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Cloud Computing in Plain English

Around ten years ago the ASP model was being touted as the next great wave of technology. The ASP –Application Service Provider model was trying to do Software as a Service (SaaS), and it didn’t ever really live up to the hype. So here we are ten years later, what has changed? Technology has grown up, and hardware is dramatically more powerful than it was ten years ago. The ASP models simply didn’t scale or make economic sense. We now have improved bandwidth, more powerful hardware, and the “Secret Sauce”-Server Virtualization. Virtualization means we can slice up this hugely powerful hardware into digestible chunks and sell it off whilst still making a profit. The concept of multi-tenancy (more than one company sharing the same tin) was not achievable without Server Virtualization, multi-tenancy is key to the large cloud models.

There is a lot of noise around Cloud - this as a Service, that as a Service even X as a Service (XaaS)! What does this all mean, and how is this so different from existing outsourcing models?
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Yorel Clinical Workstation and Physician Access Portal Strategy Solution Suite

During the Summer of 2010, Yorel has been interviewing most all the departments at multiple health systems, including the OR, ER, Patient Floors, Outpatient surgery centers, etc... to learn something very valuable: The Main complaint of users (doctors, nurses, clinicians, etc..) is that they have TOO MANY IDS AND PASSWORDS AND IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEMS! Healthcare employees find ways to circumvent policy due to the priority of healthcare – This is risky for the patient and hospital - it doesn't have to be this way!

Our team at Yorel has created a Clinical Workstation Access Solution to address the 2 main concern of most healthcare workers. The ability to move between clinical workstations in an efficient manor with little delays - with needed mobility utilizing Carts on Wheels (COWs) where applicable!  This type of workstation access solution reduces the time it takes the clinical user to utilize technology - allowing practitioners more time with their patients, due to spending less time with necessary technology.  This solution improves the patient care process with simplified, efficient systems access with single sign-on into clinical application suites, PACS, etc...

Utilizing Secure, Smart Card technology and FAST Smooth Roaming Capabilities, Yorel has teamed up with premiere partners to create solutions to address the highest priority concerns of healthcare workers today: The Yorel Clinical Workstation and Physician Access Portal Strategy Solution Suite.

Regional bank upgrades to vSphere 4.0 and IBM N-Series Storage

by Jose Collada - IT Optimization Consultant

A regional bank was looking to upgrade their existing shared storage solution and implement a simplified Disaster Recovery plan. After reviewing several storage options, they decided to leverage IBM N-Series storage and x3650 M2 servers to support a VMware vSphere 4.0 environment upgrade. Once the initial storage implementation and vSphere setup was complete, an existing virtualization environment was migrated to vSphere 4.0. Snap Mirror features were enabled and production servers were replicated to another site. Using VMware Site Recovery Manager, we were able to create a customized DR plan and successfully simulate a recovery in both directions. At the end of the project, the customer was able replicate their vSphere environment on an hourly basis and recover all virtual machines within 20 minutes.

New Beginnings with Citrix XenApp 6

by Andy Gerringer - IT Optimization Consultant

Sometimes starting over is the best solution. Printers and profiles are likely to be wreaking havoc in your environment causing multiple helpdesk calls a day. You are not alone. These can be the two most troublesome areas in IT.

New features and improvements in XenApp 6 help to address these issues better than past feature and product upgrades. However, in order to make a move to XenApp 6, you must start from the beginning.

XenApp 6 will only run on Windows Server 2008 R2. While this is a vast improvement over Server 2003, the challenges of starting over with printer drivers and profiles can be intimidating, even to the most experienced IT Administrators.

At Yorel Integrated Solutions, we maintain our own IBM approved Business Partner Innovation Center. In our BPIC we showcase industry-leading solutions and new technologies tailored to our customer needs, such as the latest versions of XenApp. Tadd Hoffman, primarily responsible for maintaining our XenApp environment, agrees that the benefits of XenApp 6 are a breath of fresh air.

So if you're holding back on moving forward with your current XenApp environment or if you're considering if XenApp is right for your company, contact us and schedule a demonstration of the new features and benefits. Whether onsite or at our office, our primary Citrix Solutions Architect, Chris Horton, can expertly reveal the solutions and what will work best in your environment. Call Yorel Integrated Solutions today!
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