Over the past decade, server and storage virtualization technologies have revolutionized the datacentre, bringing greater efficiency and flexibility to the provisioning of resources, and at the same time, drastically cutting costs. But what happens when every aspect of the datacentre is virtualized — not just compute and storage, but networking too? And what if these resources could work together in harmony, communicating autonomously among each other to request and provision resources? This is the vision … Read More …

We work with customers at every stage of the IT process. Sometimes we come in at the end and help procure and implement, other times we are there to optimize an existing environment to take advantage of advancements in technology or accommodate shifts in business. But our favourite time to work with clients is before any technology decisions have been made – when it’s still all about the business. The recent story in Municipal … Read More …

One of my favourite topics is how organizations are overcoming the security challenges of supporting user devices on a closed network. Hospitals in particular are a great example because patient information is highly sensitive data. Here is what is happening at Hamilton Health Sciences . At this hospital, physicians had become so enamoured with tablets that they were practically demanding the organization support the use of their devices so they could quickly and easily access … Read More …