It's easy to duplicate and transfer VMs, and hard to track how many you have and what you’re using them for at different client sites. If that spreadsheet is getting difficult to work with, try this free new tool; a cut-down version of V-Commander it's currently only for VMware Virtual Center, it will get support for Hyper-V this year and Citrix Xen next year.http://www.embotics.com/solutions/v-scout read more
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Understanding Licensing
Software licensing is increasingly complex, but with clients facing fines for under-licensing, you have a duty – and an opportunity - to helpread more -
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BlackBerry without BES
RIM’s little smartphones are some of the most popular devices on the market – but BES is complex and costly. How can you get customers online without the cost of a full BlackBerry server?read more
Dirtection Inc: episode 5
In which our hero worries about elephants, spiders, fairy cakes and the tomatoes of wrath...Lessons in Space and Time
Sponsored Feature - Filing cabinets cost moneyWhen financial climates take a turn for the worse, businesses look for ways to reduce overheads, maximise resources, and increase profitability.
Smartphone data plans for push email and web browsing
Getting a smartphone connected for push email and Web browsing is as easy as signing up for a data plan with an operator and waiting for the network to provision the service. Finding the right data plan for the business can be harder – but it can be more profitable too.Managing virtual machines with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and PowerShell
Virtualisation is meant to make your life easier. Instead of racks full of humming hot servers, you’ve got much less hardware doing the same work, simplifying your clients’ networks and keeping the power bills down.
Setting up SANmelody to create your own Storage Fabric
Setting up SANmelody to create your own storage fabric
When you install the operating system on the storage server do not format the disks you will use for storage, just initialise them. The storage software will take care of everything else.
GFI tools for management
Keep track of customer servers and workstations with this remote monitoring and management software.
How, why and when to defragment your Windows Server disks
Servers are particularly susceptible to file fragmentation as they deal with multiple requests from a wide range of users and often have more complicated drive setups such as RAIDs and SANs.
How to get paid on time
Get your payment terms straight from the start and follow up on invoices professionally to deal with problem payers
Do you get your cut from the cloud?
Cloud computing stands to be the most significant transformation for the IT industry in a generation. Analysts predict that within a few years, almost all companies will run at least some of their IT in the cloud; a minority will run all their computing that way.
The Case of the Headless Corpses, Part 1
Three dead bodies, a locked room and a piece of mouse fluff – all in a day’s work for Dirtection Inc.
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