When you’re dealing with a modern, all-flash array, you need data efficiency technology to keep up. Otherwise, what’s the point of having such a speedy solution? Perhaps you’ve heard the terms “thick provisioning” and “thin provisioning.” These terms get tossed around a lot in the storage community, but which is right for you?
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.
Why Your Microsoft 365 Data Is Not as Safe as You Think
Your organization moved to Microsoft 365 and everything got better. Email is reliable. Collaboration is seamless. Files live in the cloud where they are accessible from anywhere. The days of managing an on-premises Exchange server and worrying about tape backups are over. Microsoft handles it now.
Cybersecurity Is Not a Tech Problem It's a Business Problem
Ask a room full of executives what cybersecurity is, and most will describe it in technical terms. Firewalls. Antivirus. Encryption. Patching. They will describe it as something their IT team handles, something that lives in the server room or in the cloud, something measured in alerts and scan results. They are not wrong about the components. They are wrong about the category.
The Real Difference Between an IT Vendor and a Managed IT Partner
Every organization that outsources any part of its IT has a relationship with someone. A company that sells them software. A consultant who shows up when something breaks. A provider that hosts their email or manages their firewalls. They call these relationships different things: vendor, provider, partner, consultant, IT guy. Most of the time, the label does not matter. Until it does.
AI Is No Longer a Competitive Advantage It's the New Baseline
There was a window, and it is closing. For a brief period, organizations that adopted AI-driven tools for their IT operations and cybersecurity had a genuine edge. They detected threats faster. They resolved issues before users noticed. They operated leaner, smarter, and with a resilience that their competitors could not match. That was an advantage.
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.