Moose Logic Blog » Education http://www.mooselogic.com/blog Using technology to make businesses better Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Citrix Synchronizer and XenClient Demo http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/citrix-synchronizer-and-xenclient-demo http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/citrix-synchronizer-and-xenclient-demo#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:48:25 +0000 Shane Kalles http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=1621 Read more →]]> Over the past few months, we’ve made several posts about XenClient. But in case you haven’t read them, or you need to refresh your memory, XenClient is (quoting from Citrix here): “…a high-performance, bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the client device hardware, dividing up the resources of the machine and enabling multiple operating systems to run side by side in complete isolation.”

Of course, there are other ways to run multiple operating systems side by side on a client device, although they may not give you the level of performance that XenClient – because of its small footprint – brings to the table. The tricky part is figuring out how to manage that environment once the user unplugs the laptop from the network and takes it on the road. How do you patch it? How do you back up user data? What do you do if the laptop is lost or stolen? If one of the OS instances is corrupted, or accidentally deleted, how do you get it back?

That’s the job of the Citrix Synchronizer – a virtual appliance that runs back in your data center and communicates with your XenClient-equipped laptops securely (via SSL) over the Internet. But rather than try to describe to you in detail exactly how that all works, it’s probably easier to simply show you. So take a few minutes to watch our own Steve Parlee demonstrate the interaction between Synchronizer and XenClient.

]]> http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/citrix-synchronizer-and-xenclient-demo/feed 0 SAN Tips – Storage Repository Design http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/san-tips-storage-repository-design http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/san-tips-storage-repository-design#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:57:27 +0000 Shane Kalles http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=1576 Read more →]]> Back with another Moose Logic video for your viewing pleasure. In this installment, our own Steve Parlee, Moose Logic’s Director of Engineering, talks about SAN storage repository design concepts, and the effects your design choices have on things like snapshots, disk usage, and overall performance. In the process, you’ll also learn what we consider to be “best practice,” and some of the reasons why. As always, your comments will be appreciated. Enjoy!

]]> http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/san-tips-storage-repository-design/feed 0 Time To Get Your Questions Answered http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/time-to-get-your-questions-answered http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/time-to-get-your-questions-answered#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:27:30 +0000 Shane Kalles http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=1439 Read more →]]> Moose Logic is proud to announce a new weekly webinar series called “Weekly Q&A with Moose Logic” hosted by Senior Solutions Consultant Garry Corbin. Every Wednesday at 9am Pacific time we will be discussing another topic and answering your questions live, so check the schedule and make sure to sign-up for any topics that you have questions about. Here’s the schedule for the next 5 weeks:

In the future you will always be able to find the most up to date schedule on our upcoming events page. Also if you every have an idea for a topic you would like to see us discuss, send an email to sales@mooselogic.com and tell us your idea.

]]> http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/time-to-get-your-questions-answered/feed 0 Why You Should Still Go To Trade Shows http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/why-you-should-still-go-to-trade-shows http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/why-you-should-still-go-to-trade-shows#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:27 +0000 Shane Kalles http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=932 Read more →]]> Over the last few years we have seen a decline in trade show attendance. There are several reasons for this:  For one thing, trade shows always seem to suffer in economic downturns, because most organizations are trying to do more with fewer people, which just makes it more difficult to get away from the office to attend.  Plus, much of the product information that we used to go to trade shows to get is now available at your finger tips on the internet anytime you want or need it.  So it makes sense that the trade show world is a bit slower these days. However, there are still many reasons to attend trade shows and ways to make it worth your time to be there.

Education
Many shows have breakout sessions and tech features these days. Even though many breakout sessions focus on products that a particular vendor is pushing, you will often get some good insight and ideas for how their product might be utilized that can be useful to you in ways the speaker never intended. Also, trade show promoters often hire experts in a particular field to speak on a topic rather than a product.  Look online (all trade shows have Web sites these days, right?) and see if there is a list of the sessions before you go, so you can choose the ones you think would be most beneficial.

Networking
You will never meet more people interested in your company and what it does than you will at a trade show.  Use that to your advantage. You might not need a particular product or service now (or ever), but people change job titles, change companies, or just change how they do business. It’s always good to have resources for whatever might happen.

Who knows?  Maybe the person working the vendor’s booth might need your services – don’t be afraid to ask. They might need a personal loan for their kids’ education, and if you’re in banking they could be a potential customer. I’m not suggesting that you try to hard-sell the representatives who are working their booths (although there might be some satisfaction in turning the tables on some of the more annoying sales representatives that you occasionally run into), but you’d be surprised at the opportunities that get uncovered simply by having a business conversation about what you do and what they do.

Yet a third networking opportunity presents itself:  other attendees.  Other people are probably looking for the same things you are, and have many of the same issues that brought you to the trade show. Meet and talk with other attendees  –  they many know of a solution or have recommendations that could help you greatly. Make it a point to talk to as many people as possible while you’re there.

Serendipity
Even if you can read about and learn about anything and everything on the mighty interwebs, you still have to have some idea what you’re looking for in order to find it. Sure, there are trade magazines and blogs (including this one) and any number of places that write about the latest and greatest stuff, but they still have limited reach, and most of them write for the masses.  A trade show is your chance to find that “shiny new thing” you didn’t even know you should be looking for:  a new technology, design, option, or whatever that could potentially help you and your business in a way you hadn’t even thought about.  Making a buying decision is a whole lot easier when you know all of your possible options.

Trade Show Stuff
Not really that important, but hey,  you’ve got to love that trade show swag.  Note pads, pens, and highlighters for a year. T-shirts for your weekend yard work or for drying your car off when you’re done washing it.  Stocking stuffers for the holidays.   Flying toys for your kids.  Quick birthday presents for co-workers.  And nothing says “Happy Anniversary” like a logo-branded, 128 Mb, USB thumb drive.  So stock up.  And follow your nose to the booth that’s giving away the fresh-popped popcorn (there’s always at least one)…early in the day while it’s still fresh!

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