and by all accounts it should have been.
So what really happened; well I arrived at the train station to find my train had left early, yes, early. You literally couldn’t make it up, so out comes the smartphone and two minutes later I’ve found an alternative route and I’m on the way to the customer thankfully still on time.
