Mead & Hunt is an engineering and architectural firm that was looking for a software-defined storage (SDS) solution for its production and disaster recovery data centers. Named one of the fastest growing firms in its sector, the firm now has 30 offices nationwide, with over 500 employees. This growth... read more →
May
25
May
23
Mead & Hunt is an engineering and architectural firm that was looking for a software-defined storage solution for its production and disaster recovery data centers. With the many Windows SDS vendors in the market, it was difficult to choose the right vendor to work with. They... read more →
May
17
On March 5, 2017, a huge storm hit Detroit, pelting the city for 12 hours with strong winds and gusts of up to 60... read more →
May
04
For most companies, today Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server are mission-critical applications whose performance and availability impact the company’s bottom line. This was very true for YP, the 133-year old company that created the original Yellow Pages, which used these systems to manage over 60TB of digital... read more →
May
02
Going from “classical” disaggregated IT infrastructure to a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) can be a scary experience. For YP, the 133-year old company that created the original Yellow Pages, an HCI implementation to replace their legacy NetApp SAN and servers had a lot of appeal because of the promise of... read more →
Apr
25
Switching from a “published paper” marketing company to a digital marketing company has many challenges. One of the more critical challenges is developing the back-end IT infrastructure to support the new digital marketing efforts. For YP, the 133-year old company that created the original Yellow Pages, this... read more →
Apr
06
The Walking Dead, AMC’s slow-blow, finely scripted, grueling zombie apocalypse flagship series, is on its seventh season of zombie head-crushing where-do-we-go-next, where-do-we-find-hope existentialism. After following the plight of Rick Grimes and company for all this time, it kind of got me thinking about the software-defined storage (SDS) trend. In... read more →
Apr
03
During a storage refresh, IT administrators must be able to forecast future data center needs, analyze and possibly implement new software and/or hardware and evaluate price-performance ratio. American Logistics Company (ALC), a national passenger transportation management company serving transit agencies, school districts and the healthcare industry, faced sluggish backup... read more →
Mar
21
As a storage architect, you are expected to be able to make the “right decisions” when it comes time to replace an aging storage area network (SAN). The challenge is that you often can’t find out whether your choice is right or wrong even a year after... read more →
Mar
16
Storage area networks (SANs) are like children – you don’t ever want to push them out of the house, even when they are clearly too old to stay anymore. After all, it is your data that is at stake. When Acropolis Technology, a managed service provider (MSP) and web... read more →