tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39153046712505035122024-02-07T20:27:26.286-08:00Harbour IT News and EventsHarbour IT supplies IT infrastructure management solutions to organisations across Australia and Asia.
Our passion is to deliver excellence in operations and customer service and ensure a strong return on your IT investment.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-75729308681331735342011-04-18T18:08:00.000-07:002011-04-18T18:08:45.027-07:00HARBOUR IT EXPLORES BEYOND THE HYPE OF CLOUD COMPUTINGOn Thursday 14th April, Harbour IT officially launched their cloud computing service offering with a little help from their friends – VMware, Cisco and NetApp. <br />
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Featuring guest speakers Dylan Morison (<a href="http://www.cisco.com.au/">Cisco</a>), Michael Warrilow (<a href="http://www.vmware.com.au/">VMware</a>), John Martin (<a href="http://www.netapp.com.au/">NetApp</a>) plus Harbour IT’s Adam Simpson, guests packed the room to gain an understanding of how service-based computing is changing business.<br />
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The presenters touched on the technical side of the cloud, explaining the Flexpod technology which combines VMware, Cisco and NetApp hardware. Harbour IT were the first cloud service provider within Australia to implement Flexpod.<br />
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Many business benefits were highlighted, as well as a brief case study on <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/admin/loadtrack.asp?page_id=19">The Coffee Club</a>, a Harbour IT customer who has recently taken the leap into the cloud.<br />
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Following the success of this <a href="http://www.harbourcloud.cm.au/">cloud computing</a> event, Harbour IT is looking to run it again in Melbourne in the coming months.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-21091286575668923152011-01-17T20:08:00.000-08:002011-01-17T20:08:27.353-08:00CLOSE CALL FOR COMSCENTRE IN QLD FLOODSWe were relieved to hear that business partner, Comscentre, has survived the flood.<br />
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Their head office, located in Milton Park, is surrounded by offices underwater. Fortunately, it was a condition of their recent move that the new office be located well above the 1974 flood levels and be in no danger of being flooded.<br />
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It’s fantastic to hear that their disaster recovery plan was quickly put in place and actioned without issue.<br />
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Our thoughts are with the unlucky ones in Queensland and encourage our customers, partners and friends to donate to the Premier’s Flood Appeal: <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/">http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/</a> <br />
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As we prepare our schedule of events for 2011, we appreciate you input into what you would like to see presented at a Harbour IT Techy Brekky. <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/IT_News.asp?active_page_id=281">Let us know via our poll!</a>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-49489419954894262252010-11-10T14:43:00.000-08:002010-11-10T14:45:05.630-08:00… AND THE WINNER IS!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Computerworld Australia's top ten most influential of 2010 </span></span><br />
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The team at Computerworld Australia are yet again counting down the top ten most influential people, technology and trends for the past 12 months. Each Friday, they will reveal the next as they head to number 1.<br />
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My bet is on <a href="http://www.harbourcloud.com.au/why-the-cloud/cloud-explained">Cloud Computing</a> for number one – what do you think? The iPhone will definitely be up there yet again (#1 last year) as will iPad.<br />
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Good luck to the panel – what a mammoth task! Technology is evolving so quickly these days that each new fad is soon forgotten as the next takes over.<br />
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See the article and the list thus far <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/364345/computerworld_australia_top_ten_most_influential_2010/?">here</a>.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-5904433282192553062010-10-10T17:41:00.000-07:002010-10-10T17:41:49.713-07:00HARBOUR IT LAUNCH MANAGED PRINT SERVICES<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-AU</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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Where exactly does print management fall within your organisation? Harbour IT have found that in many organisations, no one central group manages this expense and no one knows exactly how much they’re spending. You’d be surprised to know that some IT Departments don’t even know how many printers their organisation has! <br />
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More often than not, printers as purchased by departments as they’re needed. Without really knowing who’s printing what and how much of it they’re printing, how can you know exactly what you’re requirements are? Toner management if often left up to receptionists or office managers – how often have you gone to print a document only to find the printer is out of toner and someone forgot to order a replacement? <br />
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Harbour IT has partnered with <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/Harbour_IT_Partners.asp?active_page_id=235">HP</a> to provide a solution to organisations looking to better manage this vital fleet. Supply management is automated, meaning you’ll never be without a printer, and help is only a call away – giving your IT team a break from troubleshooting printer issues! <br />
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To read more about this service, please <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/IT_Solutions.asp?active_page_id=278">click here</a>, or <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/Contact_Harbour_IT.asp?active_page_id=166">call us</a> today to see how this service can help you.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-9339776121496048552010-10-06T16:10:00.000-07:002010-10-06T16:10:03.396-07:00CLOUD CONNECT<i>By Adam Simpson, Manager – National Cloud Services</i><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">The Cloud Reaches New Heights</span><br />
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The demand for <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/Cloud-Computing.asp?active_page_id=265">cloud services</a> in the 2 months since joining Harbour IT has exceeded all expectations. It is surprising to see the uptake and commitment to these types of services in such a short period of time. I liken it to the light coming on, and it seems that IT has finally delivered on the promise to deliver cost savings and technology at the same time without impacting service.<br />
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However, the most common questions I see other then what is the cloud and what does it offer, is, what is a private cloud and what is a public cloud?<br />
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My best definition to date on what is the Cloud is, "It's the use of shared hardware, software and services, being provided to PC's and other personal devices on demand. It is no different to having access to your home phone, you always expect it to work and if you need another handset, you just plug it in.”<br />
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So what is the difference between a private and public cloud? A public cloud is shared infrastructure, generally accessed via the internet, and hosts your personal and shared applications. A private cloud again is shared infrastructure but is generally delivered on a private network or internet connection behind a firewall and to only one customer at a time.<i> </i><br />
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<i>See also: <a href="http://harbourit.blogspot.com/2010/08/cloudy-on-public-and-private-clouds.html">Cloudy on Public & Private Clouds? </a></i>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-70612790594664301642010-10-06T15:08:00.000-07:002010-10-06T15:08:33.523-07:00SIMPLE STEPS TO...<i>Harbour IT’s Helpdesk helps! What would you like to achieve in simple steps? Let us know – email your question to <a href="mailto:events@harbourit.com.au">events@harbourit.com.au</a></i> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Simple Steps to Make your PC Run Faster</span><br />
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Let’s start off with something fairly simple, but very important. Keeping your PC running at its optimum efficiency will reduce your waiting time and frustration! <br />
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1. Free up disk space. Use Disk Clean Up to delete temporary internet files, empty recycle bin, remove Windows temporary files, remove programs you no longer use, etc. <br />
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2. Use the Defrag tool. This moves your data around to open up large sections of space. <br />
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3. Find and repair disk errors by running the Error Checking utility. <br />
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4. Add an external hard drive. At work, most of our files are stored on a server. Home computers, however, are generally full of pictures and music. Storing these files on an external hard drive will free up your disk space and make your pc run faster. <br />
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5. Get rid of spyware. Your anti virus should be protecting you against this – ensure you have anti virus!<br />
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<i>Harbour IT’s <b>Help Desk</b> supports a variety of clients across a range applications. End users have phone and email support, ensuring minimal downtime and happy, efficient staff! Find out more about our 24x7 <a href="http://www.harbourit.com.au/IT_Solutions.asp?active_page_id=193">Help Desk solution here</a>.</i>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-68874354910523854662010-10-04T19:09:00.000-07:002010-10-06T16:03:50.650-07:00HIT MOTORKHANA, MELBOURNEMelbourne's turn to host this great event! Thanks again to Rick Kelly and David Reynolds for joining us for the day.<br />
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</small></center><center style="text-align: left;"><small>View the Flickr Gallery here: </small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harbour-it/sets/72157625000333504/show/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/harbour-it/sets/72157625000333504/show/</a></center>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-73939254891241583902010-08-30T22:09:00.000-07:002010-08-30T22:52:49.773-07:00CLOUDY ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CLOUDS? HERE’S A SIMPLE EXPLANATION!<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, let’s start with a definition of exactly what ‘cloud computing’ is. Here are a couple of my favorites from around the traps:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WIKIPEDIA: Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">GARTNER: A style of computing in which massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided 'as a service' using Internet technologies to multiple external customers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is the difference between a private and public cloud? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A public cloud is a shared infrastructure, where anyone is able to tap into the resources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A private cloud delivers resources behind a firewall to only one customer, usually on-premise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It has been said that the term ‘private cloud’ is an oxymoron. Given the two definitions listed above, this may be the case. ‘Shared resources’ and ‘multiple external customers’ are definitely not offered within a private cloud. Private clouds lose so many of the benefits of cloud computing, such as scalability and flexibility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are concerns over security within a public cloud – how is my data going to be separated and secure from everyone elses on the same cloud? The term ‘public’ is fairly misleading… yes, you’re sharing a cloud, but no, there’s no ‘public access’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Harbour IT’s cloud offering can be described as a Hybrid Cloud. While there are multiple customers on our cloud, each is stringently segregated into their own VRF (Virtual Routing & Forwarding). We use VMware’s vSphere technology – the best in the business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike many providers, Harbour IT’s data centre is located in Sydney, with a DR site in Melbourne. Both sites boast state-of-the-art security, including biometric hand geometry readers and CCTV and detailed surveillance logs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">FURTHER READING:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Online debate: public vs. private clouds: </span><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/tech-debate-private-public-cloud" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.networkworld.com/community/tech-debate-private-public-cloud</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">VMware’s vSphere: </span><a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stats and report on cloud computing from IDC (earlier this year): </span><a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/341263/cloud_computing_cloud_facts_figures/" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/341263/cloud_computing_cloud_facts_figures/</a>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-86078053231584591712010-06-30T17:46:00.000-07:002010-06-30T17:50:09.951-07:00ARN ROUNDTABLE: IMPROVING THE CHANNEL'S BOTTOM LINE<div>(<a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/">www.arnnet.com.au</a>)</div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">How to retain profitability within the channel is an issue vendors, distributors and resellers have to constantly stay focused on</span></b><br />
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<i>Harbour IT's Sean Bishop contributes to ARN Roundtable.</i><br />
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How to retain profitability within the channel is an issue vendors, distributors and resellers have to constantly stay focused on. ARN asked a collection of industry veterans to come together and discuss ways to achieve better partner profitability in a changing climate.<br />
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<b>Nadia Cameron, ARN (NC)</b>: Why are there still issues around partner profitability today?<br />
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<a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/351666/roundtable_improving_channel_bottom_line/?fp=16&fpid=1">READ ARTICLE</a>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-35212079367944745282010-05-13T22:31:00.000-07:002010-06-06T23:32:52.181-07:00RAMS LOOKS TO VIRTUALISE FRANCHISES<strong></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">RAMS Home Loans has been considering rolling out a virtualised desktop to its 69 home loan centre franchises after it began virtualising its headquarters last year.</span></strong><br />
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Around six months ago, RAMS started investigating VMware's virtualised environment. It deployed the virtualised desktop and server environment in October last year in its Ultimo offices, then transferred it into the company's new offices in York Street, Sydney in December.<br />
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Head of Operations and IT Mark Austin said it was a big change for the company.<br />
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"It's such a huge shift from the standard server and PC sort of environment where you can actually see, touch and control all the disparate environments," Austin said. "To actually shift to something that is not real — it's just one box — was actually quite a difficult thing to do."<br />
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Austin said that you had to be careful when moving to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and said that it wasn't something that would suit every business.<br />
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"You can't say to yourself that 'I'm going to replace a PC with a virtual terminal'," he said. "A PC is a powerful beast, from video capabilities to sound and all these sorts of things, [but] that doesn't come in a virtual environment.<br />
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"A virtual environment is for people that need to have core applications: Microsoft Office [and] some web browsing for the ability to run their department."<br />
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Such a set-up with basic applications was what RAMS had, he said.<br />
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The company has 120 people in total with 150 desktops available for use, 70 per cent of which were virtualised. Departments like Marketing use graphically intensive applications such as Dreamweaver and Photoshop, which were not virtualised.<br />
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Prior to moving the company's kit to the virtualised setting, Austin said RAMS had two 100-square-metre server rooms that housed approximately 80 servers in 20 racks.<br />
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After virtualising, RAMS had been able to reduce the space required down to one 20-square-metre server room. The new room housed five racks and three servers.<br />
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Data for the virtualised environment is stored on a NetApp storage area network (SAN) and is hosted within the company's York Street office, he said. All data is mirrored for redundancy.<br />
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Of the three servers, one runs Microsoft Exchange, one runs an inbound fax service and the other, the main server, runs everything else. Austin said the only reason the fax service had its own server was because it needed specific hardware that couldn't sit in a virtual environment.<br />
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Many of RAMS' applications aren't sitting on its servers at all, as it often outsourced them. "The majority of our core applications, which are probably critical to this business, are all outsourced and all web-based. We actually then farm these out to disparate organisations," he said.<br />
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The company's home loan system is hosted in Melbourne, its imaging system in Sydney, and its decision engine "in another datacentre", Austin said.<br />
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The next step for RAMS, Austin said, will be to virtualise the 69 home loan centres run privately around the country, and will be managed by IT outsourcer Harbour IT. There are around 280 desktop PCs being managed by Harbour IT currently, he said.<br />
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"That is something that we are considering," Austin said. "Rolling out the VDI environment to the franchise would allow me to not only drop my cost of ownership from an infrastructure point of view, but from a support point of view it's going to be far less [intensive] as well, therefore it's going to be beneficial to the franchisee.<br />
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"It's very doable. We could do it now. We've just got to look at the acceptance rate within the franchise network and really think 'Are we trying to apply a control on our franchise network that is really not necessary or is it just a cost-reduction exercise?'," he said.<br />
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Currently, the company invoices its franchise for any IT-related work. This is because RAMS doesn't have a financial interest in any of its franchises. In total, Austin said there were two people working on IT systems internally. One of those was him.<br />
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"So any IT or any sort of support that we provide the franchise, we actually have to charge them, that is actually quite a high cost," Austin said.<br />
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He said that when the company looked at going down the virtualisation path, it had placed a 30 per cent operational and support cost savings figure on the plan. "We're probably nudging about 50 per cent saving right now," he said. "So it's a lot better than we thought."<br />
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As well as savings, the company was also able to get a clearer picture of its software licensing.<br />
"This allowed us to get a clear picture of what our licensing position is by moving to VDI and it also meant that we could get a consistent desktop, not prescribed in a way that it can't be customised, but people can feel that it's their space," Austin said.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-68119450061275647362010-04-07T20:45:00.000-07:002010-06-06T23:35:12.214-07:00HARBOUR IT – 2009 IN REVIEW<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Harbour IT's Managing Director, Craig Bishop, reflects on the good and the bad (but mostly the good) from 2009.</span></strong><br />
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Well, what a busy year! It started with a lot of questions about the flagging international and local economies, all of which seem to be a distant memory now. Certainly some organisations are walking around with the odd black eye and abrasion but on the whole, from our perspective, the wheels are back on.<br />
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In many ways it has been the year of "cloud computing". Whilst it means something slightly different to each person, there is no doubt that the way applications can be delivered, how data is stored and what users expect is all changing fairly rapidly. Keep up to speed in this critical area with the first of our Techie Brekkys for 2010.<br />
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Our biggest task this year has been to share the technology changes that enable this cloud computing to happen in a controlled and secure way. This requires an understanding of what can and cannot be done and what changes need to occur in order to take advantage of the technology... exciting stuff!<br />
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Windows 7 is certainly a pleasure to work with... I'm not sad about seeing Vista gone from my notebook at all.<br />
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The other big thing for us this year was the expansion of our Service Desk, which now provides 24 x 7 support for our Service Desk customers. It has been much more popular than we expected and reflects the changing expectations of our users and their working habits.<br />
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On behalf of the Harbour IT team I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your custom and say that we really appreciate the opportunity to be of service to you. We wish you, your families and loved ones a very happy Christmas and New Year.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-36134760727441072242010-04-07T20:44:00.000-07:002010-06-06T23:36:10.978-07:00MAKE SURE YOUR SOFTWARE IS GENUINE<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Harbour IT, along with Microsoft, recognises the significant risk that unlicensed software poses to customers. Each year, millions of consumers worldwide find themselves the victims of software piracy or licensing issues.</span></strong><br />
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Counterfeit software is increasingly becoming a vehicle for the distribution of viruses and malware that can target unsuspecting users, potentially exposing them to identity theft and data corruption, or loss of personal or business data.<br />
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Unlicensed or counterfeit software also leaves organisations open to fines after vendor or industry body audits.<br />
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Staying in compliance helps to reduce the risk of system failures, security breaches and financial penalties. Microsoft offers a variety of Windows legalisation solutions. To find out more, please contact your Harbour IT Account Manager.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-29703993460346378202010-04-07T20:40:00.000-07:002010-06-06T23:38:21.629-07:00HARBOUR IT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS HP AWARD!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNfYNcP73wKZ6nMGvN3h1FFSZIDJK6FR-1EG-DmohjP7r8IuS6c83LkjyK2HHaef4l9Cc32sLtXRqV6_ZrF_C-KQ2IQhzzl2BkKFPPFkaSVHMsdmM8Cio9KBrxtf0vVcs_0UWIopAGvU/s1600/HP+Award.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460289486145612898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNfYNcP73wKZ6nMGvN3h1FFSZIDJK6FR-1EG-DmohjP7r8IuS6c83LkjyK2HHaef4l9Cc32sLtXRqV6_ZrF_C-KQ2IQhzzl2BkKFPPFkaSVHMsdmM8Cio9KBrxtf0vVcs_0UWIopAGvU/s200/HP+Award.JPG" style="float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" width="200" /></a><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">We are proud to announce that we were the 2009 recipients of the Australian Fastest Revenue Growth achievement award at the HP Premier Partner Principal Awards Night.</span></strong></span><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This National Award is hotly contested by many resellers, and we believe our maturity and growth history was a huge asset in winning the award. We thank our clients for their contribution to our continuing success as a business.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>(Belinda Ross of HP congratulates Sean Bishop of Harbour IT)</em></span></span><br />
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A REDD Carbon Credit (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) is a carbon market mechanism created to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. By investing in these credits, Harbour IT is doing their bit to save the planet from climate change, save the rainforests, protect the earth's rich biodiversity and empower some of the most impoverished communities in the world.<br />
Just some of the things that REDD Carbon Credits assists with are as follows:<br />
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<strong><em>Rainforest</em></strong>20% of the world's Green House Gas emissions come from the destruction or our rainforests. We have already destroyed over 78% of our world's forests. If we are to be successful in stopping climate change we must save the world's rainforests. REDD Carbon Projects (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) are the vital key to saving these unique resources.<br />
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<strong><em>Biodiversity</em></strong><br />
The irreversible loss of Biodiversity through rainforest destruction is threatening our earth's ecology. The extinction of species is accelerating at a rate 1000 times anything seen before on this planet. We are losing 137 plant and animal species every single day. As the rainforests disappear, so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases.<br />
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<strong><em>People</em></strong>Forests are essential to the well-being of the world's poorest societies. As our rainforests disappear at an alarming rate, so do the homes, sources of livelihood and the rich cultures of millions of the poorest people on earth. Funds from BR REDD credits must be invested to achieve positive social equity outcomes for these rainforest communities.<br />
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Harbour IT is rewarded with the knowledge that we are helping to reduce our carbon footprint in a way that is not only environmentally responsible, but which provides assistance to the poorest people of the world.Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-18527964232692403502009-11-01T21:34:00.000-08:002010-04-21T17:07:12.705-07:00Techie Brekky November 2009<p class="MsoPlainText"></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Introducing Windows 7. </b></span><b>Your PC, Simplified. Cutting Costs and Driving Efficiencies. </b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yes it has some great new and improved features, but how will implementing Windows 7 impact your organisation and what should your IT staff consider before making any recommendations to switch? We'll also show you how you can reduce costs by streamlining PC management, manage risks through enhanced security and control and make your users productive anywhere.</span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Our Techie Brekky series is strictly fluff-free -- facts and demonstrations for technical people, given by technical people. </span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" >In this session: </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" >Learn and understand how a Windows Optimized Desktop can help you address the challenges and needs of each worker type in your organisation </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" >Find out how Windows 7 overall can help you access information from anywhere, enhance security and streamline PC management.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" >Find out how desktop virtualisation can help you address the challenges and needs of IT and end-users in your organisation. </span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-20570432982595471832009-08-01T21:41:00.000-07:002010-04-21T17:08:33.386-07:00Techie Brekky August 2009<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>NetApp: Storage Strategies for Virtualised Environments</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Storage Strategies for Virtualised Environments with NetApp, which continues the virtualisation theme by looking at the implications of your storage choices in a virtualised environment.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Too many organisations think of storage in a separate context to their overall virtualisation strategy. By doing this, you could be missing out on some of the more advanced features of VMware – potentially foregoing additional cost savings and provisioning flexibility that underpinned your business case for virtualising in the first place.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">By incorporating a unified storage architecture, traditionally difficult areas such as backup and Disaster Recovery can be included as components of your virtualisation solution – without incurring huge additional costs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So join Harbour IT and NetApp at this strictly fluff-free Techie Brekky… facts and demonstrations for technical people, given by technical people.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gain an understanding of the issues and considerations around a unified storage architecture within a virtualised environment and find out how you can:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">•</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Automate some of the most labour-intensive data management tasks </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">•</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Slash 50-90% off VMware storage requirements through deduplication technology </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">•</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Accelerate time-to-deployment by instantly provisioning servers and storage together </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">•</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Setup instantaneous backup and recovery processes. </span></span></div><div><br /></div>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-84729214718912815942009-07-01T20:59:00.000-07:002010-04-15T02:16:12.210-07:00ITIL Executive Briefing<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The <b>Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®)</b> continues to gain momentum in the Australian IT workplace as the preferred framework for <b>best practice</b> IT services. Once thought to be the domain of big business, ITIL is now finding strong support from all segments of Australian business.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During this Executive Briefing Session you will learn:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The key elements that make up ITIL</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The differences between ITIL versions 2 and 3</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The benefits to your business of using the ITIL framework</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How to cost effectively implement ITIL in your organisation</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Your presenter, Marcus Binet, has over 15 years experience working in, managing, training and consulting in IT. In the late 90s, Marcus commenced working with one of the first IT Service Management organisations in Australia. In this role, he managed teams of IT professionals delivering IT services using the ITIL process model as a framework. Marcus is considered one of the most experienced ITIL practitioners in the Australia</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></div>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-20945647393493375472009-05-01T21:44:00.000-07:002010-04-21T17:20:24.859-07:00Techie Brekky May 2009<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">VMware vSphere:The next generation in virtual infrastructure</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">VMware vSphere lets you leverage the power of virtualization to transform your IT infrastructure into private clouds, enabling IT to increase control through service-level automation.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">VMware vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and maximizes IT efficiency - with the freedom to choose any application, OS, or hardware. </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now with new licensing structure and cheaper prices for SMBs, it's the best virtualisation offering on the market today. </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our Techie Brekky series is strictly fluff-free. It's facts and demonstrations for technical people, given by technical people. In this seminar find out how you can:</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Consider the advantages of upgrading to vSphere</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Optimise your IT infrastructure through server consolidation, automation, and high availability</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Decrease downtime and improve reliability with business continuity and disaster recovery</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Increase energy efficiency by running fewer servers and dynamically powering down unused servers with our green IT solutions </span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Harbour IT is a VMware enterprise partner. Our technicians are trained in the latest products from VMware, ensuring we can help you determine the best solution for your requirements, and deploy it rapidly and cost-effectively. Our early experience with new products means we can steer you away from potential pitfalls, and help you understand how things function "in real life". </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Invest just 90 minutes of your time to come along to this event and we'll help you get up to speed on the latest in virtualisation. Then you're on the way to determining how it can work for your organisation. Now that VMware's new price points cover SMBs as well as larger enterprises, there's no longer any need to miss out on the benefits of virtualisation due to the cost of entry. </span></p><div><br /></div><p></p>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-43782686240095608052008-11-30T21:14:00.000-08:002010-04-15T02:10:20.951-07:00Techie Brekky November 2008<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Harbour IT's November Techie Brekky was a joint session hosted by IBM and APC on green server environments and cooling.<br /><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Attendees benefitted from hearing about:</span></div><div> </div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How the overall efficiency of IT environments can be greatly improved</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The key to providing IT Infrastructure with the cooling reliability and availability levels required</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How to reduce the energy consumption from your IT environment with APC and IBM</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How to achieve maximum cooling and minimal floor space</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scalable solutions including air distribution/fans, portables, and precision cooling systems</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tailored solutions for environments of all sizes.</span></li></ul></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In today's high density IT environment, the landscape is ever-changing and unpredictable. Energy costs currently represent about 10% of annual IT budgets. This is expected to increase to 50% in the next five years. Not surprisingly therefore, a Gartner survey recently revealed that 70% of CIOs consider power and/or cooling issues as the single largest problem facing their data centres.</span></div></span></span></div>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-66517123281919417852008-09-30T21:22:00.000-07:002010-04-15T02:07:41.874-07:00Techie Brekky September 2008<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This techie brekky presentation was delivered by Liam Leaney of Harbour IT. Liam has worked in IT for more than years, and has spent the last three years advising upper mid-market customers at Microsoft on technology and licensing solutions, and advising on best practice deployment across the classic range of products, including Exchange Server 2007.<br /><br />Liam's presentation covered:<br /></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The advantages to your business of upgrading to Exchange 2007</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How Exchange 2007 & unified messaging can optimise your environment</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The licensing details around the product</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What you need to know when upgrading from 2000 or 2003</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915304671250503512.post-24911110727778422762008-02-28T21:04:00.000-08:002010-04-21T17:09:10.860-07:00Techie Brekky February 2008<span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VMware Infrastructure 3: the Next Generation in Virtualization</span><br /><br /></span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Harbour IT Techie Brekkys are free seminars which are run in the offices of Harbour IT nationally. Sessions are designed to keep you updated on the latest technology and movements in the market.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">VMware hosted the first Techie Brekky of 2008 with great results for those who attended. The seminar covered the amazing financial and technological benefits of adding VMware into a business's infrastructure.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">With virtualisation, you can spend less on IT and put more on your bottom line. It's as simple as that!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5SGZ0YpUc08gnUedidul3y6D4vSk-2AqezYOKSnamIB07AXQmndVESFSFSDVaePUUtNol3zChoEfNo59qIll9k2caTDPWbZsHZgR6_udaHGW2m80bnbotmFGvIO34BQEUJTARddzuwQ/s1600/vmware-techie-brekky.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5SGZ0YpUc08gnUedidul3y6D4vSk-2AqezYOKSnamIB07AXQmndVESFSFSDVaePUUtNol3zChoEfNo59qIll9k2caTDPWbZsHZgR6_udaHGW2m80bnbotmFGvIO34BQEUJTARddzuwQ/s320/vmware-techie-brekky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460287326825587874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The session covered the ability to:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dynamically provision, migrate and manage computing capacity across resource pools to changing business requirements. </span></span></div></i></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Provide high service availability by automatically restarting virtual machines on live production servers in the event of server failure. </span></span></div></i></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Simplify drag-and-drop management capabilities with topology maps and centralized configuration.</span></span></div></i></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Attendees heard cases from VMware infrastructure users that evidenced exactly how savings are achieved and why 100% of the Fortune 100 companies use VMware to go beyond the boundaries of traditional IT infrastructure, and significantly lower their costs.</span></span></div></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:130%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Harbour IThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724514029093601957noreply@blogger.com0