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In my previous blog post , I concluded that Recovery-as-a-service (RaaS) offers the benefits of traditional offsite recovery at a fraction of the price. It does this by combining the benefits of virtual infrastructure and cloud, offering businesses an opportunity to reduce the cost and increase the flexibility...
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Jan 31, 2013
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Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, PlateSpin Protect, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, Privatete/hybrid RaaS, PlateSpin Forge, Public RaaS
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Virtualization has changed nearly everything in the data center including servers, network, storage and DR. A few years back, I heard the phrase that in IT, there is a “virtual version of virtually everything”. No doubting that the phrase rings true today. In this part, I would like to take...
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Jan 9, 2013
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It’s true that nobody likes expensive insurance. Most of us look at ways to reduce our insurance premiums on our homes, cars, boats etc. We do this because it’s a cost that we don’t initially see the value in. It’s also something we may never need. So therefore, minimizing the...
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Steve Stavridis
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Dec 12, 2012
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Filed under: vmware, NetIQ, cloud, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Insurance, 80/20 Rule, Critical, Data Center Solutions
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In my travels across the Asia Pacific region in recent months, I’ve been talking to several Managed Service/Cloud Providers and customers about Disaster Recovery (DR) in the cloud. Interestingly, Gartner states that by 2014, over 30% of midsize companies will have adopted DR in the cloud or recovery...
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Steve Stavridis
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Dec 10, 2012
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Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, Australia, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Data Center Solutions
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A recent Datamation article by Jeff Vance lists Five Private Cloud Pitfalls to Avoid . In general, I'd agree with the points that he makes, but I think the third point, "Forgetting to update chargeback tools along with your infrastructure", is a point worth expanding upon. No doubt that...
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I’ve always been interested in the PlateSpin products and a little while ago I sat down with Frank Moore to discuss his PlateSpin Migrate session at ATT Live . For anyone who does not know, PlateSpin Migrate decouples workloads from their underlying server infrastructure and automatically copies...
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dcoughanour
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Mar 26, 2012
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Filed under: vmware, NetIQ, Windows, Data Center, Novell, PlateSpin Protect, PlateSpin Migrate, Linux, Frank Moore, P2V, ATT Live, PlateSpin, dcoughanour, Data Center Solutions
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What is “The Cloud” and how can you get there? Microsoft’s Central Region Evangelist team are working to provide some answers with their “30 Days of Cloud” blog series . Matt Hester , Brian Lewis , John Weston , and Kevin Remde are sharing their insights and experiences...
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Chris
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Nov 29, 2011
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Filed under: NetIQ, Virtualization, PlateSpin, VMware, John Weston, Migration, Brian Lewis, Kevin Remde, P2V, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Migrate, Matt Hester, Chris, Data Center Solutions
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As the temperatures hot up across the US our event schedule is doing the same with a busy schedule of conferences, webcasts, gatherings and training where you can catch up with us and learn more about what we can do for you. August 9, 2011, Online Webcast : The second of a 4 part series The Changing...
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Aug 3, 2011
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Filed under: AppManager, Houston, Training, LandWarNet, Security Manager, CIO Summit, Staines, Active Directory, NetIQ, Cloud Computing, Novell, DISA, Virtualization, PlateSpin, Disaster Recovery, Online, Defense Information Systems Agency, VMware, VMworld, AFITC, David Shephard, Drop
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There is an exciting (ok, I don't get out much) proposal from Neil MacDonald , of Gartner, that he calls systematic workload reprovisioning. The idea is to periodically stop and restart instances of programs or workloads on a server, using a vetted set of service executables and dependencies. The...
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Jul 19, 2011
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Filed under: Security, IT process automation, NetIQ, Gartner, ITPA, VMware, Amazon, Cloud, Automation, Workflow, Xen, Rackspace, KVM, Run Book Automation, Hyper-V, Garve Hays, Security Web
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"I would like to know about your experiences of virtualizaing any/all components of your NetIQ Deployments?" wrote Greg in the AppManager Forum . He had me at that, and I suspected that the response would be worthy of sharing with readers of the AppManager blog . Greg expanded his question...
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Jun 13, 2011
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Filed under: AMPP, analysis center, appmanager, vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, ESX, SAN, Storage, VMDK, Microsoft Technet, Microsoft SQL Server, AppManager Performance Profiler, Wes Noonan, QDB, David Shephard, Data Center Solutions
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On hearing the news that NetIQ had just released the much anticipated NetIQ AppManager for VMware 7.8 module, I grabbed some coffee and went to find regular Qmunity blogger and AppManager Product Marketing Manager, Criss Scruggs . I'm not sure she was ready for my first question: Criss, who is it...
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David Shephard
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Apr 12, 2011
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Filed under: analysis center, appmanager, vmware, NetIQ, ESX, vSphere, vCenter, Data Store, Datastore, David Shephard, Data Center Solutions
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As we discussed in an earlier post, the concept of intelligent workload management (IWM) is beginning to take hold in many organizations. By creating discrete workloads—lightweight combinations of software functionality and operating systems in an easy-to-use package—businesses can move toward...
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Choice is a balancing act; too much and customers may be overwhelmed; too little and customers are locked in to a certain vendor. In terms of security, a single vendor may degrade into what has been cleverly termed a monoculture . As has been pointed out , Microsoft may be let off the hook as an example...
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In a previous entry , I mentioned standardization for "cloud" computing. So I was happy to see the New York Times Bits technology blog run an article on the launch of OpenStack from Rackspace . As a customer, I always insist on a published specification, preferably governed by a standards body...
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2010 is turning out to be a big year for Microsoft Active Directory. A 10th birthday celebration indicates that organizations have made the commitment to Active Directory . Performing migrations and re-architecting for better business alignment, companies are now also considering its role in Identity...