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Endpoint Virtualization
- March 24, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
According to a recent survey, more than a quarter of the respondents said at least 40% of their organizations' IT resources are spent managing operating system and application delivery to endpoint devices. 31% said their organizations spend at least 21%…
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The Cost of a Network Disaster
- March 19, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
The average outage time for a T1 connection within the U.S. is 8 hours, and analysts have shown approximately 1% of overall yearly revenue is lost from one simple outage.
You can see how your business would be affected by using…
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WAN Optimization Products
- March 17, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
In a 3/11 article published on Computer Technology Review, Marc Goodman, who works for Ecessa, a manufacturer of advanced WAN Optimization products, shed some light on optimizing your network on a limited IT budget.
Goodman explains that, although deploying applications…
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Carrier Ethernet Deployment
- March 12, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
While many companies prefer to outsource their wide area network to a service provider, (which also allows the provider to offer SLAs to their customers) enterprises with mission-critical, time-sensitive data, such as financial institutions, hospitals and insurance companies, can utilize…
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Service Providers Must Move Beyond the Connectivity Model.
- March 10, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
Taking into consideration the global challenges faced by IT departments–fewer staff needed to manage more applications and the consolidation of servers into centralized data centers–TMC European editor, Bob Emmerson, explained the need for IT departments to transition from traditional connectivity…
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FiberLight Utilizes Fujitsi FLASHWAVE Across Texas Network
- March 05, 2009
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
By integrating Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE technology, the FiberLight now has the ability to offer premium managed communications services, including Ethernet, SONET and wavelength connectivity, to all customers throughout the company's 1,500+ mile route. These services are scaleable for consistently increasing media-rich…
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Event Announcement!
- October 15, 2008
- Articles
- Mike Murphy
NEF partner, Hosted Solutions, is hosting a virtualization event that will address how SaaS companies can utilize virtualization to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery.
This event is aimed at IT professionals, network managers, risk assessment managers and anyone involved…
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Mike Murphy Creates “Colocation Consortium”
- August 21, 2008
- Articles
- Joy Milkowski
Mike Murphy, president of NEF, has joined with industry leaders to create a consortium that is focused on establishing standards and consistency in colocation agreements. Together with S. Chris Palermo, president of Global Communication Networks Inc. and Aaron Loerh, president…
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Find Data Center Space & Connectivity with FindADataCenter.com
- August 21, 2008
- Articles
- Joy Milkowski
FindADataCenter.com (FADC) today announced the launch of their new online locator tool for enterprises searching for data centers, colocation and managed services. The new system, powered by a proprietary data center facility database along with Google Maps integration, is the…
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Michael Murphy (NEF), Highlights Growing Demand for Colocation
- August 21, 2008
- Articles
- Joy Milkowski
Michael Murphy and two other executives leading the Colocation Consortium were invited to lead the presentation, “Capitalizing on Colocation” at the Fall 2008 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Boston held earlier this week.
Murphy, President of NEF, Inc., and founder…
