Randy Blogs about BYOD
Check out the recent blog about BYOD… seems to be all the rage!! http://idssystems.com/?p=1566
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Five Rules of Automation – New Blog
Automation, virtualization – isn’t it all magic? It works perfectly all the time, right? Isn’t it always cheaper? There are all comon beliefs, but to be sure, there is a reasons on how and why to do things in the virtualized technology world. Matt Dufresne, a virtualization and automation specialist with Embotics posts his blog this month on this topic… Check it out!
Gary Burke Welcomed as new Account Executive
Gary Burke, a seasoned sales and account executive joins the IDS team today. Gary’s experience in sales and technology is a great addition to the group and we look forward to working with him on new accounts. Having worked with Gary in the past, I appreciate his attention to detail and the desire to provide the right solution for the client using the right technologies. Welcome to the team, Gary!
Please feel free to contact Gary directly at gburke@idssystems.com.
New Blog Post – Where is Superman?
Just posted – my blog on the IT Manager’s Dilemma. Check it out! Who is your Superman?
Charles Bloom Appointed as Information Management Practice Lead
IDS Systems is pleased to announce that Mr. Charles Bloom has joined its team as Practice Lead for the Information Management line of business. Prior to joining IDS, Charles has held several influential positions in private industry as well as in government, performing duties as a senior IM/IT professional.
Charles holds a passion for his profession and brings a wealth of experience, drive and professionalism in dealing with client organizations and in delivering excellence in his work. He is well reputed in his field and holds a Masters of Information Management from Dalhousie University, as wll as numerous other degrees, certifications and designations. Charles’ depth of experience and wealth of knowledge is a welcome addition to IDS’s capabilities and will be instrumental in our continued growth.
IDS Authorized on Enterprise NMSOs
IDS has completed numerous authorizations to participate with the Federal Government of Canada’s NMSO offerings for storage and microcomputer offerings effective today. Having consulted on Federal Government departmental and agency storage and enterprise technology infrastructures for the past decade, IDS is now able to fulfill those solutions as well. Certified and having access to a number of product vendors, IDS is not taking the role of a traditional reseller in this market, but is providing this capability to augment its professional services capabilities. This relationship with numerous vendors enhances the relationship and access to technical resources from the vendors directly, making IDS technical and technology staff even more effective and efficient at their tasks. Strategic knowledge of product lines will also enhance the architecture consulting capabilities of IDS. Accutely tuned to customer needs and technology capabilities and applicability, IDS can now recommend, fulfill and/or implement solutions of the most complex nature. IDS will continue in its path to facilitate other resellers with providing technical delivery and architecture capabilities, as it has done in the past – providing increased benefit to its reseller partners as well.
IDS Expands Operations
Expanded IDS facilities
With recent staff expansion and increased business, IDS and landlord Alekona Ventures have reached an agreement to expand the current facility at 232 Herzberg Road to accommodate a newly renovated 4,500 sq. ft. office area. Located at 232 Herzberg Road in Kanata, IDS will be a major tenant of the facility. This represents an expansion of more than double the original space. The plan will include dedicated space for its Service Desk, supporting the IDS ServiceGuard and IDS DataGuard product lines, as well as areas for sales, a new corporate boardroom, lab and dedicated seating for existing and planned future expansion of its service delivery team. Says Randy Peckham, President of IDS, “ This expanded facility is critical to our growth plan, and we are excited that Alekona Ventures wanted to be a part of that. With great proximity to clients and suppliers, this location will give us a fabulous opportunity to meet clients demands.”
Doug Nickerson appointed Sales Director
IDS Systems is pleased to announce that Mr. Doug Nickerson has joined its team as Sales Director. In this capacity, he will be responsible for directing all sales and business development efforts. Prior to joining IDS, Doug served in a similar capacity with an International Solutions Provider.
In his past roles which span a 20 year period, Doug has managed multiple offices in the Toronto and Ottawa markets and has served businesses in the both the private and public sectors including the Canadian Federal Government. Doug’s solid sales experience along with his strong relationships with leading IT vendors will be significant assets to IDS and its clients.
SMBs considering VoIP need to do their homework
Great article published in IT Bulletin: http://itbulletin.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=461&id=16789
“Who changed Moore’s Law?? Storage is fundamentally changing…”
According to Hu Yoshida, VP and CTO at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) the recent floods in Thailand affected about 40% of disk manufacturing. The supply shortage adversely affected revenue of PC and server manufacturers. For example, 8TB disks that were $79 jumped to $189 in a matter of weeks. They expect the supply line to come back by third quarter 2012.
“Even if they come back, the price increase will exist for some time,” said Yoshida. “This is life altering. For the last 50 years we’ve had decreasing prices, and the price of that capacity was declining 30% a year. As a result of Moore’s law, the capacity was doubling every 18 months, and price of that capacity was eroding 30% per year.”
That constant price erosion got all of us in IT used to the idea that after five yeas it was cheaper to buy new than to maintain old. Now we’ve seen an increase, which will change things forever.
The estimated cost of rebuilding factories in Thailand is about a billion dollars. That cost must be recovered over some period. To recover a billion dollars when disks are so cheap will take some time.
Other factors are also affecting the cost of manufacturing drives. Perpendicular recording is the next step, after the longitudinal recording technology currently in use.
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