Feb
25
The main purpose of IT organizations today is to deliver applications that support business objectives to the end-users in an Enterprise. These applications are delivered in many different ways. There is a lot of talk in the IT world about these application delivery methods and technologies. I find that there is also a lot of …
Feb
24
For the third year in a row Deloitte, CIBC, National Post and Queen’s School of Business have selected OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd. as one of Canada’s TOP 50 Best Managed Companies. The paper, which ran this past Monday, celebrated Canada’s most innovative companies. To be selected for the 3rd year in a row is a …
Feb
18
The Challenge A heavy-hitter that distributes fossil fuels in the Energy industry wanted to determine if cost and efficiency savings could be gained by consolidating their four data centres into two. Many companies in today’s economy are interested in downsizing their footprints while still managing their data needs. The utilities company wanted to opt for …
Jan
18
Case Study # 1 – Telecommunications Giant Seeks Call Centre Support When a growing telecommunications company is looking to further expand their call centre environments, they rely on expertise of OnX Enterprise solutions. In this case, a large telecommunications company was looking for a way to meet their spacial and infrastructural needs while keeping costs …
Nov
29
I have spent the last couple of weeks working with Microsoft 2008 R2 Hyper-V on the Cisco UCS platform. I am impressed at the capabilities. In fact, at the moment if you are planning to host a XenDesktop infrastructure in the cloud, I would recommend you consider the Cisco UCS platform. Admittedly, I was skeptic at …
Nov
29
Regardless of what you mean by cloud computing and whether you are building a private cloud, public cloud or a hybrid cloud one thing is for sure: the three pillars of the IT infrastructure – servers, storage and network are getting more intertwined and interdependent. This is starting to pose some new challenges in today’s …
Nov
17
I’ve come across this question many times through the pleasure of dialogue with many clients, partners and vendors. It’s an interesting conundrum. Where do you turn for unbiased advice and assistance while ensuring it’s in your personal AND your company’s best interests? After all – relationship selling is great but at the end of the …
Nov
17
Today everybody is talking about “The Cloud.” I receive many questions not only about it’s purpose but also about the difference between today’s cloud, and the cloud that existed a decade ago. Isn’t a Local area network with connected computers, printers and servers nothing else but a mini cloud ? The answer is: YES . …
Nov
16
Like d’Artagnan joining the Three Musketeers, Orange Business Services has teamed up with the VCE Coalition triad of Cisco, EMC and VMWare in a thing called Flexible 4 Business, to provide VBlock-based cloud infrastructure solutions to enterprise customers. VCE’s VBlocks are pre-configured, pre-tested “infrastructure packages” that come in three sizes – “moderate”, large, and “massive” …
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