No mind reading

Does this sound familiar to you? Prospect A says, “This looks very good. I think there’s an excellent chance we’ll do business.” The salesperson thinks, “I’ve got one.” Prospect B comments, “Your price is higher than we expected.” The salesperson thinks, “I’ll have to cut the price to close the deal.” Prospect C reveals, “We[…] Read More

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Late Night with System Center Management

It’s 3:30 a.m. and your trusty mobile phone on your nightstand buzzes a hideous, nasty, telltale racket. You pick up the smartphone and squint in the darkness at the glowing message that informs you that one of the e-mail servers at work is down. As you’re about to dismiss the nasty-gram in your still-half-asleep daze (who would need e-mail at 3:30 in the morning?), you bolt up wide-eyed! You suddenly realize the server that’s down serves critical e-mail services for a team three time zones east of you. And, at 6:30 a.m. their time, a downed server spells near-immediate and definitely impending doom as the workforce at that facility is about to start their shift.

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Virtualization for Newbies: Top Four Reasons to Go Virtual

In general, the idea behind virtualization is to make many from one. As an example, from one physical server using virtualization software, multiple virtual machines can run as if each virtual machine were a separate physical box. In data centers, before virtualization, one or more applications and an operating system would run on their own unique physical server. Since each one of those physical servers needed floor or rack space, there was a problem of the growing size and number of data centers that businesses needed in IT. As more and more physical servers were added to run the ever growing number of virtual machines, this led to “data center sprawl.” Using virtualization to consolidate the number of physical servers reversed the trend of data center sprawl, and companies began to see a cost savings.

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