Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Top Ten Reasons For A Server Refresh !

#1 Power Savings- New servers offer Energy Star certified families of servers. The right sized power supplies are 90%+ more energy efficient and provide lower
power draw.

#2 Cooling Savings - The latest server offerings are designed for greater venting and airflow. The latest generation of HP, IBM and Dell servers use less than 60% of the fan power from our
previous generation servers.

#3 Improved Performance with the latest Intel processors new servers provide up to 180% performance per watt improvement over our older generation servers.

#4 MicroAge's services- We maximize value of new technology while empowering you to operate and maintain solutions.

#5 Consolidation and Virtualization Find a “hidden data center” by consolidating several physical servers into one physical server with nine virtual machines.

#6 Simplified Management many new systems have embedded management which speeds deployment by eliminating the need for CD’s. New Management Consoles provide simplified tools to deploy, manage, and update
systems.

#7 Commonality Image commonality across platforms. Clean, consistent placement of interface •
ports. Obvious, clear component organization.

#8 Purposeful Design Customer inspired design using professional industrial materials including improved chassis, rails, cable management arms, hard drive carriers and latching.

#9 Improved Reliability All steel construction cable management arm eliminates creep. New metal hard drive carriers. Quick release rack latching for easy deployment

#10 Our Financial Services Simplify server acquisition with flexible financing options.

Contact me today to learn how MicroAge can save you time , money and out perform the competition with A+++ Service
creinhard@microage.com
480-366-2091

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Don't let Your need to meet PCI compliance bust your budget.

In today's budget-conscious world, many organizations find themselves struggling with the challenge of meeting PCI compliance requirements while controlling IT and network security-related costs.

MicroAge can offer your company several solutions that will both maintain your PCI compliance while securely protecting your credit card information for a reasonable cost.

Recently, we were contacted by a small- to medium-sized non-profit organization that was having difficulty adding an Intrusion Detection Prevention (IDP) solution to its network to protect cardholder information.

The organization's existing firewall would not allow for the addition of any IDP software, so I suggested that the company move its firewall from its external-facing position to an internal PCI-segmented position and then add a Juniper SRX210 Services Gateway for IDP on its external-facing network. We provided this solution for less than $2,000.

Since all organizations that accept, transmit or store any cardholder data MUST be PCI compliant, regardless of size or number of transactions, Sword & Shield offers a variety of products and services to help you securely maintain compliance without breaking your budget.

For small- to medium-sized businesses, MicroAge will provide general PCI consulting to help you complete your Self-Assessment Questionnaire and submit your Attestation of Compliance (AOC) to your acquiring bank.

Larger organizations may need a comprehensive security assessment of their data security standards to complete a documented Report on Compliance, while companies with a large number of widely-dispersed points of sale locations may need assistance in completing SAQs for each location.

For more information, please contact Me @ 480-366-2091 Chris Thanks