Are you trapped at a desk? Is there never enough time in a day to get all your work done during business hours? Have you always wanted to be a “Road Warrior”? Well you can be, thanks to a technology called VPN otherwise known as Virtual Private Networking. It has given businesses the capability to grow and expand across cities, states, even countries, and still communicate over one single network.
The uncertain global economic condition, vanishing profits and volatile markets that ensue are resulting in many financial services firms looking to cut their capital expenditures on servers and applications through the use of private clouds. With investment in cloud technology already in effect within non-production areas such as server provisioning and storage networks, many financial firms still remain very weary of security and determined to keep client data within the walls of their own facilities.
A recent survey conducted by IDC projects savings from server consolidation will be redirected to new IT innovations in the year 2012. A recent survey of top Chief Information Officers indicated that 40% have chosen virtualization and server consolidation as a top priority for the coming year.
Global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure VMware announced its Solution Exchange online marketplace today. This socially-enabled development will allow for customers, partners, and developers alike to collaborate in a centralized self-service portal to evaluate and select business solutions. The capability is a much anticipated platform to VMware’s more than 2,000 technology partners who have worked in recent years to build more than 3,500 VMware compatible applications and 6,000 infrastructure products.
What is out-of-band management? Will it make you famous? Not so much, but it may make your System Administrator feel a little more comfortable. This type of management is more of the IT kind, the remote kind. These days, pretty much every business has a network of machines and applications that typically are managed by a server that needs to be running 24/7. But what happens at 1:30AM when something goes wrong with the server?? Read on for information on how a remote management system can mean the difference between minor hiccup and complete crisis.
The 11th grade daughter of SwiftecIT’s President and CEO was recently assigned an article for her school newspaper the Algonquin Harbinger. To write her article, she came up with the a very insightful and creative way to display the craze behind such social media outlets as Facebook and Twitter. Read on to meet John Carder, the fictional character with a real Facebook, and see what “his” story says about the perhaps overly casual and sightless way people are now using social media.
If you are someone who has gone out and bought a new PC that has Windows 7, then you have probably had the same issue as a lot of people. The big question remains: where are things located and why can’t I get to them easier? Microsoft has always had shortcuts to get to places on your pc or do simple tasks but no one usually knows what they are. Here is a highly practical list of quick key shortcuts to help you navigate around that new PC.
Have you ever heard someone comment about what the “stupid” computer did to their report or project? The funny thing is that computers aren’t in fact stupid as they can only process the instructions they were given by the operator. So if that is true, then how can phones be “smart”? The difference here is the applications which are now available for the “smart” phones. Read on for a few business and personal examples of how smart phones are becoming more and more a part of our daily functions.
One possible definition of “Technology” is having the ability to perform tasks in a manner you could not have possibly thought of using previously. Free Video-Voice hosts such as Skype, Facetime, and Viber are redefining how we communicate and here’s why…
As the growth of tablet deployments continues to skyrocket, many small and mid-sized businesses are asking themselves a very simple question: is my business ready for the tablet? Business owners are considering the various merits of having a truly mobile workforce. Here are five simple things that you might want to consider when looking at tablets.
Sometimes people have a document that they would like to keep private from others whether it is at home or at the office. Not everyone has sophisticated encryption software to encrypt those files for their own viewing. Did you know that Microsoft has a way to password protect your word documents? Just follow these steps when saving your file.
Social media has now taken over email’s role as the primary personal and professional internet-communication tool. While social media has certainly proven itself as a valuable business tool, it also presents substantial risks and those engaging in it must practice vigilance to avoid negative effects on your valuable business data and infrastructure. However, in deploying comprehensive internet security risks can most likely be avoided.
Disaster is unfortunately an ever present risk for companies both large and small. The difference between inconvenience and devastation can often times lie in the hands of the business through proper preparation. Read on for 5 easy steps to minimizing damage to your business.
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the concept of virtualization. Allow us to clarify the individual areas of the virtualization process for you.
What should you keep in mind when considering virtualization solutions? Read our top five tips and learn more about what virtualizaiton can do for your business.