The Complete Solution for Enterprise Mobile Management

January 24, 2013

Our Desktop & Application Delivery Team examines some of the technologies now available from Citrix which allow people to work efficiently in today’s mobile world… Citrix has been the leading solution for remote and mobile working for a number of years via their XenDesktop and XenApp solutions. This has mainly been for Microsoft applications, but [...]

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Update from the Desktop & Application Delivery Team

January 23, 2013

The watchword twelve months ago was ‘change’ with a dramatic refresh in technologies; this has led on to 2012 being a year for implementing that change. If we were to pick a single word to describe our work this year it would be ‘busy.’ The volume of work coming into the team has simply been [...]

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ShareFile StorageZones – Gives you peace of mind about where your data is stored

December 18, 2012

If part of your business strategy is to make data available to users wherever they are, but you’re uncomfortable with how you maintain control and security, ShareFile from Citrix could be the answer. With ShareFile you now have a choice of where you hold your data. Unlike other file sharing technologies you can: 1. Define where Citrix [...]

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Microsoft Licensing

November 14, 2012

There aren’t many topics that cause more angst and discussion amongst clients than the dark arts of Microsoft Licensing. This year is a massive one for Microsoft with every product in its portfolio being upgraded or changed. For customers this presents opportunities as well as challenges. In addition to the product upgrades, Microsoft is taking [...]

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Microsoft Exchange Conference – Thoughts from Day 3

October 1, 2012

The interactive sessions on the last day at the Microsoft Exchange Conference were varied and interesting, here is a brief overview: Exchange 2013 Load Balancing This is a topic that comes up regularly when we are deploying Exchange 2010. The general reaction when discussing load balancing is that it’s either expensive or unreliable. Exchange 2010 had [...]

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Highlights from day two at the Microsoft Exchange Conference…

September 26, 2012

Keynote The keynote was “Geek out with Perry!” with Microsoft’s Perry Clarke. The format of this was intended to start the “interactive” element of MEC with Perry responding to (scripted) questions from members of the audience; unfortunately it was a little slow and lacking energy, especial as it was the first session after a night [...]

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One of our Control & Collaboration consultants is at Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 in Orlando this week and will be keeping us up to date on what’s happening…

September 25, 2012

MEC Day One – Keynotes MEC used to be a yearly conference until 10 years ago when it was discontinued, but now it’s back and with a new Exchange product just around the corner it seemed to be a good time to get maximum value from the event. So, day one, a celebration of our [...]

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Exchange 2013 – Coexistence with previous products

September 11, 2012

Exchange 2013 is now available in Preview form for an anticipated launch late this year or early next. If you are thinking of waiting for the new products before you migrate from Exchange 2003, please be aware of the following: Exchange Server Coexistence As is standard practice, Microsoft will not support more than two previous [...]

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Software Assurance – Deployment

August 8, 2012

Part 2 of our Software Assurance series of blogs focuses on Deployment. One of the most well known benefits of Software Assurance is New Version Rights, however many other features exist that can provide tangible support and guidance. Planning Services for Software Assurance provides organisations with consultancy time from a Microsoft partner to plan, prepare [...]

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Exchange 2013 – First Look

August 6, 2012

Some initial thoughts from one of our technical consultants on the Exchange 2013 Preview – slated for release late this year or early next. Server Roles – One of the first things to notice is that the role count has gone down from five to two – now you only have to be aware of [...]

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