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Hyper-V is like Prego, it’s in there

blog mblandini logo Hyper V is like Prego, it’s in thereWith a very Italian name, you might wonder why I’m making reference to a bottled spaghetti sauce. I use it when it goes on sale, though I dramatically enhance it with two different meats, crimini mushrooms, and sweet onions, bolstered with stewed tomatoes and a can of paste, simmered with chili flakes and a kicker of sriracha sauce. Maybe if I used Prego it would already be “in there”, but the prep is still pretty easy,

The word “prego” is an Italian word that means “you are welcome.”Continue Reading

Who needs Drobo + Microsoft?

blog tbuiocchi e1332538899728 Who needs Drobo + Microsoft?It’s actually pretty simple.  Just solve the following equation:

  • I want to run the world’s most popular applications +
  • I want to have them deployed and managed easily +
  • Reliable, highly available & protected by disk-based backup
  • But I have real budget constraints
  • And I don’t have a ton of IT resources

= Educational institutions, healthcare, and state and local governmentContinue Reading

Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Hyper-V customers go shopping for storage …

blog tbuiocchi e1332538899728 Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Hyper V customers go shopping for storage ...This is the one where Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Hyper-V customers go shopping for storage at Microsoft’s biggest partners but decide that Drobo is a better choice.  We love this story.

We’ve just completed some customer research polling our business users, and I asked the team to cut the data to only those who were in pure Microsoft application or virtualization environments. Continue Reading