The other day a friend invited me to go fishing. And while sitting around for hours baking in the sun, waiting for what seems like forever for a “bobber to bob” – may be fun for some, to me it’s just not top of the list for activities I’d do on a Saturday afternoon. (No offense to the fishing aficionados!)
The Master sent Jack to a friend of his at a neighboring blacksmith’s shop, who was having trouble with his network. The Master said, “Jack, go to my friend’s shop and use this checklist to analyze his network. Then, report back to me.”
Driving into work today, I heard an old classic, "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai. As I was belting out the lyrics (of course I was alone in the car), the repeated use of the word 'virtual' got me thinking about our own virtualization services. In truth, without proper virtualization in a network, it can lead to insanity.
The weather report is in, and it's "cloudy with a chance of productivity!" With all the talk about cloud computing these days, you might be wondering how it could impact your company.
Cloud based managed services are a safe alternative to storing business data and information on your servers. Also it represents a cost-effective way to run your company and its computer system. Why? Because you don’t have to go and buy all kinds of expensive equipment for your infrastructure. By letting us store your information and manage your services on our servers, you are saving lots of money you can use for other things.
The Master assigned Jack and Jill to a project for the administrative temple to move a database from their legacy server to a new server. Jill started prepping to backup the legacy server, as the Master instructed, when Jack came through the door.
It was late afternoon at the end of the workday. The Master was prepping for his afternoon meditation when the phone rang. It was an irritated User on the other end.
The phone rang and Jack answered quickly, and spoke clearly, saying, “How may I assist you today?” The Master smiled.
On a fine spring day, the Master and the User were strolling through a garden when the User received a text message. The User said to the Master, “I really don’t understand your apprentice, Jack. Here, look at this message,” he said, handing him the phone. It read: IDK USB O PS/2 1 BA INN O 2 JLMK CUL8R THX J.
Excited, the first apprentice, named Jack, jumped right into his Master’s training network. Jack asked, “Master, some User keeps calling me saying they have trouble with their printer. How do I get them to quit bothering me?”
More and more organizations are turning to virtualization as they face an increasingly complex IT environment. Enterprises of all sizes have found that relocating their operating, network and/or hardware resources to an offsite host server provides an array of business benefits.This virtualized IT environment can lead to reduced capital and operating costs, flexibility in the allocation of system resources to meet changing requirements, the ability to quickly integrate legacy and new systems, and scalability for expanding operations. Another key but often-overlooked advantage of using virtualized machines in an enterprise-level data center is the improved data and network security provided to an organization.
Despite the common misconception that virtualization increases security risk, in actuality today’s virtualized networks can be much more secure than an entity’s in-house network. This is particularly the case in an IT ecosystem where threats originate from evolving network technologies, protocols and devices, as well as sophisticated hackers and data thieves, internal breaches, hardware and software failures, business partner security breaches and even natural disasters.
