One of the ways Microsoft is trying to help customers save money and also get them to adopt more Microsoft into their virtual environment is through the Enrollment for Core Infrastructure (ECI) agreement. This agreement was introduced as a way to bundle the necessary software components together to help manage growth for customers that have begun virtualizing their Windows Server environment, have at least 50 processors in their Windows server environment and most importantly, that are currently leveraging or plan to leverage System Center. [Read more...]
ECI and System Center: 101
August 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
System Center 12 – Part Two: The Orchestrator and You
August 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In our last discussion about System Center 12, we tried to help you understand what the System Center family of products does and how it can be beneficial for your business. In this second part we want to take a look at System Center 12’s major centerpiece, which is now available in beta and is called System Center Orchestrator. [Read more...]
The Beauty of System Center 12
August 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In the current IT environment, customers are finding themselves as the owners of very powerful technology with very little utilization. Estimates actually show that eighty-five percent of IT capacity is idle on average. When one considers the costs of that hardware as well as the costs to power and cool those machines that are simply sitting unused it can get dizzying. Add into that mix the increased mobility of today’s workforce (the introduction of smart phones and tablets) and the desire of employees to work remotely. Pile on top of that employee turnover and the need to get new employees up and running as quickly as possible so they can become productive members of the company. [Read more...]
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