16. July 2008 by Tony.

I had the pleasure of seeing this demo at Citrix Synergy a few weeks ago and was rather impressed. Essentially, each employee is equipped with a USB stick that allows Web-based access to security-rich servers installed at an IBM® recovery center. In an emergency, you activate the technology by choosing an appropriate scenario and initiating contact with employees.

During an emergency the service combines IBM’s continuity management, notification, and a roll call of available employees with Citrix GotomMYPC and Xenapp to allow access to Applications, Desktops, News, Chat and interaction tools.

While Pricing wasn’t readily available at the time the discussion indicated that it would be a per month/user fee and at the time it seemed that it would be surprisingly inexpensive

Check it out :

Video Demo

Data Sheet

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16. July 2008 by Tony.

Going Green, Virtually.That’s right. No office. No commute. No paper. We don’t require team members to punch a time clock. No spending wasted hours in traffic driving to work just to sit in a desk much farther away from one’s home and family.

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16. July 2008 by Tony.

Going Virtual, Going Green: A Manifesto

A clarion call on behalf of all businesses that have transitioned from brick-and-mortar to virtual offices:

Board up your office windows!
Smash your fax machine to bits!
Send everyone home early and tell them not to come back!

We are being ironic, of course, but only mildly. If even a fraction of conventional offices switched their operations to the web, we would have a happier workforce, more efficient economy, and greener environment. Some background:…

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16. July 2008 by Tony.

The World Wide Cloud: Bridging the Data Center and The Cloud
— As cloud computing becomes more commonplace, creating a secure method to bridge the gap between existing data centers and remote sources of compute capacity is being more and more important. The ability to efficiently and securely tap into remote cloud resources is one of the most important opportunities in the cloud computing today. In this session Reuven Cohen will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities to deploying across a diverse global cloud infrastructure. Location, security, portability, and reliability, he will explain, all play critical roles in a scalable IT environment.

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