Archive for January, 2012:

from the DESK to the CLOUD transition

IT infrastructure have evolved from standalone desktop, peer-to-peer network sharing, client-server application, on the server data and application, virtualization, SaaS, etc, and recently, to the Cloud. Most Small Business are still working in a mix desktop-network-sharing environment but it’s time for a change, for the better. I see two alternatives (other than doing no-thing, of course)

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Integrated IT solution for Small Business, on premises

Integration is vital for Small Business: having a remote managed server appliance on premises, running most important network services in a secure way could represent a huge improvement in productivity and collaboration. How to know if you can benefit from this solution? Well, this is a simple test – if you find yourself represented in

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Cloud adoption: objections becoming advantages

After finishing a presentation with some of my clients about Cloud Computing, their main objections were security and privacy and this is usually the major concern among business owners. But I have two recent references that show how these objections are becoming advantages: As you can see on this publication (eWeek) the US military (NSA)

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How good is your backup and disaster recovery plan?

At the time of recovery is when we know if we had a good backup plan, but we should not wait that long to figure it out, because it might be too late then if it weren’t that good. Let’s try a simple questionnaire: IF you answer NO to any of these four questions, you

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2012, new year resolutions

Well, party is over and we are slowly coming into this January blue mood, so it’s the right time to write my new year’s resolutions… briefly, without sorting priority: 1. write something of value every week, here and there (blog, linkedin, twitter, newsletter…) 2. finish a working demo for our three main product lines (infrastructure,

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