Cloud Gear
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Are You an Electronics Hoarder?
Got a stockpile of old computer, networking gear, components, and other gear taking up precious space in your office? If you are like most you probably do. Being it’s just about the end of spring, a little spring-cleaning might be in order, either that or an intervention. There are number of ways you can [...]
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How will RMM Evolve?
RMM or (Remote Monitoring and Management) has been around for some time, helping IT companies and MSP’s keep an eye on their customer’s vital networks and devices. The RMM solution has helped to define the current standards and made the Managed Services business model what it is today. Most RMM solutions provide a number of [...]
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What Can Cloud Infrastructure as a Service not Do?
It seems that many traditional hardware items can be virtualized or emulated to work in a software or cloud environment. This is great, but if everything was off premise how would the internal network that connects an office to the outside world be protected? Items such as secure firewalls and switches still have a [...]
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Will Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure Offering be able to compete with Amazon?
Microsoft has announced price matching with Amazon for its Windows Azure cloud infrastructure offering, which will have Microsoft partners seeing up to a 33% savings over the current pricing model. This comes as a surprise considering the low cost of Amazon’s cloud offering and Microsoft’s usual unwillingness to heavily discount its services. The move comes [...]
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With PC sales on the Decline Can Ingram Micro Win with HaaS?
Reports of steep declines in PC sales in favor of tablet and mobile devices continue to pour in to mainstream and technology based media outlets. Even so, technology distributor Ingram Micro is jumping into the Hardware as a Service (HaaS) game with their latest announcement. The company, which provides hardware, software, and services [...]
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Seagate Stopping Production on 7200RPM 2.5 Hard Drives
Seagate, the Hard Drive and storage giant has announced that it will stop production on 2.5” 7200RPM Hard Drives in favor of hybrid SSD (Solid State) and full SSD drives. The move comes as manufacturers and consumers are benefiting from lower prices, higher speeds, and longer lasting SSD options. The hybrid option provides a 5400RPM spinning disk [...]
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Are BDR’s so 2010?
The BDR (Backup and Disaster Recovery) device has been a standard solution for many MSP’s for a number of years. As hardware based server installations have begun to decline for businesses that are seeing the value in cloud based solutions, and as Microsoft has shifted their strategies from hardware to the cloud, the question this [...]
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Where are MSP’s with Selling VoiP?
There was a ton of buzz a few years back with the movement of MSP’s and IT solution providers getting into selling and managing VoiP solutions. This excitement had many companies looking to expand their offering with what seemed like a natural addition to the solution stack. Dedicated hardware with great upsell opportunities was a [...]
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Why Hasn’t the Chromebook Caught On?
In this new world of mobility, tablet, and smartphones, the Google Chromebook would seem to be a good fit in a new cloud-centric environment. Google’s jump into the OS and combined hardware space though has been less than exciting and has yet to really take off with mass users. Initially this may have been from [...]
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IBM gets into the SMB Market and Helps MSP’s with New Solutions
IBM has always been known as an enterprise company, which makes their latest announcement quite a surprise. The Big business company yesterday announced a new series of hardware solutions that are aimed at the entry-level market. See “Press Release” below. IBM has created an affordable family of entry level and midrange Power Systems based on [...]
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Square provides relief to SMB’s with Flat Rate Payment Processing Solution
Payment processing has always been an issue for small businesses looking to provide credit card options for their customers. Some companies charge upwards of 3% or higher per transaction, plus setup and device fees which can really eat into profits for MSP’s and IT solution providers. Square, the company known for putting credit card readers [...]
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Best Tech Gadgets for Back to School
As our kids across the nation are heading back to school, there are a number of kid-friendly gadgets that have made life easier and have made school an even more conducive learning environment. Many schools are embracing technology and putting technology items on school supply lists, or providing them as part of the curriculum. 1. [...]
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$99 Laptops makes Web Connectivity Affordable for Everyone
With a change in times and state of the economy many people have held off on major purchases and have gotten longer lives out of the electronics they own. In the same respect some have found it difficult to upgrade or even purchase computer equipment. With websites such as Craigslist and eBay continuing to grow [...]
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Creating Unified Communications as a Service Solutions just got Easier
MSP’s that sell into the enterprise space may be familiar with Siemens OpenScape Cloud Services (OSCS). Companies seeking to create Unified Communications solutions have looked towards the platform to standardize their cloud offerings. A leading vendor in this space Votela who was awarded Communications Solutions Product of the Year for 2011 see (press release) below; [...]
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Is the Hybrid approach the answer to Cloud Concern?
There is no doubt that the cloud era is upon us. The amount of companies and products emerging, as well as seasoned solutions on the market have exploded and continues to grow without a slowdown in sight. Buzz at tradeshows, training, and cloud talk all seem to point to a very different world for computing [...]
