http://talarsystems.com Success doesn't come to you - and it doesn't wait for Anyone - Go Out Do It, Now! Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The biggest hurdle for any network operator or designer is planning for the future.  It wasn't long ago that network authorities could just say, no video, no audio, no voice, etc. and make it stick ... but it is not going to be that way in the future.  ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/scalable-nas-for-digital-media-plan-now-or-crash-later/ I've been advocating virtualization and non-hardware consolidation of systems for years now, long before it was a buzzword.  There are many provable operational advantages ... which is where the focus currently seems to be. But at heart I am still a maintenance guy and I now see some real ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/how-much-are-you-willing-to-lose/ For years I've lived with corporate and government networks that fought a long. losing battle against users overloading the network with multimedia. In the '90s it was sufficient to tell people, no, you can't. In the first few years of the 2000's years it was enough ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/next-generation-scalable-nas-for-digital-media/ Been watching the latest hurricane tracks?  What about the price of cruse oil futures?  Got investment money tied up in banks that have sub-prime mortgage problems?  There certainly seems to be enough for the average businessperson to worry about these days, so in one respect to to bring ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/are-you-heading-for-a-huge-piracy-loss/ "We Don't Have the Money".  How many times have you uttered that weary complaint when someone tried to sell you something new?  Well, her's the thing about virtualization.  It does more and costs less.  It does things better and costs less. It makes servers simpler to operate and costs less. ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/virtualization-is-virtually-the-key-to-the-future/ Just recently a good friend of mine suffered a physical problem that forced him to start using voice commands to do most of his computing work.  This re-introduced me to the world of applications that depend on IVR (Interactive Vice Response) systems and coding. I don't think I have ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/making-voice-commands-actually-take-command/ Gear Up your Enterprise Architecture for a New Era of Social Networks and Direct Customer Communication Register by July 30 and save up to $350 Call (800) 280-6218 or (541) 346-3545 Use priority code EAS08 Find out how to create and adapt architectures for new models of end user and customer interaction, including blogs, ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/social-networks-and-direct-customer-communication/ I've been watching a number of my on-line business associates having difficulties with responsiveness.  A friend recently sent out a request for proposals (Bid Tender) for a non-trivial web development job ... one that has a 5 figure budget and would also result in a lot of favorable public exposure ... http://talarsystems.com/how-to/raising-the-bar-on-responsiveness/ Not yet positive that I can go but my wife and I have been looking for a great reason to visit New Yrk and, since this conference ends just before my birthday that sounds like a great business-related excuse, doesn't it? Wednesday is Your Last Chance to ... http://talarsystems.com/business-continuity/are-you-heading-to-the-big-apple/ That ought to get a few manager's attention.  Hope those who were drinking their coffee while reading didn't snort and spray all over their keyboards and screens. Everybody Says they can automate process, few ever succeed.  Check this out and see if these guys aren't of the ledger. Workload Automation Solutions Drive ... http://talarsystems.com/how-to/drive-down-complexity-and-cost-of-it-operations/