October 1, 2008 - Daymark Solutions, Inc. and LeftHand Networks joined forces recently to present "Disaster Recovery for Virtualization Environments" a special luncheon workshop for area businesses seeking to implement simple, scalable and cost-effective disaster recovery (DR) solutions in their virtual server environments.
As companies put an increasing number of business critical applications on virtual servers, the need for high availability and disaster recovery becomes even more important. At the workshop, attendees learned how to leverage a combination of storage and server virtualization to build cost effective, highly available DR solutions.
Seminar topics included:
- Using storage solutions to maximize the business benefits of virtualization
- How LeftHand combines with server virtualization solutions to create an easy to implement, high availability infrastructure for minimizing system downtime
- How to minimize application downtime, reduce time to recover and eliminate failures due to hardware or site dependencies
- An affordable way to bring remote and branch offices into your disaster recovery plan
- Demonstration of how to simplify, automate and test a recovery process using VMware Site Recovery Manager integrated with a LeftHand SAN
About Daymark Solutions, Inc.
Daymark, an experienced technology solutions provider serving the Northeastern United States, provides and implements best of breed primary server, disk, tape, and recovery solutions for open systems. The company provides a unique combination of in-depth technology knowledge, extensive experience, and proven methodologies to resolve even the most difficult technology challenges. For more information, call 978-413-1500 or visit www.daymarksi.com.
February 25, 2008 - Daymark Solutions, Inc. has joined forces with VMware and LeftHand Networks, Inc. to sponsor a free breakfast seminar on March 13, 2008 in Hartford, CT to help IT professionals realizing the tremendous benefits of virtualization while avoiding the mistakes that trip up many companies. "Reaping the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Virtualization" will run from 8 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. at the Hartford Marriott. Virtualization can help businesses reduce costs, achieve more with the computer resources they already own, and ensure business continuity. However, many companies make missteps during the planning or implementation process that can lengthen the deployment cycle. Speakers at this seminar will highlight the most common mistakes, using real-life case studies and offering insights based on extensive first-hand expertise implementing virtualization solutions in datacenters of all types.
Attendees will learn:
- The top 10 virtualization pitfalls
- How to drive down the costs and risk associated with virtualization
- Key implementation and growth management considerations
- Techniques for achieving a new level of server consolidation to create instant ROI
How to leverage the combination of a virtualized server environment and virtualized iSCSI storage to simplify IT operations and allow IT organizations to respond faster to changing business demands
About Daymark Solutions, Inc.
Daymark, an experienced technology solutions provider serving the Northeastern United States, provides and implements best of breed primary server, disk, tape, and recovery solutions for open systems. The company provides a unique combination of in-depth technology knowledge, extensive experience, and proven methodologies to resolve even the most difficult technology challenges. For more information, call 978-413-1500 or visit www.daymarksi.com.
About LeftHand Networks
LeftHand Networks pioneered IP-based storage area networks (SAN) in 2001. SANs built using LeftHand's SAN/iQ® software are uniquely able to distribute and protect data across a cluster of industry-standard storage servers. The company's patented architecture increases data availability, allows users to start small and grow the SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The LeftHand SAN is ideal for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and disaster recovery. For more information, contact LeftHand at info@lefthandnetworks.com.
About VMware, Inc.
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.3 billion, more than 100,000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software companies. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and on the web at www.vmware.com.