IT Budgeting for 2015 – Have You Started?
When isn’t it budget season? Though budget planning goes on year-round, as the above infographic shows, most of us in IT will be working on our budgets between now and the end of the year. With IT...
View ArticleChicago VMUG: Virtualizing Data, DR Use Case and Free VMware Labs
Last week’s Chicago VMUG had presentations on disaster recovery, best practices for hardwire migration and more. But for us, the biggest takeaway was a product that blew us away. SimpliVity...
View ArticleHacking, Virtualized Everything and the Year in IT
The Year in IT 2014 is bracketed by the Target and Sony security breaches with way too many in between, including breaches in industries like finance and healthcare, where consumers’ most sensitive...
View ArticleDis-aggregation and the IT of the Future
Wisconsin VMUG’s UserCon 2015: Software-defined Everything Last week’s Wisconsin VMUG UserCon in Madison offered substantial food for thought, starting with the keynote address by Shawn Bass, senior...
View ArticleEveryone’s Talking About Software-defined Everything
Tech Highlights from WIVMUG UserCon 2015 Wisconsin VMUG’s UserCon in Madison left us with one overall impression: everyone is talking about software-defined everything. Here are the technical...
View ArticleHyperconverged What? And Why Should I Care?
Explaining Hyperconverged Infrastructure Advantages to Non-IT Decision Makers Most IT pros are already sold on the benefits of a virtualized IT environment, and their enterprises have seen the...
View ArticleUser Expectations, Automation Define Current VM Landscape
Wisconsin VMUG Meeting Recap Last week’s Wisconsin VMUG was all about user expectations – and the automation that helps IT teams meet those expectations. Let’s face it, users expect high...
View ArticleQuality of Life for IT? We Can Hope!
VDI, vVols and Nachos at Wisconsin VMUG Quality of life may not be the first thing you think of in relation to VMware, but last week’s Wisconsin VMUG highlighted technologies that aim to improve QoL...
View ArticleWisconsin VMUG Talks vSphere, Open Source and Soft Skills
Wisconsin VMUG’s December meeting featured a visit from VMUG’s new CEO, Brad Tompkins, presentations by Eric Wright, also known as @discoposse, principal solutions engineer and tech evangelist for...
View ArticleChoose Your Own IT Adventure, Says @DiscoPosse
Eric Wright, principal solutions engineer and tech evangelist for VM Turbo and known in the Twitterverse as @DiscoPosse, posed a great question at a recent Wisconsin VMUG: CYOA or CYA? He says IT...
View ArticlePartner Profile: FNTS
1st Basis provides hosting for our customers who want a total solution or have special SAP-centered hosting needs. We started by hosting our own equipment in a co-location (colo) but demand quickly...
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