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Video Surveillance Storage Performance Planning and Testing using Nexenta

In talking to our customers about the use cases for the Adcap SwiftStor storage product, some definite needs have emerged. Many of our customers want low cost high capacity storage for video surveillance. Well, we can do that, and I have discussed some of the video surveillance business use cases in a previous post. Now [...]

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Last Updated: May 22nd, 2013 |

Adcap & Meraki Cloud Architecture Webinar

Adcap and Cisco Meraki specialists provide a live demonstration of the exciting features of the Cisco Meraki dashboard – including BYOD control, Layer 7 application control, and client visibility; all without the hassle of point products and management servers.   Allen Smith: I’m sure I don’t have to tell you guys, the smart phone explosion [...]

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Last Updated: May 21st, 2013 |

Nexenta High Availability Cluster on Cisco UCS – Failover Demonstration

One of the lessons I learned while operating a nuclear power plant in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, underwater, was that it is important to have systems that don’t have a single point of failure. I’m sure many people in Information Technology feel the same way, and given their choice, want their systems to [...]

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Last Updated: May 14th, 2013 |

Adcap’s Journey to the Cloud – Video 3 – The Data Center Optimization Chasm

Frank Ball, Adcap principal consultant, continues the Journey to the Cloud video series with a discussion about the Data Center Optimization chasm. Frank explains how the 7 Areas of Data Center Optimization can help accelerate your savings and better prepare you for a Private Cloud Architecture.     Hello. My name is Frank Ball and [...]

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Last Updated: May 10th, 2013 |

Cisco Phone System in a Box – Business Edition 6000

This is a brief overview of the Cisco phone system Adcap engineers usually deploy at our customers that have between 50 and 1000 users. It comes in a single box, can have a second box for full clustering reliability, and works with Cisco voice gateways, switches, wireless, and handsets for the most advanced Unified Communications [...]

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Last Updated: May 3rd, 2013 |

Cisco Call Manager 9 – Jabber

Michael J. Cavanaugh, CCIE #4516, discusses Jabber in this installment of the UC 9 video series. Michael explains what Cisco Jabber is, Jabber capabilities and benefits to you, as well as how it all works!   Hello. Welcome to the next installment in the UC 9 video series. Today, we are going to talk about [...]

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Last Updated: May 21st, 2013 |

Adcap’s Journey to the Cloud – Video 2 – Defining the 3 Chasms to the Cloud

Frank Ball, Adcap Principal Consultant for Cloud Architecture, continues the Journey to the Cloud video series with a brief discussion on the three chasms to the cloud: Data Center Optimization, Virtualization, and Private Cloud Architecture.   Hello. My name is Frank Ball and I’m Principal Consultant here at Adcap Network Systems. Welcome back to our [...]

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Last Updated: May 10th, 2013 |

Nexenta High Availability ZFS Storage System Setup Using Cisco and DataOn

In order to use a storage system beyond niche applications, it has to be able to scale up to full high availability with no single point of failure. As part of prototyping Adcap’s new storage product, we have set up and started testing a clustered high availability configuration. This article is an overview of the [...]

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Last Updated: April 26th, 2013 |

Cisco Call Manager 9 – URI Dialing

Michael J. Cavanaugh, CCIE #4516, continues the UC 9 video series with a discussion about URI Dialing.  Mike explains what URI Dialing is, the reasons you care about it, as well as how it works! Hello.Welcome back to the next installment in the UC 9 video series. Today, we’re going to talk about URI dialing. [...]

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Last Updated: May 10th, 2013 |

Adcap’s Journey to the Cloud – Video 1 – Defining the Journey

Join Adcap Principal Consultant, Frank Ball, as he guides you through the Journey to the Cloud in this video series. In this video, Frank introduces the three chasms that should be considered when developing a plan to optimize your infrastructure and potentially implement a private cloud architecture in the future.     Hello. My name [...]

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Last Updated: May 10th, 2013 |

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