Did you know that over the next year, 50% of small and mid-sized businesses are moving to virtualization? That’s because virtualization allows businesses to run multiple operating systems and applications simultaneously on the same server – delivering a range of great benefits. With VMware virtualization you can: Automate your IT and save time managing it…
Lightedge Solutions recently surveyed our customer and prospect bases on their understanding and use of Virtualization. Brief Summary (See charts below) We were surprised to see that a full 25% of respondents were unfamiliar with Virtualization and an additional 17% used Virtualization but wish they had a stronger background and understanding level of Virtualization. 33%…
Virtualization by no means replaces a full-fledged disaster recovery plan — Christus Health’s data is replicated in “hot, hot” scenarios between its primary and secondary disaster recovery facilities — but virtualization simplifies real-time replication and data portability. “Virtualization is making it possible for our client services to be portable in case of a disaster,” Bruni…
The Mobile Network in 2010 and 2011 based on a Mobility Report and Forecast from Cisco Global mobile data traffic grew 2.6-fold in 2010, nearly tripling for the third year in a row.The 2010 mobile data traffic growth rate was higher than anticipated. Last year’s forecast projected that the growth rate would be 149 percent….
Jim Masterson, Lightedge CEO, will be participating in the CEO/Executive round table at DMACC’s iWeek event on Thursday, March 3rd. Jim is a dynamic speaker and has a wealth of experience in driving the sales and marketing in a business, raising capital, preparing a company for a change in ownership and instilling passion in the…
Just when it seems things can’t get any worse, they get better. I was talking recently to an architect who works for a very large technology provider. During our conversation, he contended that the cloud was making it easier for vendors to bypass the CIO. That way, salespeople can pitch the vice president of marketing…
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) and LWBJ Financial recently announced Lightedge Solutions as a finalist for the sixth annual Prometheus Awards. The Prometheus Awards is the technology industry’s premier celebration of extraordinary achievements among high-tech businesses and individuals. This year’s winners will be announced at an evening ceremony at the Meadows Convention Center in…
I found this article to be interesting as it deals with a growing problem that IT Administrators face as companies grow. “IT sprawl” makes it difficult to manage platforms because of the lack of standardization as a company moves from one vendor’s platform to another. One solution is converging to unified platforms in a data…
Today Lightedge launched a newly designed online customer portal which will give customers more control and accessibility to information regarding their services. This first version contains all of the features of the previous portal with much improved navigation and a more intuitive dashboard display. Future versions of the tool will include access to Invoices, real-time…
Lightedge has been listed on the UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) Magic Quadrant put out by Gartner. This year, we have been listed in the Visionaries quadrant of the UCaaS matrix. To avoid confusion, Gartner puts out separate report for on-premise Unified Communications systems and cloud-based or hosted Unified Communications offered on a subscription…