Some time now has passed since EMC World tore through Las Vegas and my head is still spinning from all the announcements! One that definitely should not be overlooked especially for SMB customers is the newest addition to the VNXe family, the VNXe 3150. For those of you who are not familiar the VNXe line of storage from EMC let me get you up to speed. VNXe systems were designed with one philosophy in mind: keep it simple. It’s storage from the application’s point of view with one clear way to handle any task from initial installation to creating storage for virtual servers. You can shift from managing file shares to creating application storage without missing a beat. What this means to you? Well…You can save time and steps. Provisioning storage is a breeze most any operation you need to do can be lone in 5 clicks or less and most certainly under 10 minutes. Not too shabby huh? All of this is done through the all new Unisphere management interface tailored especially for the VNXe for administrators of all types. This system is easy for the first time storage user to the storage expert. The wizards in this thing are fantastic! Not a wizard fan and don’t like being bound with their constraints? No problem all the advanced features are still there for the storage pros! Don’t forget the best part though, the VNXe line provides deduplication, thin provisioning and compression all for FREE, no extra licensing required for any of those features! So, all of that said let me tell you what the VNXe 3150 brings to the table, more after the bump! Read more >>

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The following article written by blogger Eric Langley is a compelling argument for why there is no better time to take that first step on your cloud journey. Following the article see how eGroup can make the BSOD a thing of the past. Read more >>

In May 2010 EMC introduced the new Iomega StorCenter ix12-300r. The ix12 rackmounted NAS incorporates robust EMC storage technologies and rigorous real-world E-Lab testing to provide the small to medium business owner with some affordable and serious firepower. Highlights of the ix-12 include: Read more >>

Designed especially for small IT environments with fewer than 20 physical servers, VMware vSphere Essentials Editions combine the high availability, performance and reliability of our enterprise class solutions in a package ideal for smaller IT environments and a price starting at less than $1,000 USD for a complete solution that includes central management.

• VMware vSphere™ Essentials provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to consolidate and manage many application workloads while reducing hardware and operating costs with a low up-front investment.
• VMware vSphere™ Essentials Plus adds high application availability and data protection for a complete server consolidation and business continuity solution for the small office IT environment.

Both editions are all-inclusive packages that enable you to virtualize and consolidate many application workloads onto three physical servers running vSphere and centrally manage them with vCenter Server for Essentials.