Buzz aside, virtualization is not a new technology.  Multiple operating systems have been hosted in mainframes for over 30 years.  Four recent trends have moved virtualization to the forefront in today’s computing environments.  When you look at these trends, you can easily see that virtualization is much more than a fad; coming from an industry that has...

If you are of the mind that everyone else in the world understands virtualization, while you’re still trying to understand just what it is to begin with, and how you might take advantage of it or not, you’re not alone. Virtualization is a new technology.  (Actually, it’s a pretty well-established technology, but a merging of conditions happening just now has...

TECHNOLOGIES CHANGED THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS – WHICH WE NOW CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT By Rick Mark Service Area Manager Remember when you first saw the iPhone? The first release was originally dismissed as a small player in the enterprise, especially compared to the BlackBerry, at that time. Now, just about every corporate executive, not to mention...

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a process of identifying a company’s threat exposure from a multitude of angles, processes, including hard and soft asset availability during an incident.  These angles all fit into two separate overlying categories:  Internal threats and External threats.  The word ‘threat’ has become synonymous with anything that could...

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a process of identifying a company’s threat exposure from a multitude of angles, processes, including hard and soft asset availability during an incident.  These angles all fit into two separate overlying categories:  Internal threats and External threats.  The word ‘threat’ has become synonymous with anything that could...

It’s very easy to get caught up in the Android versus iPhone duel and Google’s recruiting battles with its newly-public Silicon Valley neighbor, Facebook. But neither one of those companies worry Google executives as much as another that is actively taking money out of their pockets. This company is from Washington, but no, it’s not Microsoft....