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Extreme Makeover Data Center Edition Part 1
Mark Bolsoni, Product Director, Advanced Network Technologies
Internet Telephony 11.30.2007
Many companies are looking at ways to cut IT costs while maintaining or improving service levels to their end-users. One not-so-obvious area to look is data center network technologies. Centralized data centers are en vogue again, with many of the technologies migrating back to a single environment. File servers, print servers, and mission-critical applications are all being evaluated as potential consolidation efforts.
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Key Differences Between ITIL v2 and v3
Martin Likier, Senior Consultant, IT Service Management
Mike Tainter, Director, IT Service Management
ITSMWatch.com 10.25.2007
Although much has changed, there’s no reason to abandon the v2 ship just yet, writes ITSM Watch columnists Martin Likier and Mike Tainter of Forsythe Solutions Group.
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Mind Your "P's" and "Cues" When Securing Your Converged Network
Darrell Epps, Director, Network Solutions
Internet Telephony 10.01.2007
So how do you filter through all the information and recommendations to determine what makes the most sense for your network environment? If these choices and the associated challenges seem overwhelming to you as well, my rule of thumb is to “mind your P’s and Cues”.
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The Corporate Culture Perspective
Pamela Fredericks, Director, Security Advisory Services
SecurityMagazine.com 09.01.2007
Organizations are in the midst of a cultural evolution, one that is making information security and privacy protection part of expected corporate behaviors. For employees, data breaches and the reality of identity theft have driven home the importance of privacy and protection for personal data on the job – the data in the corporation might well be your own.
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The First Step in Creating Your Service Catalog
Mike Tainter, Practice Manager, IT Service Management
Jay Long, Managing Consultant, IT Service Management
ITSMwatch.com 08.13.2007
Rule No.1: Remember who you are writing the catalog for, writes ITSM Watch columnists Mike Tainter and Jay Long of Forsythe.
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The Dollars and Sense of Virtual Data Centers
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Steven Harris, Director, Data Center Planning & Design
InformationWeek 07.19.2007
To manage server sprawl, exponential data growth, power consumption, and nearly unmanageable infrastructures, many IT organizations are turning to data-center virtualization and blade-server technologies. But careful consideration is needed.
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Final Thoughts: Behaviors for Effective BC/DR Professionals
Peter Laz, Senior Consultant, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Continuity Insights 07.08.2007
We all want to be effective business continuity/disaster recovery professionals, right? While there's no silver bullet, there are some characteristics that successful professionals share. In fact, there are four consistent behaviors I have found in top quality BC/DR professionals in my many years in the profession.
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How to Back Up VMware 3.0.1: File-Level and Raw Virtual Machine File Backup Alternatives
James Davidge, Solutions Architect
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
SearchServerVirtualization.com 06.13.2007
With virtualization technologies taking a real hold in the IT world, many areas of management and maintenance that were previously straightforward and well-understood are now overshadowed with questions about best practices and alternatives. James Davidge, solutions architect, and James E. Geis, director of integrated solutions, address the key area of backing up and restoring virtual machine instances.
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Keep Communications in Crisis
Joel Pogar, Director, Network Solutions and Security Practice
Security Management 06.01.2007
Reliable communications are important to business operations at any time, but keeping them up and running is especially challenging and crucial when a disaster disrupts normal operations.
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How Old Is Too Old? A Look at Today's Data Center
Steven Harris, Director of Data Center Planning & Design
Continuity Insights 05.30.2007
Steven Harris, director of data center planning and design, discusses the importance of bringing aging data center facilities up to date. Harris provides specifics on how the standards and demands for power, cooling, floor space, maintenance, and redundancy have evolved during the 18-year lifespan of the average data center.
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Getting Started with ITIL
Mike Tainter, Practice Manager, IT Service Management
ITSMWatch.com 05.24.2007
Getting started with ITIL may seem daunting but you may be farther along than you think, writes ITSM Watch columnist Michael Tainter of Forsythe.
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How to Develop a Practical Storage Model
Alan Grantham, Solutions Architect
InfoStor Magazine 05.01.2007
Is your storage growth out of control, and are your storage purchases unpredictable? Do your vendors just tell you to “buy more storage” to fix storage capacity issues? If the answer to any of these is yes – which is not uncommon – your storage is on the way to becoming a business beast. Alan Grantham, solutions architect, provides valuable guidance on how to control and develop a practical storage model.
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Enterprise, Know Thyself!
Michael Croy, Director, Business Continuity Solutions
Disaster Recovery Journal 04.25.2007
Michael Croy, director of business continuity solutions explains how enterprises that can see the connection and use their self-knowledge to invest accordingly are the enterprises that will endure not only at time of crisis, but in the day-to-day marketplace.
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Adapt or Die. It's All About the Network
Anthony Iadisernia, Director, Network Solutions
Internet Telephony 04.01.2007
The Millennials are our next generation workforce, born between 1980 and 2000. Unlike the Gen-Xers and the Boomers, they are already connected all over the world by cell phone, text messaging, PDA, email, instant messaging, and the Internet. They won’t just ask for the tools they are accustomed to, they will demand them. Organizations need to start thinking about how they will evolve, adapt, and introduce these new applications into the workplace.
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Managing Your Organization’s (Information) Assets
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Computer Technology Review 03.08.2007
Effective information storage management boils down to a company’s definitively understanding and paying attention to the four phases of its information’s metamorphosis: Creation, Access, Retention and Deletion (“CARD”). James e. Geis, director of integrated solutions development for Forsythe Technology Inc., explains how to ensure that critical information assets are treated in a way that storage is secure and recoverable.
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IP WAN Optimization: Caveat Emptor (Let the Buyer Beware)
Darrell L. Epps, Director, Network Solutions
Internet Telephony 02.15.2007
Read through just about any trade magazine dealing with information technology these days and you are likely to find articles, product evaluations, and advertisements for an emerging class of products that perform WAN optimization functions. What is helping to drive the need for such technology?
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“Safety” Tips for ITIL-Based Service Support
Mike Tainter, Practice Manager, IT Service Management
ITSM.Watch.com 02.01.2007
ITIL-based IT service management (ITSM) has gained in popularity over the past few years and has become known as the de facto standard for how IT organizations operate.
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Ask the Executive Inverview with Doni Perry
Peter Laz, Senior Consultant, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Journal 01.01.2007
Doni Perry is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Sea Star Line, LLC. Joining Sea Star Line, LLC in 2004, he has been instrumental in the maturing of Sea Star Line’s IT vision and development of their business continuity and disaster planning posture.
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Virtualization: A Growing Reality in the Data Center
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Forsythe Focus, Winter 2007 01.01.2007
Ongoing improvements in server virtualization technology are leading toward a major shift in enterprise server strategy.
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