SMB Tools
TechSelect members have access to a state-of-the-art advanced technology solutions centre featuring the following solutions:
- SMB: Unified Communications 500 series, Network Area Storage, Spam and VirusBlocker, and IP Surveillance
- Security: Adaptive Security Appliances, MARS, intrusion prevention and complete switching and routing
- Wireless and mobility: Controller and Distribution Systems to Access Points
- Unified Communications: Complete CallManager and Unity solutions
- Media Collaboration: Digital Signage and Media Convergence Servers
- Virtualization: Wide Area Application Services to Unified Computing
Ask your TechSelect member to demonstrate these solutions to you either live or remotely!
Here are some articles, whitepapers and resource tools you can reference as potential technology opportunities to introduce into your business:
Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Centre and Network Room Infrastructure [622KB PDF] - white paper
Summary: An improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data centre and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure is described, with examples. The cost drivers of TCO are quantified. The largest cost driver is shown to be unnecessary unabsorbed costs resulting from the oversizing of the infrastructure.
Download this white paper here
Fish Farm Upgrades Communications to Provide Critical Information [180KB PDF] - case study
Summary: Cisco Unified Communications system proves a prize catch for Cooke Aquaculture
Download this case study here
IP Phones Give Island Resort A 'Connected' Room with a View [185KB PDF] - case study
Summary: Cisco Unified IP Phones allow Sonora Resort to offer calling convenience
Download this case study here
Software Developer Improves Communications for Employees Near and Far [181KB PDF] - case study
Summary: Global Vision and ESI Technologies use unified communications to improve employee productivity and enhance customer service
Download this case study here
Midsized businesses are hit harder than their larger peers when it comes to managing the spiraling costs of energy. For every IT dollar spent on equipment 50 cents of that expense goes to energy - and that cost is expected to grow to 70 cents by 2010 (IDC, Worldwide Server Power and Cooling Expense 20062010 Forecast). This reality has companies looking for immediate solutions to control their energy expenses - and receive the added benefit of positive environmental stewardship. As a worldwide leader in energy efficiency solutions, IBM offers you a comprehensive set of hardware, software and service solutions that can help you address your need to reduce your energy costs.
IBM's Energy Efficiency Solutions can help you:
- Reduce energy costs
- Regain power and cooling capacity
- Reach additional server capacity
- Recapture resiliency
- Recycle end-of-life equipment
We've assembled a set of materials to acquaint you with the approaches to energy efficiency solutions. Take a few minutes to review this interactive e-kit and then contact us to discuss your specific needs. Click here to learn more.
Lenovo Asset Recovery Service Helps Businesses Go Green, Turning Computer Trash into Cash
Lenovo today introduced Lenovo Asset Recovery Services (ARS), a new set of services to help business customers in the U.S. and Canada manage their end-of-life technology equipment by providing computer take-back, data destruction, refurbishment and recycling. Lenovo also offers additional services including inventory, value assessment, on-site deinstallation and data encryption. Lenovo can facilitate donation of the old computers or can help customers receive cash back for them. After three years, typically, a customer can receive 10 to 15 percent of the value back of the original purchase price of the computer.1
Click here to learn more about this Lenovo initiative.
updated Feb 25, 2009
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