Articles posted in February, 2012

When the VDI conclusion meets the reality of your enterprise

2/28

When the VDI conclusion meets the reality of your enterprise

The conclusion: You can't afford not implementing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). 

The reality: You really can't afford not getting the implementation right the first time.

VDI solutions are being considered in many organizations today. The four main reasons are simple:

1. Save money
2. Ease of administration
3. Reap productivity benefits of user mobility demands
4. Control over data and access (security and data management)

SwishData is focused on addressing your challenges to successfully implement a VDI solution.

Riverbed and SwishData — Optimize performance without compromising anything

2/21

Riverbed and SwishData — Optimize performance without compromising anything

I often hear my agency customers say, “We’d really like to deploy a full range of storage, backup and recovery capabilities, but we’re afraid the additional traffic will choke our bandwidth.” So they’re seriously considering compromising their ideal architecture and settling for something that’s ‘good enough’ but that won’t threaten their network performance.

Telework leads to more productive and happier government workers

2/15

Telework leads to more productive and happier government workers

Leave traffic behind, and save your agency some money

In social situations, when people find out that someone works from home sometimes or all the time, the usual comment is, “Lucky you!” What people don’t realize is that it’s more “lucky employer” than lucky employee.

Working from home, or teleworking, sounds great to most people, but as long as the employee doesn’t disregard his or her responsibilities completely, it usually means more productivity and sometimes more hours, not fewer.

Employee Spotlight: Joe Haulton

2/7

Employee Spotlight: Joe Haulton

Every now and then, I plan to sit down with a SwishData employee and talk about what that person does for customers. Because SwishData is a business made on its reputation for having only the best of the best, it’s important to me that you get to know us! Our first employee spotlight will be on Joe Haulton, Consulting Architect. 

Thoughts on government teleworking from the Telework Exchange event

2/2

Thoughts on government teleworking from the Telework Exchange event

I attended a Telework Exchange meeting the morning of January 25th that was enlightening and productive. The Telework Exchange is a forum for both industry and government to share information about telework initiatives going on in the public sector. There are lots of things that came up in the discussion that I could write pages about, but two especially noteworthy items popped up.