Lenovo is making a big splash in the server market as it releases many new models with newer and better running SAN arrays, in addition to other improvements that make it easier to integrate with existing systems. This release exemplifies the purchase of IBM’s x86 server business as a move to solidify their place as
Of the most common perils faced by many of today’s companies in 2017 are those threats that are posed to IT. Entire countries are being hacked to steal information. Large companies are being hacked to steal credit card information or private health information—and it isn’t just large businesses that face these threats. Over the past
The chairman of Dell Technologies reported to 13,500 company delegates that businesses are moving from the public cloud to a hybrid cloud of both public and private cloud services. Michael Dell spoke at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas and reported that public cloud customers are making a switch from public cloud to more of
In the 1970s, few people who used computers were connected to other users. It was not possible for people in two locations to each call up an invoice on their computers and discuss it. Although computers were important tools for the people and businesses that had them, they were far from tools of collaboration that
There are millions of dollars at stake in reaching and convincing a CIO of what software, IT solutions, apps, and other technology they need for their organization in order to maximize its potential. How can you get your foot in the door with a CIO so you can explain how your products and services will
Just like Abbott and Costello, peanut butter and jelly, and meat and potatoes, the New Year and predictions about it seemingly cannot be separated. One list of predictions about 2017 is what to expect in technology. We have a new President taking office. We have changes in the EU. We have wild and broad innovations
There are exciting things happening behind the scenes at IT Xchange! Earlier today, our parent company Xchange Technology Group announced the acquisition of Nirvana IT. Nirvana IT is a North Carolina based IT infrastructure solutions and managed service provider with a home base local to our Morrisville headquarters. Our goal at IT Xchange is to
The Open Compute Project was a plan started by Facebook then joined by other computing leaders. These computing giants, who had datacenter hardware at the center of their own organizations, made their datacenter hardware architecture “seeable” so smaller firms could learn from the best how to be more efficient, and how to cost optimize their
Business and personal computers are always at risk for a number of viruses, worms and general malware infections but ransomware can be a major problem. Ransomware is a name that’s true to its purpose. It is a specific type of malware that kidnaps a computer’s browser, locking it until a “ransom” is paid to the data thieves.
The Brexit repercussions from the Brexit vote–the vote on whether or not Britain should remain in the European Union or not are not over. The vote was brought about by people who supported remaining in the EU who wanted to put the matter to bed once and for all, assuming that vote would be to
