What Can Cima Do For You?
There are many reasons why Cima Solutions Group should be your IT Managed Services Provider. Let us give you a reason for every letter in the alphabet.
The A-Z of Our Technology:
Approach: Learn about our intentional approach to various infrastructure options, and complete the form on the bottom of this page to get started on your own assessment.
Current State of Backup
Last year, Christian-Antonio Puricica, a Veeam Specialist authored a blog titled "Worst Backup Practices...". This hits on some key elements of the many "donts" of backup. Practices such as insufficient planning, job chaining, and lack of verification are all included in his blog.
As noted in a previous blog, IBM and Nutanix are positioned to deliver a very powerful Hyperconverged solution that could dramatically lower infrastructure costs. There is evident movement towards a Software Defined Ecosystem, and now IBM aligns with Nutanix in the Hyperconverged space.
Alex Morrow overviews how you might spot a phishing attack which could have serious consequences such as Ransomware, Malware, Viruses or worse.
Reasons to Compare Cloud to Servers on Premises
We have been doing TCO analysis on platform choice all the way back to the initial days of VMWare and server consolidation, I think most people would agree, that server virtualization adds up. Today's version of the server consolidation decision involves making the right decision for your virtualized infrastructure, including servers, network, and storage.
HANA on IBM Power Systems
Having worked at IBM in the Power Product group, I am very excited about the current status of the Power server offering for HANA implementations. With the recent addition of RedHat as an option, customers truly have as good a choice (SUSE or RedHat) as an x86 alternative.
IBM and Nutanix
With the recent joint announcements from IBM at their TechU conference, and Nutanix at their Next conference, IBM and Nutanix are positioned to deliver a very powerful Hyperconverged solution that could dramatically lower your infrastructure costs.
Often times I have clients who bring in Splunk to solve one problem. They desire to expand it, but aren't really sure how to go about it. In the area of Security, splunk has made this way easy now for the clients using the toolset. Introducing Security Essentials .
With over 3,000 installs and counting, this app allows a user to say "Hey, I have this problem (Splunkers call them "UseCases"), and I wonder if I can tackle it with Splunk.
Just before heading off with the family to Galveston over Memorial weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Splunk Live Dallas event! These events are always great to hear how other companies are utilizing splunk and, of course, learn from Splunk experts about solving security challenges, taking advantage of Artificial Intelligence in Big Data, and improving incident response.
According to a recent article from MSP Alliance the continuing rise of managed services is getting even more fuel on the fire with the challenges around Cyber Security.
"Gartner predicts that IT services spending will reach $985 billing in 2018, a 5.5% increase from 2017. While there are many reasons for this increase, I would speculate that increase security threats are a large part of why organizations are outsourcing general IT management to MSPs, but specifically their IT security as well.