Apex e-Bulletin Winter 2006

Apex e-Bulletin Summer 2007

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - is it for you?

Over the past few months a new concept in the virtualisation world has emerged: that of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

This emergence of VDI has led to some confusion in the user base in differentiating a VDI approach to desktop serving and management compared to the traditional client/server or thin client approach.

We take a look at the pros and cons of VDI versus the traditional thin client approach to server based computing.

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IBM Market Growth Achievement Award

Apex was proud to receive the IBM Market Growth Achievement Award for the outstanding results in the Retail Store Solutions 2006 category. This award was presented at the IBM Retail conference in Malta and recognised our recent work with the likes of HMV, Waterstone's and River Island.

Apex become a Sony Specialist

Apex are proud to announce that we are now an accredited Sony specialist dealer and an authorised re-seller of Sony Video-Conferencing solutions. This accreditation further enhances our Unified Communication solutions which can enable organisations to improve customer service, reduce communications costs and save energy at the same time.

More information on the Sony Video Conferencing solutions.

Apex Technical Demonstration Suite

Apex are delighted to announce the launch of their new Technical Demonstration Suite (TDS).

This new resource allows our customers to experience hands-on demonstrations for many of our key products and solutions.

Find out more>>

Apex launch new Apex Retail website

Apex are pleased to announce the launch of our new Apex Retail website. The site includes details on our retail specific solutions including chip and pin, PCI compliance, point of sale roll-outs, handheld terminals and wireless solutions, as well as our core infrastructure solutions for head offices.

For further details of our retail solutions contact sales@apexretail.co.uk .........

.........or visit our new site: www.apexretail.co.uk

Free Cisco Discovery Audit

Apex are currently offering a free Cisco Discovery Audit designed to help improve your network infrastructure and security.

The Discovery Audit will help you uncover network hardware and software inside your network and identify gaps between existing infrastructure and your current or future network requirements.

At the end of your audit, you will receive a detailed report with findings and recommendations for improvements.

In addition, you can further benefit from the Discovery Audit by complementing it with our other network audit services:

Security Architecture Review
Cisco IP Telephony Readiness Assessment
Wireless Site Survey
Apex Infrastructure Audit
Cisco Smart Business Roadmap

For further details contact: marketing@apexcomp.co.uk or call 01285 863878.

Evolve Energy improve customer service with Cisco Unified Communications

Energy management specialists, Evolve Energy, were looking for a solution to improve customer service levels at their Energy Operations Centre.

They chose integrated Unified Communications with Microsoft CRM to meet their voice and data requirements. Read more >>>

IBM Bricks & Blades

Take a closer look at IBM System x and the IBM BladeCenter portfolio at the IBM Bricks & Blades event.

25th September	Warwick
27th September	Manchester
3rd October	Bristol
4th October	Southbank
9th October	Leeds

Virtualisation & Server Consolidation Workshops

These events are designed for those who are considering server consolidation and virtualisation and would like the opportunity to have a hands-on demonstration of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, running on IBM System x and Blade servers.

6th September	Apex Technical Demonstration Suite, Cirencester
27th September

Dispelling the Misconceptions about Virtualisation Seminars

16th October	Camberley, Surrey
24th October	London
7th November	Bristol

To reserve your place on any of the above events email marketing@apexcomp.co.uk

New benchmark results crown IBM Storage Virtualisation the highest performing solution in the world

IBM announced on the 12^th July that its flagship storage virtualisation solution has achieved benchmark results through the Storage Performance Council (SPC), demonstrating that it is the highest performing storage virtualisation solution in the world today — with speeds over 75% above its predecessor.

The result of over four years of relentless innovation, IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage virtualisation solution allows for customers to achieve dramatic reductions in energy consumption while performance levels in the data centre achieve all-time highs. It was 4 years ago this week that IBM first launched SAN Volume Controller. Full details>>

IBM Launches the new Bladecenter S Chassis

IBM announced on the 13^th June the launch of their new Bladecenter S chassis specifically aimed at the SMB market place. The new chassis is a smaller form factor chassis to enable smaller businesses take advantage of the consolidation and energy saving benefits that larger organisations have been receiving from the Blade platform. Full details >>

New POWER6 Processor i570 for System i

The long awaited POWER6 processor has arrived on System i in the new i570 models. At 4.7ghz, this is the fastest micro-processor ever built and brings exceptional performance to the platform for both traditional workloads and new workloads like Java, Domino and Websphere. Full details>>

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