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Combining VMware VDR and Cloud Storage: A Winning Backup/DR Combination

Fast, economical and secure off-site backup for VMware

Join TwinStrata for a free webinar to learn how easy, secure, and economical it can be to back up your VMware Virtual Machines to Cloud Storage using VMware Data Recovery and TwinStrata CloudArray Software.

In this sessions live demo learn how to configure and manage VMware Data Recovery and Twin Strata CloudArray to quickly provide a critical component of your DR strategy.

Presenter: Greg Roody, TwinStrata

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• Learn about this unique tool
• Embotics is a recognized leader
• An easy to install < 1hr management tool > and very inexpensive (stay tuned)
• Enterprise VM Management system
• Lifeline to save the day for the dreaded surprise report request (CIO, auditor, security)

Does This Sound Like You?

• I wish I could track VM’s Who, What, When, Where, Why & How?
• Which business owners “own” these VM’s?
• No up to date VM asset list (CMDB’s get outdated quickly).
• Maintaining scripts is a time consuming job.
• I don’t know how fast I am growing.
• Can’t keep track of VMs being created.
• Everyone thinks VM’s are free and I have no way of showing costs.
• Too many people have access to vCenter.
• Troubleshooting a VM is more difficult than a physical machine since I need to be aware of other VM’s on the same host.  More information required to isolate the problem.

• Number of VM’s is increasing, my virtualization team is not increasing.
• Management  & others are looking for reports which take time to compile.
• I don’t know who’s VMs are using what resources.
• I know I have lots of waste in my environment, but can’t identify it.
• Traditional process of requesting computers has broken down, not sure how or what to modify in my VM request process to scale my virtual environment.

Email Sean Shea to learn more sshea@embotics.com, call 603.812.7339 or register below for a free webex.

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Embotics, the Virtualization Automation and Control Company™, helps enterprises optimize manage and control virtual infrastructures effectively. Embotics’ award-winning V-Commander™ provides affordable, easy-to-use automation that immediately reduces administrative time, overspending, blind spots, incidents and complexity.

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26 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116

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Stratus Technologies’ Avance software wins InfoWorld 2009 Technology of the Year award; naming Avance the best high availability solution.

One lucky attendee will receive a FREE Netbook. To be raffled off during lunch.

This seminar is designed for information technology professionals looking to:

• Prevent data loss (job loss prevention!)
• Get the best bang for their buck for High Availablity Solutions (cover 2 servers for $5000)
• Hear about real world customer examples
• Have high-availablity without a SAN
• See LIVE, in action, an InfoWorld 2009 Technology Award Winner
• Set up virtual Windows and Linux machines in minutes AND have the servers / applications be fully protected with Stratus award winning HA technology 

If you are struggling with any of these problems, then this seminar may help

• I need 99.99 % uptime, but I don’t have a budget of $100,000 or more
• Servers & applications that are not good candidates to be virtualized with VMware
• Servers running legacy applications
• Servers that run a medical application
• Any server running a mission critical application i.e. email, exchange, SQL
• Servers that operate in a manufacturing environment
• Servers that store recordings of phone calls for customer service or to meet regulatory compliance

Watch a short overview of Avance technology

Automatic high availability. Avance software innovations enable ordinary x86 servers to deliver greater than 99.99% uptime —  automatically. Failure-prevention features protect your business against data corruption and loss. Complete online monitoring eliminates the need for onsite technical personnel. It all adds up to a rock-solid foundation for the built-in virtualization capabilities that are part of this one-of-a kind package.

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What will I learn?

How virtualization asset intelligence (tracking, inventory, & instant on-demand reporting), and life-cycle automation (control placements & migrations, VM decommissioning, reclaim wasted/unused resources) are fundamental elements for any growing virtual environment, and why implementing early can ensure the maximum ROI on your virtualization investment, reduce inefficiencies, and ensure an more consistent and scalable architecture.

Who should attend?

 Those involved with managing VMware environments of 400 + VMs

How long?

30 – 45 minutes

Why should I attend?

Our experience over the past 3 years with hundreds of clients shows that on average we find between $100,000 and $800,000 in wasted VM resources (mainly disk and unused licensing)

What is V-Commander?

Award-winning V-Commander™ provides affordable, easy-to-use automation that immediately reduces administrative time, overspending, blind spots, incidents and complexity:

• Out of the box automation significantly reduces admin time and ongoing support costs.
• Provisioning and decommissioning workflows simplify management.
• Sprawl detection and prevention optimizes resource.
• Policy based controls reduces complexity and exceptions.

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Embotics, the Virtualization Automation and Control Company™, helps enterprises optimize manage and control virtual infrastructures effectively. Embotics’ award-winning V-Commander™ provides affordable, easy-to-use automation that immediately reduces administrative time, overspending, blind spots, incidents and complexity.

Thanks to all who registered. Registration is now closed.

Thank you to all who attended Wednesdays Stratus Lunch and Learn.

Date: May 26, 2010
Location: Frontera Grill, Chicago IL

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If you would like more information about Stratus Technologies and their offerings please contact the following FT Server and Avance Account Executives:

Larry Bock
larry.bock@stratus.com

Scott Christie
scott.christie@stratus.com

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Wednesday May 26, 2010

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Frontera Grill

445 North Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60654

Learn how you can increase application uptime and de-cluster your life while enjoying a free lunch at Frontera Grill.

Get your weekends back with automated availability solutions. From award winning HA software to fault tolerant hardware, to availability consulting and services, Stratus makes preventing downtime easy.

Feeling over worked and under appreciated?

Your business is under pressure from all fronts. There is a shortage of IT resources and you’re annoyed with the high cost & complexity of current solutions. On top of that, your limited budgets require you do more with far less. What do you do?

Stratus can provide relief with easy to use, cluster alternative availablity solutions that reinvent availability for multiple environments.

No longer worry about complexity, specialized IT staff, & cluster aware applications.

Stratus delivers lasting benefits you won’t get from other availability solutions. Stratus removes complexity and lowers IT costs while improving application availability — without requiring specialized or incremental IT resources.

Stratus Technologies’ Avance software wins InfoWorld 2009 Technology of the Year award; naming Avance the best high availability solution.

Take a look at the restaurant and get directions here: http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html

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Date: April 15, 2010
Location: Chef Geoff’s Downtown, Washington D.C.

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If you would like more information about Stratus Technologies and their offerings please contact:

Bill Grady – Bill.Grady@stratus.com

VI Administrators

• VMs with more than 3 snapshots.
• All VMs not running VMtools and/or the correct version.
• List of VMs not requiring replicated storage running on replicated storage.
• VMs that have been powered off for more than 60 days.

IT Managers

• VMs created over the past week broken out by business units and prioritized by allocations and costs.
•  Top 10 most expensive VMs and who owns them.
• VMs created over the past month that did not come from an approved template.
• VMs running in the environment that are idle and have not been logged into for more than 30 days.

IT Executives

• Total resource and cost allocations by business unit.
• Monthly growth of the environment with forecasted trajectory.
• VMs that were created and did not follow the authorized process.

Security Team

• A report the day after a patching window itemizing all VMs that did not get the patch applied.
• Monthly report itemizing all DMZ, PCI and SOX VMs, where they are, and if any copies have been made.

Stratus The “Un-Cluster”

April 15, 2010
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Chef Geoffs Downtown
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004

Learn about the best way to increase your uptime, while enjoying a free lunch at Chef Geoff’s Downtown.

Stratus Technologies’ Avance software wins InfoWorld 2009 Technology of the Year award; naming Avance the best high availability solution!

This seminar is designed for information technology professionals looking to:

• Prevent data loss (job loss prevention!)
• Get the best bang for their buck for High Availablity Solutions
• Compare with solutions from VMware, Marathon, Double-Take
• Hear about real world customer examples
• Have high-availablity without a SAN
• See LIVE, in action, an InfoWorld 2009 Technology Award Winner
• Set up virtual Windows and Linux machines in minutes AND have the servers / applications be fully protected with Stratus’s award winning HA technology

If you are struggling with any of these problems, then this seminar may help

• I need 99.99 % uptime, but I don’t have a budget of $100,000 or more
• Servers & applications that are not good candidates to be virtualized with VMware
• Esoteric, hidden, or hardly ever thought of servers that have NO protection (security video server, fax server, voice mail server)
• Servers that run a medical device
• Servers that operate in a manufacturing environment
• Servers that store recordings of phone calls for customer service or to meet regulatory compliance

Check out Chef Geoff’s Downtown here: https://www.chefgeoff.com/chef-geoffs-downtown-home.html

Thank you to all who registered. Registration is now closed.