New Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers

Dell’s highest performing, most innovative servers ever.

Making sure that your IT infrastructure keeps pace with ever-changing demands can be a daunting task. With the new Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers with 2nd generation embedded systems management, you can spend more time innovating and less worrying.

Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers offer the most advanced Dell server innovations to give you more power and the tools to harness it. Dell’s 2nd generation embedded systems management deploys, updates, monitors and maintains the entire server lifecycle, through truly agent-free management. Process more data. Support more applications. Reduce infrastructure complexity. And increase efficiencies without increasing your bottom line.

Free System Assessments from 101 Data Solutions

101 Data Solutions is proud to offer free system assessments designed to optimise your infrastructure.

We’ll learn your infrastructure setup. We’ll tell you what you are doing right and where you can make improvements. We’ll do it without charging you a penny.

We see it not only as an opportunity for you to get valuable information about your infrastructure, but it is also a great chance for you to find out if we are the right IT company for you!

Dell announces Fluid Data across storage platforms

Dell has announced its Fluid Data architecture to span across its storage portfolio. With Fluid Data storage is managed at the most granular level with built-in system intelligence to enable the dynamic flow of enterprise data. Data center resources are utilized to their full potential. Built-in intelligence and automation ensure data is available when and where it’s needed.

Abbeyfield School select 101 and EMC VNX5300

Based in the heart of Northampton, Abbeyfield is a specialist performing arts secondary school with over 1500 pupils which achieved specialist status in 2005 and was successfully re-designated in 2010. Its 2010 Ofsted report described it as a “happy and improving school”.

Capacity conundrum

The past few years have seen the school struggle with its data storage, as it had no central server in place and numerous disparate and temporary systems were being used to accommodate vital databases and information portals, as well all manner of academic material. Desktop computers were even being used as storage systems and the storage space within the school was rapidly running out.

EMC hands enterprise sector over to channel

EMC will restrict its direct sales activities to a hard deck of 150 UK accounts as part of a global move to open up the enterprise market to its channel.

The company has traditionally operated a largely direct sales model in the enterprise space, but is now giving its channel the run of large accounts with an addressable market of between $1m and $3m (£1.9m) per annum.

Flooding in Thailand causes disk drive shortage

Thailand has recently experienced some significant monsoon level weather conditions that has led to severe flooding across the country and in particular a number of the industrial zones there.

From a personal perspective we should all be aware and give some thought of the impact this has had on the personal circumstances of many individuals there both in relation to loss of lives, livelihoods, standards of living and of course loss of personal possessions.