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Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Virtual Desktops - whats next ?

June 18, 2010

Everyone is asking or at least curious about virtual desktops, what does it do ?how does it work ?what's the ROI ? who are the leaders ? In the analysis below, I will provide some answers and opinions.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.

August 5, 2009

Analysis of:Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com

Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition.  Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco.  In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

What's Hot about VMWare version 4

April 27, 2009

Analysis of:VMware unveils its cloud OS; Wants to be a bridge for the enterprise | blogs.zdnet.com

The best new feature of VMware v4.0 (dubbed vShphere) is the inclusion of "FT" - Fault Tolerance.  Essentially, if a primary server fails, the 2nd "Shadow" server will seamlessly assume the role of the primary server.  This means - zero - downtime. There are certain caveats, such as shared storage is required and a high speed link between the 2 servers is assumed, but IF you need true fault tolerance, this is a great idea.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

Balancing a Load

February 27, 2009

Analysis of:Alteon deal worth just $17.65M, Nortel says | www.ottawacitizen.com

-May be enough to finally give Radware a push into profitability;  -Nortel (Alteon) clients win;  -Radware may increase their market reach.  -Competition is already going after existing Nortel clients.

Mark FryeVice President of SalesVENTURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Why can SaaS revenue rise in a down economy?

January 19, 2009

Analysis of:In a down economy, SaaS revenues rise | www.computerworld.com

SaaS represents "hard" cost savings to most businesses.  This is particularly true in small to medium organizations where IT management/spending conflicts with the ability to focus on primary business operations.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Where is IT spending heading in 2009

December 8, 2008

Analysis of:How much data centers really cost | www.networkworld.com

What technology will businesses purchase in 2009?   Most people and firms are concerned about technology spending slowdowns based on current macroeconimic trends. Surveys and comments all suggest a slowdown at best, or a major stop at worst.  So if businesses will invest next year, the ROI (return on investment) MUST be faster and more assured than ever.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

There are lucrative sweet spots.

April 11, 2008

Analysis of:Cisco Signals Trouble Ahead | money.cnn.com

1) Due diligence is expected and the news of tightening belts was predicted. 2) In the last quarter we have found all verticals are experiencing some level of conservative spending. 3) However, we have also seen increased spending with some vendors and/or specific vendor products and solutions.  There are profits to be made during these next few quarters.  

Bill YassingerNational Program Manager, Networking SolutionsDATALINK CORPORATION

WAN Optimization Not A Luxury Technology

March 31, 2008

Analysis of:Riverbed Shares Jump on Upbeat Note | biz.yahoo.com

WAN optimization may not be considered a luxury when customers have no choice but to add it to their infrastructure when bandwidth options are limited and response times have eroded.  Adding more bandwidth or server power does not solve all latency and performance issues, and optimization becomes the logical pursuit. A great deal of the novelty of the technology has faded as it has become much more familiar technology to IT professionals.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Virtualization - Desktops - Servers - Storage

June 26, 2007

Analysis of:Embracing the World of Virtualization | www.minyanville.com

Virtualization is rapidly gaining ground in medium and large firms.  Many have deployed VMWare which enables many Operating Systems to reside on a single Server.  This technology is being installed every day in more and more date centers. Maximizing CPU utilization is a mainstream topic. Citrix enables dozens of users to have "virtual" desktops, supplied seamlessly by a single server.  All a user needs is a browser, point to  the Citrix server and voila, he/she has a full secured set of desktop applications. Storage is now virtualized by software.  For example, multiple servers attach to a "box of disks" also called a SAN, Storage Area Network.  This SAN removes the concept of "these disks belong with this server". All servers share all the disks.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Disk to Disk Trends and DR Planning

June 14, 2007

Analysis of:Opinion: And tape walked quietly from the spotlight | www.computerworld.com

We have also seen our clients planning for data recovery under varying scenarios. As a Systems Integration Firm, we address backup and DR challenges from SMB and Enterpise clients. Data is growing rapidly and clients need ways to backup without impacting production and DR solutions that work and dont' cost an arm and a leg. We use point products from MS, Symantec, OVerland, HP, DoubleTake, VMWare and a few others that help solve these issues in a cost effective mannner.

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