Machine Learning, AI, and All-Flash Arrays: Leave Performance Tuning in the Past!
September 30, 2020
Whether you realize it or not, we’re exposed to artificial intelligence and machine-based learning every day. The virtual assistants on our smartphones, the smart speaker in your living room, your social media account, and even your favorite TV-streaming platform all use artificial intelligence and machine learning for optimum performance and personalized user experiences.
Stream Networks, a high-performance network integration and service company utilized VIOLIN products to provide MSP services to their customers. Three customers moved their infrastructure to the VIOLIN QV2020 and saw instant success.
SQL Servers and All-Flash Arrays: The Perfect Pair
September 16, 2020
Structured query language servers or SQL (sometimes pronounced “Sequel”) servers are becoming an increasingly important tool for any data scientist to have in their toolbox. It’s a key asset that can be used to do all sorts of things, like access, update, inserts manipulates, and modify data, and it also helps in communicating with relational databases.
How Arcserve and Palmiq's group of experts can help any organization.
May 5, 2020
Hi, for over 35 years, Arcserve has been helping federal agencies, state and local governments, universities, commercial organizations, you name it, with their backup and disaster recovery strategies...
How to keep your mission critical machines up and running.
May 1, 2020
Hi. I'm here today to talk to you a little bit about a little known secret to get your most mission-critical machines up and running with absolute minimal downtime.
Today, I want to talk to you about one of the things that we hear in a lot of our customer environments, and that is this theme of doing more with less.
What VMware storage software can save thousand of hours?
April 17, 2020
Today, I want to talk to you about some software that was devised specifically to save thousands and thousands of man-hours of management within hypervisor-based infrastructures.
Today, I want to talk to you about how to troubleshoot latency in your environment for your virtualized workloads without a lot of wasted time looking, and searching, and hunting, and pecking for sources of latency.
Cybersecurity Is Not Your IT Department's Problem. It's Yours.
There is a conversation that happens in almost every organization we work with at palmiq, and it usually starts the same way. We ask who is responsible for cybersecurity. The CEO points to the IT director. The IT director points to the managed services provider. The managed services provider points to the tools they have deployed. Everyone has pointed somewhere, and nobody has taken ownership.
Your Backup Is Not a Recovery Plan And the Difference Could Cost You Everything
Every organization we speak with at palmiq says the same thing when we ask about their data protection strategy. We have backups. It is the answer that sounds right. It feels responsible. And in nearly every case, it is dangerously incomplete.
The Hidden Cost of DIY IT: What SMBs Don't Calculate
SMBs think DIY IT saves money, but hidden costs, opportunity loss, downtime, security breaches, and compliance failures often exceed managed services by 50-100%. Palmiq and Acronis provide enterprise-grade protection at SMB prices, eliminating risks while freeing teams to focus on growth.
AI-powered MSP operations prevent problems before they occur, reducing ticket volume by 65%. Palmiq's implementation of Acronis's intelligent platform eliminates failures through predictive monitoring, automated threat remediation, and proactive capacity planning, transforming reactive support into preventive protection for SMBs.
Future of Managed IT Services: Where MSPs Bring Real Value
Modern MSPs deliver strategic value beyond technical support through predictive intelligence, integrated cyber protection, and business continuity planning. The palmiq-Acronis partnership transforms IT from a cost center into a growth enabler, providing SMBs with enterprise capabilities and strategic guidance.
AI for Cloud Cost Optimization: Save More, Waste Less
AI-powered cloud cost optimization eliminates waste and maximizes value. Palmiq and Acronis deliver intelligent solutions that continuously analyze usage patterns, right-size resources, and predict needs, typically reducing cloud spending by 25-40% while improving operational efficiency.
Multicloud architecture dramatically enhances business resilience when implemented strategically, providing geographic redundancy, regulatory flexibility, and vendor independence across the Americas. However, without unified management platforms like Acronis and experienced partners like palmiq, complexity can undermine the very resilience organizations seek to achieve.
The MSP AI Toolkit for 2025: Essential Tools & Skills
AI transforms MSPs from reactive service providers to proactive strategic partners. Master predictive infrastructure management, intelligent security operations, automated reporting, and help desk AI to scale efficiently while delivering outcomes clients can't get elsewhere in 2025.
AI & Data Protection Laws: Risks SMBs Don't See Coming
AI tools trigger hidden data protection obligations most SMBs miss, from training data compliance to cross-border regulations. Without proper governance, your efficiency gains could become costly legal liabilities across GDPR, CCPA, and Latin American privacy frameworks.