Emineo E-Letter - Issue #17 - Dec. 1, 2009
Emineo E-Letter
November 30, 2009 - Issue #17 |
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| Emineo Group welcomes new team members! |
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Wow, where has the year gone? It's been since March that the last newsletter went out. A lot of the things I wanted to tell everyone about are no longer relevant. Such is life in the IT world.
As most of you know, desktop virtualization is the hot technology right now. Gartner predicts that desktop virtualization will cover 66% of the total desktop market in the next three years. If you're not looking into it yet, you'll want to soon. It's still an emerging market, so there are several players in the market, including VMware, Microsoft, Symantec, and Quest. Citrix still has the technological lead in this space. Be sure to check out XenDesktop 4!
If you haven't had a chance to meet or work with them yet, Emineo has added a few more people to the team this year. (Maybe they can help me keep the newsletter on track?)
Randy Barger, President
Renee Frendreiss, Project Manager
Renee has over 15 years of experience in IT, both as an engineer and as a project manager.
Patty Simanek, Office Manager
Patty helps to keep Emineo running smooth by coordinating company events, serving as human resources manager, and managing receivable accounts.
Jeremy Holt, SMB Solutions Administrator
As previous IT manager and administrator of several SMB companies, Jeremy is our latest addition to the SMB Solutions team.
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| Desktop/Application Virtualization News |
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This release is a game-changer. In addition to moving to per user/device licensing to match Microsoft's licensing model, XD4 includes FlexCast and HDX technologies, and will include the ability to put a Type I hypervisor on desktop machines. Also, for a limited time, Citrix is offering a 2-for-1 trade-up program for existing XenApp and XenDesktop customers.
"Surveyed technology leaders of kindergarten through to grade 12 at the recently held 2009 Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) Conference and its main finding was that 80 percent of respondents were interested in desktop virtualization as an implementable solution in school classrooms." Mutual of Omaha Case Study (video)"A US-based insurance and financial services company takes major steps to diversify into new businesses, integrate new acquisitions, improve application delivery, strenghten security and compliance, and reduce costs for a competitive advantage."
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| Server Virtualization News |
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Citrix Essentials can provide additional features to a Hyper-V environment, including StorageLink, Lab Manager, and Site Recovery services.
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| Storage News |
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"The Dell EqualLogic PS4000 Series of virtualized iSCSI SAN arrays are designed to bring enterprise-class features, intelligence, automation and reliability to remote or branch office, departmental and small-to-medium business (SMB) storage deployments."
"NetApp can help you realize the full potential of your virtual desktop environment with storage that's flexible, available, and cost effective."
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| Other News |
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Check out this ROI calculator and find out how WAN optimization can save money in your environment.
Secure Email from Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft!)Email encryption has always been a challenge, due to encryption keys, client software, and other complex infrastructure requirements. Microsoft now offers a seamless, client-less, hosted encryption platform that is very slick. Check it out.
If you use a Windows Mobile or Blackberry phone for email and web browsing, you might be interested in this. We have demo units available.
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