Desktop Environment Managers share several concerns about the challenges of managing a company’s desktop and laptop environment. Chiefly, they struggle with the maintenance of the separate images used to support both hardware and users. The quandary of simultaneously supporting operating systems during an upgrade is also a challenge.

At Kelser, I receive a fair number of inquiries related to VDI (Virtual-Desktop-Infrastructure). VDI is virtualizing the client (usually desktop) component of client-server computing. Using virtualization, your organization further abstracts users from the hardware layer and even OS layers. The use cases for VDI are just as unique as your organization itself.

Virtualizing your office is only a headache when you don’t know all the benefits you have to gain from the process. Your company probably already feels the pressure to virtualize day-to-day operations—the trend is only becoming more popular. So why not think through some of the benefits? In this post, we’ll discuss some of the ways in which your office operations will become more flexible as a result of virtualization.

Networks and network security have gone from simple multi-cell organisms into a supernova of colliding devices. As any network admin can tell you, more users and more devices means more complexity. And as networks quickly inflate they quickly become hard to administer.

Microsoft Office 365 offers businesses of all sizes cost savings and productivity gains, which is why many companies are moving to the cloud with Office 365. Businesses receive most of their Office 365 cost savings by moving info management to the cloud with SharePoint and by moving their Exchange email to the cloud.

"Virtualization" has become a buzzword… and like most buzzwords, very few actually know what it means, like "think outside the box". While the word "virtualization" itself drums up Jetson-like images of the business world, the practical application is, well… just that - a little To help you cut through the buzz around virtualization and understand the possibilities for your environment and network security, here’s 9 things you can do with small business virtualization.

Some business owners encounter resistance when they try to implement Office 365. Microsoft has stoked the fire of brand confusion with Office 365, as they have offered consumer, business, and enterprise versions under the same name. The consumer version offers users email, online Office applications and online storage through OneDrive, but ultimately, it's only a scaled down version of the productivity suite used by enterprises. Because of this, there are a number of lingering misunderstandings surrounding Office 365, making it difficult for some businesses to successfully adopt the software suite. In this post we will attempt to debunk some of the most persistent Office 365 myths.

Since the release of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft has presented SharePoint as their enterprise-level content management system (CMS). The platform provides users with next-level collaboration and file sharing capabilities, helping your company to share files and collaborate on projects with more efficiency.