How to change your password in Office 365
Office 365, if you haven’t heard, has become a very useful online based Business Suite of tools that has come in pretty handy for small businesses that work from more than one location. So, for those of you who might have already made the change from your normal Microsoft Exchange environment to Office 365, this … More
Exploring XenDesktop with Citrix Provisioning Services
Imagine if you could cut down the administrative overhead of your Desktop environment by up to 90%. Currently, with the speed at which desktops and applications proliferate, enterprise organizations are having a hard time keeping up with management of these entities in their environments. The users must hit the trifecta of variables to have a … More
Pool Pairing with Lync 2013
With the release of Microsoft Lync 2013 we have some new topology options, including pool paring. Pool pairing allows one pool to be the disaster recovery point for another pool. If the pool in one site fails, you can fail over the users from that pool to the pool in the other site, which then … More
BYOD…. Are your company and IT infrastructure ready?
In the evolution of IT management, the bring your own device (BYOD) movement has been one of the largest game changers in recent history. Almost everyone now has some kind of personal device they bring to work and expect access to their work environment. Personal smartphones, tablets and laptops have been slowly creeping into the … More
Practical Advice – RAID Levels & Drive Setup for SQL Server
A customer emailed and asked the following question: “We are getting ready to consolidate all our older databases onto a new system. My question is does SQL 2008 need drives configured to one type of RAID for the databases, another type of RAID for the logs, and another type of RAID for the backups? I’m … More
How to remedy anonymous calls rejected by Lync when using AudioCodes Gateways
When a call comes in from the PSTN with just anonymous for the FROM line (excerpt from SysLog) 29d:10h:35m:33s INVITE sip:+19528926910@10.10.10.1;user=phone SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/TCP 10.0.1.3:5068;branch=z9hG4bKac1354670853;alias Max-Forwards: 70 From: “anonymous” ;tag=1c1354636487 Lync rejects the call and the caller hears a fast busy. To resolve the issue you need to replace the anonymous From line with a … More
Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam
Logitech recently released its first Conference Room Camera with support for Lync. I received one almost immediately. Setup was relatively straight forward. It is a simple plug and play device and works out of the box with Lync without installing any special software or drivers. The camera can either sit on the base or has … More
Emergent Networks Named to the MSPBJ Fast 50 List
Emergent Networks is excited to announce that we’ve been named to the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50. The annual listing encompasses the fastest growing private companies in the Twin Cities, based on revenue growth over the last three years. Click here to read the article. What does this mean for you? Despite the … More
Delighting Your Employees
Wouldn’t it be great if you could allow your employees to work from anywhere? Ten years ago this concept involved a highly sophisticated IT infrastructure that allowed VPN access through a number of open ports on the corporate firewalls and user facing firewalls. Well, a lot has changed in ten years. VPN technology has gotten … More
Emergent Networks Achieves VMware Virtualizing Business Critical Applications Competency
Emergent Networks announced today that it has attained the VMware Virtualizing Business Critical Applications (VBCA) Certification. The achievement of this certification demonstrates Emergent Networks continued dedication to becoming an expert in VMware technologies. Why is this certification important for you? This certification signifies our understanding of how to virtualize business critical applications like databases, collaboration … More