A wise amphibian once said, “it's not easy being green,” but little did he know how true that statement would become! With the constant push for stricter regulations and eco-friendly solutions, it can be difficult and expensive to keep up. Those who can stay ahead, however, are well-rewarded—a smaller carbon footprint and the customers that less eco-savvy companies have lost. Plus, helping to save the world is kind of satisfying.
If you're looking to get on board with the Green movement, you should know that some solutions are easier than others, and some can even save you money, instead of draining your funds. A prime example of this is the Virtualization process we've discussed before. It's not a direct Green Technology, like installing solar panels, but you can't deny the ecological benefits.
First and foremost is the elimination of unnecessary physical devices. All that hardware is contributing to your CO2 emissions in [...]

Have you ever had a crucial software license expire? Or discovered too late that your software maintenance wasn't renewed? On an individual level, this is an inconvenience. On an organization-wide level...it can have serious repercussions. All too commonly, companies find themselves in that position—losing money because of a lapsed license and stuck between their increasingly out-dated software and the expense of replacing it with the newest version.
The trouble is, organizations regularly purchase software at different times, from different suppliers, and through different employees. It's difficult to centralize all these variables and keep track of the various renewal time-frames, which might be one, two, three, or five years. The vendors themselves might try to follow up with you, but after several years they're lucky if they even reach the correct person.
One easy and effective solution to this is Infrastructure as a Service. It's a way to utilize cloud computing and outsource [...]

The desktop PC was once “the old ball and chain” of the office, pinning employees to the one location where they could access the files and applications they needed. To work from home or anywhere else was a hassle of data transfer, redundancy, and sometimes incompatibility. Likewise when they were away from the office, communications might go unanswered or urgent matters might be delayed.
All of that changed with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The ball and chain is cast aside and the desktop PC becomes a mere point of access among many. An employee can view and alter the same Virtual Desktop at work, at home, on a tablet or smartphone, or anywhere that they can access the internet from. Files, applications, and communications can be constantly at their fingertips.
For you, that means more productive employees. It means faster response times to your valued customers. It means an overall uptick in efficiency [...]

The phrase, “I wish I had access to that data!” is never a good sign. It might be the final nail in the coffin of a missed opportunity, the lament following a lost sale, or a blow to out-of-office productivity. But there is a solution! Summit Technology helps businesses to establish a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, a form of virtualization that is ideal for remote sales teams and branch offices. It can ensure that they have access to data and applications when they need them, instead of just wishful thinking!
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) refers to the process of employing virtual machines (VMs) to run desktop operating systems and applications. The VMs are centralized on servers in the data center, which allows them to be upgraded, patched, secured, and maintained efficiently and conveniently. Employees are then able to directly access the VMs from existing PCs or from thin clients, even when they’re [...]

Schools, hospitals, hotels, and office buildings all have fire escape plans or emergency exit contingencies. The routes are posted in almost every room, signs caution against using elevators, and smoke detectors are placed to give the most possible warning. Fire drills are conducted regularly to ensure everyone knows where to go and what to do in an emergency. Countless lives have been saved because of these guidelines.
Savvy business leaders and IT professionals know that a disaster can endanger an entire company. Researchers at the University of Texas indicate that, following a calamitous loss of data, 43% of businesses don’t even reopen, 51% shut down within two years, and only 6% survive beyond that. Those are convincing numbers. Is your enterprise willing to gamble on that? If not, then it’s crucial to have a disaster recovery plan in place.
Some small businesses think that “disaster recovery” is just a matter of making [...]

Whether it’s a brand new Ferrari convertible or a 15-year old station wagon, there are two primary ways to maintain your vehicle. You can follow the recommended schedule of oil changes, tune ups, and tire rotations to keep it at peak performance, or you can drive it until it breaks down on the side of the road and have it towed to the shop. The same is true of your computer network. Will you choose the small costs of computer health maintenance, or the price tags and inconvenience of emergency-based service?
If you’re still reading, you probably selected the first option. Summit Technology offers a variety of services and solutions to keep your computers running smoothly, but today we’ll focus on PlateSpin Protect. PlateSpin defends your workloads, both physical and virtual, through live incremental replication, a process that reduces network usage by recognizing and replicating updates, instead of entire databases. There [...]