At Lanworks, we are committed to providing our customers and partners with the best IT solutions and Tier 3 support. We have worked hard to build our reputation and pride ourselves on being the go-to partner for several leading Canadian companies. As a result, over 60% of our customers have been with us for more than 5 years, and a remarkable 85% of our business comes from repeats and referrals. Lanworks has grown and evolved over the last 25 years, and as a result, we felt our brand needed an update to better reflect who we are today and to symbolize our dynamic future. Highlights of this new update include: a redesigned corporate logo, a refreshed brand identity, and a stronger online presence. Our new brand gives us a cleaner, refreshed look that will help us better communicate our commitment to our customers and partners, focusing on what our customers care about the most. Our new tagline “Personalized IT for Your Business” identifies our mandate and our continued commitment to be a successful IT partner. And, our new website will allow our customers, prospects, and partners better access to product information, resources, and experts. “Lanworks is committed to delivering the best service and solutions and building a solid online presence is just another way to help us accomplish this,” says Lanworks CEO, Eric Rydzkowski. “We are really excited about the new brand and how it will have a positive impact on our customers. For more information on Lanworks … [Read more...]
Solid State Drives (SSD) for Enterprise Storage – A new vocabulary is required
This is the first in a series of blog entries on how SSD’s are requiring those of us in I.T. to understand that SSD drives operate unlike traditional mechanical hard drives. To make informed purchasing decisions, you will need to understand this new vocabulary which describes the important characteristics of SSD drives. I hope to enlighten you so that when your peers ( or vendors ) start waving shiny new SSD drives in front of you, an informed decision can be made. Most of us in the I.T. industry have a pretty good handle on understanding our drive choices when choosing traditional mechanical hard drives. SAS as a drive interface is a given, in most cases. We then may choose inexpensive 7200 rpm drives for slower archival storage, or 10,000 rpm drives for our mainstream storage. High performance needs may dictate the use of the most expensive 15,000 rpm drives. Other than budget considerations, this pretty much wraps up the decisions we need to make with traditional hard drives. Life was so easy back then. Well, here is our first problem, SSD drives don’t spin. We all know they use solid state memory, so they probably perform fairly similarly, right? Well actually no they don’t, so today’s topic is about the i/o performance differences between SSD drives. Our word for today, which may not be new to you, is IOPS ( Input/Output Operations per Second ). Simply put, IOPS are measured by using a tool, like IOMeter, to read and write data to a drive to measure its … [Read more...]
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