CRN article on OnX cloud transition

CRN article on OnX cloud transition

“Data center solutions provider OnX Enterprise Solutions’ adoption of the public/private cloud and managed services model has proven profitable for the first half of fiscal year 2014, which began May 1. The Toronto-based VAR, which ranked No. 44 on CRN’s...
What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

It’s summer time and, like most parents, I have kids around the house a bit more than normal at this time of year. This leads to some interesting question and answer sessions … Where does the water come from that falls as rain and how does it get up in the sky? Why do...
The benefits of deploying a converged infrastructure

The benefits of deploying a converged infrastructure

It started out as a vendor reference to an integrated blade solution but today converged infrastructure is accepted as an IT industry term across all major manufacturers.  It refers to the integration of compute, network, and storage typically integrated within a...
Capacity planning in the cloud

Capacity planning in the cloud

As has been mentioned in other posts recently, adopting virtualization and cloud computing has a significant impact on a number of IT management processes. I would like to add to this discussion by providing some insight into fundamental changes in the capacity...
Location, location, location…

Location, location, location…

What are the three most important factors in retail? Location, location, and location. Now this same question about location is creeping into the conversations of CTO’s and IT data center managers alike. Where do we put our next data center? In years past there was an...