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Chauncey Montgomery (director) and I attended a symposium at the
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library on 4/15
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A no charge, no pressure event with speakers from 3 companies and a
case study by TLCPL
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In my opinion, an event well worth attending should you have the
opportunity.
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DMC Technology Group Inc, in Toledo, held it to showcase 3 interesting
technologies for use in libraries
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All 3 have the potential to streamline operation and save money.
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A short summary (of sorts) on the covered items.
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1) Optimize network bandwidth, monitor use, control streaming media and
social networking sites, accelerate mission critical traffic.
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Item of interest:
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You don't necessarily need to increase bandwidth, possibly just
control the use.
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2) Backup and recover solutions using data deduplication technology
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Items of interest:
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No tapes
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Very substantial reduction in backup time utilizing block mode (faster
than incremental)
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Quick restore of files
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Long term backup retention
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3) Virtualization solutions
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Items of interest:
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Virtual desktops,
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Live migration of virtual machines between servers
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Running programs without an operating system.
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If interested, additional information may be obtained through:
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Website <font><a href="http://www.dmctechnologygroup.com/"><font
face="sans-serif" size="2">http://www.dmctechnologygroup.com/</font></a></font><br>
Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:eric.lacy@DMCtechgroup.com">eric.lacy@DMCtechgroup.com</a>
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<a href="http://www.dmctechnologygroup.com/"><font face="sans-serif"
size="2"><br>
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R. W. (Bob) Neeper Cell: (740)-407-3572
Community Library
44 Burrer Dr.
Sunbury, Oh 43074
Tel: (740)-965-3901</pre>
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