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VMware vSAN, why we use it
By Daniel Gachara · 5 years ago
The path to fully virtualized infrastructure started with VMware virtualizing datacenter infrastructure in 1998. Up until then, at least on the x86 platform, if you wanted to run your workload you had to buy a ...
Due For Tech Refresh? Consider Migration To Cloud!Due For Tech Refresh? Consider Migration To Cloud!
By Daniel Gachara · 5 years ago
It’s been 4 years since you implemented your organization’s core system for running operations. Back then, you sized out the environment, did an educated thumb suck for what your needs would be 4 years into ...
Technology And Productivity: Are You Making The Best Use Of Your Investments?
By Daniel Gachara · 5 years ago
Technology across the board, be it the wheel or the light bulb, has had one universal benefit to business: the increase of productivity. This is why economists track Total Factor Productivity (abbreviated TFP is the ...
Hosting your ERP in the cloud
By Daniel Gachara · 6 years ago
As a business grows and matures, many harbor the desire to increase efficiency via automation and streamlined processes. They then start to explore what Enterprise Resource Planning system would best fit their processes and budgets ...
Data Loss Prevention – What is it?
By Daniel Gachara · 6 years ago
Data Loss Prevention – What is it? DLP stands for Data Loss Prevention, which is a bit of a misleading moniker as most people quickly conjure up thoughts of data being deleted, and whilst this ...
Node Africa – ONTAP Select Event Recap
By Daniel Gachara · 6 years ago
If you forage through the internet, you will find a considerable amount of stories, on how organizations have lost production data. Most if not all of these stories, are not from inexperienced teams; that did ...
Disaster Recovery As a Service
By Daniel Gachara · 7 years ago
It is said that, in life, death and taxes are the only certain things but when it comes to IT systems, failure is guaranteed. Disaster recovery is not about IF systems fail but rather WHEN ...