What really is a cloud?

What really is a cloud?

Many articles have been written about what the Cloud is or is not.  In the spirit of the college entrance exam season (you remember the ACT and SAT?), I thought I would start out with a “simple” question – What really is a Cloud?  Is it: Just another...
Cloud readiness assessment

Cloud readiness assessment

OnX recently completed a Cloud Readiness Assessment for clients in both Eastern and Western Canada, and the similarities were striking. Both organizations had made the move several years ago to hosting equipment with a data center provider to save money, and both had...
How to keep up with data recovery requirements

How to keep up with data recovery requirements

My investment in storage assets to handle massive data growth is going through the roof, and worse yet, I can’t keep up with my (DR) data recovery requirements to protect my business. What can I do? With the explosive growth in organizational data and virtual server...
Mike Cardy featured on CRN

Mike Cardy featured on CRN

The following is a statement from Cardy and others in OnX’s office of the CTO. “Cloud Computing at the CIO and IT Director levels will transform from a “nice idea” to a “how do we deploy” discussion, with most organizations considering pilots of a Private or Federated...
Crossing roles in the IT environments

Crossing roles in the IT environments

Regardless of what you mean by cloud computing and whether you are building a private cloud, public cloud or a hybrid cloud one thing is for sure: the three pillars of the IT infrastructure – servers, storage and network are getting more intertwined and...
Why consider Cisco UCS for hosting your XenDesktop cloud?

Why consider Cisco UCS for hosting your XenDesktop cloud?

I have spent the last couple of weeks working with Microsoft 2008 R2 Hyper-V on the Cisco UCS platform. I am impressed at the capabilities. In fact, at the moment if you are planning to host a XenDesktop infrastructure in the cloud, I would recommend you consider the...