How Platespin Server Consolidation Works by Jennifer Hanson
It is no secret that servers can take up a lot of floor space, and power. As a result, they can sometimes seem inconvenient. One way to save space and power is to consolidate servers. Server consolidation is very important in order to ease some of the frustrations of overdue consolidation... Platespin server consolidation helps to accelerate consolidation projects, and reduce errors. ... Platespin server consolidation works on Windows NT, 2000, and 2003 systems. ... These servers include VMware GSX Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, or simply a Platespin Flexible Image file.

MultiNational Corporation ERP Implementation – Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains by Andrew Karasev
If you look back to the history, you will see that ERP for large publicly traded company had to be built upon very reliable hardware (more likely non-Intel hardware: mainframe, Sun sparc, etc.), powerful database platform: Oracle, DB2, Ingress, Sybase and reliable OS: UNIX. ... Great Plains is MS SQL Server based application and if you base your Crystal Report on the stored procedure in SQL Server – you can easily get random selection • Intercompanies Transactions. ... Nowadays hardware (from Intel side), Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition, WindowsXP Pro, and Microsoft SQL Server...

Blade Servers Offer Efficient Energy Usage and a Lower TCO by Mike Colesante
With the release of dual-core Xeon chips for blade servers, Intel has again accentuated the ability of companies to save money in terms of lower power consumption and increased reliability. Studies indicate a blade server can reduce power and cooling costs 15 to 25 percent, meeting the needs of... Intel has begun shipping to its customers the next generation of Intel Server Systems, Server Boards and Server Chassis featuring the Dual-Core Xeon 5000 and 5100 sequences (Dempsey and Woodcrest). ... Add new, low power processors to the efficiency of a single chassis and blade servers become an...

What is Virtualization? by Matt Peterson
There is a lot of buzz going around about Virtualization. What is Virtualization, and what benefits does it provide? In this article we will take a look at the technology to see how it can provide a great deal of flexibility and cost effectiveness for IT professionals and software developers. ... Server consolidation allows IT professionals to fully utilize server resources, while isolating virtual machines and allowing them to run different operating systems and applications. ... VMWare , which is probably the most popular, recently announced that it will be releasing a free version...

Freight Forwarding ERP: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains customization & setup – overview by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains may be recommended for international freight forwarding / transportation company. Great Plains has such features as multicurrency (Euro, Pound, Yuan, Yen, Peso, Real), Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese (and if needed Unicode-specific languages such as Chinese, Japanese). ... Use ODBC Linked Server to link to your tracking system database (MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Unidata, Pervasive SQL, Ctree/Faircom, mySQL). ... eConnect is SDK to reference Great Plains objects – you will need SOP and POP orders entry • Customer/Vendor Consolidation.

Server Consolidation - What They do not Want You to Know! by Wes Tafoya
How to Reduce Costs & Increase Productivity Do you have too many servers? Many companies realize that they have too many servers or maybe they need to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server. They know they are spending too much money on maintenance and equipment. ... Not all solutions work for all people but if you need a data crunching server, SQL Server or a server Microsoft would be proud of( and they use the NEC Express5800/1000 series Itanium2 in their data center), I would recommend the NEC Itanium2 server-in a heart beat, they are unbelievably fast and very reliable(99.99% -...

Microsoft Dynamics GP Texas Countryside Implementation by Andrew Karasev
When we are talking about mid-size and complex ERP system implementation for the manufacturing facility in downstate Texas, for example, you should probably expect combination of initial onsite visit for current MRP legacy system analysis, requirements and following up phone interviews to... Being Microsoft SQL Server based ERP applications, Microsoft Dynamics GP enables you to utilize MS SQL Server linked server technology and so implement cross-platform integrations, which is especially important for mid-size and large enterprises with long ERP history and phased approach to legacy ERP...

Microsoft Great Plains – Licensing & Product Versions by Andrew Karasev
Current Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has more that 10 years of history. Former Great Plains Software had two lines of Great Plains: Dynamics & Dynamics C/S+, later on renamed into eEnterprise. In this small article we would like to give you first directions when you look into Great... In case if you would like to use MS SQL Server – ask your MBS Partner to get new reg key from MBS – you will need to prove your MS SQL Server license. ... This is scaled down version of GP – it is limited to 10 users, 500 employees (this was very large issue when MBS introduced GPS with version...

Corporate Accounting: Microsoft Dynamics GP/Microsoft Great Plains by Andrew Karasev
The ideas of Corporate ERP/MRP/Accounting application was developed back in 1960th, however nowadays the topic is still actual and we are watching how dozens of new Accounting packages hit the market every year. This process sees some consolidation, to be admitted. ... If you look back to 1990th – the competition between cheaper platforms, such as Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 was in the progress. ... However now Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 is solid rock product, which can support unlimited database size and data recording/retrieving pattern.

Microsoft Great Plains, Axapta, SAP Business One, Oracle E-Business Suite–SQL Databases/Companies by Andrew Karasev
Corporate ERP clients sometimes come up with the question, which can not be answered by one specific ERP reseller. Very good example is this question: our corporation has about 100 legal entities, such as subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Russia, plus we have legal entities in... The architecture of Great Plains requires separate SQL Server database for the company/legal entity. ... Currently we have Microsoft Dynamics GP – Great Plains architecture requires each legal entity to be Great Plains company and have separate Microsoft SQL Server database.