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RSSdata backup (3)

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

RSSData Center (14)

Date Title
2010-05-27 Behind the Curtain: A Cloud Expose'
2010-04-15 Watch Out For Falling Prices! - SoftLayer's CloudLayer is Affordable
2010-02-16 Offsite Replication - The Essence of Disaster Recovery
2010-01-11 Silence is Sublime - Can you hear the HP Proliant DL360 G6 ?
2009-10-09 SMB SAN Buyer's Guide - Part 1 - Market Overview
2009-09-29 Is Used Hardware a Better Option in a Virtualized Environment?
2009-09-24 Fewer, big servers vs many, small servers in a virtualized infrastructure
2009-09-11 Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License
2009-09-07 Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud
2009-09-01 IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?
2009-08-28 Insight on Cloud Computing from One of Its Victims
2009-08-20 Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace
2009-08-05 Clustered SAN Solution Comparison: LeftHand vs EqualLogic
2009-08-04 Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)

RSSemail (1)

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

RSSHardware (4)

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

RSSSANs (13)

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

RSSServers (2)

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

RSSIT Management (17)

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

RSSCloud Computing (10)

Date Title
2010-05-27 Behind the Curtain: A Cloud Expose'
2010-01-07 Egnyte's On Demand File Server
2009-12-15 Why Exchange 2010?
2009-11-16 10 Questions for Hosting/Cloud Providers
2009-10-07 Voice Over IP with the Avaya IP Office and Sonicwall Firewalls
2009-09-22 Larry Ellison calls cloud computing "nonsense," again.
2009-09-07 Brass Tacks - Compare the Cost of On-Premise vs Cloud
2009-09-01 IT Budgets - Are Variable Costs Better?
2009-08-28 Insight on Cloud Computing from One of Its Victims
2009-08-20 Cloud Computing Vendor Comparison - Terremark vs Rackspace

RSSDR and/or BC (6)

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

RSSHigh Availability (7)

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

RSSManaged Services (1)

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

RSSMergers and Acquistions (4)

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

RSSMobile/Remote Access (1)

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

RSSOutsourcing (2)

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

RSSPolicies and Procedures (3)

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

RSSStartups (2)

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

RSSLefthand (5)

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

RSSMicrosoft (11)

Date Title
2010-06-02 Google Officially Drops Microsoft Windows Internally, Mac and Linux Systems Available.
2010-02-18 GCS Achieves Exclusive Microsoft VAR Champion Designation
2009-12-15 Secrets of Licensing Microsoft Windows 7 as a Virtualized Desktop
2009-12-15 Why Exchange 2010?
2009-11-11 Kill My VPN - DirectAccess in Windows7
2009-09-11 Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part Two) – The Server Management Suite License
2009-08-24 Compelling New Features in Exchange 2010
2009-08-17 The Best Primer on Windows 7 is...
2009-08-16 New search options illustrate how far Windows 7 has come
2009-08-04 Microsoft System Center in Small Environments (Part One)
2009-08-03 Why Windows 7?

RSSExchange (3)

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

RSSSQL Server (1)

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

RSSUnified Communication (0)

Date Title

RSSWindows Server (2)

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

RSSNetwork Security (2)

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

RSSPhone Systems, VoIP and Telephony (5)

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

RSSAvaya IP Office (7)

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

RSSCisco (0)

Date Title

RSSSecurity (2)

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

RSSSonicWALL (1)

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

RSSTelecom Services (3)

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

RSSVirtualization (19)

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

RSSHyper-V (11)

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

RSSVMWare (7)

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

Uncategorized (16)

Date Title
2010-06-28 "Thin-ness" and Thin Clients
2010-06-21 Apple Introduces a Mightier Mini
2010-06-02 Turn That Frown Upside Down: Embracing Macs on Your Network - Part One
2010-04-24 Do These Guys Know How to Party or What? Detailed Cost Analysis of Voice Over IP
2010-04-21 Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac: Finally Done Right
2010-04-13 Email Archival and Encryption for Compliance
2010-03-31 Celebrating 10 Years with a New Website
2010-03-25 Improved UI Coming for Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services
2010-03-15 What's New with HP Lefthand
2010-03-15 Better Late Than Never - Avaya Announced Virtualization Support for IP Office
2010-01-19 Big Mac Attack!
2009-11-19 My presentation at TORCH's IT Security Webinar
2009-11-17 How the Cloud will Disrupt Your IT Organization - A GCS Early Happy Hour
2009-11-08 An end to viruses and spyware?
2009-07-24 Small Business Server Virtualization
2009-07-06 IT During Mergers and Acquisitions

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