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Storage in the Next Generation Data Center

Posted by laurenb @ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:31:09 -0400

Does your storage solution reduce your costs, increase your control over growth, and easier to manage than others?

Scale Computing hired Harte-Hanks to survey storage decision makers in companies with 4,000 employees and fewer. The research confirmed economists’ predictions: 2009 was a wash; 2010 would bring back spending. In fact, 68 percent of those surveyed said they planned to increase storage spending in 2010.

While promising, that percentage doesn‘t tell the entire story. The economic collapse had reset not only the economy, but entire storage purchasing strategies. Thinking outside the box was important; doing more with less would be the prevailing mindset well into the future.

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Posted in Scale Computing, Storage

Reflection Terminal Emulation from Attachmate

Posted by laurenb @ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:59:32 -0400


Reflection 2011: All the flexibility you need to manage IT complexity

Reflection 2011 delivers leading-edge security and flexibility to help you meet modern IT demands. These next-generation terminal emulators support Windows 7, critical virtualization technologies, and diverse security architectures. They give you even greater customization control—plus an extra layer of security for the host. Interacting with the mainframe is now smoother and safer than ever.
Optimized for Windows 7.

Although designed to work well with earlier versions of Windows, Reflection 2011 allows you to transition seamlessly to Windows 7. And Reflection leverages the most valuable security and productivity features of Windows 7.  With support for User Account Control (UAC), the Microsoft Ribbon user interface, VBA, the .NET architecture, and Windows Error Reporting (WER), Reflection makes it easy for you to maximize your Windows investment.
Built for Rapidly Evolving IT.

Reflection 2011 supports a variety of critical modern technologies, including Windows 7, Windows Vista, Active Directory, Group Policy, SoftGrid App-V, VMWare, and Citrix XenApp. As your IT infrastructure evolves, so does Reflection.
Controls Threats from the Inside and Out.

Reflection 2011 provides the most comprehensive set of security technologies and certifications available. It allows you to thwart threats to the network and comply with stringent external requirements. Now you can reinforce mainframe security with secure token authorization and protect sensitive data in motion with updated encryption technology. Reflection leverages more security features in Windows 7 and Office 2010. And it is validated for FIPS 140-2 and certified for DoD PKI, the government’s top security standards.
Swifter Features, Streamlined Workflow.

Reflection 2011 makes it easier for users to work seamlessly. Integration with Microsoft Office means that legacy applications have the look and feel of familiar desktop programs. Users can copy host data into a Word doc, e-mail message, or PowerPoint slide with the click of a button. And they can use Office productivity features such as Auto Complete, Auto Expand, Spell Check, Scratch Pad, Recent Typing, and Screen History. Reflection helps users save valuable keystrokes—and streamline their workflow.

Posted in Attachmate, Terminal Emulation

Virtual Desktop Deployment from Scale Computing

Posted by laurenb @ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:26:58 -0400

Read how Scale Computing and VMWare work together to provide drastic cost reductions in virtual desktop deployments.

Server virtualization and clustered storage have much more in common than what is easily apparent. In fact, it can be argued that the next generation IT data center will leverage the symbiotic relationship between the two technologies to reduce costs, increase control and eliminate needless complexities.

This paper reviews the necessary synergies and explores the case for combining virtualization strategies with next generation, clustered storage solutions.

Posted in Scale Computing, Storage

Active Directory and Windows Server Management

Posted by laurenb @ Mon, 09 May 2011 14:56:45 -0400

Areas of Management

ScriptLogic offers robust solutions that centralize, simplify and automated the management of all of Windows, including:

Active Directory

Enhanced management and tightened security for Active Directory

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Windows Server

Security Management, Auditing, Alerting, Reporting, Backup, Restore and Health Assessment

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Exchange Server

Comprehensive approach for managing permissions, archiving messages and attachments, and reporting

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SharePoint

Identify, report, and assess the strengths of your SharePoint environment

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SQL Server

Analyze, maintain and manage security on SQL database servers
Learn More

    Posted in Connectivity, ScriptLogic

    Desktop Authority from ScriptLogic

    Posted by laurenb @ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:52:02 -0400

    Proactively configure, manage, secure and support all of your desktops with Desktop Authority from ScriptLogic.

    Get started today! Free for 30 days!

    Key Features

    Desktop Authority offers the power of 4 products in 1 console:

    Desktop ManagementDesktop Configuration…give your users what they need
    Learn more about Desktop Configuration

    Desktop Configuration

    Desktop Management…got it covered

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    Desktop Security

    Desktop Security…with productivity in mind

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    Desktop Support

    Desktop Support…while allowing the user to work


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    Desktop Support

    Validation Logic…dynamically create the specific desktops your organization needs

    Learn more about Validation Logic

    Posted in Connectivity, Desktop Management, ScriptLogic

    Reflection Enterprise Suite 2011

    Posted by laurenb @ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:29:41 -0400

    Maximum Flexibility for Modern IT  Citrix ReadyCertified for Windows VistaWindows 7 Compatible

    Reflection Enterprise Suite 2011 combines the most advanced Windows- and browser-based terminal emulators into one powerful solution. This suite gives you even stronger customization control—plus an extra layer of security for the host. Designed with leading-edge security and flexibility, it supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, diverse security architectures, and virtualization technologies. You can even deploy one or both products to any user—casual, power, local, or remote—from a central location.
    Suite Components

    Reflection Enterprise Suite 2011 includes two products:

    • Reflection Standard Suite 2011—Terminal emulation software that connects Windows users to legacy applications on IBM, UNIX, and OpenVMS systems.
    • Reflection for the Web 2008 Standard Edition—Terminal emulation software that connects browser users to legacy applications on IBM, UNIX, and OpenVMS systems.

    With Reflection Standard Suite 2011, you can:

    • Connect Windows users to legacy applications running on IBM System z, IBM System i, UNIX, and OpenVMS hosts.
    • Support modern operating environments, including Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), and Windows Server 2008; VMware; and Citrix XenApp.
    • Protect sensitive data in motion with updated SSL/TLS and SSH security protocols.
    • Reduce desktop footprint and lock down desktops by controlling the features you install.
    • Centrally manage user configurations and host access using LDAP groups—and save time with dynamic up-dates.
    • Automate routine tasks and integrate host applications with web or Windows desktop applications—all on the familiar VBA platform.
    • Leverage the robust and secure Microsoft .NET API to customize terminal sessions and better support your company’s unique business processes.
    • Enhance user productivity with customizable tabs, Bing web search, improved print functions, and key Windows 7 features.
    • Run preexisting EXTRA! and Reflection session files, macros, and related HLLAPI applications.

    Read more on Reflection Enterprise Suite 2011 here.

    Posted in Attachmate, Terminal Emulation

    Circadence MVS 1300 Systems Management

    Posted by laurenb @ Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:59:59 -0500

    Launch the virtual machine management platform of tomorrow – today.

    Circadence MVS™ 1300 Systems Management suite

    Virtualization is definitely a technology game changer – significantly cutting the operating costs for enterprises and enabling greater performance from existing servers. But if the virtual environment is not properly managed, your savings can quickly turn into liabilities. Enterprises need to contain virtual sprawl and gain greater visibility into the entire virtual infrastructure to keep costs down. And as virtual environments grow, so do your potential security threats.

    The Circadence MVS1300 Systems Management suite empowers virtualization by unifying every asset – with the industry’s first unified global host system and virtual machine management platform. Along with traditional systems management tools, Circadence MVS delivers all the features required to create, deploy, and manage virtual desktop environments. By giving administrators access to discovery, management, reporting, and alerting for all physical and virtual assets, the Circadence MVS suite enables a centralized management approach for achieving the full promise of virtualization.
    Circadence MVS has two components:

    * Circadence MVS 1300 Host – Installed on each server with a minimal footprint, the server then becomes a part of the Circadence MVS network of resources.
    * Circadence MVS 1300 Manager – This web-based interface module allows administrators to deploy and manage an unlimited number of virtual and physical machines from anywhere in the enterprise.

    Circadence MVS 1300 benefits:

    Centralized management
    With Circadence MVS, IT administrators can manage and provision physical and virtual resources across the enterprise from a single console. With advanced technologies like AMT remote control and native support for Active Directory, problems can be isolated and corrected from one location.

    Security for the desktop
    The unique mass storage lockout endpoint security features inherent to Circadence MVS enforce policy controls and automatically direct users to approved network storage, leveraging enterprise security, and limiting the amount of data on the network edge.

    Energy savings
    Desktop virtualization delivers up to 90-percent savings in power consumption alone. Circadence MVS is an integral component in effective greening strategies.

    Application delivery
    Circadence MVS provides user, device, and role-based mapping to applications through the connection broker, allowing the right user to connect to the best-available resources at the right time. Remote users can also check out virtualized applications and then synchronize upon return.

    Download the Circadence MVS 1300 data sheet »

    Posted in Systems Management

    ScriptLogic Exchange Server Solutions

    Posted by laurenb @ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:44:45 -0500

    Exchange server got you down? ScriptLogic Exchange Server Solutions are No Pain, All Gain.

    Open it up but Lock it down. Improve Exchange Performance while keeping it secure.

    Simplify and centralize the management, security, health, archiving
    and recovery of Exchange with these solutions from ScriptLogic:

    • Archive Manager

      Enables you to capture, index, search and archive Exchange
      messages and attachments, allowing administrators to reduce Exchange
      storage costs, meet compliance demands and simplify email quota
      management

    • Change Auditor for Exchange

      Proactively audits all activity, provides real-time alerts and tracks vital changes in-depth in your Exchange environment

    • MessageStats

      Simplifies management of Exchange helping IT administrators
      to improve performance, increase efficiencies and plan for capacity
      requirements

    • Policy Authority for Unified Communications

      Helps organizations demonstrate real-time compliance by
      providing a means to control various types of communications including
      email, IM and mobile messaging with strict adherence to industry rules
      and standards

    • Recovery Manager for Exchange

      Discovers and recovers business-critical Exchange data to aid
      electronic investigations, reduce the cost of discovery and provide end
      users with the ability to perform their own message-level data recovery

    • Security Explorer for Exchange

      Centrally manage Exchange and Exchange related Active
      Directory permissions across the network including mailboxes, public
      folders, and mailbox sub folders.

    • Spotlight on Messaging

      Optimizes the performance and availability of messaging
      environments and directs the resolution of operational issues to
      simplify administration, improve productivity and control costs.

    Learn more here

    Posted in Asset Management, Desktop Management, Exchange Server Solutions, ScriptLogic

    ScriptLogic wins 2010 Reader’s Choice Awards

    Posted by laurenb @ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:27:17 -0400

    Redmond Magazine, one of the two major magazines in the Microsoft centric IT industry, today published its annual Readers Choice Award winners.

    Over 40,000 readers were asked to participate and ScriptLogic participated in over a dozen categories – some for the first
    time and others as the incumbent winner – and this year was quite a take!

    Winning Categories:

    • Desktop Authority: Best License Management Product (ISV Winner)
    • Desktop Authority: Best Network Automation and Batch processing Tool
    • (ISV and Five‐Star Winner)
    • Desktop Authority: Best Scripting Tool
    • File System Auditor: Best Compliance Tool (ISV Winner)
    • Security Explorer for SQL Server: Best SQL Tool
    • Active Administrator: Best Group Policy Manager (Five‐Star Winner!)
    • MSI Studio: Best Application: Conflict Testing Tool

    Preferred Product:

    • Perspective/Packet Trap IT: Best bandwidth/traffic monitoring product
    • Desktop Authority: Best Asset Management/Resource Inventory Product
    • Desktop Authority: Best Patch Management Product
    • Desktop Authority: Best Software Distribution Product
    • Remote Support Center: Best Remote Troubleshooting Solution
    • MSI Studio: Best Software Packaging Product

    Click here to read the full article from Redmond Magazine.

    Posted in Asset Management, Desktop Management, Network Management

    Interwork Technologies signs Scale Computing to deliver multi-protocol, enterprise-class storage solutions at SMB prices

    Posted by admin @ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:47:18 -0400

    Ottawa, Canada (September 27, 2010)—Interwork Technologies, a top, service-oriented distributor of data security and IP communication products in North America announces today its partnership with Scale Computing to offer their unified, scale-out storage solutions to the mid-market. Based on its Intelligent Clustered Storage™ (ICS) technology, Scale’s portfolio of storage solutions can help businesses reduce costs, increase control and make storage management more convenient for IT administrators.

    “Resellers who sell storage need to take a close look at Scale Computing. Ranked as one of America’s most promising companies by Forbes, Scale offers low-price, high-performance solutions are ideal for resellers that want to meet their customers’ virtualization, archiving and SMB storage needs,” said Ken Lewis, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Interwork Technologies. “Resellers can also take advantage of Scale’s 100 percent channel commitment and deal registration program to win deals and make high margins,” added Lewis. “It’s great to work with a vendor like Scale and I’m confident resellers will generate a lot of new storage business with the company’s solutions.”

    Because its ICS technology is clustered rather than a controller-based architecture, Scale’s Starter Cluster contains three nodes to provide the redundancy and data protection companies need in the rare event of a drive or node failure. This inherent functionality allows companies to take advantage of high-performance, flexible storage solutions that scale as business needs dictate—and without experiencing downtime to valuable services or information.

    With Scale ICS technology, companies can add storage hardware, or nodes, as their needs dictate, without interrupting critical services or migrating data. As a unified storage platform, Scale’s Starter Cluster line of products enables simultaneous storage area network (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS) services from a single pool of storage to provide enterprise-class, truly clustered and highly scalable storage.

    “We are pleased and excited to be working with Interwork Technologies,” said Jeff Ready, CEO of Scale Computing. “Interwork’s focus on high margin solutions and personalized customer service is an ideal match for us. As a 100 percent channel organization, we’re looking forward to working with them to help their network close deals and generate leads.”

    Posted in Storage

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