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> Your Next Data Center
(June 10, 2008) About 15 miles from its medical center in downtown San Antonio, Christus Health is building a $23 million data center to house a flood of digital information ranging from patient insurance records to CT scans.
At 48,000 square feet (of which only 7,500 square feet will be used at first), the new facility will dwarf the hospital's current 4,000-square-foot data center, which has been bursting at the seams for years even though the IT staff has made every effort to virtualize servers and otherwise squeeze more life out of it.
> VMware, Microsoft or Citrix: Who's Winning the Desktop Virtualization War?
(June 10, 2008) The old cliché about 'lies, damned lies and statistics' applies perfectly to the numbers being bandied about by the three main application virtualization vendors: Citrix Inc., Microsoft Corp. and VMware Inc.
> Secrets of Successful IT Teams: Socially Connected Employees
(May 9, 2008) In the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Michael Lewis tells how in 2002, Oakland A's manager Billy Beane used nontraditional statistics to turn the small-market franchise into a team that could compete with big-market franchises. The story holds lessons for IT management about the importance of understanding objectively the strengths, weaknesses and behavior of individual players in order to build a successful team.
> Customers Frustrated Over Microsoft Virtualization Licensing
(May 29, 2008) For all the flexibility server virtualization affords today's IT departments, there's one type of flexibility IT managers would love to have but aren't likely to get: the ability to save money on Microsoft software licenses. Even when carving a physical server into multiple virtual machines, customers using virtualization probably won't find any way to circumvent the licensing terms set by Microsoft for software running on virtual machines, Forrester analyst Christopher Voce said at Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas Friday.
> Rentable Virtual Infrastructure: Right For You?
(June 13, 2008) What gets Matthew Porter, the CEO of Contegix, most excited about virtualization is the technology's ability to solve his customers' problems—most importantly, their needs for better hardware utilization and speedier server provisioning and application delivery.
> Six Secrets of Top-Notch Business Analysts
(May 23, 2008) Most line-of-business execs, project managers and software developers who have worked on application development teams can attest to the importance of good business analysts.
In many instances, in fact, today's business analyst can affect the outcome (good or bad) of a software project. "When business analysts aren't able to carry their weight, it's evident to everybody on the project. They usually know something is going on," says Carey Schwaber, a senior analyst of application development at Forrester Research "I've seen projects where a bad business analyst was the critical failure factor."
Sure, executive boardroom support is key at the kickoff, but the CEO or CIO isn't down in the trenches every day, hammering out compromises, grinding out specs and pushing all involved toward the finish line. "It's funny," Schwaber adds, "we have a lot of prerequisites for success with software projects, and it's not just executive support. It's also good business analysts."
While most employees might have a sense of what a traditional business analyst does, not everyone knows how BAs do their jobs' effectively. "It's easy to understand what their role is," Schwaber says, "but it's hard to understand what makes them good at it or bad at it."
So what do the best business analysts do so well? Here are six critical skillsets and professional characteristics that make business analysts invaluable.
> Virtual machine backup best practices
(May 15, 2008) Virtual machine backup best practices
Jerome Wendt, Contributor
The deployment of virtual machines (VMs) is becoming common for companies of all sizes, but with it comes the challenge of providing the appropriate level of virtual machine backup. Doing full backups to tape for physical servers that host multiple VMs can consume excessive memory and CPU resources, congest network pipes, extend backup windows and even cause backups to fail. To avoid these problems, service providers should introduce new features such as snapshots, implement deduplication backup appliances and avoid specialized versions of backup software, all toward the goal of minimizing management, server overhead and network congestion. In this tip, we'll review three best practices for virtual machine backup.
> Why You Shouldn't Sue Software Vendors--Even If They Deserve It
(May 7, 2008) Most every IT department employee, from CIO to database administrator to project manager, can probably recall a software implementation that took too long, cost too much money and never worked as the software salesman had promised because, they believe, they were sold bad software.
> Oracle to Acquire BEA Systems
(Janurary 16, 2008) Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire all outstanding shares of BEA for $19.375 per share in cash. The offer is valued at approximately $8.5 billion, or $7.2 billion net of BEA's cash on hand of $1.3 billion. "We expect this deal to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 1-2 cents on a non-GAAP basis in its first full year after closing," said Oracle President and Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz.
> Unilogik/Hitachi Open House
(December 1, 2007) Come and join us celebrate the Holiday Season at Unilogik/Hitachi Open House
When: Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Where: Unilogik Head Office located at 620-999 W Broadway, Vancouver
What Time: 3-7PM
> Unilogik and Oracle Advertisements in BC Business Magazine
(March 9, 2007) Unilogik and Oracle have teamed up to run a series of advertisements in BC Business Magazine. Advertisements showcase several of Unilogik's customers who have had success using a range of Oracle Solutions. Click here to see advertisements.
> Unilogik Customer Appreciation Open House
(December 1, 2006) Unilogik celebrates the holiday season with a customer appreciation open house.
When: Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Where: Unilogik Head Office located at 620-999 W Broadway, Vancouver
What Time: 3-7PM
> UNILOGIK CELEBRATES ITS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
(Ocotber 21, 2005) Unilogik is celebrating it's 10 years in business with an open house.
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Where: At our office located at 620-999 West Broadway
What time: From 3:00 to 6:30
For the continued loyalty we would like to thank all of our customers, so please drop in!!
> McNealy's Sun Teams With Oracle On Database Packs
(August 24, 2005) These are defined in a statement as "new infrastructure solutions," which will integrate Oracle's Database 10g product with Sun StorEdge 3310 arrays and Sun Fire x64 servers.
> UNILOGIK AND IGENO PARTNER UP
(July 15, 2005) igeno consulting and Unilogik have teamed together to offer planning and delivery services that directly address two critical challenges. We assist IT executives in the preparation of a roadmap for success and an IT Annual Report by addressing: Business/IT Alignment and Value Management
> Unilogik Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Doug Hicks to the position of Vice President of Corporate Development.
(June 22, 2005) Doug as VP of Corporate Development is playing a key role in providing business and technology solutions for Unilogik's clients across Western Canada.
> Timberline Customer Success Story
(December 8, 2004) Unilogik, as a Quantum certified, Canadian systems integrator and solutions provider helped Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants meet their goals
> Unilogik Systems Inc. would like to announce the appointment of Mr. Neil Palmer as Vice President of Sales.
(September 7, 2004) As the new Vice President of Sales Neil will continue to build industry leading market share and grow revenue within new and existing accounts in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
> Unilogik Systems: laying the foundation of core technology in Canada.
(August 1, 2004) Article on Unilogik Systems found in Backbone Magazine.
> Unilogik Expands Operations in Alberta
(August 1, 2004) Unilogik announces the expansion of its Calgary office into Suite 1000, 808 – 4th Ave. S.W.
> Unilogik announces the appointment of Mr. Daniel (Dan) Field as Director of IT
(August 1, 2004) As new Director of IT, Dan Field has taken on the role to build Unilogik Systems and provide new levels of service & value to organizations in Alberta and British Columbia.
> Unilogik Moves its Vancouver Corporate Office to a New Location
(July 14, 2003) Unilogik is moving the Vancouver Head Office location to Suite 620 - 999 West Broadway in the heart of Vancouver's uptown business district.
> Unilogik Achieves Wireless LAN Technology Specialization from Cisco Systems
(September 18, 2002) Unilogik Systems Inc. announced today it has achieved the Wireless LAN Technology Specialization from Cisco Systems, Inc.
> Unilogik Recognized as One of B.C.'s Top 100 Technology Companies in 2002
(September 6, 2003) Unilogik has been recognized by T-Net British Columbia with a T-Net 100 award, ranking at #82 on their list of the province's top 100 technology companies.
> Unilogik is Recognized Amongst B.C.'s Top 100 Technology Companies in 2001
(November 7, 2003) Unilogik has been recognized by T-Net British Columbia with a T-Net 100 award, ranking at #58 on their list of the province's top 100 technology companies.
> Unilogik Emerges as an Industry Leader in Western Canada
(February 25, 2003) Unilogik announces 300% growth during the past year, and attributes success to relationship development with customers including West Bay Semiconductor.
