Applied Communications of Minnesota, Inc.

Applied Communications Introduces Managed Service Division

According to Luke Fredrickson, Director of Technical Services at Applied Communications, “Applied Services is a result of over 25 years of experience designing information technology solutions for mid to large enterprise sized customers. We understand that some smaller organizations require the same technologies that these large enterprises do, but they can’t afford to hire the [...]

What’s Next for the Firewall?

The firewall is a cornerstone of most organization’s information security strategy. However, the effectiveness of this security stalwart is steadily diminishing as threats continue to migrate up the computing stack and as applications of all types are engineered to take advantage of web technologies and other services that are typically allowed by enterprise policies. Furthermore, [...]

Transform your Business with Virtualization

Virtualization dramatically improves the efficiency and availability of resources and applications in your organization. Internal resources are underutilized under the old “one server, one application” model and IT admins spend too much time managing servers rather than innovating. An automated datacenter, built on a virtualization platform, lets you

Run multiple operating systems on a single computer [...]

The Inevitable All-Ethernet Data Center?

The inevitable all-ethernet data center?  Extreme Networks Makes the Case.
Over the past 15 years, the Internet has changed global communications, business processes, and consumer behavior in an unprecedented way. This change caused many organizations to consolidate data centers and build new types of web applications for rapid development and integration needs. As a result, data [...]

Active Directory and Infoblox’s DNS and DHCP Services

Active Directory is Microsoft’s current network directory offering, used mainly to provide authentication and authorization services in an environment of computers running modern versions of the Windows operating system. Active Directory stores authentication and authorization information in a distributed database hosted on special servers called Domain Controllers. Access to this information is provided through the [...]

NetApp Extends Leadership in Ethernet Storage with Expanded FCoE and DCB Infrastructure Solutions

Sunnyvale, Calif.—August 11, 2009 — NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced a convergence-ready end-to-end 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) infrastructure based on the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard. This infrastructure enhances enterprises’ ability to efficiently migrate to Ethernet and achieve capital and operational efficiencies.
NetApp, a pioneer in Ethernet storage, continues to advance the technology with leadership and [...]