A Small Business Guide to Cloud Computing Produced by Cloudserve Ltd

(PRWeb UK) January 22, 2010

Whilst more and more small businesses are adopting Cloud computing services, it is fair to say that most small businesses are still unsure of what Cloud computing is. How does it relate to their specific business sector, what are the benefits to be obtained and how easy is it to transfer from current systems? The Cloudserve Guide to Small Business Computing provides the answers to these questions in easy to understand and non technical language, allowing small businesses to appreciate the advantages that can be expected from this new and fast growing technology.

Cloud computing is a natural evolution of business computing driven by the increasing availability of fast and reliable internet connectivity and the ability to share low cost, external data centres that are already well established. It can now be used to provide the majority of IT resources commonly required by small businesses.

The benefits compared to traditional on-premise IT solutions include cost savings of up to 50%, minimal capital outlay, continuously upgraded services, reduced management time, the flexibility to scale capacity up and down as required and easy access from home or when travelling

All aspects of IT resources are now being delivered by this new service including application software delivery, email and collaborations services, data storage, online backup, remote access and disaster recovery. There is no longer the need to manage these IT resources in-house. Many companies are moving away all together from running in-house PC and Server equipment by utilizing a mix of Cloud computing services including hosted desktop and hosted server resources. A recent statement by Gartner, a leader in Technology research and analysis recently predicted that Cloud computing will become so pervasive that by 2012, one out of five businesses will own no IT assets at all!

Rather than moving wholesale to Cloud in one big leap, most small businesses will move gradually in this direction by incrementally adopting specific Cloud computing solutions alongside their existing in- house systems. Certainly businesses that have already made investment in house infrastructure will want to achieve a return on these investments. It is when business requirements change or when equipment replacement is required that adoption of Cloud services makes good commercial sense

Interested in finding our more? Cloudserve Ltd a leading UK provider of Cloud computing services has released a Small Business Guide to Cloud Computing. It is available free from the home page of its website at http://www.cloudserve.co.uk or by calling 0800 327 7802.

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TCWH Announces New InMotion Hosting Review 2012

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

As one of the best web hosting 2012, InMotion hosting offers their business web hosting by leveraging Max Speed Zone technology similar to Cloud hosting technology, which is designed to help clients speed up websites and email by 600% rather faster than other web hosts, at VERY competitive price $ 5.95/mo.

Typically, most of budget web hosts only utilizes one cheap data center. That means clients may be 2000 miles far away from the location of web server where to host their websites. Loading the content from the server in east coast to the end user from the west coast or aboard may need to be routed over 20 times, which certainly doesn’t make sense for any web hosting clients.

InMotion hosting makes the hosting solution quite different by utilizing multiple data centers and network connection peering technology. The technology is similar to cloud hosting, which allows users to get direct network connections to the web server in a much better efficient and faster way.

# Multiple Data Center #

InMotion hosting has multiple data centers in US, from the east coast to the west coast. The web hosting clients can choose the closest data center of InMotion due to the targeting area of potential readers. All InMotion data centers utilize multiple network providers and BGP4 network, which is the highest rated network standard, to prevent downtime in the case of hardware damage or network interruption.

# Peering Technology #

In addition to the multiple data centers and network providers, InMotion hosting works with some of the largest ISPs and peering exchanges to create direct data connections for site visits. Eventually, the sites hosted with InMotion hosting almost have an outstanding fast connectivity.

The peering technology is widely used in the cloud hosting solutions. The Nowadays well-known content delivery network (CDN) is developed from the former technology which is provided in InMotion web hosting.

InMotion Hosting

InMotion hosting is an award-winning business web hosting provider founded in 1999. In past 10 years, InMotion hosting had succeeded in helping over 200,000 businesses extend over the Internet. Their business class web hosting provides the exclusive features as following.

1) Max Zone Speed Technology

2) FREE Automated daily backup

3) 24/7 Server monitored

4) 24/7 US based in-house customer service

5) FREE $ 100 Google AdWords credit

6) 90 days FULL money back guarantee

InMotion hosting is pricing at $ 6.95/month, but now it offers a special 15% discount at only $ 5.95/month for all readers.

To learn more about InMotion hosting for their promotion, review and secret revealed, visit http://www.top-cheap-web-hosting.com/inmotion-coupon-reviews

About Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com

Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com (TCWH) is a leading web hosting review website. TCWH, reviews web hosts unbiasedly based on the true experience and feedback from real customers. The mission of TCWH is to help people find the best web hosting deals, and save time and money from a bad choice.

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JouleX Recognized by Computerworld As a 2012 Computerworld Honors Laureate

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

IDGs Computerworld Honors Program today announces JouleX, a leading innovator in enterprise energy management systems for data centers, distributed office environments, and facilities, as a 2012 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.

There’s no question technology plays a vital role in driving business forward. It ensures an organization’s ability to compete, innovate, communicate and to thrive. What the Computerworld Honors Laureates so clearly demonstrate is technology’s role in moving society forward. Computerworld acknowledges and applauds the outstanding work being done by individuals and organizations who have successfully used technology to improve the quality of our lives and that of future generations, said John Amato, Vice President/Publisher of Computerworld. “Computerworld is proud to name the 2012 class of Laureates and celebrate their initiatives benefiting society through the innovative use of IT.

At JouleX, we are proud to play a vital role in providing organizations around the world with the visibility and analysis required to help them control their energy management across the enterprise and, ultimately, decrease energy consumption, support corporate sustainability initiatives, and reduce overall operating expenses, said Tom Noonan, president and CEO at JouleX. To have our JouleX Energy Manager technology recognized by The Computerworld Honors Program further validates both the business and environmental value we bring to the marketplace.

JouleXs is being honored as a 2012 Laureate for its deployment of JouleX Energy Manager (JEM) within one of the worlds leading engineering, project management and consultancy companies. With the goal to automate the control of energy usage across its distributed IT and data center environments, JEM will provide the company with a total five-year savings in the distributed office at a targeted $ 10 million in energy cost reduction; 36,000,000 kWh in energy consumption reduction; and a reduction in green-house gas emissions of more than 25,000 metric tons of CO2e.

The Computerworld Honors Program awards will be presented at the Gala Evening and Awards Ceremony on June 4, 2012 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

About The Computerworld Honors Program

Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies, as well as oral histories of Leadership Award recipients can be found at the Computerworld Honors website.

About JouleX

JouleX is the leading innovator in sustainable energy management systems for the enterprise. Its flagship solution, the JouleX Energy Manager (JEM), provides the Global 2000 and government agencies with the ability to monitor, analyze and control energy usage for all network-connected devices and systems across the enterprise, including in distributed offices, data centers and facilities. Importantly, JEM is the first network-based energy management system that works without the use of software agents, dramatically reducing installation time and removing the maintenance burden associated with similar technologies. JEM decreases energy costs by up to 60 percent with no impact on user productivity, availability and service level agreements. JEM also provides a robust, centralized enterprise-level reporting and decision support engine that supports corporate sustainability reporting and compliance with emerging carbon monitoring requirements.

JouleX was founded in 2009 and since has been distinguished with recent awards and accolades including Gartner Cool Vendor in Green IT and Sustainability, GE Ecomagination Award, BT Green Economy Success for Future Award and Clean Tech Media Award. The company is headquartered in Atlanta with worldwide offices located in Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Munich, and Kassel, Germany and throughout the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.joulex.net, call (404) 567-4445 or send an email to info@joulex.net.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld’s award-winning web site (http://www.computerworld.com), bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world’s largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Magazine of the Year by American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2010, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3.5 million unique, monthly visitors (Omniture, September 2011). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading media, events and research company. Company information is available at http://www.idgenterprise.com.

All product and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.

JouleX Recognized by Computerworld As a 2012 Computerworld Honors Laureate

Avectra Announces New Data Center

McLean, VA (Vocus) January 22, 2010

True to Avectras commitment to provide world-class cloud computing and service, the industrys innovator for association management software announced today a successful move of the companys primary hosting services to a new data center in December 2009.

We focus on providing the best hosting and technology available, said John Norton, director of Avectras network operations. Our investment in this new, state-of-the-art hosting operation allows us to continue offering the industrys best uptime and network performance as we add new clients on our association management software platforms.

The new facility is operated by leading data center provider Equinix and is located in Ashburn, Va., on one of the largest internet exchange points in the world. In addition to offering even more reliable internet connectivity, the center provides upgraded equipment and improved power redundancy, physical security and environmental controls for the data of the nearly 1,000 member-based organizations using Avectras netFORUM association management software.

The move to this data center more than doubles our networks capacity and at the same time cuts our energy usage and physical footprint by more than 40%, said Mark Zigadlo, network service manager at Avectra. This enables us to extend even higher service levels to our customers while maintaining a green hosting option.

With more than 12 years of hosting experience, Avectra is the leading provider of hosted membership management solutions and is committed to ensuring complete system redundancy with its Avectra Super Network. The shift of services to the new facility further extends Avectras hosting beyond the typical application platform level to provide the most comprehensive and reliable solution available with triple redundant disaster recovery and back-up.

About Avectra, Inc.

Avectra, with more than 16 years of experience, is the leading provider of on-demand association management software. Avectras Web-based, integrated netFORUM software enables organizations of all sizes to experience world class membership management. netFORUM Enterprise Edition is uniquely tailored to the needs of the largest member-based organizations, while their netFORUM Team and Pro Editions are scaled to perfectly address the needs of small and mid-sized organizations, providing the tools that help identify, secure and build members for life. Headquartered in McLean, Va., Avectra also has a regional office in Chicago. For more information about Avectra and the netFORUM family of products, visit http://www.avectra.com, or call 800-858-8272.

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(703) 506-7158

rvanhilst(at)avectra(dot)com

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Sharonview Federal Credit Union Gains Disaster Recovery Assurance While Reducing Backup Windows with Unitrends

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) January 26, 2010

Unitrends (unitrends.com), the leader in affordable, heterogeneous D2D (Disk-to-Disk) and D2D2D (Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk)-based data protection backup appliances, today announced that Sharonview Federal Credit Union has recently upgraded to Unitrends latest data protection appliances after successfully relying on Unitrends for more than five years. With its new Unitrends solutions in place, the growing non-profit credit union has cut backup windows in half while assuring disaster recovery preparedness by vaulting its data to an offsite location using Unitrends technology.

Headquartered in Fort Mill, SC, Sharonview Federal Credit Union began as an employer-based credit union in the 1950s. Today, Sharonview is a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution with assets of $ 900 million serving more than 59,000 members with 22 branches in South Carolina, North Carolina and New Jersey.

As it grew, Sharonview was facing a dramatically increasing quantity of data, an expanded network infrastructure, and storage environment complexity. In 2005, Sharonview decided it was time to get away from the credit unions painstaking tape backup process. Sharonviews tape backups were a hassle to manage, requiring manual review of logs to determine whether backup jobs were successful. Whats worse, there was no way to fully recover a failed server, even after extensive investment in a new tape library and new tape backup software.

While seeking a new solution with better speed and reliability for up to 1TB of data, Sharonview also wanted to improve its disaster recovery readiness while also encrypting critical financial data to meet privacy and security requirements. After evaluating its options, Sharonview purchased disk-to-disk data protection units from Unitrends. Following a successful implementation in 2006 and efficient performance results ever since, Sharonview recently upgraded to Unitrends latest technology in 2009 to accommodate their growing data store. Now with three new Unitrends appliances in place, the growing credit union has cut their backup window in half.

We were probably one of the early adopters of Unitrends, said Mark Johnson, CIO, Sharonview Federal Credit Union. Now after five years we are completely satisfied. When it was time to expand after five years, we didn’t even look anywhere else, we were happy with the Unitrends product.

Today, Sharonview uses Unitrends to backup SANs and individual servers and to vault data to another location for disaster recovery assurance. It also uses the Unitrends Baremetal recovery feature for whole system protection, and the included Unitrends Exchange Agent for email protection. Backups are encrypted with InCrypt 256-AES encryption, delivering the integrated security required by this member-focused, and highly successful financial institution.

When we migrated from tape to Unitrends five years ago we cut our backup way down, then cut it in half again when we upgraded to the latest Unitrends hardware earlier this year, said Kevin Hughes, network engineer, Sharonview Federal Credit Union. We invested in a SAN earlier this year, and are now using the Unitrends product to back up individual servers as well as our (new) SAN.

Its always exciting to play a role in the business success of our customers, said Maria Ellison, senior vice president, support, Unitrends. Sharonview Federal Credit Union has been very pleased in their ability to perform individual file recovery in minutes versus hours with Unitrends while receiving both whole system local backups and offsite vaulting at a remote location for complete disaster recovery.

For more information, please view the complete Sharonview Federal Credit Union Success Story.

About Unitrends:

Small and medium businesses have the same critical reliance on the integrity of their data as enterprises, but often cant afford the operational expenditure of a dedicated staff or the capital expenditure of replacing their IT infrastructure. Unitrends provides enterprise-level data protection, at the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry, through a family of scalable disk-based data protection appliances that integrate and protect existing heterogeneous computer and storage systems through a single, intuitive, graphical user interface.

Unitrends uses a common backup and recovery engine for providing protection for over 100 different versions of operating systems and applications. This means you can support Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Sun Solaris, Novell OES, Novell Netware, Novell GroupWise, Novell eDirectory, Linux, FreeBSD, Apple MacOS X, IBM pSeries/AIX, HP HP-UX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, IBM iSeries/OS400, and SGI IRIX on notebooks, PCs, workstations, and servers and on DAS, NAS, or SAN storage.

Information about Unitrends can be found at http://www.unitrends.com.

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AppAssures Replay 4 Selected as a Backup Product of the Year by Storage Magazine

Reston, VA (PRWEB) January 27, 2010

AppAssure Software is pleased to announce its next generation backup and disaster recovery solution, Replay 4, has been named by Storage Magazine as a 2009 Backup Product of the Year.

AppAssures Replay 4 was chosen by the experts at Storage Magazine due to its unique, next generation approach to Windows backup and recovery, saving its customers real storage costs while ensuring rapid recovery of mission critical data. AppAssure customer Brendan Hourihan, Technology Services Network Engineer at Flagler College, exclaims, Im seeing disk-space savings of 84%. I thought I entered into a dreamland. Finally, backups that makes sense – a more logical approach to how data is backed up AND what you can do with the backed-up data. You can replicate it, synchronize it, and more!

Receiving this recognition is a strong testimony to the tremendous value Replay 4 provides our customers by dramatically reducing their backup and delivering application recoveries in minutes, notes AppAssure CEO Najaf Husain. Were especially gratified that Replay 4 is helping companies who felt the pressures of last years U.S. economic situation significantly reduce their storage costs and boost their ROI. Were pleased to have concluded a phenomenal year, and to have started 2010 with an industry acknowledgement such as this.

Due to the high value provided by AppAssures next generation Windows backup and recovery software, 2009 was a year of tremendous growth for the company–

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KUSA Manufactures A Made in USA- Power over Ethernet, High Security Traffic Switch - Exceeds New Federal Security Guidelines for Industrial Networks

Kansas City, Missouri (PRWEB) March 15, 2012

KUSA announces that its new KY-CSV3170EM Managed Traffic Ethernet Switch has been officially released, and is now being manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri. The Made in America All Gigabit Switch, which is field upgradable to Power Over Ethernet (IEEE802.3at 30 Watt), was designed and engineered in Kansas City, Missouri in conjunction with key traffic partners across the United States. The switch is rack or input file mountable and works in NEMA or non-NEMA traffic cabinets. KUSA is the original design team to innovate the Rack / File mountable Ethernet switches. The KY-CSV3170EM is a 10 Port: 8 X 10/100/1000Base (T) X RJ45 & 2 X 100/1000Base(X) Managed / Temperature Hardened Ethernet Switch (OPTIONAL POE) exclusively sold by Traffic Partners. The KY-CSV3170EM exceeds the new Federal Security Guidelines for Industrial Networks. The new switch has several innovative features not found on most switches:

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GL Conveys the Availability of its DCME Protocol Analyzer Software

Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA (PRWEB) March 15, 2012

GL Communications Inc. a leader in providing PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services to the worldwide telecommunications industry, conveyed today the availability of its product DCME Protocol Analyzer software.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, DCME testing, analysis and verification is easy with GL’s DCME Analyzer. The DCME Analyzer is a PC-based system (Desktop/Laptop) with GL’s Dual port USB E1 pod to connect non-intrusively to the bearer side of DCME equipment. Both real-time and post-processing of the bearer signal is possible. In real-time mode, the status of the bearer including synchronization, bearer loading, fax loading and other statistics are easily monitored. In post processing mode, the entire DCME bearer signal is captured to the PC’s hard disk using the available special E1 applications for recording. The captured file is then analyzed with the DCME software.

He added, In the DCME analysis software, the software aligns to the DCME frame, and the DCME control channel(s) are decoded. The data can be displayed to permit bit level analysis and verification of channel mapping and implementation timing of the DCME protocol. DCMEs use variable bit rate encoding to create overload channels to handle overload conditions. Bearer channels are randomly selected for rate reduction. The software identifies the bit mode of each overload and normal channel (4, 3 or 2 bits).

Mr Kulkarni further added, Additionally, the Facsimile Subframe analysis software permits bit level analysis and verification of fax data sub-multiplexing on the DCME output bearer signal. The DCME Analyzer software calculates the mapping and interleaving algorithms, FEC and permits time of implementation verification.

Important Features

.DCME analyzer uses GL’s Dual port USB E1 pod to provide the capability to test and analyze DCME signals

GL Conveys the Availability of its DCME Protocol Analyzer Software

Fast2host Partnership with SmarterTools

(PRWEB UK) 15 March 2012

Under the terms of the new partnership, Fast2host will provide the SmarterBundle at no additional cost to customers that purchase any Windows Dedicated Server. The SmarterBundle is valued at $ 800 (U.S. dollars) and includes:

SmarterMail SmarterMail is an award-winning mail server that meets the needs of both small businesses and enterprise organizations. With a rich Webmail interface, advanced synchronization, rich collaboration features, email archiving, file storage 97% out-of-the-box antispam protection and optional add-ons for Exchange ActiveSync, Commtouch Premium Antispam, and Commtouch Zero-Hour Antivirus, SmarterMail is the cost-effective Microsoft Exchange alternative.

SmarterTrack SmarterTrack is a powerful help desk application that transforms customer service efforts into a multi-channel communications portal. Features include a ticket system, live chat, Whos On visitor monitoring, call logging, a task management system, branding and language support, reporting, surveys and a knowledge base.

SmarterStats SmarterStats is a Web log analytics and SEO software solution that enables users to obtain detailed analysis of web traffic, visitors’ behavior, SEO marketing efforts, and more.

About SmarterTools

Founded in 2003, SmarterTools Inc. is an information technology management software company based in Phoenix, Arizona. SmarterTools builds a Windows mail server, customer service software, and Web log analytics and SEO software that simplify and automate the day-to-day IT operations of businesses and hosting environments in over 100 countries. Additional information about SmarterTools Inc. and the SmarterTools product line is available at the company website: http://www.smartertools.com

About Fast2host

Fast2Host is one of the UK’s leading independent web hosting companies, providing the best in business and affordable web hosting solutions for thousands of customers worldwide. We have supplied quality web hosting services since 2000 and have won a number of awards. Fast2host Ltd hosts all dedicated servers, in our Cambridge datacentre, on-site ! We do not use other companies network or datacentres, allowing us full control over all aspects of hosting.

http://www.fast2host.com

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Synovus Trusts Wincor Nixdorf to Improve Customer Experience

Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 15, 2012

Wincor Nixdorf, one of the worlds leading providers of IT solutions and services to retail businesses and retail banks today announced Synovus Financial Corp., a $ 27 billion financial services company headquartered in Columbus, Ga., has selected Wincor Nixdorf as their strategic partner for the deployment of innovative self-service technology throughout their branch network in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. Synovus will upgrade their ATM network with 200 of Wincor Nixdorfs newest suite of CINEO Intelligent Deposit ATMs including multiple software solutions from its multi-vendor ProClassic software suite.

The CINEO lobby, through-the-wall and drive-up ATMs will deliver a personalized service across all self-service and branch delivery channels, and has robust and secure functionality Synovus customers can trust now and in the future. Roll out of the advanced ATMs will begin in August, with Wincor Nixdorf providing installation services, first and second line maintenance for seven years.

We are excited to offer our customers this enhanced 24-7 channel for transacting their banking business, said Kessel Stelling, Chairman and CEO of Synovus. This upgrade signals another important step in our efforts to provide best-in-class technology that empowers our customers to interact with us whenever, wherever, and however they prefer. Our new partners technology also gives us the flexibility to develop additional ways for our ATMs to deliver a more intuitive and consistent customer experience. We will continue to make investments in the products and tools that provide an exceptional level of service to customers across our footprint.

To ensure seamless service, Synovus will upgrade their ATM platform with Wincor Nixdorfs award-winning multi-vendor software. Pioneers in the field and a global leader in multi-vendor deployments with over 165,000 terminals in 65 countries running on the platform; Wincor Nixdorf offers Synovus the advantage of improved functionality and increased flexibility which will deliver reduced costs for network updates and a more efficient ATM network for Synovus. To manage its ATM network most efficiently, the company has also selected Wincor Nixdorfs ProView remote monitoring software. In addition, ProView Incident Manager will allow Synovus to build a help desk for managing its ATM network and maintaining consistently high availability of its self-service fleet.

To ensure every transaction is secure and compliant, the CINEO ATMs will include security solutions including PC/E Terminal Security, Remote Key Loading and Wincor Nixdorfs latest anti-skimming technology. Wincor Nixdorf was the first vendor to offer protection against skimming attacks in 2003.

Were pleased that Synovus, one of the largest community banks in the Southeast, recognizes Wincor Nixdorf as the innovative leader in the industry, said Oliver Weber, CEO of Wincor Nixdorf Inc. They are truly transforming the branch banking experience. Our partnership will enable the bank to realize efficiencies and optimization that will ultimately enable them to deliver enhanced services for many years into the future.

The partnership with Wincor Nixdorf is a step towards Synovus implementing a fully automated cash cycle management strategy. With Wincor Nixdorfs proven technology at the ATM touchpoint, Weber said, Synovus branch team members will be free to focus more on their most important asset their customers.

Recognized as the global leader in innovative customer-focused IT solutions, Wincor Nixdorf was the first to introduce single-slot deposit automation ATMs which improve the customer experience for making ATM deposits. Other innovations include Wincor Nixdorfs revolutionary Cash Cycle Management Solution, which creates a closed loop for cash replenishment at in-branch ATMs and teller cash recyclers.

About Synovus

Synovus Financial Corp. is a diversified financial services company and a registered bank holding company based in Columbus, Ga. Synovus provides integrated financial services including commercial and retail banking, financial management, insurance and mortgage services to its customers through 30 locally branded banking divisions of its wholly owned subsidiary bank, Synovus Bank, and other offices in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. For more information, visit http://www.synovus.com.

About Wincor Nixdorf

Wincor Nixdorf is one of the worlds most successful IT solution specialists for process optimization at the consumer touchpoint, covering its core industries of banking and retail. With its U.S. headquarters located in Austin, Texas, Wincor Nixdorf Inc. provides a broad range of innovative hardware and software solutions, complemented by high-end services to many of the worlds biggest and most well-known business organizations, raising overall efficiency of procedures and workflow to improve consumer engagement and reduce operational costs. Wincor Nixdorf has a presence in more than 100 countries and annual sales revenue of $ 3 billion. For more information, visit http://www.wincor-nixdorf.com/usa.

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DataBank, a Leading National Provider of Document Conversion Services, Stresses Importance of Data Privacy Day 2010

Beltsville, MD (PRWEB) January 28, 2010

Requiring a high standard of security and compliance when outsourcing document conversion services or scanning of paper files and data indexing normally associated with a document management solution, should be part of any organization’s data privacy plan. Protection against personal identity theft and unauthorized disclosure of confidential information should be a critical part of any outsourcing decision.

As the country celebrates Data Privacy Day they must not only consider digital data residing within their computer infrastructure; but must also protect the information currently in paper form or scanned digital images in document management , ERP, financial, HR and line-of-business systems that are part of their organizational processes every day.

When selecting an outsourcing vendor for scanning paper documents, engineering drawings, medical records, educational information, employment records, financial information, and government vital records, there are several important things to look for during the evaluation of vendors you might do business with:

SAS70 Type II Certification for Document Conversion Services – Policies and procedures audited by an independent third party firm to assure compliance and track chain of custody from the time documents are received or picked up at a client location until images and data are returned.

PCI DSS Certification – Protection against personal identity theft when documents contain financial information that could be abused if it falls into the hands of dishonest people or computers are hacked.

Employee Background Investigations – credit checks and CORI checks on all employees before hiring.

Employee and Visitor Confidentiality Agreements – Requirements of vendor certification as well as written confirmation of security requirements and policies for information and data prior to allowing anyone into a service provider’s faculty.

Building Access and Security – 24X7 Security by an experienced and qualified agency, and tight access controls through multiple levels of personnel identification before entrance to the facility is granted.

Employee Training on Security and Confidentiality of Client Documents – It is no longer acceptable to say you will protect customer information; you must document how you are going to do it plus educate and monitor employee compliance.

Software-as-a-Service – If you are considering an outsourced hosted solution with information access over the Web, you must be assured of an effective encryption, redundant back-up, and have a documented disaster recovery plan.

Dick Aschman, CEO, of DataBank noted; “Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of client documents and data is a very important aspect of our business in these challenging times. The investments we have made in business processes, protecting our infrastructure, screening our personnel, and obtaining independent audit certifications are focused on providing industry leading levels of security for document conversion services and data management at all of our full-service facilities throughout the nation.”

Chuck Bauer, president and COO, said; “We are pleased to see the emphasis being placed on privacy and security in our industry. Events such as Data Privacy Day bring much needed attention to how people protect their information still on paper and while at a vendor facility for conversion to digital imaging. The government and major corporate clients we serve select DataBank because of our quality and our security and compliance infrastructure.”

About DataBank IMX

DataBank http://www.databankimx.com has rapidly become an industry leader in document management and document conversion services with nine state-of-the-art production centers nationwide.

DataBank is a national full service provider of document management solutions and document scanning services. They provide a comprehensive range of imaging services, document management software, web-based document hosting, and end-to-end vertical industry Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and department-level solutions for companies and organizations that want to improve their document imaging and information management processes. As an Industry leader,

DataBank understands its customers’ business environments and is delivering value-added application solutions and services to thousands of clients throughout the United States.

DataBank enjoys industry partnerships with document management and technology organizations from around the world, and has recently received national recognitions for its performance and quality by Verizon Business Services, Kodak, Hyland and Digitech. DataBank also understands the importance of protecting vital information belonging to its clients with SAS 70 Type II and PCI certifications, and assists their clients in complying with HIPPA, FERPA, and other government and internal regulations.

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DataBank, a Leading National Provider of Document Conversion Services, Stresses Importance of Data Privacy Day 2010

Leading Colocation Provider C4L To Launch South West"s Largest Data Centre

(PRWEB) January 29, 2010

Leading UK colocation provider C4L is pleased to announce the imminent launching of their Bournemouth data centre. When fully completed, the data centre will be the largest business colocation data centre available in the South West providing up to 300 racks/10,000 sq ft. The Bournemouth data centre is being built to Tier 2+ specifications.

The facility will have dual feeds and its own HV supply and substation enabling it to sustain high powered racks. Backup Generators will take the full load of the building should a mains power failure occur and Riello high energy efficiency UPS systems provide N+1 uninterruptible power. N+1 cooling will be provided by Airedale CRAC systems and the facility will have VESDA systems, providing full smoke, fire detection and fire suppression systems.

The data centre has the latest advanced triple level security features including biometric entry systems with a man trap restricting access to the colocation area, alongside swipe cards requiring pin code authorization. The data centre also has 24/7 digital CCTV monitoring and recording. A full range of rack spaces are available, including quarter, half and full racks up to dual 32 Amps as standard, as well as individual colocation suites which can have additional biometric and security scanners for further security.

Matt Hawkins, Managing Director of C4L commented, “We’re extremely excited about building the South West’s largest business colocation facility. It will provide high-specification colocation services with great connectivity options, but without the high London pricing. The site is ideal for local businesses and as a Disaster Recovery to facility to London. In the later stages, we will be connecting the data centre direct to USA facing circuits, providing additional diversity from London.”

The site is being diversely connected to C4L’s national data centre network, which will connect it directly to over 30 data centres including C4L Slough, BlueSquare Maidenhead, BlueSquare Milton Keynes, Telehouse Metro, Telehouse North, Telehouse East, City Lifeline, InterXion, Telecity Meridian Gate, Harbour Exchange 2, Telecity Harbour Exchange 6 & 7, Telecity Harbour Exchange 8 & 9, Greenwich, IP House, Park Royal, Node 4 Derby, Node 4 Wakefield, Byfleet, Open Hosting Manchester, UK Grid Manchester, IFL Manchester, Iomart, Level 3 Goswell Road, Global Switch 1, Global Switch 2, Telecity Kilburn House, Telecity Williams House, Telecity Bonnington House, EasyNet, TATA Stratford, Telecity 2 Amsterdam.

C4L is now in its 10th trading year and with a track rack of 100% growth every year its client base includes Government, FTSE 250, financial institutions and many of the UK’s network carriers. The business is commitment to customer satisfaction and quality of service and includes certifications such as ISO9001 & 27001. Deloitte named C4L as the 12th fastest growing technology company in the UK in their Deloitte Fast50 list, and the 39th fastest growing technology company in the EMEA, in their Deloitte Fast500 list.

For more information on C4L’s services, or colocation information for the Bournemouth data centre call +44 (0)8000 470 481, or visit http://www.C4L.co.uk.

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CAPS Launches Mini-Boot Camp Series with Corus360, eGlobal Insight and Network Synergy

Shelton, CT (PRWEB) January 29, 2010

The CAPS Shelton CT data center and workstation facility located at Sheltons Enterprise Corporate Park will host a new series for 2010 – the CAPS Mini-Boot Camp – with the first event in February. Does Your Recovery or Contingency Strategy Equal Profits or Losses? – Winning Ideas, Drawing Board to Corporate Growth, Driving Client Confidence and Compliance is the theme. There is no cost to attend this event, which runs from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 11.

The timeframe was designed to provide a comprehensive agenda with the latest industry insights, while still giving executives ample time to conduct their daily business. Registration is via the eRSVP online system at http://www.ersvp.com/r/event7760/regmain. Car directions, other transportation options and local hotels are available on the CAPS website – http://www.capsbrs.com/directions.php. The Camp CAPS Shelton address is 1 Enterprise Drive – 4th Floor, Shelton, CT 06484. The event will conclude with a $ 50 gift card drawing, additional one-on-one interaction with the presenters, networking and a tour of the facility.

Experts will make available hardened methods to analyze, install and employ processes, systems and services that will help those in attendance to realize growth, productivity and cost-efficiency. Attendees will walk away with exclusive knowledge that they quickly can implement to impact bottom line results.

During the presentations and interactive discussions, key executives from Corus360, eGlobal Insight, Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), Inc., and Network Synergy will offer free insider expertise about disaster recovery and business continuitys complete product cycle – drawing board to implementation.

Corus360′s presentation by Steve Gruber, Senior Business Continuity Practice Manager, will address the growing field playing a role in strategy and execution – conducting a recovery options study and creating hybrid recovery solutions – and the balance between managed services and do-it-yourself DR solutions. Corus360, an Atlanta technology consulting and solutions company cited as one of Georgia’s Top 10 technology companies by the Technology Association of Georgia, helps organizations solve business problems, reduce costs and enhance efficiency.

A presentation by CAPS executives, Peter Messina, COO, and Robert Ferguson, Director of Operations, will offer insights on how the brick and mortar value proposition for companies has changed and how to benefit from it. CAPS is a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider that supports large enterprise and SMB clients with colocation, workstation facilities and total IT infrastructure real time and DR/BC support services in the northeast and southeast.

Following lunch, eGlobal Insight (eGI) Co-founder, Charles Turcan, will reveal the Top 10 DR/BC plan errors seasoned execs continuously make. He will point out why your strategy probably omits contingencies that cost time, profits or clients. Additionally, he will present the latest on advanced telecom notification systems for compliance, emergency management and staff mobilization. eGI, which was honored as a Computerworld Smithsonian Gold Medal Finalist, pioneered TeleMedicine and Distance Learning voice, video and data networks development.

Network Synergy President, Dana Gargano, will inform attendees why the data backup and recovery space has changed for SMB and enterprise system owners and the reasoning behind his view that this is a key time to seize the opportunity. The must-have data systems found in a well thought-out recovery/continuity plan also will be presented. Network Synergy is a full-service systems integrator that has over 20 years of experience in the disaster recovery area.

About Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), Inc.

CAPS, an IT infrastructure total solutions provider, has flexible, scalable solutions for the entire enterprise – SMB and large cap clients. They house real-time production or backup, disaster recovery and business continuity operations at its first-class, carrier/vendor-neutral data centers and workstation facilities, offering colocation, managed services, disk-to-disk data backup, failover & notification systems, mobile recovery support, secured 7×24 access, top telecom vendors and SAS70 Type II compliance. CAPS serves the Boston-New York corridor and metro Atlanta plus the surrounding states. The Forrester Wave report cited CAPS as a strong performer in the Fixed-Site Disaster Recovery Service Provider category. Please visit us at http://www.capsbrs.com.

About Corus360

Corus360 is a technology consulting and solutions company that helps organizations solve business problems, reduce costs and enhance efficiency by devising, recommending and deploying business-aligned technology solutions. We specialize in best-of-breed infrastructure solutions, IT management consulting, data center technologies, disaster recovery, managed services and enterprise applications. For more information, call (770) 300-4700 or visit http://www.corus360.com.

About eGlobal Insight, Inc.

eGlobal Insight, Inc. (eGI) is a professional services telecommunications company providing Emergency Voice and Data network systems and service. Established in 1991, eGI has led many pioneering efforts in the development of voice, video and data networks for TeleMedicine and Distance Learning. In 2008 eGlobal Insight, Inc. announced the availability of their FailSafe voice recovery system and the eGI AlwaysConnected Satellite emergency voice and data network services. These systems offer a resilient solution that will respond to any outage, disaster or emergency backing up your voice systems, providing mass notification to an unlimited number of groups and maintaining your data and internet connections. For more information, visit http://www.eglobalinsight.com.

About Network Synergy Corp.

Network Synergy has been a full-service Systems Integrator since 1988, offering a broad spectrum of computing services. Specializing in Managed Disaster Recovery and Network Monitoring and Support to small and mid size companies. For more information call (203) 261-2201 or visit us at http://www.netsynergy.com.

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Green Data Storage System Is Now Available Throughout Southeast Asia

Singapore (PRWEB) January 29, 2010

OPUS IT Services Pte Ltd of Singapore today announced a partnership with Hie Electronics, manufacturer of the TeraStack

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Pivot Networks and Brookside Technology Partners, Inc. Team to Broaden Managed IT Services Offering for Texas SMBs

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 1, 2010

Pivot Networks, the preferred provider of managed IT services for Texas-based small- and medium-sized businesses, today announced a partnership agreement with Brookside Technology Partners, Inc., an Austin-based global managed services provider of Voice over IP (VoIP), data, video, and wireless (Wi-Fi) business communications systems. The strategic partnership will allow both organizations to expand their customer base and strengthen their portfolio of managed network services for new and current clients in 2010.

Weve had a chance to work with Brookside on several projects, and their approach to telecommunications proves to be second to none, said Brannen Mehaffey, founder and CEO of Pivot Networks. Growing small- to medium-sized businesses face the challenge of having little to no IT support, preventing them from focusing on core business tasks at hand. Collaborating with Brookside gives us the opportunity to expand our overall resources to help these companies build a solid IT foundation to grow and maintain their business and profitability for the long-term.

Brookside, through their branded Telefficiency Methodology and Program, doesnt simply sell phones but serves as true consultative architects of communication systems. This approach leverages the best-in-breed technology to render maximum results with minimum of effort, expense, or waste for all their customers. While the positive impacts of Telefficiency are many and varied, they generally always include tangible increases in bottom-line profits and overall improvements in employee efficiency and productivity.

With a combined 100 years of experience in the industry, the management team at Brookside maintains a solid staff of professionals trained to provide services in various areas of telecommunications, including Voice over IP, Unified Messaging, Wired and Wireless Networking, Contact/Call Center design, Multimedia Collaboration & Presence, Network Security, and Video Conferencing.

We are confident our team effort will bring great advantages to both companies since we share a common vision of having a relentless focus on customer service, said Ben Rizzo, vice president of Marketing, Brookside Technology Partners. Brooksides partnership with Pivot Networks will enable us to deliver a powerful portfolio of managed IT services to our customers, and we look forward to what the year will bring.

Pivot Networks has been a leader in the managed IT services industry throughout the Austin and Central Texas area for nearly a decade. Pivot Networks delivers a wide array of technology solutions to meet business and computer network needs for small- to medium-sized businesses, while lending expert project planning and consulting along the way. Services include Real-Time Network Monitoring and Alerts, Proactive Network Support, Remote and On-Site Tech Support, Off-Site Data Backup, Disaster Recovery and Planning, Quarterly Reviews, Hosted Services, and 24×7 professional services support.

About Brookside Technology Partners

Founded in 2002 Brookside Technology Partners, a subsidiary of Brookside Technology Holdings Corp., is a managed services provider that specializing in analysis, design, and implementation of Voice over IP, Unified Messaging, Data Switching, Wi-Fi, Contact/Call Center design, Multimedia Collaboration, Network Security, and Video Surveillance for companies and government agencies of various scope, size and structures. Brookside is positioned to not only design the infrastructure solution, but deploy the technology, provide knowledge transfer to users and system administrators, and provide ongoing managed services to protect and support the system and associated applications. For more information, please visit http://www.brooksideus.com/austin.

About Pivot Networks

Founded in 2001, Pivot Networks is a preferred provider of managed IT services to growing SMBs. With a relentless focus on customer service, we deliver reliable managed IT services to help SMB companies with little to no IT support manage and maintain their networks with 24/7 assistance. We bring both technology and business-savvy intelligence to serve the needs of your business, while implementing critical network management solutions that foster a solid IT foundation to successfully grow your company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Pivot Networks is a privately-held company. For more information, please visit http://www.pivotnetworks.com.

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InfoExpress Adds Virtual Appliance to its CyberGatekeeper Family of Network Access Control (NAC) Products

Mountain View, Calif. (PRWEB) February 2, 2010

InfoExpress, a leading network security solutions provider, today announced the availability of a virtualized version of its CyberGatekeeper Network Access Control (NAC) policy server. Organizations with virtual computing environments can now choose the option of hosting CyberGatekeeper on a virtual server to address their network access control requirements. The CyberGatekeeper virtual NAC policy server establishes what policies need to be enforced based on endpoint assessment, connection method and behavior of the device.

Many companies are embracing virtual computing to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve service quality. In addition to the reliability and scalability that virtual computing offers, server consolidation, ease of installation and better management are among the advantages of the new virtualized CyberGatekeeper appliance.

One global organization was able to distribute and deploy CyberGatekeeper policy servers to multiple computing facilities spanning three continents in a day.

With the virtual version of CyberGatekeeper, InfoExpress customers can allocate the appropriate resources to meet their needs. For example, an organization with more users in a region can host the virtual appliance on a larger server, while running the CyberGatekeeper virtual appliance with other virtual servers on the same host at smaller regions. If needs change, increasing or decreasing the capacity of a virtual appliance is easy and requires almost no down time.

The benefits of a virtual infrastructure also include greater reliability and easy disaster recovery. Virtual environments offer control over backup and restore processes, and can quickly restart failed systems.

Because most of the CyberGatekeeper NAC enforcement methods are out of band, CyberGatekeeper is better suited for virtual computing than in-line NAC appliances that need to be deployed closer to routers and switches.

By offering CyberGatekeeper as a virtual appliance, we are able to give customers the opportunity to save money and provide better service, said Stacey Lum, CEO of InfoExpress.

About InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper

For LANs, VPNs, and wireless networks in organizations ranging from large enterprises to SMBs, the InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper family of products controls network access by auditing all devices before granting access. The CyberGatekeeper solution is fully scalable and interoperates smoothly with a wide range of other products. The CyberGatekeeper appliance, now available as a virtual or physical server, can easily be deployed in monitor mode giving organizations the option to remediate endpoints on the fly without having to restrict access to users.

About InfoExpress

InfoExpress network security solutions protect enterprise networks and the endpoints connecting to them. The company has provided network access control solutions since 2000. At the core of InfoExpress solution is the award winning CyberGatekeeper NAC solution, which ensures endpoints are safe and compliant with security policies by performing real-time audits and quarantining of all network-attached endpoints. InfoExpress products have received numerous awards for innovation. The privately held company in its 10th year of profitability is headquartered in Mountain View, California. http://www.infoexpress.com

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Is it Time to Consider a Virtual IT Department?

(PRWEB) February 3, 2010

The Buck (and IT) Stops Here!

The evolution of technology and the Internet over the past several years has resulted in the majority of todays businesses being reliant on IT. This increased importance, coupled with the expense of IT has resulted in technology decisions and personnel becoming part of the CFO or controllers domain. The current economic climate has only served to further cement IT with finance.

For small businesses (less than 50-employees) the majority now outsource their IT to a local reseller or small IT shop. The predominant relationship remains block service where the client calls when there is a problem and the IT guy goes onsite to fix it, charging for total time of the service call. The more complex your IT, the more problems you have, the more it costs you

In contrast, a virtual IT department remotely and proactively monitors and manages your network, desktop, Smartphone, printers, applications and security. The fee structure can be fixed or usage-based depending on your requirements and budget, with monthly IT and security performance reporting, service metrics and trending. Having a team of experts available on-demand is optimal in todays ever-changing business and technology environment.

Enter the IT Manager?

The discussion above is typically music to any CFOs ears reducing costs, better data security and performance reporting. For mid-market companies (50-250+ employees) outsourcing has generally been met with resistance from internal IT. That was then, this is now!

Forward-thinking mid-sized enterprises (and their IT managers) are increasingly adopting the virtual IT department concept for a few key reasons:

Cost-savings and efficiency virtual IT is generally 50-60% of the cost of the traditional model.

Expertise having access to industry-leading personnel and processes.

Information security developing an information security program with ongoing monitoring.

24 x 7 business world receiving support outside of standard business hours.

Off-loading mundane tasks tactical services like end-user helpdesk and security management.

Partnering approach internal and external IT work as team from a central service desk system.

Geography working with a service organization with a large geographic footprint.

Back-up and disaster recovery safeguard the most critical corporate asset your data!

Business applications knowledge of key accounting, CRM and vertical applications.

As companies look to the future in the new economic climate, the criticality of technology will require a new approach to deliver true value Better Service at Less Cost thats More Secure. The days of purchasing technology and related services in a vacuum are gone. The CFO now has the tools to navigate an area they once considered the black hole.

Next months article entitled Is Your Technology Battle-ready for Busy Season will discuss how to ensure your IT and security systems are ready for the upcoming busy season now until June 30th for many of us. Take our free Network & Security Assessment at http://www.theutilitycompany.com/NSA and get a head start!

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iET Solutions

Framingham, MA (PRWEB) February 4, 2010

iET Solutions, a leading global supplier of IT Service Management and Software Asset Management solutions for mid-tier and large enterprises, today announced a partnership with The Mastermind Group (TMG), a boutique IT Services organisation with deep expertise and business leadership, in order to achieve key strategic growth in the Australasian region. The partnership will provide an extended reseller network to assist in delivering innovative IT Service Management and Software License and Asset Management solutions, as well as access to local support for customers.

Tony Duarte, VP North American Sales & Business Development of iET Solutions commented: “Our partnership with TMG is a strategic factor in furthering our objective to deliver effective technology and strategic business value to companies around the globe. iET Solutions fully integrated and rich IT Service and Software Management solutions has achieved a strong presence in the global market and we pride ourselves in choosing the best partners around the globe to help us achieve that level of success. Were very proud to align iET Solutions and The Mastermind Group and are looking forward to the great accomplishments to come.

Fulvio Inserra, Managing Director, of TMG added: “iET Solutions was a strategic growth decision for us. Our company is built on being able to offer our customers genuine, low risk alternatives to traditional mainstream products. With continuing pressure on capital and operational expenditure, organisations need to think outside the square if they are serious in saving money, mitigating risk and are not prepared to bank the house on Open Source to deliver the required capability in this space. We have undertaken detailed comparisons of what the competition is offering today and decision makers need to really take a good hard look at what iET Solutions has in their kitbag because they have referenceable customers worldwide who can attest their ITSM and SLAM solutions.

About The Mastermind Group

The Mastermind Group is a boutique IT Services privately owned company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Melbourne. It specialises in Data Intelligence initiatives by solving complex data design, migration and quality challenges. It also has specialist skills in asset management, taking a software compliance and license entitlement approach to managing software. In addition it delivers Service Management (ITSM) and End User computing solutions. Its Executive, Architecture, Technical Services (EATS) practice enable customers to have Just in Time access to trusted, senior expert IT advice and management experts specialising in Virtualisation, Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Online, Network and Security areas. For more information visit http://www.tmg100.com/ or contact TMG on 61 3 9670 9600.

About iET Solutions

iET Solutions is a leading global supplier of IT Service Management and Software Asset Management solutions for mid-tier and large enterprises. By providing a fully integrated, customizable IT Service Management solution built around ITIL best practices, along with the only proven immediate process analyzing and optimizing capability, and a best-of-breed license entitlement management solution, iET Solutions allows its customers to streamline service operations, enhance customer service, improve profitability, reduce IT costs and mitigate audit risks. More than 600 customers in 26 countries partner with iET Solutions to drive the success of their IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, iET Solutions maintains offices in Germany, Great Britain, and North America. For more information, visit http://www.iet-solutions.com or call +1-866-iET-1850.

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Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) February 4, 2010

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Metalogix Announces General Release of Archive Manager 5.1 With Powerful Enhancements for eDiscovery and Expanded Storage Support, Including Cloud

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) March 15, 2012

Metalogix Software, the trusted provider of content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft

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Simplegrid Completes Acquisition of Noor Consulting Group

Parsippany, NJ (PRWEB) February 6, 2010

Simplegrid Technology, Inc., a leading provider of technology consulting services for the legal and financial services industries, announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Noor Consulting Group, a managed technology service provider servicing the healthcare industry and small and medium sized businesses.

Healthcare offerings, such as electronic medical records (EMR), now expand Simplegrid’s existing enterprise content management and document management solution portfolio. The company is excited to offer these enhanced services to clients at a pivotal and emerging period for healthcare IT.

Additional technology support services, which include Remote Infrastructure Management and Offsite Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR), are offered by the Simplegrid Managed IT Services team. “We are now more efficient in how we provide support services to our clients and have been successful in providing cost-effective, fixed-fee support for servers, desktops and network infrastructure. Our clients depend on technology every minute of every day and our services provide them with assurance that IT will be ready and reliable – 24/7″, the company said.

Additional information about Simplegrid or Simplegrid Managed IT Services can be obtained at http://www.simplegrid.com or by calling 888-866-7010.

About Simplegrid

Simplegrid is a full service IT consulting firm that specializes in Managed IT Services and Technology Consulting for the legal, financial and healthcare industries. Simplegrid partners with leading technology vendors such as Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and DELL to provide services across three primary solution groups which include Core Infrastructure, Business Systems and Managed IT Services. Simplegrid has two locations in New Jersey and a technical reach that extends across the nation.

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PKA Technologies and Intel Set To Deploy Versatile New Server Processors

Suffern, NY (PRWEB) March 15, 2012

PKA Technologies, Inc., an HP Converged Infrastructure Specialist Partner, today announced that it is working with Intel to redefine the modern data center by deploying a flexible new line of server products: PKA will be among the first IT solution providers to offer the versatile new Intel

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Attendance on Demand

Farmington Hills, MI (PRWEB) March 16, 2012

Attendance on Demand cloud-based employee time and attendance service today announced it has received a Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award in recognition of the quantifiable business results that its software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution has brought to its user customers across many industries.

Users of Attendance on Demand have cited measurable business results in many forms. Quantifiable results include reduced system and processing costs as well as a reduction in the resources and time required to enter time and attendance information, produce reports and process payroll. Also, because the solution tracks overtime, FMLA and PTO usage accurately and in real-time, management is empowered to make more strategic decisions about the allocation of staff hours.

For example, Bordine’s saved 40 percent in overtime costs by more accurately tracking staff time in real-time. Chase Hospitality reduced the staff time required to enter payroll information to process payments and produce reports by 40 percent. And, Overhead Door Company reduced system and processing costs 50 percent.

It is more important than ever that time and attendance solutions provide their users with bottom-line improvements, said Attendance on Demand President Chris Ciapala. We are very pleased that Attendance on Demand is being honored through an awards program designed specifically to promote the quantifiable business benefits being delivered using progressive SaaS solutions.

In announcing the award yesterday, Jeffrey M. Kaplan, the founder of the SaaS Showplace, now a part of the new Cloud Computing Showplace, and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, noted, “In todays tough economic climate, it is critical for organizations of all sizes to closely monitor day-to-day operating expenses in a cost-efficient fashion. Attendance on Demand enables organizations to more easily attain this objective.”

Read the full description

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of Attendance on Demands contributions to measurable business improvements.

About Attendance on Demand, Inc.

Attendance on Demand employee time and attendance service supports the labor management needs of thousands of companies over a quarter million employees across North America. Launched in 2006, Attendance on Demand is a rapidly deployed, cloud-based solution that minimizes a companys risk and technology investment while providing advanced features for securely managing labor data– calculating pay rules, scheduling employees, budgeting labor, and automating record keeping for labor law compliance. With standard uptime over the industry average of 99.995% and above average customer retention rates Attendance on Demand removes the worry of maintaining expensive infrastructure. An extensive North American distribution network helps organizations use Attendance on Demand to reduce labor expenses and improve decision-making.

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Consonus to Host What"s New with NetBackup 7 Events

Cary, NC (PRWEB) February 6, 2010

Consonus today announced three executive luncheons featuring an in-depth “What’s New with NetBackup 7″ presentation that affords attendees the opportunity to directly experience new Symantec NetBackup features as well as benefit from a personalized, complimentary consultation with a Consonus data protection specialist.

The latest release of NetBackup enables organizations to simplify information management while reducing data stores and network traffic by integrating deduplication at the client, media server and on third party hardware appliances, thereby reducing overall costs. NetBackup also delivers complete virtual machine protection to increase backup and recovery speeds of data within virtual environments and adds new backup replication for fast, cost-effective disaster recovery.

The Consonus events will enable attendees to explore some of the robust features of NetBackup 7 including:

OpsCenter, a built-in reporting and management console to simplify backup operations
New deduplication features to control backup storage growth
User-friendly virtual server backup and recovery
Integrated backup replication for improved disaster recovery

Each session is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and includes lunch. Dates and locations are:

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Steadfast Networks Launches Chicago Colocation Hosting Website

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 8, 2010

Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today its launch of the new Chicago Colocation hosting website. The new Chicago Colocation website provides details on Steadfast Network’s exclusive colocation hosting services for customers wanting to host their servers in Chicago’s premier data centers. Chicago Colocation also offers colocation leasing options where customers can lease-to-own servers.

“The new Chicago Colocation website is the best place to visit for more information on Steadfast Networks colocation hosting services and to learn about our new 48,000 sq. ft. facility opening soon,” said Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “Even though we have been providing colocation hosting services through the Steadfast Networks website and out of our 10,000 sq. ft. data center at 350 E. Cermak, http://www.colocationchicago.com provides more information on the colocation hosting services and new colocation leasing options we offer.”

Chicago Colocation is ideal for businesses that require large storage space and bandwidth but want to save time, money and resources required for building and maintaining an in-house network system. Customers can ship or deliver their own equipment to one of Chicago Colocation’s data center locations. The Chicago Colocation website provides information on the colocation hosting provider’s data center, network, and new colocation server leasing options.

“Our new colocation leasing options allow customers to use a lease-to-own program without having to purchase equipment upfront,” said Zimmerman. “The flexibility and convenience of Chicago Colocation’s leasing options are ideal for businesses facing a credit crunch or for start-ups and small businesses with immediate equipment needs.”

The Chicago Colocation website provides pricing on 1U server options, half and full rack colocation hosting options, and add-on services customers can use to enhance their colocation hosting experience. In addition, Chicago Colocation data centers provide many advanced features including a fire suppression system with 24/7 monitoring of the physical environment for chemicals, smoke and hazardous materials that could possibly cause a fire. Chicago Colocation hosting data centers are also equipped with an advanced security system to protect colocation servers and equipment.

“Chicago Colocation hosting customers benefit by hosting their servers in our state-of-the-art Chicago data centers backed by our 100% uptime guarantee,” said Zimmerman. “Plus Chicago Colocation customers have access to our fully redundant network options and services with 24x7x365 support from our advanced team of colocation hosting experts.”

Additional colocation hosting services included with owned and leased colocation hosting options at Chicago Colocation include backup and disaster recovery, remote hands, firewall service, cross connect, and IP and server component monitoring. Colocation customers interested in hosting their own equipment in downtown Chicago or wanting to utilize a lease-to-own colocation hosting option, are encouraged to visit colocationchicago.com to view pricing, service details, and contact Chicago Colocation sales and support.

About Chicago Colocation

Chicago Colocation is a colocation hosting division of Steadfast Networks. Chicago Colocation offers colocation hosting services in leading Chicago based data centers with a 100% uptime SLA and a variety of additional services specifically designed to enhance a customer’s colocation hosting experience. Steadfast Networks also offers colocation hosting in New York through thenynoc.com data center.

To learn more about Chicago Colocation, visit http://www.colocationchicago.com.

About Steadfast Networks

Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast’s award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.

To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.

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Merrill Brink News Reviews and Opinions: Can a Translation Management System Help You Create an Effective Globalized Website?

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 16, 2012

Merrill Brink News Reviews and Opinions:Businesses all over the US, Europe and Asia are increasingly looking towards previously uncharted territories for new markets and growth. Although most of us realize the importance of having a strong web presence, there are still many rapidly globalized businesses that are not taking the globalization of their website seriously enough.

Figures from the latest study of web use by language, carried out by Internet World Stats, show that as of May 2011, only 26.8 percent of web users speak English, while 24.2 percent speak Chinese. However, 56.6 percent of websites are in English, with only a small fraction featuring content in any one other language.

Lets look first at the BRIC nations for an example. Brazil, Russia, India and China are among the fastest growing economies in the world and US businesses are increasingly targeting markets within these nations. However, currently only two percent of websites are in Portuguese, 4.8 percent are in Russian, 4.5 percent are in Chinese and less than 0.1 percent are in Hindi.

Its not difficult to see the potential benefits of translating your corporate website to these languages, but many companies remain cautious about doing the job right and maintaining control over the content, and they are right to be so. Utilizing translation management with your content management system (CMS), however, will help companies ensure that their brand messages remain clear, their corporate terminology is consistent and their translation jobs are tracked and monitored, for full transparency and cost evaluation.

For most businesses embarking on a web globalization project, there will be two major concerns, each of which we will look at here. The first is the management and cost of work on a localized level. With the use of a translation management system (TMS), however, the management is automated centrally, reducing the overhead costs and the time to market. In addition, it still allows for the localized approach, with a qualified language service providers(LSP) network of subject matter linguists helping to create a site that is relevant to the country at which it is aimed but that retains the spirit and style of the corporations other literature and online material.

Secondly, businesses are likely to be concerned about maintaining a level of quality they feel they have more control over when online material is published in English. Inconsistency in translation services – whether with regards to the use of abbreviations, the messages and tone of voice being used, or simply a spelling issue can do serious harm to a brand. Again, a TMS will provide a means through which authorized personnel can submit and approve certain corporate terminology, preferred usage information and other style matters.

Using a TMS will help any companys move towards creating a truly global web presence as straightforward and effective as possible. It does this by allowing executives to quickly and easily submit translation projects online, download status reports, track budgets and oversee the progress of each job, 24/7 and in real time.

About Merrill Brink International

Merrill Brink International is a leading provider of complete translation and language solutions for global companies and law firms, with special expertise in serving the legal, financial, life sciences, software, heavy machinery and corporate markets. A proven leader with more than 30 years of experience, Merrill Brink offers a wide range of language solutions including translation, localization, desktop publishing and globalization services.

Merrill Brink is recognized in the industry for its commitment to quality and its pioneering approach of leveraging technology to reduce costs, eliminate redundant processes and accelerate translation life cycles. Merrill Brink is certified to ISO 9001:2008; ISO 27001:2005 and ISO 13485:2003, and registered to EN 15038:2006 and ISO 14971:2007. Together, these standards provide assurance that the most stringent process and quality standards for translation are followed. Merrill Brink International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Corporation.

For more information, please contact Merrill Brink at translations(at)merrillbrink(dot)com or in the U.S., call (800) 688-4400 or in Europe, call 353 (0)91-393000;

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Minnesota Counties Information Systems Achieves Reliable, High Performance Data Protection with Unitrends

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) February 8, 2010

Unitrends (unitrends.com), the leader in affordable, heterogeneous D2D (Disk-to-Disk) and D2D2D (Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk)-based data protection backup appliances, today announced that Minnesota Counties Information Systems (MCIS) has achieved reliable, high-performance data protection for its mixed Microsoft and IBM iSeries operating environment using a disk-based appliance from Unitrends.

Minnesota Counties Information Systems (MCIS) is a joint-powers organization dedicated to providing quality, integrated information solutions through customized computer applications and responsive support to member counties. Established in 1975, MCIS provides services to thirteen full member counties and seven associate member counties. With offices in Grand Rapids, Minn., MCIS relies on a nimble staff of 12 to provide the software and technical support for its counties computerized work processes, e-government services and Web-based communications.

Just like most local governments, MCIS must conserve taxpayer dollars while delivering an increasingly high level of service. Given this mission, MCIS needed to improve its data protection reliability by shifting from its previous tape backup solution, which was becoming increasingly less reliable.

For disaster recovery purposes, MCIS also needed its replacement system to include a way to maintain offsite copies of backups while also providing highly automated local backups with ease of recovery in case of disaster. Additionally, it had to be easy to use with high-quality support so that MCIS could implement and manage the solution with existing staff. Finally, the solution had to support the organizations mix of operating environments which included Microsoft Windows, Microsoft SQL databases, Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM iSeries systems.

MCIS looked at the backup services offered by a local managed services provider, but in the end decided they would prefer to purchase a disk-to-disk solution that could be administered by MCIS staff. Based on a recommendation from its solution partner, CPS, MCIS selected a disk-to-disk backup solution from Unitrends.

I like Unitrends emphasis on products for small to medium businesses, and also their relationship with our partner CPS, Patricia Lenoch, network administrator for MCIS. I have been able to restore files many times without having to worry about having the correct media. Unitrends also offers great support… always excellent, timely, and thorough.”

Now, MCIS data archives are copied automatically on rotational (archive) drives as part of the Unitrends system. These removable drives with copies of backups are transferred to a secure offsite location, while the original backups remain on the local Unitrends appliance. This is a big improvement over tape, where the media could be transferred to a remote site, but then those backups were no longer readily available for quick recovery of files or systems at the local site.

Unitrends appliances are an ideal solution for environments that require data protection for a mix of operating environments without added cost or burden on IT staff productivity, said Dr. Mark Campbell, COO, Unitrends. Unitrends also provides an efficient method for delivering both the back up and archiving protection organizations like MCIS need all from a single, unified solution.

For more information, please view the complete Minnesota Counties Information Systems Success Story.

About Unitrends

Small and medium businesses have the same critical reliance on the integrity of their data as enterprises, but often cant afford the operational expenditure of a dedicated staff or the capital expenditure of replacing their IT infrastructure. Unitrends provides enterprise-level data protection, at the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry, through a family of scalable disk-based data protection appliances that integrate and protect existing heterogeneous computer and storage systems through a single, intuitive, graphical user interface.

Unitrends uses a common backup and recovery engine for providing protection for over 100 different versions of operating systems and applications. This means you can support Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Sun Solaris, Novell OES, Novell Netware, Novell GroupWise, Novell eDirectory, Linux, FreeBSD, Apple MacOS X, IBM pSeries/AIX, HP HP-UX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, IBM iSeries/OS400, and SGI IRIX on notebooks, PCs, workstations, and servers and on DAS, NAS, or SAN storage.

Information about Unitrends can be found at http://www.unitrends.com.

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GL Conveys the Availability of its GLInsight(TM): An Expert System for Decoding and Analysis of Fax and Modem Communications Over PSTN or IP Networks

Gaithersburg, Maryland (PRWEB) March 17, 2012

GL Communications Inc. a leader in providing PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services to the worldwide telecommunications industry, conveyed today the availability of its product GLInsight An expert system for decoding and analysis of Fax and Modem communications over PSTN or IP Networks.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, GLInsight is a state-of-the-art system that provides promptly processed information and analysis of data collected on IP and PSTN networks. Decoded results are analyzed on a per-network basis. Alternatively, data from two networks can be combined to provide additional insight into the networks behavior.

He explained, Over PSTN networks, the raw files required for fax and modem analysis can be obtained using following hardware platforms: GL’s T1 E1 Analyzer with Call Capture Analysis (CCA) – The capability of CCA software to non-intrusively record calls directly from T1 E1 lines offers a solution to capture Voice/ Fax / Modem traffic from the 2-wire Analog interface. However, this capture solution requires the purchase of T1 E1 Analyzer. In other way, users can use GL’s 2-Wire Voice Recorder with Dual UTA – The Voice Recorder Software is primarily used in conjunction with Dual Universal Telephony Adapter (Dual UTA) hardware device to capture the voice/modem/fax data manually / automatically from the 2-wire Analog interface. The recorded PCM voice/data files can be analyzed using GL Insight Modem and Fax Analysis Software for 2-wire Analog interface and Adobe Audition (third-party application) for voice files analysis.

Similarly, for fax and modem analysis over IP, the captured files can be obtained using GL’s PacketScan – VoIP analyzer. The software supports capturing and decoding of Fax (T.38 data) calls over VoIP. Its fax decodes can be viewed in the form of T.38 call graph and call summary with decoded information for all T.38 messages received on the call. The captured fax calls by PacketScan can also be analyzed using GLInsight by saving the fax calls directly in (*.PCAP) Ethereal file format.

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Zenoss Named a SearchDataCenter.com Product of the Year

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 8, 2010

Zenoss, Inc., a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy enterprise IT management products for the virtual, and cloud-based dynamic datacenter is honored to announce that Zenoss Enterprise received the SearchDataCenter.com 2009 Products of the Year bronze award in the Systems Management category. More than 25,000 organizations around the world use Zenoss applications, network and systems monitoring products to manage their physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructure, including close to 300 subscribers of Zenoss Enterprise.

Since SearchDataCenter.com evaluated the product for this award, Zenoss has released a new version of its award-winning systems solution in November 2009. With added certified support for VMWare and Amazon EC2 monitoring, as well as other highly scalable datacenter features, Zenoss Enterprise provides IT managers with the ability to monitor physical, virtual and cloud environments of significant size in one product. Zenoss Enterprise enables IT organizations to improve their IT service delivery in the next generation, dynamic datacenter at an affordable price.

The SearchDataCenter.com editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants selected Zenoss Enterprise as a Product of the Year based on criteria including innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value.

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We are honored to be recognized by SearchDataCenter.com as a systems management Product of the Year based on the technology innovation and affordability of Zenoss Enterprise, said Bill Karpovich, Zenoss co-founder and CEO. Our repeated acknowledgement by organizations like SearchDataCenter and significant customer deployments in large brand name enterprises clearly indicates that IT leaders are increasingly turning to Zenoss for a better unified monitoring solution for physical, virtual and cloud environments.

According to SearchDataCenter.com’s 2009 data center purchasing intentions survey, only 9% of U.S. data center managers plan to increase spending on systems management tools, said SearchDataCenter.coms executive editor Matt Stansberry. Budget-strapped IT shops simply don’t have the staff or the money to support high-maintenance systems management software — they need an off-the-shelf, inexpensive technology.

Additional Resources:

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About Zenoss Inc.

Zenoss is a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT enterprise management products for the virtual and cloud-based dynamic datacenter. Zenoss Enterprise is a model-driven management product that improves the delivery of IT service to business applications and supporting infrastructure and enables organizations to seamlessly manage physical, virtual and cloud based infrastructure with unprecedented power, agility and value. Leveraging a commercial open source model, Zenoss products monitor over one million network and server devices daily and are used in over 25,000 organizations in 180 countries around the world. Commercial customers include leading companies such as Rackspace, VMware, LinkedIn, Carlson, Motorola and Deutsche Bank. To learn more about Zenoss’ award-winning IT operations management software, visit http://www.zenoss.com.

About SearchDataCenter.com

SearchDataCenter.com guides IT managers through the decision making and evaluation process they face when making key business choices for their corporate data centers. SearchDataCenter.com offers strategic and practical information on designing, maintaining, furnishing, staffing and running the enterprise data center, focusing on every aspect of the data center, including systems management, disaster recovery and backup, server consolidation strategies and more.

SearchDataCenter.com is part of the TechTarget network (http://www.techtarget.com). TechTarget publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives in all phases of the technology decision-making and purchase process. Through its industry-leading Web sites, magazines and conferences, TechTarget delivers measurable results that help IT marketers generate qualified sales leads, shorten sales cycles and grow revenues.

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