Harbour IT: vShpere 5.5 Puts Us Ahead of the Competition

Having just upgraded its cloud data center to the most recent version of VMware’svShpere solutions, the Sydney-based cloud computing company Harbour IT was quick to express its overall satisfaction with the platform.

"Even before the upgrade, we had one of the best data centers in Australia. This upgrade puts us even farther ahead of the majority of our competition in providing IT solutions throughout the country, and we're looking forward to see how it's received by our clients," said Adam Simpson of Harbour IT.

Prior to the upgrade, the company hadn’t been able to offer any kind of dedicated disaster recovery environment, butthat’ssincechanged - along with overall performance and responsiveness, thanks to vSphere's support for larger and more powerful blade servers.

Data center virtualization is also an added benefit for Harbour IT, which makes workload balancing between both its Sydney and Melbourne locations more effortless and reliable than ever.

Cloud computing is definitely on the rise, but for the less technologically savvy business owners, the very concept can be a bit misleading and confusing. But according to Simpson, Harbour IT aims to clear up any and all cloud-related confusion amongst its customers.

"If you're not sure what cloud computing is, you're not alone. Although it's gaining in popularity, many people don't fully understand what we do and how we can help their business. If you're wondering just how cloud computing can help streamline your operations, please give us a call,” he said.

Since the introduction of so many powerful and attractive mobile platforms in the past four or five years alone - from RIM’s Blackberry to Android (News - Alert) and iOS - it’s a bit counterproductive to work on coding different versions of the same applications to work across the entirety of said devices. Instead, cloud-based solutions are blowing up in the world of mobile -- which is essentially what is drivingtheenterprisecloudcomputingmarket.

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