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HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Customers - SAN/iQ 9.5 is Here!

HP recently released version 9.5 of SAN/iQ for the following SAN models:

• LeftHand NSM2120 G1, G2

• P4300 G1, G2

• P4500 G1, G2

• P4800 G2

• LeftHand VSA

If you're using HP P4000, check out what's new in this version  HERE , then give us a call to review these new features and discuss how you can use them in your environment!

Unitrends gets great reviews from the Spiceworks Community!

One of our latest product line additions, Unitrends, is getting great reviews from the Spiceworks community.  Click here to check it out  http://community.spiceworks.com/product/27131-unitrends#product_comment_65830

Unitrends, the #1 all-in-one backup appliance for virtual, physical and cloud, is a leader in enterprise-level data protection. Unitrends is used by IT professionals for backup of their virtual and physical servers and for performing disaster recovery to remote locations or to private or public cloud.  Unitrends not only continues to set the standard in virtual and physical server data protection, but its US-based support team boasts a 99% customer satisfaction rate, further reinforcing its reputation for quality. 

Find out more about Unitrends on their website at www.unitrends.com

 

Your Invited! Join us for our May Learning Event...

Simple and Cost Effective Solutions for Data Backup and Recovery, Data Migrations, and High Availability

Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011
Time: 9:00am - 11.30am
Location: Sauder Heritage Inn, Archbold, OH  (click for map)
Register / More Info:  lanar@sonit.com / 800.296.0018

Join us for a informative learning event with our newest Partner, Vision Solutions.  You'll learn more about Vision Solutions' Double-Take Software lineup and how to:

• Establish solid backup and recovery plans to reduce your current exposure to data loss
• Reduce your reliance on tape backup,
• Manage your day-to-day server and data migrations with ease, and
• Create a high availability environment for your mission critical applications.

We'll introduce you to 3 Double-Take products:

 
Full-featured, continuous data protection (CDP) and automated switching and failover for true high availability on physical and virtual Windows and Linux environments.

 
Highly efficient disk-to-disk protection that enables affordable, yet powerful recovery methods for physical or virtual Windows environments. Double-Take RecoverNow can replicate changes in real time or take scheduled snapshots of your data-either way, it's a huge improvement over tape. When you need to recover, you can do so from any point in time.

 
Providing no-downtime, while-active migrations for physical and virtual Windows and Linux environments, Double-Take Move is feature-rich and works transparently while users stay online and continue to work.

Double-Take, now part of Vision Solutions, is the world's leading provider of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing markets. Double-Take's trusted solutions provide high availability and disaster recovery brands support business continuity, satisfy compliance requirements and increase productivity.

 



Bring Your Own Computer to Work!?

Not many IT Departments would welcome the thought of employees bringing their own computers to work!  But Citrix makes this "far out" thought very "doable", and one that could make really good sense for your business! 

Here's what I like best about this idea from Citrix... they put there money where their mouth is and are doing it themselves!

Take the time to watch this video presentation by Citrix CIO Paul Martini and learn how Citrix increased employee satisfaction and lowered IT costs by implementing a BYOC program emphasizing security and selective eligibility. 

http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2326

Great Learning at our Citrix Virtual Desktop Events!

Thanks to all that attended our Virtual Desktop learning events the last 2 days!  Eric Bishop, Senior Sales Engineer from Citrix, did a great job of explaining desktop virtualization, showing us how it works with hands-on demonstrations, and giving us some key evaluation points to help determine how this great technology can fit into our organizations.

In case you missed the events, here's a few links that will give you a good introduction to the power of Citrix desktop and application virtualization technology. 

Virtual Desktops: From Wow to How - The Future is Now Video
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3426

XenDesktop Education Site
http://flexcast.citrix.com

Stay tuned to our blog for more information and resources about desktop virtualization!

Welcome to Sonit's "Strong on IT" Blog!

Sonit has made a fresh commitment in 2011 to help businesses in our marketplace learn more about IT.  We work in IT environments of all shapes and sizes, day-in and day-out and our experiences are valuable.  We would like to share those experiences with you through this blog. 

You'll find technical posts about specific technologies and solutions, posts about our experience in the field that may help you as well, new product releases and updates from our partners, links to articles or other information online that we find helpful and want to pass on to you, and my personal favorite, "Plain English" posts that try to explain a product, technology or IT concept in plain English - because we all get tired of all those acronyms and complex technology terms!

Stop back often, or subscribe to this blog to get email notices every time we make a post.  And feel free to provide comments or feedback to our posts that you think would be helpful for others to know as well.