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Consultant's Corner
By Phillip Murphy, VP Applications and Product Development
Virtualization is a process that helps businesses save green by going "Green."
Virtualization
refers to technologies designed to provide a layer of abstraction
between computer hardware systems and the software running on them. By
providing a logical view of computing resources, rather than a physical
view, virtualization solutions make it possible to do a couple of very
useful things: They can allow you, essentially, to trick your operating
systems into thinking that a group of servers is a single pool of
computing resources. And they can allow you to run multiple operating
systems simultaneously on a single machine.
In this article,
Phillip Murphy discusses the various aspects of virtualization, from
its origin to where it is today, including:
Why would I want virtualization?
How can virtualization benefit my business?
What are the different types of virtualization?
What important terminology should I know?
What are the cost benefits of virtualization?
What kinds of challenges does virtualization present?
What should I look for in a virtualization solution?
To read more about this important trend for your business, please click on the link below.
Read the full article here.
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Technical Tips & Tricks
Oracle Virtualized
by Alan Clark
Virtualization is one of the hot topics for IT departments. Companies need to do more with less. IT Managers are looking to squeeze every drop of performance out of their systems. Users want faster response time. This article hits some of the high points in regards to virtualizing an Oracle database server.
In this article, Alan Clark discusses why more and more IFS/Oracle users are taking this important step. He also discusses the need to measure both the current database performance and the performance after virtualizing. He then shares the leading database performance myths and offers ten tips for Oracle VM configuration.
Read the full article here.
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Greetings!
Green Computing for IFS Apps:
Is it time to virtualize, consolidate, and celebrate huge cost savings?
The industry buzz around virtualization is just short of deafening and we are hearing much from our IFS customers........"Are we a candidate for virtualization?" "Can I consolidate my IFS infrastructure and other apps?" "How about the risks?" "What about the ROI and TCO?" "Does eNSYNC have VMware skills?" "Could you help me with an assessment?"..... This gotta-have-it capability has fast become gonna-get-it technology, but IFS customers are asking some good questions before they take the plunge. Server consolidation is definitely the sweet spot in this market. Virtualization has become the cornerstone of every enterprise's favorite money-saving initiative. Industry analysts report that between 60 percent and 80 percent of IT departments are pursuing server consolidation projects. It's easy to see why: By reducing the numbers and types of servers that support their business applications, companies are looking at significant cost savings.
Reduced power consumption, both from the servers themselves and the facilities' cooling systems, and fuller use of existing, underutilized computing resources translate into a longer life for the data center and a fatter bottom line. And a smaller server footprint is simpler to manage. Virtualization continues to demonstrate additional tangible benefits the more it's used, broadening its value to the enterprise at each step. Given the popularity of this important topic, we decided to dedicate this edition of The Edge to virtualization by sharing information we hope will help our IFS customer base. eNSYNC has formed a partnership with VMware and is happy to share some excellent white papers from the industry's leading supplier of virtualization software for servers, network, storage, and now the desktop. eNSYNC can also help IFS customers consider the possibilities and validate the investment by conducting a consolidation assessment.
Continue reading
I'd Like to Learn More About Virtualization.
Sincerely,
Roger Resley
President
eNSYNC Solutions, Inc.
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The Company We Keep
eNSYNC Solutions joins with EMC to become a service partner for VMware
 The decision to add VMware services to eNSYNC's IT/DBA service offerings for its IFS customers was easy. Among the leading business challenges confronting CIOs and IT managers today are: cost-effective utilization of IT infrastructure; responsiveness in supporting new business initiatives; and flexibility in adapting to organizational changes.
Driving an additional sense of urgency is the continued climate of IT budget constraints and more stringent regulatory requirements. Virtualization is a fundamental technological innovation that allows skilled IT managers to deploy creative solutions to such business challenges. eNSYNC wants to help its IFS customers to derive maximum benefit and return on investment from their purchase of VMware.
To learn more about what virtualization software is and how it can be put to work for your organization, click this link to view a very informative white paper on this very timely subject.
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ScanWorks Scoreboard
While our new ScanWorks 7 product is truly hardware vendor independent, we would like to call your attention to a recently introduced scanner/field service mobile computer from Intermec, the CN50.
 This product gets a very high "Way Cool" rating, offering some features and performance never before found in a mobile handheld computer. Its flexible network design offers both voice and data, GPS, document imaging, bar code scanning, Wi-Fi and more... including an integrated digital compass!
To learn more about the CN50, please hit this link to download a product spec sheet. If your company has a mobile workforce, you will most definitely find the CN 50 to be a powerful offering for improving worker productivity.
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Both our ScanWorks Classic and new ScanWorks 7 customers can benefit from a powerful new add-on module, the ScanWorks Productivity Console.
The SPC console teams with your ScanWorks-IFS bar code solution to give supervisory personnel a graphical console to monitor worker productivity via a real-time dashboard. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) managers and supervisors typically monitor include picking counts by user, picking counts by hour by user, picking by part number, shop orders received, RMAs processed, etc. The SPC delivers accurate, actionable information on the metrics that really matter for your business. To read more about SPC click here.
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