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Cloud | August 19, 2019 by Softchoice Advisor

Why We’re Excited for VMworld 2019

VMworld is the marquee VMware event of the year. The conference showcases the technology and solutions providers that are transforming the IT landscape. From mobility and the cloud to networking and security – VMworld offers a glimpse of what’s happening in IT now – and what’s coming next. The annual US conference kicks off in […]

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Enterprise Software | June 27, 2019 by Softchoice Advisor

Making the Best of SAP HANA Migration

Moving to SAP HANA is a lot like moving to a new home. The destination is exciting, but the process of moving isn’t. For most enterprises, migration brings significant difficulties. It’s tempting to just put it off.

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Security | August 21, 2017 by Softchoice Advisor

No Silver Bullets: The Case for Enhancing Office 365 Security

All solutions have their pros and cons. Office 365 has more pros than one can count. For example, Exchange Online pulls Exchange Server into the cloud as a hosted multi-tenant cousin of its on-premises self. Not having to worry about your email server’s hardware and upgrades is a dream come true for many. Office 365 […]

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Servers, Storage and Networking | July 25, 2017 by Softchoice Advisor

On the road with NetApp HyperConverged Infrastructure

I recently completed a 6 city roadshow to talk about the NetApp announcements that made up the 25th-anniversary celebration of NetApp (if you missed it, you can watch the recording here). Although the payload for the 9.2 release of our ONTAP operating system was huge, I have done announcements like this before and was ready for the questions posed by customers in each city.

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Servers, Storage and Networking | December 12, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

Flash = the IT IQ test for 2016

I’m finding a lot of customers are “stuck.” They are too paralyzed by the sheer number of things they are trying to make sense of to create patterns, to set priorities. Flash is that simple, no-brainer thing. It’s why flash is also the “IQ test” for 2016

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Servers, Storage and Networking | November 10, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

Keeping up with the cloud: Embracing a more dynamic data center

Increased adoption of virtualization over the past decade and a recent boost in cloud adoption is causing data centers to evolve at an unprecedented pace.

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Servers, Storage and Networking | November 10, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

More with less: supporting the expansion of Unified Communications

Any discussion of unified communications begins by looking at the struggles IT organizations face today, says Wiam Girgis, Softchoice Senior Solutions Architect. That’s because, he notes, unified communications solutions—the integration of voice, video, mobility and presence services across endpoints, devices, and applications—are helping organizations to overcome some of today’s most significant challenges, in particular doing […]

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Cloud | November 10, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

Avoiding the bottleneck: The impact of hybrid IT on your network

“Whether it’s a “cloud-first” start-up looking at their own infrastructure needs or a more mature company slowly moving to the cloud, every business today is embracing hybrid IT in one form or another,” says Alexandra Della Sera, Softchoice Associate Solution Architect. Still, as with any new technology, organizations possess significantly varied levels of familiarity, she […]

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Servers, Storage and Networking | November 3, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

IBM Storwize V5000: Affordable Flash Storage for Entry-level and Mid-Sized Datacenters

Flash storage is standard in enterprise companies. It’s faster and more efficient than traditional spinning hard drives. Despite their high speed and outstanding performance, smaller organizations have been slow to adopt Flash storage due to their costs versus hard disk drives (HDD).

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Servers, Storage and Networking | November 2, 2016 by Softchoice Advisor

POWER Play: 5 Companies Who Are Mastering Big Data in a Big Way

Big data is big business. Getting the right insights at the right time can make-or-break an organization’s ability to stay ahead of competitors and on top of new opportunities. The right tool for the big data job Not all server chipsets are created equally. IBM POWER8 chips are architected to offer 4 times the performance […]

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