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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LineRate Systems Software Defined Network Services Redefine Performance, Flexibility and Cost for Cloud and Web Scale Service Providers - Photobucket Deploys LineRate

Louisville, CO (PRWEB) April 17, 2012

LineRate Systems announces the availability of LineRate

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PerfCap Adds Virtualization Support to its Enterprise Class Performance and Capacity Management Software

Nashua, NH (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

PerfCap Corporation, the leading provider of automated performance management and capacity planning software for the IT industry, today announced virtualization support in PAWZ Version 10. PAWZ with CloudView enables customers to expand the performance and capacity management of virtual infrastructures and distributed applications. Using CloudView, IT managers can optimize current resource usage and plan for future growth ensuring the best possible system responsiveness.

PAWZ with CloudView delivers a comprehensive, automated software solution that at-a-glance provides enterprise, data center, cluster and host views of the availability of important virtual infrastructure resources and applications. Utilizing sophisticated modeling and what if analysis, CloudView goes beyond simple trending to forecast actual system and application responsiveness and end-user satisfaction. CloudView features include the ability to:

Automatically monitor, analyze, report, and project key performance dimensions of virtualized resources, including: CPU; memory; network and SAN adapters; storage space and latency;

Enable management, infrastructure and application teams to visualize the important virtual infrastructure resources and performance risk status pertinent to their perspective;

Automatically identify and analyze guest provisioning issues and recommend solutions; and

Integrate with VMwares agentless collector technology.

These virtualization features further enhance PAWZs already powerful performance management and capacity planning capabilities. Customers can now take advantage of industry-leading functionality that dramatically improves the management of infrastructure and applications, enabling enhanced end-user performance and more effective utilization of systems while improving IT support productivity.

Aberdeen research finds that today over 60% of all applications are virtualized, said Dick Csaplar, Senior Research Analyst for Aberdeens Storage and Virtualization practice. This makes understanding how servers are provisioned more important than ever because the findings can be leveraged across a large number of servers. With a tool like PAWZ CloudView users will know exactly what servers can handle additional loads so companies can avoid purchasing new, unnecessary hardware.

Virtualized environments introduce additional challenges in managing large server estates said Prem Sinha, CEO of PerfCap. These new CloudView features give IT organizations the tools they need to monitor, understand and plan their virtual infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

PAWZ simplifies the often challenging task of managing the performance of computer systems and applications in todays distributed, heterogeneous environments. It meets the challenges that IS managers face by allowing them to visualize the performance, capacity and risk status of all of their servers and applications in a single view. PAWZ provides realistic capacity planning, even with limited historical business forecasts, by going beyond the simple trending projections to forecast actual system responsiveness based upon sophisticated algorithms that reflect end-user satisfaction – all while easily scaling to manage 10s to 10,000s of servers.

About PerfCap Corporation

PerfCap Corporation (http://www.PerfCap.com), formed in July 2001 by experts in performance management and capacity planning, is headquartered in Nashua, NH, USA. A privately held company, PerfCap continues to focus on the development, deployment, and support of world-class performance management, capacity planning, asset management and software solutions for open system environments.

PerfCap Corporation provides the banking, stock exchange, technology, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, medical insurance, education, and defense industries with next-generation performance management and capacity planning solutions.

Media Contact:

Madeline Burns +1 (603) 594 – 0222 x 110

Madeline.Burns AT PerfCap.com

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R1Soft Advances Backup Software Performance, Releases CDP 3.0 Enterprise Edition

Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 18, 2011

R1Soft, developer of Continuous Data Protection

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ATS Group Announces New Galileo PE Module for Performance Analysis of IBM SVC and Storwize V7000

Malvern, PA (PRWEB) April 5, 2011

The ATS Group today announced the availability of an IBM

ATS Group Announces New Galileo PE Module for Performance Analysis of IBM SVC and Storwize V7000

Netfast Technology Solutions to focus on IT Performance & Cost Optimization Solutions

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 28, 2011

Netfast Technology Solutions Inc., (formerly Netfast Communications, Inc. ), announced that the Company has reengineered its business model and strategy to provide IT Performance & Cost Optimization Solutions to its clients.

Additionally, the Company has begun the process of building various management teams including senior management, sales and engineering to execute the new strategy. For over 15 years, Netfast has been providing clients with award winning network solutions and services. Now, our clients require a broader portfolio of solutions and services which enable them to drive the most value and performance from their IT Assets, said Joe Asady, Netfast CEO.

Netfast Technology Solutions, Inc. provides advance technology solutions to optimize cost and enhance the performance of information technology assets. Cost optimization solutions include virtualization, cloud computing, data center consolidation and back-up & disaster recovery. Performance optimization solutions include WAN optimization and designing & building high performance multi-service networks. Netfast solutions architects and engineering teams possess over 40 IT certifications in the above areas. Our objective is to provide the best-of-class solutions which meet the requirements of our clients.

The new portfolio of solutions & services include:

IT Performance & Cost Optimization

IT Consulting & Professional Services

Storage & Server Virtualization

Network Solutions

WAN Optimization

Back-Up & Disaster Recovery

Cloud Computing Solutions

Managed Services

About Netfast

Netfast is a leading provider of IT Performance & Cost Optimization Solutions. Head quartered in New York City, at 989 Avenue of the Americas, Netfast is a US Federal Government GSA Contract Holder and a Certified Minority-Owned Business.

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Emerson Network Power Releases Trellis Platform to Unify IT and Facilities Management for Improved Data Center Performance and TCO

Huntsville, Alabama (PRWEB) May 15, 2012

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced the global availability of the first four software applications in the Trellis platform. Working with the previously released Avocent Universal Management Gateway, the Trellis software applications deliver real-time infrastructure optimization that enables up to 70 percent improved operational efficiency and 25 percent improved energy efficiency.

These efficiencies can be realized because, for the first time, data center managers have all the management capabilities they need in one solution and one location, eliminating duplicate processes and the need to link together disparate, proprietary systems before a complete picture of IT and facilities devices and performance can be gained.

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ESG Lab Validates Groundbreaking Performance Capabilities of Infineta Data Mobility Switch

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 06, 2011

Infineta Systems, a provider of Hyper-scale WAN Optimization systems, announced today the availability of a powerful product test report by Enterprise Storage Group (ESG) based on hands-on testing of the Infineta Data Mobility Switch (DMS). The report, entitled Infineta Data Mobility switch: Hyper-scale WAN Optimization (June 2011), verifies and confirms the exceptional performance that the product delivers for multi-Gigabit inter-data center WAN traffic. The report concludes that the (Infineta DMS) was able to accelerate a full 10Gbps of simulated data center traffic while deduplicating at greater than 90 percent with no detectable increase in end-to-end latency. ESG Lab provides in-depth testing and analysis of emerging technologies and products in the storage, data management and information security industries.

Tony Palmer of ESG Lab stated, ESG Lab was very impressed with Infinetas Data Mobility Switch. Our testing confirmed that Infineta is more than capable of satisfying the most demanding high-bandwidth, low latency replication, migration, and server mobility needs between data centers. Organizations looking to optimize inter-data center communication would be smart to take a look at the Data Mobility Switch.

In separate announcements also made today, Infineta announced the general availability of the DMS, (see http://www.infineta.com/company/news/press-releases/dms-launch) as well as having raised a $ 15 million Series B funding round (see http://www.infineta.com/company/news/press-releases/series-b).

ESG performed hands-on evaluation and testing of DMS at Infinetas facilities in San Jose, California. Highlights of the report include:

ESG Lab Validates Groundbreaking Performance Capabilities of Infineta Data Mobility Switch

Zmanda Cloud Backup 4.0 Offers Unparalleled Flexibility, Performance and Ease of Use

Sunnyvale, Calif. (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

Zmanda, the industrys leading provider of open source and cloud-based backup and disaster recovery solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Zmanda Cloud Backup (ZCB) 4.0. This fourth generation of cloud backup software from Zmanda offers the highest levels of flexibility, performance and ease of use available on the market today.

ZCB 4.0 provides users the choice to store backups directly on the cloud; on local disks; or in a hybrid backup configuration, which is an intelligent combination of the two. In addition, ZCB 4.0 offers performance improvements of up to three times the speed for uploads and downloads; richer application backup support that allows users to backup selective data stores in Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server; differential backups of Microsoft SharePoint, and configurable multi-threaded data transfer support. ZCB 4.0 also features a new user-friendly GUI that has been fully localized to Japanese and German languages and supports backup and recovery of file or folder names in all languages.

With ZCB 4.0, Zmanda also unveiled the ZCB Global Dashboard, a web-based interface that monitors the backup activity and cloud storage used across multiple ZCB installations. This interface can be used by IT managers, service providers and resellers to monitor large-scale installations of ZCB.

As the cloud backup market matures, Zmanda is working to give customers and resellers greater flexibility and increased options for when, where and how they handle their backup data, said Chander Kant, CEO, Zmanda. ZCB 4.0 is a simple yet versatile solution that will satisfy the needs of everyone; from non-technical users to those who want to leverage more advanced functionality.

ZCB is a unique solution that backs up files, applications, databases, and network storage devices to a storage cloud. ZCB features a user-friendly GUI that allows Windows users to easily automate their backup and recovery process. ZCB runs on demand or based on user configured schedules, and backs up live applications to Amazon S3 cloud. Uploads are fast and can be paused and resumed, thus reducing the burden of backup operations on production applications and WAN bandwidth. The backups are stored in ZIP64 format, giving users the option to access and reuse their files even without ZCB.

ZCB 4.0 is available worldwide for a flexible pay-as-you-go price of $ 0.15/GB/month for data transfer and storage on the cloud, with an additional setup and monthly charge of $ 4.95 per account for the protection of an unlimited number of Windows desktops and servers. Zmanda also offers all ZCB customers a free tier which makes it free to store and transfer up to 25 GB data to the cloud. To purchase ZCB 4.0, please visit http://www.zmanda.com/cloud-backup.html.

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Customer quotes:

As a solutions provider to small businesses one of our greatest challenges is implementing a comprehensive yet easy-to-use backup solution. Zmanda Cloud Backup makes it easy to backup folder data, Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint data to Amazon S3 cloud storage as well as an external hard disk or SAN. Zmandas support has also been excellent. I now recommend Zmanda Cloud Backup to all my small business customers, said Corey Solomon, General Manager of CompuSol Panama S.A.

ZCB Global Dashboard has enabled us to deliver a much better service to our customers. Now we can monitor backup activity and respond to problem situations faster. In addition, it gives cloud storage usage for each of our customer machines, hence enabling us to accurately and independently bill all our Managed Service Backup clients, said Martin Dunsby, CEO, HybridgeIT.

Links to ZCB 4.0 screen shots: http://www.zmanda.com/zcb-screenshots.html

More information on ZCB: http://www.zmanda.com/cloud-backup.html

Follow Zmanda on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/zmanda

Follow Zmanda on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/company/zmanda

About Zmanda

Zmanda, based in Sunnyvale, California, is the global leader in open source enterprise backup and recovery. The companys products Amanda Enterprise, Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL, and Zmanda Cloud Backup (ZCB) make it simple and affordable to backup and recover data in an increasingly complex and heterogeneous IT environment. Amanda Enterprise is an enterprise-grade, network backup solution based on Amanda, the worlds most popular open source backup and recovery software with more than half a million active installations worldwide. ZRM for MySQL is the first mission-critical backup solution designed specifically for MySQL databases. ZCB is the first Windows backup solution to backup both files and live applications to the Amazon S3 storage cloud. Businesses in more than 60 countries trust Zmanda to protect their corporate data. For more information about Zmanda, please contact zsales(at)zmanda(dot)com or go to http://www.zmanda.com/.

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Robot/NETWORK Version 11 Adds IBM i Performance Monitoring

Eden Prairie, MN (PRWEB) July 10, 2012

Help/Systems, LLC, the leading independent provider of automated operations, security, and business intelligence software for IBM

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GoRACK Boosts Network Performance with Noction Intelligent Routing Platform

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

Recently opened in Jacksonville, Florida, new GoRACKs Data Center is one of the most reliable and secure data centers in the US. From a single server to a custom enterprise cage, GoRACK offers colocation solutions for any organization. GoRACK has armed officers, first class disaster ready infrastructure, reliable environmental controls, redundant power sources, round-the-clock technical support that is a cut above the rest.

GoRACK has made Noction IRP an integral part of its entire network infrastructure, contributing to its colocation, networking, managed servers, storage and disaster recovery services.

Noction IRP is a complete network monitoring and troubleshooting solution, which makes it easy to quickly detect, diagnose, and automatically resolve performance issues. It delivers real-time views and dashboards that allows to visually track network performance, and generate triggers, alerts and notifications when specific problems occurs. Noction IRP is ensuring that the network is performing on its premises.

Running Noction IRP is like having a team of network engineers that are always on. We use the system to track network performance, monitor and proactively adjust network paths to deliver superior network connectivity said GoRACK CEO Mark Marques.

Noction Intelligent Routing Platform will help GoRACK to improve the network performance by 30-40% and to reduce latency by approximately 30%. It will also improve network stability and reduce downtime, increase operational efficiency by automating network troubleshooting and problem resolution, providing better network management and planning.

About GoRack

Established in 2009, GoRack is providing colocation services to companies of various types and sizes. GoRACK offers such services as: colocation, disaster recovery, dedicated servers, cage space. Main companys goal is to provide the most reliable and efficient colocation services. For more information please visit http://www.gorack.net or call 1-888-8 GORACK

About Noction

Noction is a privately funded technology company with offices in North America and Europe. Founded in 2010, Noction is a fast-growing company providing BGP network performance automation, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the maximum network performance for business-critical applications such as e-commerce, VoIP, and media streaming across IP networks. For more information please visit http://www.noction.com or call +1 650-618-9823.

GoRACK Boosts Network Performance with Noction Intelligent Routing Platform

CloudVDI to Use and Resell eG Innovations Advanced Performance Management Solutions

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) August 14, 2012

CloudVDI, LLC and eG Innovations today announced a partnership in which CloudVDI will use eG Innovations advanced performance management solutions as an integral component in CloudVDIs Virtual Desktop service. Cloud VDI will also resell eG Innovations products to its Citrix consulting client base.

CloudVDI offers a Virtual Desktop subscription service, offering businesses the ability to run Windows OS and compatible software on any CPU and mobile device through CloudVDIs hosted servers. CloudVDI clients can set up and manage employee computing resources on an extremely cost-effective basis, with scalable access to up to 16+ Teraflops of computational power, 196 Gb of RAM, Dual Socket 8 Core processors and unlimited storage per Virtual Desktop. Processing power, memory and hard disk space are available on-the-fly so businesses can stay connected and productive, from any location, on any device with no capital expenditure.

According to CloudVDI Co-founder Ryan OConnor, Its time consuming and expensive to pinpoint the root cause of a virtualization problem in a timely and accurate manner. We are pleased with eG Innovations capability to automate and accelerate the discovery, diagnosis and resolution of performance issues across our virtual and cloud environments. It was a natural extension to further partner with them to resell their solutions to our clients. CloudVDI was founded by Ryan OConnor, Austin Hurst and Zach Hurst.

Manual performance diagnosis of virtualized IT environments is virtually impossible due to their highly dynamic and heterogeneous development, said eG Innovations Co-founder and CEO Srinivas Ramanathan. Our patented automated technology delivers deep insight into virtual application performance, which is critical for rapid and accurate diagnosis of performance problems. CloudVDIs integration of our solution in their service offerings is a great endorsement of our capabilities to provide unparalleled support for virtualization initiatives. We are pleased to be partnering with CloudVDI.

CloudVDI brings the advantages of enterprise-class cloud technology and services to Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) that are normally only available, to very large organizations due to significant cost and complexity – transforming a potentially massive capital expenditure into a manageable monthly operating expense. CloudVDI coupled their customized software with Citrix Solutions to create a high performance universal client that enables on-demand delivery of CloudVDI-hosted Virtual Desktops to any user or deviceincluding PCs, Macs, tablets and smart phones. Security is assured through the Citrix Access Gateway SSL VPN, providing CloudVDI customers secure and user-specific remote access to their desktops by protecting all network traffic. Performance is further guaranteed with the use of eG Innovations Performance Management Solutions.

CloudVDI differs from current industry solutions by hosting the solution for clients versus the client having to build and manage their own solution using a local server environment. This extends access and security outside of the local area network and provides employee access to work-issued desktops outside of the office from multiple access points. Furthermore, users can operate higher-end software from thin clients and tablets. Monthly subscription plans are available and customers may add additional services, including increased processing (Up to 16 Cores), increased Memory (Up to 196GB), increased Hard Disk Space (Limitless) and additional software licenses.

CloudVDI has a 15 desktop minimum order; however, the company has enacted a pilot program during its launch phase for organizations desiring to test Virtual Desktops. For more information please go to http://www.cvdi.co or CloudVDI’s Facebook site, email sales(at)sharedvdi(dot)com, or call (877) 719-7557.

About eG Innovations

eG Innovations provides intelligent performance management solutions that dramatically accelerate the discovery, diagnosis, and resolution of service performance issues in virtual, cloud, and physical service infrastructures. Only eG Innovations offers 360-degree service visibility with virtualization-aware performance correlation across every layer and every tier from desktops to applications and from network to storage. This unique approach delivers deep, actionable insights into the true causes of cross-domain service performance issues and enables administrators to pre-emptively detect, diagnose and fix root-cause issues before end users notice. eG Innovations award-winning performance management and monitoring solutions are trusted by the world’s most demanding companies to enable delightful user experiences, keep mission-critical business services at peak performance and deliver on the ROI promise of transformational IT investments. Customers include: JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, Cathay Bank, AllScripts, Honeywell, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Samsung, Xerox, Marathon Oil, McKesson and many more. Visit http://www.eginnovations.com for more information.

About CloudVDI

CloudVDI, LLC (http://www.cvdi.co), located at 412 E. Madison Street, Suite 1120, Tampa, Florida, is a certified Citrix Silver Solutions Provider, a Citrix Certified Hosting Provider (CSP) and a Silver Citrix Certified Solutions Advisor (CSA), a Microsoft BizSpark Program Partner as well as an official Microsoft Cloud Services Reseller partner.

All registered and trademarks and brands in this release are the property of their respective owners.

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Dealer Performance Group Selects ProviDyn for Microsoft SBS and Private Cloud Services

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that it was recently selected by Dealer Performance Group (DPG), a finance and insurance agency providing automotive benefits,services, and F&I/ compliance training to over 600 automotive dealerships in the Southeast, to evaluate and make recommendations for the agencys network infrastructure.

Working with other managed service providers left DPG with a network built on disparate systems and support that was unreliable and slow. Frustrated with this outcome, the agency enlisted ProviDyn to conduct an in-depth evaluation of its technology needs from top to bottom and make recommendations for improvements. After a thorough assessment, ProviDyn recommended Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) as an all-in-one network solution that would give the agency access to enterprise-class server technology at an affordable cost. In addition, ProviDyn migrated DPG to a private cloud, giving the agency the added bonus of cost effectively accessing and sharing information.

ProviDyn was able to come in, quickly understand our business and make recommendations that would meet our immediate and long-term needs, said Hal Schmidt, CFO of Dealer Performance Group. The combination of Microsoft SBS and the private cloud allowed us to move past the infrastructure issues we were facing and gave us the peace of mind to focus on the business while knowing our technology needs were being handled by ProviDyn, a partner we could trust.

Microsofts SBS is an ideal solution for small businesses facing the day-to-day challenges of growing while also maintaining a reliable IT infrastructure with limited IT knowledge, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. For Dealer Performance Group specifically, SBS allowed them to gain the major components of a corporate infrastructure without the time and cost they would have spent otherwise.

About ProviDyn

ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com or follow us on Twitter.

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Xangati Unveils StormTracker The Industrys First Solution to Tackle Performance Storms Devastating Productivity in the Cloud

Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2012

Xangati, the recognized leader in performance management for virtualization and cloud environments, today unveiled StormTracker, the industrys first solution to immediately identify cross-silo storm patternsthrough live storm detection as they emerge in a cloud infrastructure. According to a recent ZK Research report, over 90 percent of virtualization admins believe existing management tools dont provide the integrated insight of how server+hypervisor, network and storage interact, which inhibits ITs ability to effectively manage cloud performance. (See related release here.) For the first time, Xangatis StormTracker gives organizations the ability to instantly identify storms, proactively track their impact and know how to remediate them by processing second-by-second insights spanning all interactions occurring throughout the cloud infrastructure.

StormTracker includes a new, robust, in-memory storm detection sub-engine integrated into Xangatis flagship Performance Management Engine which leverages a next generation computing architecture; and an interactive and contextual UI with multiple views into the entire cloud environment. In addition, Xangati has integrated performance management with capacity management to deliver essential insights to admins to ensure they right-size the expansion of their cloud hardware infrastructure.

All of the new StormTracker functionality will be integrated into the companys award-winning Xangati Management Dashboard (XMD) suite as well as its Xangati for vSphereFree single host tool. StormTracker will also be available as a free upgrade for existing Xangati customers. Xangati will showcase StormTracker at VMworld San Francisco August 26-30, Booth #2413.

Assuring cloud performance is top of mind for every IT executive seeking to transform their data center. Unfortunately for these executives their clouds are being devastated by transient performance storms flying in under the radar of their pre-existing monitoring solutions, said Alan Robin, CEO of Xangati. Only Xangati is rising to the challenge of managing the always in flux cloud infrastructure with StormTracker empowering administrators to instantly identify emerging storms. And even more importantly provides exclusive insight on how to avoid these storms in the future.

Traditional alert monitoring solutions were designed to focus on shifts in individual metrics in a pre-cloud data center environment, said Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst with ZK Research. My research shows that admins are uncomfortable with this model, given how the data center has evolvedinvestigating alerts is akin to chasing ones tail. By tracking storm fronts and their source, Xangati empowers IT to always understand how their cloud is behaving and to instantly identify emerging stormssaving valuable time and resources, while allowing them to anticipate and avoid future storms.

StormTracker Captures What Competing Solutions Miss Transient Storage, CPU, Memory and Network Storms

Inherently sluggish database-driven alert monitoring solutions fail to identify storms for two primary reasons. The first is that their after-the-fact architectures miss short-term shifts that are a mainstay of transient storms. The second is that chasing stand-alone metric alerts is only presenting an isolated symptom and doesnt get one to cause. That is why alert monitoring fosters post-mortem analysis which puts IT in an unproductive reactive posturewhere uncovering the source of storms is regularly taking anywhere from two hours up to days.

In contrast, Xangati StormTracker highlights storms instantaneously as they emerge, with key features including:

Xangati Unveils StormTracker The Industrys First Solution to Tackle Performance Storms Devastating Productivity in the Cloud

Latest 2012 Enterprise IT Survey Reveals Less Than 30 Percent of Organizations Believe Existing Tools Can Successfully Manage Cloud Performance Storms

Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2012

Xangati, the recognized leader in tracking performance storms for virtualization and cloud environments, and ZK Research, an IT consulting and research firm, today released findings from a joint survey covering the state of existing enterprise virtualization and cloud deployments, future plans, and the biggest challenges facing organizations in the implementation of these infrastructures. Conducted in July 2012 among more than 300 virtualization and IT admins and managers, the survey reveals alarming concerns about obstacles in assuring cloud performance, with a majority of respondents saying that increased virtualization density is dramatically impacting their ability to manage these evolving data centers.

In a related announcement, Xangati today also introduced new storm-tracking capabilities integrated in its Xangati Management Dashboard (XMD) suite to address these market changes. (See release here.)

As organizations migrate to cloud-based models, performance storms create new challenges for successful deployment, added Alan Robin, CEO of Xangati. The clouds constantly fluctuating environment makes it difficult to identify the instantaneous performance shifts occurring across the infrastructure. As revealed in our survey, organizations are now recognizing the need for advanced tools that can deliver second-by-second cross-silo insights, so that they can move quickly and decisively to capture and resolve the source of the problem.

Cross-Silo Storms Impede Cloud Performance Management

The Xangati/ZK Research survey highlights several key obstacles and concerns in managing cloud performance. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed indicate that increasing density has made performance management of the cloud more difficult, yet adding to the problem 60 percent state that their existing solutions are unable to provide live insights in identifying and remediating performance problems and only deliver after-the-fact analysis. Further compounding the problem, an even larger 74 percent say that vSphere/vCenter does not deliver the automated performance remediation they expected.

These survey findings are loud and clear, said Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst, ZK Research. A next generation data center needs next generation management tools. IT requires live insight into performance problems to confidently deliver and expand cloud-based data centers.

Other specific findings include:

– A huge 77 percent say theyre concerned about the effect of the clouds self-provisioning model on existing virtualized application performance;

– More than 50 percent of respondents indicate that performance storms in their organizations can take over two hours to identify and last more than a day; and

– One in four of those surveyed state that they have been forced to roll back an application from virtual to physical due to undiagnosed performance storms.

Responding to whats needed and organizations plans for the future, the survey also showed that cloud infrastructures should not be managed as separate islands, with an overwhelming 94 percent of respondents saying that the cloud needs to be managed as a cross-silo endeavor among server, network and storage teams.

Contributing to overall concerns about managing performance storms were respondents perceptions about the unique characteristics of cloud storms as:

– The most difficult problems to track down and resolve (28 percent);

– Transient in nature (20 percent);

– Fly under the radar of existing monitoring solutions (19 percent); and

– Resulting from the moving parts in a virtual environment (12 percent).

Of those surveyed, nearly 75 percent indicate they would budget IT resources toward a solution to resolve cloud performance storms.

Survey Shows Hybrid Models are the Future of the Cloud

The survey also shows that as organizations move to the cloud, hybrid models are being increasingly adopted. Specifically, of the organizations surveyed, 40 percent are either evaluating Microsoft Hyper-V or already have it in production and/or test environments. The survey also revealed the following top three internal drivers for organizations hybrid plans:

– A growing positive perception about Hyper-V being good enough (27 percent);

– VMware licensing/pricing (34 percent); and

– A diversity model approach using different hypervisors for different applications (17 percent).

Methodology

The findings were based on more than 300 online surveys, jointly deployed by Xangati and ZK Research and completed by virtualization and IT admins and managers in July 2012. Respondents were from organizations of varying sizes, with more than 50 percent in companies with one thousand employees or more. Additionally, 75 percent of those surveyed were in organizations with more than 50 percent server virtualization representing a 10 percent increase in server virtualization from Xangatis 2010 server virtualization survey.

To access the complete survey results, go to http://xangati.com/resources/surveys/

About Xangati

Xangati is the recognized leader in tracking performance storms for virtualization and cloud environments. The award-winning Xangati Management Dashboard (XMD) suite of products includes the VI Dashboard for server virtualization, VDI Dashboard for desktop virtualization, and StormTracker. XMDs unparalleled in-memory computing architecture allows for a live and continuous awareness of the entire infrastructure end-to-end providing the ability to instantly identify and anticipate storms before they impact business user productivity.

Founded in 2006, Xangati, Inc. is a privately held company with corporate headquarters based in Cupertino, California. Xangati is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner and certified Citrix Ready Partner and has strategic technology partnerships with numerous other the leading data center infrastructure companies. For more information, visit http://www.xangati.com.

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Huntsville, Alabama (PRWEB) September 10, 2012

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced a new release of the Avocent HMX High Performance KVM switch with features that significantly enhance its functionality and usability.

The Avocent HMX High Performance KVM switch is the market-leading IP matrix KVM switch for the last five years. It provides users with the ability to quickly access remote high-performance work stations or computing equipment with the same user experience they would have if they were connected directly to the equipment in the same room. It allows sites to share expensive specialized equipment between users as needed without having to move the user or the equipment.

The new release enhances the Avocent HMX platform with its complex switching capability, improved switching time and validated security features. Avocent HMX now allows multiple receivers and transmitters to be grouped to facilitate complex switching, such as grouping four or more monitors, or controlling a video wall or ceiling mounted projector remotely. And, with a 60 percent switch-time improvement, switching is now even faster, which significantly improves usability. In addition, the new release enables users to switch quickly between multiple computers with different functionality and security classification levels in a secure and reliable manner. This greatly enhances KVM applications in industries that require the most advanced technologies to ensure information security.

The new release is available as a free firmware upgrade for existing customers with compatible Avocent HMX Managers.

Avocent invented the KVM over IP switch market, and has been awarded more than 158 U.S. patents covering KVM and video compression technologies, said Steve Hassell, president of the Avocent business of Emerson Network Power. The newly released Avocent HMX High Performance KVM switch demonstrates our continuing investment and innovation in KVM, and is the result of ongoing research and development and listening to our customers.

To learn more about Emerson Network Powers high-performance KVM switches, please visit http://www.emersonnetworkpower.com/en-US/Products/KVM/HighPerformanceKVM/Pages/Default.aspx.

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About Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, delivers software, hardware and services that maximize availability, capacity and efficiency for data centers, healthcare and industrial facilities. A trusted industry leader in smart infrastructure technologies, Emerson Network Power provides innovative data center infrastructure management solutions that bridge the gap between IT and facility management and deliver efficiency and uncompromised availability regardless of capacity demands. Our solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at http://www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.

About Emerson

Emerson, based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2011 were $ 24.2 billion. For more information, visit http://www.Emerson.com.

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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 01, 2012

Zonar, provider of electronic fleet inspection, tracking and operations systems, introduces the V3 telematics platform as the next generation to their comprehensive set of solutions. The V3 collects data directly from the vehicle ECM, integrates that information with satellite GPS readings and transmits the data over 3G networks for immediate and insightful high precision reporting.

The new V3 features industry-leading GPS tracking capability, 3G high speed data connection, built-in accelerometer, WiFi, and ultralow power sleep mode all at OEM quality levels far above any other devices in the industry. This innovative technology provides fleet managers with essential information to make important operational decisions, improve data and tracking accuracy, and increase overall safety and efficiency.

The V3 takes our comprehensive vehicle tracking and diagnostics solutions to a whole new level, said Mike McQuade, Chief Technology Officer at Zonar. The best GPS receiver available combined with 3G speed and OEM quality make the V3 the new standard for fleet telematics. Theres no other system like it on the market.

With parallel time and frequency search capabilities that instantly find satellites, anti-jamming technology and low power consumption, the high performing GPS receiver built into the V3 provides remarkable position accuracy even in the most challenging environments. Additionally, the V3 combines GPS and ECM data to provide geospatially precise vehicle performance metrics a unique offering for which Zonar holds a US Patent.

New to the V3 is a 3-axis accelerometer that senses changes in gravitational force including front-to-back, side-to-side and up-and-down to accurately determine motion and orientation. The result is timely and accurate detection of hard-braking, hard-acceleration, and hard-cornering three operating behaviors that directly and significantly impact fuel efficiency and safe operation.

The V3 features real-time vehicle diagnostics to help improve vehicle uptime and maintenance operations. Fault code data is instantly delivered to fleet managers and dispatchers, often before the driver is aware of the problem. Alerted of the vehicles condition, fleets can schedule shop time and maintenance resources in advance to reduce vehicle downtime. All performance and diagnostic information is available through Zonars web-based Ground Traffic Control application.

The redesigned V3 adds a new facet to operational monitoring and performance, added McQuade. Because it utilizes the 3G network, the V3 not only captures the most robust and reliable data set available, but it gets that data in front of those who need it much more quickly and reliably than ever before.

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When web applications have errors UserView Video captures a users view video of the error – as it is occurring – that is paired with an interactive waterfall chart displaying details of the web pages code performance. Its the fastest way available to diagnose web application errors minimizing downtime. You dont have to guess about what to fix, or what website users are experiencing. The web operations team can simultaneously see the network data and a video of the users experience, so finding the problem that users experience is faster. noted Vadim Mazo, CTO.

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UserView Video simplifies the set-up of monitoring processes with a browser-driven macro recorder, called EveryStep Recorder, which records web application scripts. Also, a series of automated diagnostic tools, including the video capture, significantly speed up web application error root cause analysis. Moreover, web application monitoring identifies troubling trends – before they become problems so web operations can make proactive adjustments and avoid downtime.

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