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  • Enterprise Cloud Acceleration: Maximizing the Value of your VMware Enterprise License Agreement

    • September 19, 2017
    • Posted by: John Cole
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    In our previous posts, we introduced Enterprise License Agreements (ELAs) generically and subsequently provided insight to Dell EMC Transformational Agreements. We will now turn our attention to VMware’s flavor of ELA and discuss some of the impacts of recently announced changes to consumption options. The purpose of this post will be less around how to

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  • To Those Affected by the Equifax Breach, This is What to Do Now

    • September 8, 2017
    • Posted by: Steven Aiello
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    Equifax summary: In short, Equifax was recently breached. The data was accessed between May and June. There are many other articles outlining the details and you can look to any major news outlet for more information. What I would like to do is provide people with some information on: What I would like to do

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  • IT Security KPIs: 4 Effective Measurements for your Organization – pt. 2

    • September 8, 2017
    • Posted by: Steven Aiello
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    In my last post, IT Security KPIs: 4 Effective Measurements for your Organization – pt. 1, I began by analyzing common ways attackers break into networks and developed strategies to mitigate these attacks. By focusing resources on areas that attackers frequently leverage to gain access into a network, we have a better chance at defending the organization.

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  • AHEAD Approved: An Introduction to Dell EMC Isilon F800

    • September 5, 2017
    • Posted by: Scott Reder
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    At AHEAD, we like to think we’re keeping on top of many of the industry trends that are shaping the evolution of data center technology. Two of the most evident trends affecting data center design and infrastructure in recent years are the obvious focus on “Flash” and “All-Flash” systems, as well as the trend to

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  • IT Security KPIs: 4 Effective Measurements for your Organization – pt. 1

    • August 21, 2017
    • Posted by: Steven Aiello
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    For every solution someone will find a problem; this phrase certainly holds true for IT security. For all the solutions organizations put in place, malicious actors find kinks in their defenses.   Organizations spend an exceptional amount of time and money to keep their data secure, but the outcomes are less than exceptional.  In this

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  • Do It Yourself: vRA + NSX Hands-On-Lab

    • July 25, 2017
    • Posted by: Ted Spinks and Jeremiah Megie
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    Let’s get one thing straight, the authors of this article are HUGE fans of the VMware Hands-On-Labs (HOL). We think it’s unbelievably cool that at a moment’s notice you can spin up the newest version of vSphere, dive head-first into the vRealize Suite, or practice the latest integrations with Palo Alto Networks and Infoblox. Having

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  • Compliance in the Age of Cloud: Security Matters. Know what you are Doing.

    • July 20, 2017
    • Posted by: Adam and Steven
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    Verizon, publisher of the Data Breach Investigations Report, had their own fill of security problems this past week. It may not be fair to state Verizon is at fault, but the operator of their call centers, NICE Systems, inadvertently put millions of Verizon’s customers at risk.   NICE Systems, an Israeli based technology company serving

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  • NVMe and its Impact on Enterprise Storage

    • July 18, 2017
    • Posted by: Matt Hoyt
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    AHEAD and NVMe Partners As part of our Cloud Delivery Framework at AHEAD, we commonly assist our customers in the decision-making process, integration, and deployment of enterprise storage infrastructure. Storage plays an integral part in the delivery of enterprise services in most businesses today, and AHEAD has stayed abreast of all the current and upcoming

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  • VMware vRealize Automation and Puppet Enterprise: More Closely Linked in vRA 7.3

    • July 12, 2017
    • Posted by: Tim Carr
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    With the latest release of VMware vRealize Automation, VMware and Puppet have worked very closely together to ensure that leveraging their products as a stack is more effortless for the end-user. In this demo, we’ll dive in and see how to leverage the new “vRO Endpoints” feature of vRA. We’ll also demonstrate how to configure

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  • Cisco HyperFlex: 1 Year Later

    • July 12, 2017
    • Posted by: Yon Ubago
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    As the Converged (CI) and Hyperconverged (HCI) infrastructure practice lead at AHEAD, I spend a significant portion of my time evaluating and designing solutions, including Cisco’s HyperFlex (HX). I wrote this introductory post shortly after HX was released in 2016, but before I received an HX unit in our lab. At that time, almost everyone’s

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