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data backup (3)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-16	Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery	0
2010-01-25	VMWare vSphere Data Recovery - Is it good enough?	1
2009-10-05	Hyper-V Live Migration's Dirty Little Secret	1

Data Center (12)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-16	Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery	0
2010-01-11	Silence is Sublime - Can you hear the HP Proliant DL360 G6 ?	2
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-09-24	Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure	0
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-09-01	IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?	0
2009-08-28	Insight on Cloud Computing from One of Its Victims	3
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2
2009-08-05	Clustered SAN Solution Comparison: LeftHand vs EqualLogic	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0

email (1)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-08-27	SonicWALL's New TZ Series	0

Hardware (4)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-17	Unsolicited Speculation on the Proliant G7 and more....	0
2010-01-11	Silence is Sublime - Can you hear the HP Proliant DL360 G6 ?	2
2009-11-30	The True Value of Maintenance Contracts	0
2009-08-05	Clustered SAN Solution Comparison: LeftHand vs EqualLogic	0

SANs (13)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-16	Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery	0
2009-10-30	Equallogic vs Lefthand: Stirring the Pot	0
2009-10-26	Equallogic vs Lefthand: SAN Comparison	4
2009-10-21	Calculating Usable Disk Space on an HP Lefthand SAN	0
2009-10-16	Why buy a SAN?	0
2009-10-14	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 2 - Advanced Feature Discussion	0
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0
2009-10-02	Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, VSphere 4 and Beer!	0
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2
2009-08-15	First Look: Xilocore	0
2009-08-05	Clustered SAN Solution Comparison: LeftHand vs EqualLogic	0

Servers (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0

IT Management (17)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-01-20	"You Lie!" Google	3
2009-12-15	Secrets of Licensing Microsoft Windows 7 as a Virtualized Desktop	0
2009-10-16	Why buy a SAN?	0
2009-09-22	Is Antivirus Software Good Enough or is it a Broken Model?	6
2009-09-15	Appearing Live at GCS' Early Happy Hour - Windows 7, HyperV R2 and VSphere 4!	4
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-09-01	IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?	0
2009-08-27	SonicWALL's New TZ Series	0
2009-08-11	Gazelles and Lions	0
2009-08-11	More Failures	3
2009-08-10	Technology Project Management	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0
2009-08-03	How do you value your infrastructure?	5
2009-07-27	Tech Advice for Startups	0
2009-07-20	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part III	0
2009-07-13	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part II	0

Cloud Computing (9)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-01-07	Egnyte's On Demand File Server	0
2009-12-15	Why Exchange 2010?	0
2009-11-16	10 Questions for Hosting/Cloud Providers	0
2009-10-07	Voice Over IP with the Avaya IP Office and Sonicwall Firewalls	12
2009-09-22	Larry Ellison calls cloud computing "nonsense," again.	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-09-01	IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?	0
2009-08-28	Insight on Cloud Computing from One of Its Victims	3
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2

DR and/or BC (6)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-10-14	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 2 - Advanced Feature Discussion	0
2009-10-05	Hyper-V Live Migration's Dirty Little Secret	1
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-08-24	Compelling New Features in Exchange 2010	0
2009-08-15	First Look: Xilocore	0
2009-08-12	IP Office 5.0 is a big release for Avaya	0

High Availability (7)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-12-15	Why Exchange 2010?	0
2009-11-25	Book Review: Daemon by Daniel Suarez	0
2009-10-02	Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, VSphere 4 and Beer!	0
2009-09-24	Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2
2009-08-15	First Look: Xilocore	0

Managed Services (1)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-11-30	The True Value of Maintenance Contracts	0

Mergers and Acquistions (4)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-08-11	More Failures	3
2009-08-03	How do you value your infrastructure?	5
2009-07-20	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part III	0
2009-07-13	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part II	0

Mobile/Remote Access (1)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-07-27	The failures of Voice Over IP	1

Outsourcing (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-07-27	Tech Advice for Startups	0

Policies and Procedures (3)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-08-10	Technology Project Management	0
2009-08-03	Why Windows 7?	0
2009-07-13	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part II	0

Startups (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-08-03	How do you value your infrastructure?	5
2009-07-27	Tech Advice for Startups	0

Lefthand (5)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-16	Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery	0
2009-10-21	Calculating Usable Disk Space on an HP Lefthand SAN	0
2009-10-16	Why buy a SAN?	0
2009-10-14	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 2 - Advanced Feature Discussion	0
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0

Microsoft (10)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-18	GCS Achieves Exclusive Microsoft VAR Champion Designation	0
2009-12-15	Secrets of Licensing Microsoft Windows 7 as a Virtualized Desktop	0
2009-12-15	Why Exchange 2010?	0
2009-11-11	Kill My VPN - DirectAccess in Windows7	0
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-08-24	Compelling New Features in Exchange 2010	0
2009-08-17	The Best Primer on Windows 7 is...	3
2009-08-16	New search options illustrate how far Windows 7 has come	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0
2009-08-03	Why Windows 7?	0

Exchange (3)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-12-15	Why Exchange 2010?	0
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-08-24	Compelling New Features in Exchange 2010	0

SQL Server (1)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0

Unified Communication (0)

Date	Title	Comments

Windows Server (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-15	Appearing Live at GCS' Early Happy Hour - Windows 7, HyperV R2 and VSphere 4!	4
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0

Network Security (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-25	Is Antivirus Software Good Enough or is it a Broken Model? (Part Two)	3
2009-08-27	SonicWALL's New TZ Series	0

Phone Systems, VoIP and Telephony (5)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-23	Flexing Our Mac Muscle! - Avaya Phone Manager on Snow Leopard 10.6.2	0
2009-09-26	SIP Trunking on the Avaya IP Office	6
2009-09-05	A SIP Primer	3
2009-08-12	IP Office 5.0 is a big release for Avaya	0
2009-07-27	The failures of Voice Over IP	1

Avaya IP Office (7)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-28	Snow in Austin Means...Business As Usual?	0
2010-02-23	Flexing Our Mac Muscle! - Avaya Phone Manager on Snow Leopard 10.6.2	0
2009-10-07	Voice Over IP with the Avaya IP Office and Sonicwall Firewalls	12
2009-09-26	SIP Trunking on the Avaya IP Office	6
2009-09-05	A SIP Primer	3
2009-08-12	IP Office 5.0 is a big release for Avaya	0
2009-07-27	The failures of Voice Over IP	1

Cisco (0)

Date	Title	Comments

Security (2)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-09-25	Is Antivirus Software Good Enough or is it a Broken Model? (Part Two)	3
2009-09-22	Is Antivirus Software Good Enough or is it a Broken Model?	6

SonicWALL (1)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-10-07	Voice Over IP with the Avaya IP Office and Sonicwall Firewalls	12

Telecom Services (3)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-10-07	Voice Over IP with the Avaya IP Office and Sonicwall Firewalls	12
2009-07-27	Tech Advice for Startups	0
2009-07-27	The failures of Voice Over IP	1

Virtualization (19)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-16	Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery	0
2010-02-10	GCS Achieves VMWare Professional Partner Status	0
2010-01-25	VMWare vSphere Data Recovery - Is it good enough?	1
2009-10-26	Equallogic vs Lefthand: SAN Comparison	4
2009-10-16	Why buy a SAN?	0
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0
2009-10-05	Hyper-V Live Migration's Dirty Little Secret	1
2009-10-02	Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, VSphere 4 and Beer!	0
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-09-24	Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure	0
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-09-07	Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud	5
2009-09-01	IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?	0
2009-08-28	Insight on Cloud Computing from One of Its Victims	3
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2
2009-08-15	First Look: Xilocore	0
2009-08-05	Clustered SAN Solution Comparison: LeftHand vs EqualLogic	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0
2009-08-03	Why Windows 7?	0

Hyper-V (11)

Date	Title	Comments
2009-10-26	Equallogic vs Lefthand: SAN Comparison	4
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0
2009-10-05	Hyper-V Live Migration's Dirty Little Secret	1
2009-10-02	Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, VSphere 4 and Beer!	0
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-09-24	Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure	0
2009-09-15	Appearing Live at GCS' Early Happy Hour - Windows 7, HyperV R2 and VSphere 4!	4
2009-09-11	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License	0
2009-08-15	First Look: Xilocore	0
2009-08-04	Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)	0
2009-08-03	Why Windows 7?	0

VMWare (7)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-02-10	GCS Achieves VMWare Professional Partner Status	0
2009-10-26	Equallogic vs Lefthand: SAN Comparison	4
2009-10-09	SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview	0
2009-10-02	Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, VSphere 4 and Beer!	0
2009-09-29	Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?	0
2009-09-24	Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure	0
2009-08-20	Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace	2

Uncategorized (6)

Date	Title	Comments
2010-01-19	Big Mac Attack!	1
2009-11-19	My presentation at TORCH's IT Security Webinar	0
2009-11-17	How the Cloud will Disrupt Your IT Organization - A GCS Early Happy Hour	2
2009-11-08	An end to viruses and spyware?	0
2009-07-24	Small Business Server Virtualization	0
2009-07-06	IT During Mergers and Acquisitions	0