UniComData Blogs

This blog is about all things IT, including cloud computing, VoIP, virtualization, storage, networking, servers, and desktops. We also cover products from ShoreTel, Toshiba, Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, and LifeSize.

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Solving Issues with P2V Migration

May 16th, 2011 · No Comments

I was working with one of our customers who had an old Windows 2000 Server running and they wanted it to be joined in their Citrix Xen environment.  We thought to ourselves, this should be no problem.  However, when we started the P2V process we ran into a few issues.  We have since figured out [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Virtualization

Understanding Private and Virtual Private Networks

March 31st, 2011 · No Comments

The world is flat. That is if you ask New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman, who wrote a book of the same name describing just how the world got flatter and flatter thanks to a whole host of factors, one of which is technology. Technology—most notably computers, telecommunication devices, and [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Security · Virtualization

How Adding Cloud Services Can Save Your Business

March 9th, 2011 · No Comments

If you’ve seen the current commercials Microsoft is running, you may already have the feeling that cloud-based services are great for personal use, whether it’s for accessing your home media center from a distance or storing the family photos online. But as cloud computing becomes more widespread, it’s establishing itself as a viable and smart [...]

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Tags: Backup and Storage · Cloud Computing · Managed Hosting

Adtran’s NetVanta UC Now Deployable in Virtual Environments

March 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Adtran’s NetVanta series was designed with the goal of providing enterprise-class, highly reliable networking equipment at affordable costs. Recently, Adtran added another feature to their NetVanta Unified Communication (UC) software: the ability to support cloud applications through deploying in virtual environments with VMware.
What benefits does this bring to the user? The ability to be deployed [...]

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Tags: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · Network Solutions

How to Simplify IT and Unlock Resources

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Businesses need to use the economic crisis as a time to reassess their IT needs and options. Server virtualization, consolidation, and energy costs are a good place to start.
Read more at Inc. Technology…

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Virtualization

10 GbE Throughput with iSCSI SAN? Wow!

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

An exciting new product to check out is the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510 series of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN storage with supporting 10GbE technology.  As stated by a recent article from Dell™, the products versions PS6510E and PS6510X integrate “intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless [...]

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Tags: Backup and Storage · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Virtualization

SMBs Investing More in Security Solutions

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

A recently released report entitled “Voice of IT: State of SMB IT”, details the purchasing, technology usage, and IT staffing trends among small and medium businesses worldwide. The report surveyed over 1,100 IT professionals working in SMBs, 80 percent of whom were decision makers or influencers within their respective companies.
Not surprisingly, a substantial number (39 percent) [...]

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Tags: Backup and Storage · Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · Managed Hosting · Managed IT Services · Virtualization

VMware vSphere

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

If you follow virtualization to any degree, you’ve no doubt heard about the new version of VMware called vSphere. Since it’s announcement, we’ve been digging into what the new features are and it’s going to be big! According to VMware, “VMware vSphere is the next evolutionary step in IT computing; enabling customers to bring the [...]

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Tags: Managed Hosting · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Uncategorized