Solution Spotlight & News - Virtunet Pty Ltd Australia

Seasons Greetings from Virtunet

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -1100

It has been an exciting year of hard-earned success for Virtunet, having won 4 Major IT Awards, including:

Deloitte Tech Fast 500 Asia Pacific

Deloitte Tech Fast 50 Australia

CRN Fast50

BRW Fast Starters

The Virtunet team would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners and customers for the support they have given us throughout the year.

With the end of year fast approaching, The Virtunet Team would like to take this opportunity to wish you

a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Virtunet will stay connected throughout the Christmas period (except on public holidays), please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any urgent inquiries/requirements.

26th and 27th of December - Closed
30th of December - Open till 12pm
2nd of January 2012 - Closed

We will resume business as usual from the 3rd of January 2012.

Hence all of us at Virtunet would like to thank you for your continued support throughout 2011. We look forward to work even closer with you in the New Year.

Absolute Manage MDM

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -1100

Managing your mobile Apple devices just got easier

Whether you support a mixture of PCs and Apple devices or you deal with a dedicated Mac environment, odds are your greatest challenge is managing and securing the iPads and iPhones in your organisation.

Welcome to the simple life. Absolute Manage Mobile Device Management for iOS4 (Absolute Manage MDM) allows you to remotely manage the Apple mobile devices in your deployment. Through our integration with the Apple iOS4 platform, you can wirelessly (over 3G or Wi-Fi) configure, query, and even wipe or lock managed devices.

Leverage the cross-platform capabilities of Absolute Manage: IT administrators can do their work from a Mac or a PC and there's no need to invest in additional hardware since the Absolute Manage console and server can install in a pre-existing Windows or Mac environment.

Virtunet at CeBit 2011

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -1100

Come visit us at Cebit Hall 5 stand P35

CeBIT Australia (31 May - 2 June 2011) is the biggest IT exhibition in Australia. Virtunet will be showcasing HP's latest range of desktops and HP Client Automation. We will also exhibit our latest iPad and iPhone management tool, Absolute MDM.

Virtunet would like to invite you to Cebit 2011, to register, go to www.cebit.com.au/registration and enter promo code "dvn98" for free exhibition entry and save up to $300 to conferences

HP Client Automation

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -1100

Simplify Desktop and Mobile device management.

HP Client Automation is HP's industry leading easy to use PC management solution. By automating the management of your client fleet you can improve availability, security and compliance of your client fleet. With HP Client Automation handling the day-to-day client management tasks you can repurpose your IT team on other vital projects.

BRW Fast Starter 2011

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -1100

Virtunet is a BRW FAST STARTER 2011 Company.

We would like to thank our customers for the support that you have shown us in the past 3 years, our team is very excited to have been selected as one of the 100 fastest growing Australian companies in 2011.

Virtunet Managed IT Deployment

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -1100

Over the years, Virtunet has performed successful PC deployment for organizations of all sizes. We can help you with Building, Imaging and Asset Tagging the PCs before getting them delivered and installed on the employee’s desks, connected to your network and ready to use.

Our deployment process will reduce the impact on your IT infrastructureand keep your end users working with minimal interruption byminimizing installation times. Virtunet can also handle removaland recycling of your old machines. Desktop management tools such as HP Client Automation can also be used for continuous monitoring and easy software roll outs.

Manage iPads and iPhones in a PC environment

With the increasing popularity of Macs, iPads and iPhones, the user of a management tool that manages security and apps can be done using a suite of solutions, call us at 1300 484 788 to discuss.

Virtunet Inhouse and Hosted DR solution

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -1100

Affordable and Easy to Manage DR Solution that simply works.

To show our support for R U OK? Day and to help create awareness around it, Virtunet has released our stress-reducing Backup and DR Solution.

It's by far the most affordable and easy to manage with full offsite replication functionalities, and best of all, it simply Works!

For more information on R U OK? Day, please visit www.ruokday.com.au

Classroom Management Through IT

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -1100

Netop Vision 6 Classroom Management System

With the increasing numbers of computers in classrooms, teachers can find themselves fighting with technology to win the student's attention. With Netop Vision 6, that's history.

Manage student's desktops and notebooks with a single remote. Reduce distraction and increase Grades.

Virtunet selected as an IBM Partner for LGP306

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -1100

Local Government News - Special Announcement

IBM utilises partners to enhance its distribution to NSW councils

CONTRACT: LGP306
PC'S, LAPTOPS, SERVERS AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Local Government Procurement advises NSW councils that IBM Australia Limited officially sought to add selected IBM partners and this has been approved as an amendment to its Standing Offer Deed to LGP306.

After due diligence Virtunet is now officially recognised as providers of IBM goods and services under LGP306.

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Better outcomes for Local Government through professionally managed procurement solutions for local councils.

Local Government Procurement (LGP) has been established to provide a fully integrated procurement service to councils and associated organisations in NSW. From October 2008 LGP also has the ability to assist Not for Profit Groups across Australia with their procurement needs. LGP was established by the Local Government and Shires Associations of New South Wales on behalf of its members to create a procurement operation dedicated to meeting the specific needs of Local Government.

The bulk supply arrangements established by LGP are developed with the valued input of the end users: councils. These arrangements are not a "one size fits all" approach, rather a coordinated effort to supply councils with the goods and services they need.

For Councils
Local Government Procurement represents the needs of councils with suppliers as well as providing extensive procurement, tendering and contract management support. There are no joining or annual fees to utlise the contracts established by LGP. Councils may also utilise LGP to conduct tenders on their behalf, on a fee for service basis, reducing their risk and ensuring that the process follows best practice principles.

For Suppliers
Local Government Procurement seeks to forge strong business relationships with suppliers who meet the varied needs of councils in NSW. We work with committed suppliers interested in providing quality goods and services to councils at the best possible pricing.

For Not for Profit Groups
Local Government Procurement can provide Not for Profit Groups an array of existing relevant contracts that will meet NFP's varying needs.

Virtualization for SMB Made Easy & Affordable

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -1100

Why should you Virtualize?

Reduce hardware and operating costs by as much as 50% and energy costs by 80%, saving more than $3,000 per year for every server workload virtualized
Reduce the time it takes to provision new servers by up to 70%
Decrease downtime and improve reliability with business continuity and built-in data disaster recovery
Deliver IT services on-demand now and in the future, independent of hardware, OS, application or infrastructure providers

Increase Server Utilization to as Much as 80% and Eliminate Over-Provisioning

Reduce Hardware Requirements by a 10:1 Ratio or Better

Cut Hardware & Operating Costs in Half

Virtualisation as easy as ABC

Virtualization in 3 simple steps
Step A: Capacity Planning	Step B: Implementation	Step C: Migration & Ongoing Maintenance

We measure your server utilization and give you advice on which servers you can virtualize	Based on the utilization report, we will quote you on the most suitable equipment and Virtualization platform	Migrating the current servers into a virtual environment is very simple using the tools provided, but if you need a hand we do have qualified engineers on stand-by. VMware is known to be the best Virtualization vendor

A Typical SMB Virtual Setup

2 x DL380 G6 Servers

2 x DL380 G6 Servers both with dual processors and 24GB RAM to maintain optimal system performance when running multiple Virtual machines. We have included 4 iSCSI and 4 Gigabit Network ports to avoid any network bottlenecks. Fully redundant power supplies and 3 years 4 hours 24/7 support has been included to maximize server uptime.

HP P4300 6TB Left Hand SAN

HP LeftHand P4000 enclosure with 8x 750GB 7.2K SATA HDD
All inclusive HP SAN/IQ software
3 Year 4hr 13X5 onsite support with software updates

Perfect for first time virtualization projects, the HP P4300 SATA Starter SAN delivers the performance and features required to simplify storage and grow non-disruptively with your environment.

All inclusive feature set enables enterprise functionality at an affordable price

Storage Clustering simplifies scalability: Storage Clustering allows a customer to consolidate multiple storage nodes into pools of storage. All available capacity and performance is aggregated and available to every volume in the cluster. As storage needs increase the HP P4000 can scale performance and capacity on-line.
Network RAID delivers new level of availability: Network RAID stripes and mirrors multiple copies of data across a cluster of storage nodes, eliminating any single point of failure in the HP P4000 SAN. Applications have continuous data availability in the event of a power, network, disk, controller, or entire storage node failure.
Thin Provisioning increases storage efficiency: Thin Provisioning allocates space only as data is actually written without requiring pre-allocation of storage. This raises the overall utilization and efficiency of the HP P4000 SAN, reduces costs and ultimately increases the ROI.
Snapshots simplify data protection: Snapshots create thinly provisioned, instant point-in-time copies of data on a per-volume basis. Administrators can access the snapshots to recover individual files or folders from the volume, or rollback an entire volume to a prior state.
Remote Copy reduces costs for disaster recovery: Remote Copy replicates snapshots between HP P4000 SANs at primary and remote locations. Copies are thinly provisioned with no space reservation required at the remote location. Remote Copy enables centralized backup and disaster recovery on a per-volume basis.

Superior availability and disaster recovery

Data remains available during site failures: HP P4000 SANs stripe and mirror multiple copies of data across a cluster of storage nodes, eliminating any single point of failure in the SAN. Applications have continuous data availability in the event of a power, network, disk, controller, or entire storage node failure.
Integrated replication for disaster recovery: HP P4000 SANs include integrated replication at no additional cost that simplifies management with simple failover and failback.
Change configurations without incurring downtime: Administrators can add capacity, increase performance, grow and migrate volumes between HP P4000 SAN clusters on the fly with no application downtime.

Scalable Performance

Purchase only what you need today: Avoid up-front cost and the potential performance constraints. Purchase only what’s needed today, then grow the performance, capacity, and redundancy of your HP P4000 SAN online as storage requirements evolve. Buying storage only when needed simplifies planning and relieves budget pressures.
Scale performance and capacity simultaneously: Each time a storage node is added to the HP P4000 SAN, the capacity, performance, and redundancy of the entire storage solution increases.
Avoid disruptive upgrades: Add resources to the HP P4000 SAN non-disruptively as capacity and performance requirements increase. Applications remain online during maintenance events for best in class availability.

Easy to manage SANs for virtualized environments

Centralized Management Console: Multiple data centers and sites can be managed from an all inclusive “single pane-of-glass.” All of the HP P4000 SAN features are managed from the Centralized Management Console (CMC) for simple, easy-to-manage storage.
Business continuance with integrated HA and DR: Every HP P4000 SAN includes integrated synchronous and asynchronous replication at no additional cost. This approach reduces costs and simplifies management of high availability/fault tolerant and disaster recovery storage solutions.

VMware vSphere Essentials

Solutions for companies with fewer than 20 servers / Exceed Expectations

Designed especially for small IT environments with fewer than 20 physical servers, the VMware vSphere Essentials Editions deliver enterprise-class capabilities in a cost-effective solution package for organizations that want optimize and protect their IT assets with minimal up-front investment.

VMware vSphere Essentials				VMware vSphere Essentials Plus
VMware vSphere Essentials provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to consolidate and manage many application workloads while reducing hardware and operating costs with a low up-front investment.				VMware vSphere Essentials Plus adds high application availability and data protection for a complete server consolidation and business continuity solution for the small office IT environment.

Both editions are all-inclusive packages that enable you to virtualize and consolidate many application workloads onto three physical servers running vSphere and centrally manage them with VMware vCenter Server for Essentials.