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(it)Groovy Microsoft Promotions

Hey folks, Microsoft has a couple of cool promotions going right now related to virtualization and cloud services. Check them out! Crack the Cloud! Check out the Crack the Cloud promotion.  Link Windows Azure Trial Check out the Windows Azure Trial. Link Virtualization Squared Free Hyper-V/Virtualization Training. Link

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itgroove – Check out our Case Studies

If you haven’t noticed our new website (we did a soft launch some 2 weeks ago or so), pop on by and have a look: www.itgroove.net On it, we have a number of Case Studies you can check out. They include (So far): BC Ferries: How we helped BC Ferries eliminate enough paper that would …

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What are your “Pain Points”? We’d like to help.

itgroove is a business technology solutions provider. We have lots of tools and technology available that can be used to solve any number of business issues. And we have the knowledge and experience to map the solutions out for you, as well as the skills to implement the needed hardware, software and procedures. You have …

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Why Good Hardware Doesn’t Ensure Good Networking and Communication

Given that you can’t have good technology without good technology, a lot of business owners and managers assume that having the best, top-of-the-line hardware naturally assures that their company will have great networking and communication. That’s not always the case, however, and even spending huge amounts of money on having the latest and greatest hardware, …

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What every (reliable) server should have…

itgroove Recommendations from the Field The following are recommendations from itgroove for Server (virtual or physical plant) Best Practices. Customers may not always listen or have the budget, but it won’t stop us from trying to protect them… Redundant Power Supplies – protect yourself against a single point of failure UPS – (Uninterruptable Power Supply) …

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Microsoft Virtualization Training and Certification offer

In case anyone reading my blog is interested… Jumpstart Virtualization Training · Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Jump Start – This one day online jump start training presents the fundamentals and skills necessary to pass Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization. Once you do this you will get the Microsoft …

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