Solution Showcase

Chicago Brookfield Zoo is wild about IP video surveillance for protecting people and animals

Challenges: Crowd control, accidents, and other security-related incidences are all issues that this big metropolitan zoo has to handle. Widespread areas have to be covered, and the old analog surveillance system was not practical for planned expansions.

Solution: Milestone XProtect Enterprise IP video surveillance software is installed on a standard PC running Microsoft Windows, managing Sony model SNC-DF70 network cameras, installed and supported by Current Technologies Corporation. Axis, IQEye and JVC network cameras can be easily added in future. Learn More >

Simplifying Remote and Branch Office Management with VMware

Virtualization is rapidly transforming the way organizations manage their remote and branch office IT infrastructures. Physical servers and desktops residing outside the datacenter have traditionally been hard to manage, difficult to protect and costly to maintain. By extending virtualization beyond the datacenter, organizations gain increased visibility and control over IT resources in remote locations. They can also rapidly deploy new servers and desktops in the form of virtual machines in minutes and scale to the growing needs of their remote and branch offices in a cost-effective manner. Learn More >

Protect Against Business Downtime and Disaster with Rapid, Reliable Backup and Recovery Solutions from Symantec

Symantec Backup Exec™ System Recovery 2010 is a simple, cost-effective backup and recovery solution for small businesses that helps minimize downtime and avoid disaster by easily recovering data files or complete systems in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments. New functionality in Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 includes expanded platform support, integrated granular application recovery, improved centralized management, and enhanced support for virtual environments. Helping IT administrators meet recovery time objectives, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery provides rapid, easy-to-use system restoration or full “bare-metal” recovery for servers, desktops, or laptops. It also enables you to recover systems in remote, unattended locations. Backup Exec System Recovery is the perfect standalone solution for small business customers and can scale to larger Windows environments as well, working in conjunction with Symantec Backup Exec™. Learn More >

Email Archiving Enables e-discovery and Eliminates PST Files

The Barracuda Message Archiver is instrumental in the strategy to eliminate PST files. The Barracuda Message Archiver is a complete and affordable email archiving solution, enabling users to effectively index and preserve all emails, enhance operational efficiencies, and achieve regulatory compliance needs. All content is deduplicated to ensure only one copy of information is stored and that duplicates do not clog up storage or search results. By leveraging standard policies and seamless access to messages, email content is fully indexed and backed up to enable administrators, auditors, and end users quick retrieval of any email message stored in an organization’s email archive. Learn More >

10-Gigabit Ethernet – The Next Generation Network Infrastructure

Since any opportunity to improve performance is a plus for IT administrators, the dawning of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GigE) is good news. Questions regarding costs, benefits, cabling, and timing are top of mind as administrators try to plan technology upgrades and new network deployments. Rest assured that if you have not already implemented 10-GigE you’re not late — while some organizations have begun to use it, cabling upgrades will be required to drive broader deployment. Learn More >