Active Disaster Recovery for the SMB
Doyenz, Inc., the first company to deliver an end-to-end virtual appliance lifecycle management platform for the small to mid-sized business market, today announced the release of version 2.5 of its Automated Virtual IT™ platform. The new release of the Doyenz Automated Virtual IT platform brings several key capabilities to market, including Active Disaster Recovery, Failover in the Cloud, and support for Failsafe Migrations in the Cloud.
Proliferation of virtualization and cloud computing in the SMB is inevitable, and Doyenz is leading the way with Automated Virtual IT. It’s a managed service for VARs that leverages virtualization and cloud services to automate the delivery and management of IT infrastructure. A hybrid solution that acts as a bridge to the cloud for the SMB, Doyenz allows VARs to manage their SMB clients’ IT infrastructure either on-premise, or hosted in the cloud.
With Doyenz Active Disaster Recovery, backups are no longer just bits that collect dust in the cloud, but an active virtual appliance that can be used for failover, testing, and migrations. VARs can now configure, test, deploy, manage and restore servers in just minutes with Automated Virtual IT. Complex configurations and migrations can now take place completely in the cloud using a simple web browser and software systems will fail over automatically and run from the cloud in case of interruption.
Zenith Infotech
Zenith provides Infrastructure components to YOU — our partner, to allow you to build your Managed Services in the most cost effective and efficient manner. By infrastructure we mean – tools, processes and people.
Our trademarked SAAZ platform provides a comprehensive hosted environment with tools for desktop management, server & network monitoring, an Advanced Scripting engine, a reporting engine and a ticketing system. Our data center is located in Fremont, California in one of the world’s top-ten rated collocation facilities. There is no need for you to add servers and redundant infrastructure at your support center.
We also provide a 600+ person fully trained Network-Operations-Center support that compliments your efforts in providing proactive IT infrastructure management services in the marketplace. With over 3 years of NOC support experience and 10,000+ sites under management, our team provides unparalleled level of 24×7 support- giving over 2700 partners an edge over their competition. With matured processes in place, Zenith NOC is well poised to scale and provide on-demand back end support when you need it most.
Symform Storage Cloud
Symform is a Seattle based stealth-mode startup formed in late 2007 by two ex-Microsoft veterans. We are creating a game-changing technology that provides a seamless, green and significantly more economical way of running internet services. With billions of dollars going into building and operating data centers, only a few companies can afford to run such services. Symform hopes to provide a new alternative that will dramatically lower the barrier to entry.
Feb 2009 UPDATE: We have launched a private beta of our service to a set of partners. If you’d like to participate, please send an email to info @ symform.com. Our website is in the process of being updated with details about the service offering and the underlying technology.
User Group Meeting April 2009
Join us this month for a special Microsoft sponsored event. April 16th, 6 PM at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in Bellevue, WA (click here for address):
Looking at the issues, challenges, and industry from an IT Pro perspective, Thrive provides resources and pragmatic guidance to enable IT Pros to thrive in these challenging times. Thrive focuses on three pillars:
Career Care
· Anticipate and manage career change with guidance from career experts and IT leaders
· Connect with communities and peers to expand your network
Technical Competency
· Save money and time with Microsoft technologies you already own
· Enhance your technical skills to get ahead of the curve
Business and IT Alignment
· Be a more effective advocate for you and your team
· Align IT goals with your company’s business objectives
Presented by Steve Banks, Microsoft SBS-MVP. We will have give-away drawings for Microsoft provided MS Press books, as well as some “mystery prize” cards. Pizza will be sponsored by Microsoft (in addition to their normal sponsorship of the room and beverages).
Tying into the business focus on technology of tonight’s meeting, we will have a second presentation showcasing a new joint effort of CoreConnex and SMBTN:
Using Business Intelligence to Improve Performance
Presented by Bob Taylor – VitalSigns™ Program Manager
Bob will be discussing the importance of using BI to get a clearer picture of current trends and financial patterns in your business to improve profitability and long-term sustainability.
After these two presentations we will have a brief roundtable discussion.
Top 10 Mistakes IT People Make
Yell for Help!
SMB Nation Oct. 2-4 2009
Join small and medium IT consultant and partners at the SMB Nation Fall 2009 Conference, taking place October 2nd thru the 4th, 2009. I am excited to announce that we have moved this years conference to Las Vegas, Nevada allowing us new opportunities.
Once again we’ve challenged ourselves to surpass your expectations, and make this a can’t miss event. This year’s conference is a blend of business content (BusinessSpeak) and technical content (GeekSpeak). This curriculum, presented in an academic learning environment, fosters professional peer interaction that will continue long after the weekend. Much of the content is oriented toward creating immediate results you can use the following day (for example, the “How To” paradigm). The goal of our rich content is to help you immediately generate more cash!
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