The Slow Pace of Data Center Convergence

Although various approaches to data center convergence have a lot of promise in terms of reducing costs, a combination of economic and internal political challenges is slowing the rate of migration to these new data center architectures. According to Ashish Nadkarni, a practice lead for Glasshouse Technologies, an IT services provider, the biggest challenge with new system architectures is that...

Analysts question enterprise cloud readiness

A number of recently published analyst reports point to a growing appetite for cloud computing among enterprises large and small, but they also point to a crucial lack of service provider and enterprise readiness....

Legendary Hub Venture Investor, Musician Works on His Next Hit

In May 2001, Mark Shirman and Richard Scannell went to see Bob Davoli with a business idea. They met Davoli, a managing director at Sigma Partners, in the venture capital firm’s downtown Boston office. Their idea was to start a professional services firm, GlassHouse Technologies Inc., that would help big corporate customers evaluate and manage their data storage needs...Davoli’s fir...

Recent Announcement from: GlassHouse Technologies

NTP Software announced a partnership with GlassHouse Technologies, a consulting and services firm, under which GlassHouse will provide 24x7 services for customers of NTP's monitoring and management software, which includes capacity reporting, quota management, file auditing and file blocking....

Your cloud won't be covered without disaster recovery

Disaster recovery (DR) has a major role in protecting 'business as usual' when unforeseen circumstances arise but the vital process is often overlooked until it is too late when it comes to managing IT infrastructure...

GlassHouse Technologies CEO Mark Shirman Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) 2010 Award Winner in New England

firm, today announced that CEO Mark Shirman received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) 2010 Award in New England. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Mark Shirman was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Boston Renaiss...

Keep Your Power & Cooling Up & Running

Doing more with less and making the most of what you have can be key. For instance, make sure your hardware is racked and stacked in a standard manner, says Ashish Nadkarni, practice lead at GlassHouse Technologies. “Make sure your floor space is most efficiently used,” says Nadkarni. “Don’t overcrowd your data center—[for example,] if you’re not observing b...

Start-up Insentra inks GlassHouse Partnership

Professional services firm Insentra has partnered with data centre consulting firm, GlassHouse Technologies to assist resellers with the implementation of Symantec's Enterprise Vault solutions. Insentra, a Symantec-certified partner, will be the first professional services provider to deliver GlassHouse's EVTools suite to resellers in Australia....

Insentra Boosts Product Offering with GlassHouse Partnership

New start-up services company, Insentra, has struck up a partnership with datacentre consulting and services outfit, GlassHouse. The deal involves taking on GlassHouse’s EVTools software, which is designed to augment the capabilities of Symantec partners when implementing Enterprise Vault solutions. This is the first representation of the EVTools suite in the Australian market....

How to Integrate Virtualisation into an ITIL Framework

Many organisations invest in developing an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework so they can have consistent IT operations and offer the right level of IT services back to the business. The challenge businesses face today is how can they integrate new technologies - such as virtualisation - effectively within this framework. Initial planning is important to find out exa...

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Securing Mixed Environments - Not Everybody will be Virtualized

There will be a lot of attention paid to virtual desktops and virtual workspaces throughout 2010 and beyond. From a security standpoint, the attraction of IT managing endpoint configurations and keeping regulated data in the data center is compelling. However not all applications, users, or geographies work best in a VDI environment. There will be users and applications that require local proce...