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Setting up a Small Office Data Center Quickly

Alucid Team

Mar 14, 20231 min read

Setting up a Small Office Data Center Quickly

Are you working to set up a small office data center of 5 Cabinets or less? Oh, and you need to do it quickly? Then here is a great...

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Tool of the Week: Data Center vs. Colo Calculator

Alucid Team

Jan 24, 20231 min read

Tool of the Week: Data Center vs. Colo Calculator

Tool of the Week: Data Center vs. Colo Calculator Here is a great way to quickly do a Total Cost of Ownership analysis between a...

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Alucid Team

Jan 20, 20232 min read

Cisco Nexus vs Catalyst - Comparison

Is Cisco's catalyst line of switches making a comeback?! If you're deciding on one or the other, the short and sweet answer is this: Go...

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Tool of the Week: Documents and Manuals Finder

Mackenzie Perry

Jan 20, 20231 min read

Tool of the Week: Documents and Manuals Finder

Tool of the Week: Documents and Manuals Finder Bookmark this one right now. This weeks spotlight is a tool I LOVE and works way better...

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Mackenzie Perry

Jan 14, 20231 min read

Cisco - The founding Story

@Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 by a couple, Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner. The two met while studying at Stanford University and...

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Mackenzie Perry

Jan 3, 20231 min read

Your Firewall at Home?

Here is a list and comparison of Fortinet's Branch firewalls. One of the massive benefits with these smaller units is the cost by which...

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Mackenzie Perry

Jan 2, 20232 min read

Tips - New Office #2

Check out our last Tips page for setting up a new office, here - https://www.alucidsolutions.com/post/tips-of-the-week-setting-up-a-new-o...

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Technology Spotlight: Vertiv's Micro Data Center

Alucid Team

Dec 28, 20221 min read

Technology Spotlight: Vertiv's Micro Data Center

This week's technology spotlight is Vertiv's VCR -S Edge ready Micro Data Center system. Vertiv's VCR all-in-one unit is a great solution...

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Alucid Team

Dec 27, 20221 min read

Tool of the Week: PDU finder

Tool: https://www.vertiv.com/en-us/support/tools-applications/rpdu-finder/ Use: This tool allows you to find the right PDUs to deploy...

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Tips of the Week: Setting up a New Office Quickly

Mackenzie Perry

Dec 24, 20221 min read

Tips of the Week: Setting up a New Office Quickly

The past 3 years we have seen more client businesses moving offices. Some consolidations in favor of a work from home policy. Some...

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Mackenzie Perry

Dec 23, 20221 min read

Gartner Firewalls for 2022

As we head into 2023, here is a quick recap from Gartner on the top Firewall players in the industry - security first technology...

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Tips of the week: New Office or Relocating

Mackenzie Perry

Dec 16, 20222 min read

Tips of the week: New Office or Relocating

#RapidDeployment with Alucid. Standing up a new office QUICKLY, has its challenges. Whether your team is brand new to the region or are...

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Alucid Team

Dec 8, 20223 min read

3 Tips - Ensure Data Center Uptime

Over-Analyze Prioritize Operational efficiency Keep it simple I heard Elon Musk say once that his biggest challenge is creating a...

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Alucid Team

Nov 26, 20222 min read

When was your last UPS Refresh?

Over 60% of outages today result in a financial loss of $100,000 or more, with a significant proportion over $1,000,000. Heading into...

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Alucid Team

Nov 15, 20221 min read

Keynote 2023 - Navy Fighter Pilot

One of 2023's key note speakers for KC IT Symposium is former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot - Tammie Jo Shultz. Excited to hear her speak!...

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70% of U.S. IT budget is spent supporting legacy infrastructure

Alucid Team

Nov 14, 20222 min read

70% of U.S. IT budget is spent supporting legacy infrastructure

70% of U.S. IT budget is spent supporting legacy infrastructure Businesses and the government rely on legacy infrastructure. For all...

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Alucid Team

Nov 10, 20221 min read

IT HW Staging and Imaging

Office spaces have consolidated over the last 3 years as businesses shift to a work from home full time and part time model. Our Staging...

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Mackenzie Perry

Nov 4, 20222 min read

Backup & Recovery

While Veeam & Cohesity are two products we support - this isn't a 1 vs. 2 conversation. Here is the quick and dirty on how a business...

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Mackenzie Perry

Nov 2, 20222 min read

Data Center Outage

Common causes of Data center outage in 2021 and where businesses are still falling short.

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