VMware Virtual San: New Virtualization Technology

VMware Virtual San (VSAN) Technology

VMware Virtual San is new networked oriented virtualization storage announced on March 6th, 2013 and services are available march 10th onwards. Virtual San is a hypervisor-converged storage system which has featured performance optimized with virtual environments with high efficiency and low cost. The VMware vSphere platform has seamless integration with virtual san enables the easy usage and also helps to automate manual storage tasks.

 Available design features of virtual scan are 3 to 32 node cluster support, 3200 virtual machine support, two million IOPS performance and 4.4 Petabytes of storage capacity. There are more nodes, different flash support and more features release soon.

VMware Virtual San Key Features

• Simple, hypervisor-converged storage technology
• High performance
• Low cost virtual storage
• Server acceleration for easy storage
• Built-in failure tolerance
• Independent to hardware
• Interoperability with VMware products, click here to see more features

Virtual San Depth Features

VMware VSAN uses hypervisor converged storage technology, seamless integration with vSphere enables the better performance. What is VMware hypervisor? Hypervisor is a virtual machine monitor tool like hardware, or software, provide platform to create and run virtual machines. It also optimizes the I/O data path and delivers cool performance than external devices or virtual appliance.

 

The VM-centric policy based management (SPBM) and automation is cool features VSAN technology, which provides statements of storage requirements each and every virtual machines or disks. In virtual San these storage requirement polices are governed by SLAs. SPBM allows creating storage policies based on their capacity needs, availability and virtual machine performance.

Using SSD flash server technology enables the virtual san to accelerates speed in storage and minimizes or avoids (most of the cases) storage latency. It controls the read cache and write buffer. Read cache is list keeper of commonly accessed disk blocks and write buffer speed ups the write operations. Thereby virtual san minimizes the storage latency.

Another cool feature of VMware Virtual san is that interoperability with VMware stack. The virtual machine can access VMware products and resources with ease. The interoperability of virtual san enables the availability and extending the storage functionality. It also interoperates with VMware site recovery manager, cloud automation center, simple resource management and VMware view. VMware view provides very simple and fast storage virtual desktop machines.

The built-in failure tolerance feature prevents the virtual disks or virtual machine from different failures such as disk, host or network. SPBM helps to avoid failures by setting storage policy like how many host, disk or network failures tolerable in a virtual san cluster. Virtual San technology is also hardware independent agnostic solution which provides more flexibility. It allows to run different hardware with different operating system and configuration.

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Social, Mobile and Personalization - The Future of CRM

Social, Mobile and Personalization - The Future of CRM
By Saira Riaz
Customer data is a critical commodity for businesses as it not only defines the problems faced by clients but also helps in creating effective strategies which target the right audience for your products. Therefore, recent trends in technology concentrate on communication as well as effective collaboration. These new trends suggest that a business requires a central source of data to track customer interactions, tasks, contacts and any deal in the pipeline. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) works as a single platform for customer data and helps in interacting with clients in a frequent manner.
In this competitive world where we see advancements in technology every year, companies can only achieve success with meeting the expectations of their customers. A web-based CRM initiative among businesses has been for cost-cutting measures as well as increasing the operational efficiency of the employees. And many CRM solutions provide economic stability to the companies with such benefits. According to recent surveys, organizations are now looking for new ways to gain a competitive advantage and CRM solutions are evolving with this demand. Now, CRM apps are cloud-based instead of hosted on-premises. Similarly, customers require capabilities such as personalization, analytics and mobility from CRM which can also integrate with social networking platforms to ensure growth.
Social
With the increasing use of Smartphones and social networking sites, customers demand relevant and useful information about the products through these channels. Similarly, businesses can devise out-reach marketing strategies solely based on networking channels which is cost-effective. This ensures both businesses and consumers to mutually benefit from such programs as well as easily access or share information. In today's age of information, web-based CRM has become an essential part of businesses to grow. The integration of social media services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. with business marketing strategies is what has given birth to the concept of Social CRM services for both customers and businesses.
Mobile
The use of mobile apps is on a continuous rise in recent years as Smartphones and tablets are replacing desktop computers in the work environment. In fact, businesses are not confined to cubicles anymore and many employees prefer to work on the move with the help of mobile devices. In the last three years, communication which was limited to telephones has moved to IM and mobile apps on almost every collaboration platform is available. CRM is no different as mobile-based apps have also made its way into the business world and will be making waves in near future. More and more CRM vendors want to provide their customers with an extraordinary experience and connectivity while on the go is a huge part of it.
Personalization
Personalization is one of the most sought-after features of a web-based CRM solution which ensures effective interaction with potential customers around the globe. With customer relationships tailored according to the requirements of an individual, companies can ensure customer satisfaction and repeat business. Personalization is and will be a huge new trend among CRM vendors in 2014 to satisfy existing customers and ensure growth. With such advancements, web-based CRM solutions will help business strategies for the future as well. It will also help in gathering business as well as competitor analytics to make intelligent business decisions.
Saira is a social media writer and technology analyst who keeps her focus on the upcoming industry trends. She writes about hip new apps being used widely around the world and her take on these solutions. Currently, she is writing for Banckle and other customer service apps she comes across in her research.
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The Best Camera Brands For Landscape Photography

The Best Camera Brands For Landscape Photography
By Owen O Donnithorne

It's now all too easy to take high quality pictures (or edit them so they'd look professional), all thanks to digital cameras and photo editing software such as Photoshop. An inexpensive point-and-shoot camera and the latest version of Photoshop won't do if you'd like to take your photography hobby to a more serious level. Serious photography requires some specific equipment. The camera is obviously the most crucial piece of photography equipment. You'll want to start looking for a digital SLR camera. Below are some information on the top digital SLR cameras today and shopping tips to help you pick the best one for you.

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User Tips for Samsung Galaxy S III

User Tips for Samsung Galaxy S III
By Semeli Karen McPherson

Samsung Galaxy S III is arguably the most sought after phone by techno geeks, especially those who are more interested in products by other brands. However, it is not necessary that a user is aware of the tips that one can apply to obtain a better gadget experience. There are easy to apply tips to enable the functionality and utilize the other phone features efficiently. Let us learn about the valuable tips that you can use.

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Innovation In Field Service Management Solutions

Innovation In Field Service Management Solutions
By Sebastian Street

The use of technology in field service management is creating news ways of working for service management business.
Within the context of the rapid IT advances we are seeing innovation rise to the fore, as new technology such as mobile devices and cloud computing open new opportunities and approaches. Innovation is widely prevalent within the field service sector and companies should take note and look at the fantastic technology now available to them, to maximise workforce productivity, increase competitiveness and improve customer service.
Looking across the sector, here are some of the latest developments taking place where technology businesses have used innovative approaches and technologies to enhance field service management software, working alongside their customers to specifically target innovation to support every day work.
Here are some examples:
Mobile apps using HTML5: One of the really exciting features of HTML5 apps is the use of "local storage". Local storage increases the offline capabilities of mobile devices used by operatives. So, if an internet connection is lost, the app simply stores browser data so the operative can continue working on their mobile. Once the connection is regained the app updates the central system with any information added whilst offline. For example, operatives working in tunnels with no phone signal are able to continue working offline using the new app with seamless updates occurring once the connection is available.
User interface developments: Field service software is often developed with customer input. One example of a business using customer input has been during the development of a mobile app, whereby operatives were consulted simply because it is known that they can sometimes find smartphone screens difficult to use. In this example, operatives helped test the app so simpler screens and clearer buttons could be developed which are more intuitive to use.
Intelligent two-way SMS texting: Many businesses use older mobile devices, yet require the latest in SMS texting without any capital expenditure to upgrade phones. Intelligent two-way texting technology works by delivering threaded SMS texts through a unique process that matches responses to outbound messages. What this means is that businesses are able to communicate with their customers and easily track conversations and decisions. For example, a registered housing provider is able to text a customer regarding a gas safety check required at a property, offering a number of possible dates. The customer is able to respond by texting either "1" for Monday at 9.30am; "2" for Wednesday at 10.45am etc. The SMS technology threads the conversation and records which dates and times were provided and which one the customer accepted.
Restful APIs and Talend: Restful Web Services enable information to be transferred quickly and shared online simply and efficiently. One advantage is that they can be mapped by our customers, providing more autonomy and the capability for customers to interact with the software and map the exact data they require.
Restful APIs are effective alongside applications such as Talend, a graphical-based toolkit designed to help organise and manage the way you can handle, manipulate and transmit data. Because Talend is an "agnostic" application it enables decoupling from the main application. What this means is that Talend is able to talk to a central;l system through Restful APIs, giving more control, ensuring interfaces perform quickly for customers and preventing performance issues arising due to an over-reliance on one server running integration.
Oneserve is a trailblazing technology company developing and providing leading-edge field service management solutions to support service management business and service delivery. Visit www.oneserve.co.uk
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