January 20, 2009
IT managers have a common goal: getting more work done with fewer resources. Many IT budgets are not keeping pace with the increasing amount of work, which must be performed. Most of the budget increases are being taken up by costs such as power, infrastructure, and facilities, while discretionary spending is taking a hit. Economic [...]
January 7, 2009
Server virtualization is helping control IT costs for many SME’s (small and medium-size enterprise) as it does for large enterprises. Server virtualization improves server utilization, reduces hardware and management costs, and improves overall disaster recovery and business continuity. The scale of the SME environment may have 10 or 20 servers vs. larger organizations, which may [...]
January 1, 2009
The first quarter of 2009 may be one of the worst ever due to the continuation of slashed IT budgets. Technology spending will see budget cuts as much as 20 percent in the U.S. next year. But cost-conscience organizations are deploying refurbished equipment as a viable alternative to keep their IT projects moving ahead. Visit [...]
December 30, 2008
Padding your IT budget? IT managers pad their budgets because they believe the funding for the budget will be cut no matter how well justified. This approach creates a problem. If you get asked about your numbers, and don’t have a good answer, your credibility could go out the window. Future requests for funding could [...]
December 23, 2008
All IT managers face IT chaos at one time or another. This chaos is usually the result of software, hardware and networking equipment acquired over time, and a patched together infrastructure. Through different eras of acquisitions and different vendors, much of what goes into a data center doesn’t work harmoniously. Data center change happens so frequently [...]
December 17, 2008
Right now, with BIZI pre-owned network equipment, you are able to save substantially on upgrades. In many cases, you can lower your total cost of ownership by applying cash back from trading in your excess equipment towards your new requirements. Get more value out of your exiting network system, by adding pre-owned equipment to enhance functionality . With our programs, you have three cost effective ways of getting [...]
December 16, 2008
A benefit of virtualization is that many physical servers can be collapsed onto a single server, which reduces the need for additional equipment. With the absence of physical network aggregation points, like a switch or router, organizations can potentially lose the vital ability to watch all network traffic due to these “blind spots.” There’s no doubt that [...]
2009 is going to be an interesting. Most contraction will stem from efforts to reduce IT expenses, primarily by either increasing user efficiency or reducing hardware waste. So where should you concentrate your efforts? Your best bet is in the server virtualization arena. Huge efficiency gains have already been brought to the data center. In the next year, even [...]
December 10, 2008
Cloud services claim to provide nearly everything you need without requiring you to run your own IT infrastructure. There are three basic uses of the cloud’s tech resources: computing power on-demand, SaaS (software as a service) applications delivered over the Internet, and PaaS (platform as a service) application development and provisioning delivered over the Internet. We’ve seen organizations [...]
The protocols of choice are Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS (NFS). Your choices are going to be 8Gbyte FC (maybe 4Gbyte), 1Gbyte iSCSI, and 1Gbit/s or possibly 10Gbit/s Ethernet w/ NFS. When it comes to straight performance, many organizations concede that Fibre has the performance advantage from a raw numbers standpoint. Choosing iSCSI or NFS for ease of use [...]
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