(7992,40,'2013-03-22 15:14:16','2013-03-22 19:14:16','To start, let me say that Hyper-V 2012 is a strong product-- a very strong product. Its entrance to the market was loud and impressive, but the noise around it has since quieted down. After spending quite a bit of time using it, and coming from the background of years on the VMware vSphere platform, I\'ve been able to make a comparison between the two and wanted to share my thoughts on how it stacks up.\n\n<strong>Installation </strong>\n\nFor those who aren\'t aware, Hyper-V 2012 can be installed as a Server Role on top of Server 2012, and the installation process (once the OS is already loaded) is just about as easy as it gets. You check the box for the Hyper-V role in the add new role wizard, and in a few minutes, it\'s installed and live on your server. There is also a standalone, Core-only (command line only) version called Hyper-V 2012 Server, that you can install onto the server hardware directly. The difference here is that the Role added on Server 2012 includes licensing for Server OS virtual machines that will run on top of the host, whereas the Hyper-V 2012 Server installation does not. In addition, Hyper-V Server is command line only, as it runs the “core” installation of Windows Server.\n\nI won\'t spend much time on the licensing details other than to say unless you are running a small number of virtual machines, going the Datacenter edition is probably going to be the best bang for the buck, as it covers an unlimited amount of Windows Server OS VMs that run on the licensed host. To state it another way, once you pay for the Datacenter Edition license, install it on a server, and enable the Hyper-V role, all other server VMs that you subsequently run on that physical server, require no additional Server OS license.\n\nIt\'s important to note that at this point, you have the equivalent of a standalone hypervisor server-- a “standlone ESXi host” is a good point of comparison. You do not have the benefits of high availability, live migrations for either the virtual workload or its underlying storage, and no dynamic workload balancing.\n\n<strong>Hardware Considerations</strong>\n\nThroughout our time installing, upgrading, and managing Hyper-V hosts, we\'ve found that Microsoft is very picky about the underlying hardware used, and reference their hardware compatibility list in several documents and interfaces (especially in the Failover Clustering interface, which we\'ll get to later). While an HCL exists from the other hypervisor vendors, it\'s almost a background consideration in a lot of cases, as compared to Microsoft\'s position of putting the HCL “front and center.\"\n\nGiven this fact, we\'d strongly suggest to anyone deploying Hyper-V 2012, and especially those who are upgrading from previous versions, that you very carefully validate that your hardware is certified for Server 2012 before going into production.\n\n<strong>Networking</strong>\n\nOne of the major improvements in <em>Server 2012</em>, which has an upward and positive impact to Hyper-V, is the addition of NIC Teaming through the Server 2012 OS itself, as opposed to only being available through the use of vendor specific teaming utilities.\n\nThe result here is a very similar capability to what I\'ve been accustomed to having from VMware for some time now. NIC Teaming provides the ability to load balance NICs from different vendors, NICs that are on the motherboard with NICs that are add-ons through a PCIe slot, as well as load balancing of traffic through the NICs (in an “active/active” manner) without any configuration on the upstream switches.\n\nAdditionally, you can load balance your NICs in an active/standby configuration, or the commonplace active/active with \"switch awareness\" (a port channel in the Cisco world-- which can be “static”-- channel-group mode on in Cisco terms, or using LACP, channel-group mode active in Cisco terms).\n\nAssuming a standard 6 or 8 NIC server design, the only real “difference” in the networking configuration for a Hyper-V server as opposed to an ESXi host is that there is generally a NIC (or two) dedicated for “outside of Hyper-V” server OS communication. This can be done with a team, and is something that should be discussed as part of your design and hardware purchase (to ensure you have the correct amount of NIC ports).\n\n<strong>Hyper-V Virtual Switches</strong>\n\nThis topic took me a little while to understand how it actually applied, especially since I was trying to relate it to what I was used to working with from VMware.\n\nImagine that you have 2 NICs in an active/active, switch independent team, that you\'d like to use for the “normal” virtual machine network/LAN traffic. First, you must create this team using the NIC Teaming interface through the Server Manager in Server 2012 (this is done OUTSIDE of Hyper-V, as it\'s an OS feature, and not a Hyper-V specific feature).\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicteam.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7942\" alt=\"nicteam\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicteam-300x176.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" /></a>\n\nOnce configured, note the non-editable name that Windows assigns to the logical team interface, as this is what you will be creating your virtual switch to use as its communication link. This is a minor annoyance. Being able to change the name to something more usable, or having Hyper-V use the team name as opposed to the OS assigned name, would be a simple and a more user-friendly implementation. Maybe in a patch or future update.\n\nStaying off of the Hyper-V configuration and speaking specifically to the Server 2012 OS use of the network team interface, you have the ability to specify a VLAN, and can also create additional LOGICAL sub-interfaces off of the NIC team for specific VLANs. If you set no VLAN, the interface will listen for traffic on all VLANs that the upstream, physical switch is passing down to it.\n\nIf you specify one on the team interface itself, that\'s the only VLAN it will be listening for traffic on.\n\nIf you create a sub-interface and assign it a VLAN ID, that interface will only listen for that specific VLAN\'s traffic, but the logical TEAM interface will continue to listen on all others.\n\nThe recommendation for Hyper-V is to NOT create sub-interfaces on the network team interface, and to NOT assign any VLANs to the team interface, but leave the VLAN tagging to the vNICs for the virtual machines (this is a bit different than ESXi\'s vSwitching, which we\'ll outline further below).\n\nNow, back to Hyper-V. From Hyper-V Manager , you\'ll find the Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager in the top right corner, and once you open it, you\'ll have the ability to add a new network. There are three network types, but the most common and the one you\'ll want to create to allow virtual machines to talk to your physical LAN is the “External Network” type.\n\nIf you create a network called \"Server Network,\" you\'ll notice that you can ONLY assign it a VLAN if you share it with the management OS. What this means is that if you want to tag it with a VLAN at this level, you won\'t be keeping it as a dedicated network for Hyper-V, but rather will be sharing it with the Server 2012 OS you installed Hyper-V onto as well. I suggest you NOT check this option, and that you do not assign it a VLAN.\n\nAs part of the creation of the new network, you\'ll have the ability to select the network interface you want to use for it as well via a drop down menu. Once you select an interface for a new virtual switch, it cannot be used again for another one. This is important to take note of for your configuration.\n\nSo at this point, consider the diagram below, taken as a screenshot from ESXi. You have created a virtual switch, and assigned it physical interfaces on which to connect-- the center piece, and the pieces to the right.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://professionalvmware.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/20081213-0858.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"404\" />\n\nWhat you have NOT done, which is what confused us for a while, is create the “VM Port Groups” on the left hand side (See \"ExNet\" in the diagram).\n\nIn a typical VMware deployment, you would create a VM Port Group for each VLAN you wanted to have available to your virtual machines, and in that port group, you would set a VLAN ID. The upstream communication would be on trunking (or tagging) interfaces, and thus providing you with access to the VLANs you need-- and this part is the same in Hyper-V. What\'s different, however, is that Hyper-V 2012 does not have the concept of a VM Port Group. Instead, you assign a VLAN ID and “virtual port” on the vNIC of the virtual machines themselves.\n\nSo let\'s say that Server Network has access to VLANs 10-20, and you want to be on the “DMZ” VLAN, which we\'ll say is VLAN 15 in our example. On the VM you are putting in the DMZ, you would go to Edit Settings, find its NIC, and check the box to “Enable VLAN Tagging”, and specific VLAN 15. Then you\'d press OK, and the VM would be able to communicate out on the network.\n\nI know this can be a bit confusing, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to post in the comments or drop us an email-- we\'re happy to help clarify!','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part I','','inherit','open','open','','7940-revision-6','','','2013-03-22 15:14:16','2013-03-22 19:14:16','',7940,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7940-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(7993,40,'2013-03-22 15:15:59','2013-03-22 19:15:59','To start, let me say that Hyper-V 2012 is a strong product-- a very strong product. Its entrance to the market was loud and impressive, but the noise around it has since quieted down. After spending quite a bit of time using it, and coming from the background of years on the VMware vSphere platform, I\'ve been able to make a comparison between the two and wanted to share my thoughts on how it stacks up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Installation </strong>\r\n\r\nFor those who aren\'t aware, Hyper-V 2012 can be installed as a Server Role on top of Server 2012, and the installation process (once the OS is already loaded) is just about as easy as it gets. You check the box for the Hyper-V role in the add new role wizard, and in a few minutes, it\'s installed and live on your server. There is also a standalone, Core-only (command line only) version called Hyper-V 2012 Server, that you can install onto the server hardware directly. The difference here is that the Role added on Server 2012 includes licensing for Server OS virtual machines that will run on top of the host, whereas the Hyper-V 2012 Server installation does not. In addition, Hyper-V Server is command line only, as it runs the “core” installation of Windows Server.\r\n\r\nI won\'t spend much time on the licensing details other than to say unless you are running a small number of virtual machines, going the Datacenter edition is probably going to be the best bang for the buck, as it covers an unlimited amount of Windows Server OS VMs that run on the licensed host. To state it another way, once you pay for the Datacenter Edition license, install it on a server, and enable the Hyper-V role, all other server VMs that you subsequently run on that physical server, require no additional Server OS license.\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to note that at this point, you have the equivalent of a standalone hypervisor server-- a “standlone ESXi host” is a good point of comparison. You do not have the benefits of high availability, live migrations for either the virtual workload or its underlying storage, and no dynamic workload balancing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hardware Considerations</strong>\r\n\r\nThroughout our time installing, upgrading, and managing Hyper-V hosts, we\'ve found that Microsoft is very picky about the underlying hardware used, and reference their hardware compatibility list in several documents and interfaces (especially in the Failover Clustering interface, which we\'ll get to later). While an HCL exists from the other hypervisor vendors, it\'s almost a background consideration in a lot of cases, as compared to Microsoft\'s position of putting the HCL “front and center.\"\r\n\r\nGiven this fact, we\'d strongly suggest to anyone deploying Hyper-V 2012, and especially those who are upgrading from previous versions, that you very carefully validate that your hardware is certified for Server 2012 before going into production.\r\n\r\n<strong>Networking</strong>\r\n\r\nOne of the major improvements in <em>Server 2012</em>, which has an upward and positive impact to Hyper-V, is the addition of NIC Teaming through the Server 2012 OS itself, as opposed to only being available through the use of vendor specific teaming utilities.\r\n\r\nThe result here is a very similar capability to what I\'ve been accustomed to having from VMware for some time now. NIC Teaming provides the ability to load balance NICs from different vendors, NICs that are on the motherboard with NICs that are add-ons through a PCIe slot, as well as load balancing of traffic through the NICs (in an “active/active” manner) without any configuration on the upstream switches.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, you can load balance your NICs in an active/standby configuration, or the commonplace active/active with \"switch awareness\" (a port channel in the Cisco world-- which can be “static”-- channel-group mode on in Cisco terms, or using LACP, channel-group mode active in Cisco terms).\r\n\r\nAssuming a standard 6 or 8 NIC server design, the only real “difference” in the networking configuration for a Hyper-V server as opposed to an ESXi host is that there is generally a NIC (or two) dedicated for “outside of Hyper-V” server OS communication. This can be done with a team, and is something that should be discussed as part of your design and hardware purchase (to ensure you have the correct amount of NIC ports).\r\n\r\n<strong>Hyper-V Virtual Switches</strong>\r\n\r\nThis topic took me a little while to understand how it actually applied, especially since I was trying to relate it to what I was used to working with from VMware.\r\n\r\nImagine that you have 2 NICs in an active/active, switch independent team, that you\'d like to use for the “normal” virtual machine network/LAN traffic. First, you must create this team using the NIC Teaming interface through the Server Manager in Server 2012 (this is done OUTSIDE of Hyper-V, as it\'s an OS feature, and not a Hyper-V specific feature).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicteam.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7942\" alt=\"nicteam\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicteam-300x176.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce configured, note the non-editable name that Windows assigns to the logical team interface, as this is what you will be creating your virtual switch to use as its communication link. This is a minor annoyance. Being able to change the name to something more usable, or having Hyper-V use the team name as opposed to the OS assigned name, would be a simple and a more user-friendly implementation. Maybe in a patch or future update.\r\n\r\nStaying off of the Hyper-V configuration and speaking specifically to the Server 2012 OS use of the network team interface, you have the ability to specify a VLAN, and can also create additional LOGICAL sub-interfaces off of the NIC team for specific VLANs. If you set no VLAN, the interface will listen for traffic on all VLANs that the upstream, physical switch is passing down to it.\r\n\r\nIf you specify one on the team interface itself, that\'s the only VLAN it will be listening for traffic on.\r\n\r\nIf you create a sub-interface and assign it a VLAN ID, that interface will only listen for that specific VLAN\'s traffic, but the logical TEAM interface will continue to listen on all others.\r\n\r\nThe recommendation for Hyper-V is to NOT create sub-interfaces on the network team interface, and to NOT assign any VLANs to the team interface, but leave the VLAN tagging to the vNICs for the virtual machines (this is a bit different than ESXi\'s vSwitching, which we\'ll outline further below).\r\n\r\nNow, back to Hyper-V. From Hyper-V Manager , you\'ll find the Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager in the top right corner, and once you open it, you\'ll have the ability to add a new network. There are three network types, but the most common and the one you\'ll want to create to allow virtual machines to talk to your physical LAN is the “External Network” type.\r\n\r\nIf you create a network called \"Server Network,\" you\'ll notice that you can ONLY assign it a VLAN if you share it with the management OS. What this means is that if you want to tag it with a VLAN at this level, you won\'t be keeping it as a dedicated network for Hyper-V, but rather will be sharing it with the Server 2012 OS you installed Hyper-V onto as well. I suggest you NOT check this option, and that you do not assign it a VLAN.\r\n\r\nAs part of the creation of the new network, you\'ll have the ability to select the network interface you want to use for it as well via a drop down menu. Once you select an interface for a new virtual switch, it cannot be used again for another one. This is important to take note of for your configuration.\r\n\r\nSo at this point, consider the diagram below, taken as a screenshot from ESXi. You have created a virtual switch, and assigned it physical interfaces on which to connect-- the center piece, and the pieces to the right.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://professionalvmware.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/20081213-0858.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"404\" />\r\n\r\nWhat you have NOT done, which is what confused us for a while, is create the “VM Port Groups” on the left hand side (See \"ExNet\" in the diagram).\r\n\r\nIn a typical VMware deployment, you would create a VM Port Group for each VLAN you wanted to have available to your virtual machines, and in that port group, you would set a VLAN ID. The upstream communication would be on trunking (or tagging) interfaces, and thus providing you with access to the VLANs you need-- and this part is the same in Hyper-V. What\'s different, however, is that Hyper-V 2012 does not have the concept of a VM Port Group. Instead, you assign a VLAN ID and “virtual port” on the vNIC of the virtual machines themselves.\r\n\r\nSo let\'s say that Server Network has access to VLANs 10-20, and you want to be on the “DMZ” VLAN, which we\'ll say is VLAN 15 in our example. On the VM you are putting in the DMZ, you would go to Edit Settings, find its NIC, and check the box to “Enable VLAN Tagging”, and specific VLAN 15. Then you\'d press OK, and the VM would be able to communicate out on the network.\r\n\r\nI know this can be a bit confusing, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to post in the comments or drop us an email-- we\'re happy to help clarify!','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part I','','inherit','open','open','','7940-revision-7','','','2013-03-22 15:15:59','2013-03-22 19:15:59','',7940,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7940-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(8034,42,'2013-04-04 16:35:39','2013-04-04 20:35:39','','egrouptranslogoemail','','inherit','open','open','','egrouptranslogoemail','','','2013-04-04 16:35:39','2013-04-04 20:35:39','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/egrouptranslogoemail.gif',0,'attachment','image/gif',0),(7995,42,'2013-03-25 13:26:37','2013-03-25 17:26:37','<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!</em>\r\n\r\nI usually like to stay on the bleeding edge of software releases, so naturally as soon as Windows 8 RTM was announced and was made available to developers such as myself on MSDN, I wanted to take full advantage of learning the extra capabilities – I created a development machine to be able test the environment and was getting it ready to move live.\r\n\r\nThe problem for me was that there were a few business-critical applications that were not playing well with Windows 8. We have a customer that requires us to use Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client – specifically version 2.5.0217.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7996\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUpon connecting to a VPN, I would either get a <b>The VPN client driver has encountered an error</b> message or a blue screen forcing a reboot.\r\n\r\nTo fix this, a simple registry change will save the day. (Note, you should always back up the registry before making changes)\r\n\r\nRun <b>Regedit</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7997\" alt=\"2\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2-300x154.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNavigate to <b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vpnva</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7998\" alt=\"3\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3-300x153.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" /></a>\r\n\r\nChange <b>DisplayName</b> to <i>Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64</i>, basically you want to remove the beginning inf% information before the word Cisco.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\" alt=\"4\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4-300x134.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" /></a>\r\n\r\nClose RegEdit (and the VPN client, if it is open) and reopen and attempt connection.\r\n\r\nIf you aren’t <i>required</i> to use a lower version of the AnyConnect VPN Client, you should be able to use version 3.0 or above without any issue.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShayne Estes is an Application Services Engineer at eGroup, Inc.\r\n\r\nContact Shayne via email <a href=\"mailto:shayne.estes@egroup-us.com\">here</a>.','Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!','','publish','open','open','','unable-to-connect-to-cisco-anyconnect-vpn-client-on-windows-8-the-fix-is-simple','','','2013-03-26 12:51:47','2013-03-26 16:51:47','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=7995',0,'post','',0),(7996,42,'2013-03-25 13:17:30','2013-03-25 17:17:30','','1','','inherit','open','open','','1-3','','','2013-03-25 13:17:30','2013-03-25 17:17:30','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7997,42,'2013-03-25 13:17:37','2013-03-25 17:17:37','','2','','inherit','open','open','','2-3','','','2013-03-25 13:17:37','2013-03-25 17:17:37','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7998,42,'2013-03-25 13:17:40','2013-03-25 17:17:40','','3','','inherit','open','open','','3-2','','','2013-03-25 13:17:40','2013-03-25 17:17:40','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7999,42,'2013-03-25 13:17:46','2013-03-25 17:17:46','','4','','inherit','open','open','','4-2','','','2013-03-25 13:17:46','2013-03-25 17:17:46','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8000,42,'2013-03-25 13:17:50','2013-03-25 17:17:50','<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!</em>\n\nI usually like to stay on the bleeding edge of software releases, so naturally as soon as Windows 8 RTM was announced and was made available to developers such as myself on MSDN, I wanted to take full advantage of learning the extra capabilities – I created a development machine to be able test the environment and was getting it ready to move live.\n\nThe problem for me was that there were a few business-critical applications that were not playing well with Windows 8. We have a customer that requires us to use Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client – specifically version 2.5.0217.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nUpon connecting to a VPN, I would either get a <b>The VPN client driver has encountered an error</b> message or a blue screen forcing a reboot.\n\nTo fix this, a simple registry change will save the day. (Note, you should always back up the registry before making changes)\n\nRun <b>Regedit</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNavigate to <b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vpnva</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nChange <b>DisplayName</b> to <i>Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64</i>, basically you want to remove the beginning inf% information before the word Cisco.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nClose RegEdit (and the VPN client, if it is open) and reopen and attempt connection.\n\nIf you aren’t <i>required</i> to use a lower version of the AnyConnect VPN Client, you should be able to use version 3.0 or above without any issue.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShayne Estes is an Application Services Engineer at eGroup, Inc.\n\nContact Shayne via email here.','','','inherit','open','open','','7995-revision','','','2013-03-25 13:17:50','2013-03-25 17:17:50','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7995-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8001,42,'2013-03-25 13:18:10','2013-03-25 17:18:10','<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!</em>\r\n\r\nI usually like to stay on the bleeding edge of software releases, so naturally as soon as Windows 8 RTM was announced and was made available to developers such as myself on MSDN, I wanted to take full advantage of learning the extra capabilities – I created a development machine to be able test the environment and was getting it ready to move live.\r\n\r\nThe problem for me was that there were a few business-critical applications that were not playing well with Windows 8. We have a customer that requires us to use Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client – specifically version 2.5.0217.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUpon connecting to a VPN, I would either get a <b>The VPN client driver has encountered an error</b> message or a blue screen forcing a reboot.\r\n\r\nTo fix this, a simple registry change will save the day. (Note, you should always back up the registry before making changes)\r\n\r\nRun <b>Regedit</b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNavigate to <b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vpnva</b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChange <b>DisplayName</b> to <i>Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64</i>, basically you want to remove the beginning inf% information before the word Cisco.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nClose RegEdit (and the VPN client, if it is open) and reopen and attempt connection.\r\n\r\nIf you aren’t <i>required</i> to use a lower version of the AnyConnect VPN Client, you should be able to use version 3.0 or above without any issue.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShayne Estes is an Application Services Engineer at eGroup, Inc.\r\n\r\nContact Shayne via email here.','','','inherit','open','open','','7995-revision-2','','','2013-03-25 13:18:10','2013-03-25 17:18:10','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7995-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(8002,42,'2013-03-25 13:25:57','2013-03-25 17:25:57','<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!</em>\r\n\r\nI usually like to stay on the bleeding edge of software releases, so naturally as soon as Windows 8 RTM was announced and was made available to developers such as myself on MSDN, I wanted to take full advantage of learning the extra capabilities – I created a development machine to be able test the environment and was getting it ready to move live.\r\n\r\nThe problem for me was that there were a few business-critical applications that were not playing well with Windows 8. We have a customer that requires us to use Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client – specifically version 2.5.0217.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7996\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUpon connecting to a VPN, I would either get a <b>The VPN client driver has encountered an error</b> message or a blue screen forcing a reboot.\r\n\r\nTo fix this, a simple registry change will save the day. 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The fix is simple!','','inherit','open','open','','7995-revision-3','','','2013-03-25 13:25:57','2013-03-25 17:25:57','',7995,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7995-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8003,40,'2013-03-25 13:26:37','2013-03-25 17:26:37','<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Unable to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Windows 8? The fix is simple!</em>\r\n\r\nI usually like to stay on the bleeding edge of software releases, so naturally as soon as Windows 8 RTM was announced and was made available to developers such as myself on MSDN, I wanted to take full advantage of learning the extra capabilities – I created a development machine to be able test the environment and was getting it ready to move live.\r\n\r\nThe problem for me was that there were a few business-critical applications that were not playing well with Windows 8. 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As I found out, the company is so much more than that.  The company culture is amazing, and one of the main reasons I chose eGroup. As I met everyone, it became apparent to me that this is the right place to be.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nConstantly reading, and learning new things. Whether it be IT, or other areas that interest me; I always strive to learn more about the things that interest me, or that I want to learn more about. It is this inner drive that makes me competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI would have to say I would be a Biochemist. There are so many things in the world today that affect people in a negative way. 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And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSince I started working with eGroup associates nearly five years ago, I\'ve come to think of them as the elite of the tech industry in our area. No matter the requirement, they provide a clear path to the solution and have impacted my way of thinking for the better. The interesting nature of the work as well as the expertise in which that work is conducted fits my personal goal of wanting to create new and interesting things. I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\r\n\r\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"If T.S. 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No matter the requirement, they provide a clear path to the solution and have impacted my way of thinking for the better. The interesting nature of the work as well as the expertise in which that work is conducted fits my personal goal of wanting to create new and interesting things. I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\n\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\n\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\n\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\n\n\"If T.S. 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I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\r\n\r\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"If T.S. 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I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\r\n\r\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"If T.S. 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We hope you enjoy.]\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?  </strong></span>\n\nMy initial attraction to eGroup came from two things. The first was the description of the job position, it was as if the poster was talking to me directly. It was exactly the type of opportunity I was looking for. After spending more than a decade administering infrastructures, I realized how much I enjoyed designing and building them. I felt like I had met a match with eGroup. Of course you also can\'t deny the draw of such a magical place as Charleston. Once I had a chance to meet everyone, I knew it was the place for me. It is a rare thing in this day and age to find a company that is so dedicated to customer satisfaction. The recruitment process made me realize that not only do they take great care in selecting the absolute best candidate, but that I am one of them. I am looking forward to a long and lustrous career at eGroup.\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes you a serious competitor?</span></strong>\n\nAccording to my wife, it is because I am a know it all. That is, I go to great lengths to make sure I know what I am talking about. I like to do a lot of research and be as informed as possible. From a technical perspective I am a bit of a Dr. Frankenstein. I can get really creative when it comes to designing solutions and have been known to take decommissioned and outdated equipment and craft it into a viable production environment. Sometimes you don\'t have a lot to work with and the end result might not be very pretty, but it most certainly does the job.\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</span></strong>\n\nIf left unmanaged, I will talk your ear off. I am definitely an extrovert, with a capital E. When you mix that with a love of foreign cultures you get an ideal linguist. Nothing activates the brain better than trying to learn a new language. In my studies I have learned a bit of Latin, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. When I got an opportunity to study abroad in France and Germany I made sure to learn enough of the language to survive during my two weeks there. Of course, if that didn\'t pan out I could always go back to being a clown/magician.\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What\'s your Headline?</span></strong>\n\nFormer magician reveals centuries old secret of making objects disappear... \"We just store them in \'the cloud\'...\"\n\nWelcome to the eGroup team, Chris!','First Day...Four Questions: Chris Ermis, Technical Consultant','','inherit','open','open','','7862-autosave','','','2013-07-12 11:13:29','2013-07-12 15:13:29','',7862,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7862-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(8011,40,'2013-03-27 10:15:25','2013-03-27 14:15:25','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maggi.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7906\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maggi.jpg\" width=\"107\" height=\"166\" /></a>\n\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Why eGroup?</span></strong>\n\n<strong></strong>The job description and company profile were two things that initially attracted me to eGroup. The interview process eGroup has in place allows you to meet with several members of the team and lets you get a feel for the company environment and the importance of each role within the company. I felt very comfortable during the interview process so I knew eGroup was the right fit for me.\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes you a serious competitor?</span></strong>\n\nGrowing up with two younger sisters made me the competitive person I am today. Whether we were competing in different activities in school or around the house I was always passionate and had a drive to be the best. Those qualities are still with me today and are what makes me so competitive.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\n\nIf I wasn’t in Tech, I would love to pursue photography. 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Those qualities are still with me today and are what makes me so competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nIf I wasn’t in Tech, I would love to pursue photography. 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We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Why eGroup?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The job description and company profile were two things that initially attracted me to eGroup. The interview process eGroup has in place allows you to meet with several members of the team and lets you get a feel for the company environment and the importance of each role within the company. I felt very comfortable during the interview process so I knew eGroup was the right fit for me.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes you a serious competitor?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nGrowing up with two younger sisters made me the competitive person I am today. Whether we were competing in different activities in school or around the house I was always passionate and had a drive to be the best. Those qualities are still with me today and are what makes me so competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nIf I wasn’t in Tech, I would love to pursue photography. I would love to be able to travel the world taking pictures as a career-that would be fun!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Newest team member excited to join the eGroup team!”\r\n\r\nWelcome to the eGroup team, Maggi!','First Day…Four Questions: Maggi LeJeune, Inside Sales','','inherit','open','open','','7905-revision-5','','','2013-03-27 10:15:44','2013-03-27 14:15:44','',7905,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7905-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(8014,40,'2013-02-26 09:47:36','2013-02-26 14:47:36','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wbeers.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7923\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wbeers-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver the last couple of years, I’ve attended events in the area sponsored or hosted by eGroup, and I knew from the very first encounter that this team was stellar. When I decided it was time to take my career to the next level, I reached out to eGroup first. It was an easy choice to make! I was looking for an opportunity to work with advanced and powerful technology solutions, and eGroup does exactly that on a daily basis. The growth potential here is very exciting and I feel empowered to succeed and achieve with the tools and framework they provide.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nPeople have been using the word “competitive” to describe me since I was a little kid. I always had to finish first, no matter what the challenge. Years later, I’m still pushing myself to learn more, deliver faster, and have the right answer before anyone else. If there’s any degree of competition, I’m straining to be at the front of the pack. eGroup is definitely a pack leader, and I am all about making our customers as competitive as possible.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI studied biology in high school and college, and if I hadn’t decided to pursue a full-time career in IT, I would have loved to work in a branch of oceanography. I spent a lot of time around the ocean growing up and I don’t think I could ever stand to live more than an hour away from the coastline. I’ve also taught taekwondo on and off for the last ten years, but it’s a lot harder to make a full-time career teaching punches and kicks unless you’re a Hollywood stunt choreographer!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Local Developer Sprints Across Office in Carrot Costume, Disciplined for Running as Root”','First Day…Four Questions: Will Beers, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','7922-revision-5','','','2013-02-26 09:47:36','2013-02-26 14:47:36','',7922,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7922-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(8015,40,'2013-03-27 10:12:46','2013-03-27 14:12:46','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Betts.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8007\" alt=\"Josh Betts\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Betts.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSince I started working with eGroup associates nearly five years ago, I\'ve come to think of them as the elite of the tech industry in our area. No matter the requirement, they provide a clear path to the solution and have impacted my way of thinking for the better. The interesting nature of the work as well as the expertise in which that work is conducted fits my personal goal of wanting to create new and interesting things. I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\r\n\r\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"If T.S. Eliot measured his life by coffee spoons, I bet I could use Monster cans...\"','First Day...Four Questions: Josh Betts, Application Services Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8005-revision-4','','','2013-03-27 10:12:46','2013-03-27 14:12:46','',8005,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8005-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(8016,40,'2013-03-27 10:27:55','2013-03-27 14:27:55','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Betts.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8007\" alt=\"Josh Betts\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Betts.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\n\nSince I started working with eGroup associates nearly five years ago, I\'ve come to think of them as the elite of the tech industry in our area. No matter the requirement, they provide a clear path to the solution and have impacted my way of thinking for the better. The interesting nature of the work as well as the expertise in which that work is conducted fits my personal goal of wanting to create new and interesting things. I\'m excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\n\nAdaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren\'t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\n\nSome sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.\n\nOr maybe I\'d be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What\'s your Headline?</strong></span>\n\n\"If T.S. Eliot measured his life by coffee spoons, I bet I could use Monster cans...\"','First Day...Four Questions: Josh Betts, Application Services Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8005-autosave','','','2013-03-27 10:27:55','2013-03-27 14:27:55','',8005,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8005-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(8017,40,'2013-03-08 15:44:49','2013-03-08 20:44:49','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Will-Hull.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7953\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Will-Hull-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThere are a few reasons why I joined eGroup. First, being a smaller company where I could have a large revenue generating impact. Second, because of the competitive nature and culture of everyone working here. It’s great to work for a company that demands a high level of engagement from their employees. I was drawn to eGroup because I can expand our reach to the Charlotte market and help our customers to be the most successful in their industry.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMy competitive nature stems from my serial entrepreneurial attitude. I started my first business in high school and have since been eager to compete for anything. I most recently sold my business that captured over 20% market share in under 3 months and had an ROI of over 1200% after 18 months. Needless to say, I love making things happen and seeing projects in motion.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nI would be a professional ski bum with a mountain biking problem.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What’s your Headline?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n\"For smooth sailing you need a strong Hull.\"\r\n\r\n[eGroup editor comment: Congratulations Will, you locked up the headline competition for the next two years. Well done.]','First Day...Four Questions: Will Hull, Account Executive','','inherit','open','open','','7951-revision-3','','','2013-03-08 15:44:49','2013-03-08 20:44:49','',7951,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7951-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8018,40,'2013-02-27 08:55:00','2013-02-27 13:55:00','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tom-and-Jenni-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7933\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tom-and-Jenni-3-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe people of eGroup. I was introduced to eGroup over a year ago by Brad Shannon. It seemed like every time we got together he would brag about how great his fellow associates were. I had to see this for myself! One thing that became apparent in the interview process was the common vision everyone had. Everyone was on the same page and everyone seemed like they would be awesome to work with. I have since found eGroup to be a positive, genuinely supportive environment and I love it!\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes me a serious competitor?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMy commitment to establishing/cultivating profitable long term relationships. Ask any of my prior clients and the response will be unanimous. Tom Matlock takes his business seriously and will get the job done! My clients tend to be extremely loyal. The opportunity I now have to introduce eGroup to the Upstate is huge and makes me a serious competitor.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nNetworking. I thrive on meeting new people and growing/maintaining relationships.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Yes, that’s right, Matlock, like the TV show... No, I’m not related.”','First Day…Four Questions: Tom Matlock, Account Executive','','inherit','open','open','','7931-revision-6','','','2013-02-27 08:55:00','2013-02-27 13:55:00','',7931,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7931-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(8019,40,'2013-03-27 10:30:02','2013-03-27 14:30:02','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tom-and-Jenni-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7933\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tom-and-Jenni-3-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe people of eGroup. I was introduced to eGroup over a year ago by Brad Shannon. It seemed like every time we got together he would brag about how great his fellow associates were. I had to see this for myself! One thing that became apparent in the interview process was the common vision everyone had. Everyone was on the same page and everyone seemed like they would be awesome to work with. I have since found eGroup to be a positive, genuinely supportive environment and I love it!\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes me a serious competitor?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMy commitment to establishing/cultivating profitable long term relationships. Ask any of my prior clients and the response will be unanimous. Tom Matlock takes his business seriously and will get the job done! My clients tend to be extremely loyal. The opportunity I now have to introduce eGroup to the Upstate is huge and makes me a serious competitor.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nNetworking. I thrive on meeting new people and growing/maintaining relationships.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Yes, that’s right, Matlock, like the TV show... No, I’m not related.”','First Day…Four Questions: Tom Matlock, Account Executive','','inherit','open','open','','7931-revision-7','','','2013-03-27 10:30:02','2013-03-27 14:30:02','',7931,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7931-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(8020,40,'2013-03-27 10:22:30','2013-03-27 14:22:30','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wbeers.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7923\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wbeers-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nOver the last couple of years, I’ve attended events in the area sponsored or hosted by eGroup, and I knew from the very first encounter that this team was stellar. When I decided it was time to take my career to the next level, I reached out to eGroup first. It was an easy choice to make! I was looking for an opportunity to work with advanced and powerful technology solutions, and eGroup does exactly that on a daily basis. The growth potential here is very exciting and I feel empowered to succeed and achieve with the tools and framework they provide.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nPeople have been using the word “competitive” to describe me since I was a little kid. I always had to finish first, no matter what the challenge. Years later, I’m still pushing myself to learn more, deliver faster, and have the right answer before anyone else. If there’s any degree of competition, I’m straining to be at the front of the pack. eGroup is definitely a pack leader, and I am all about making our customers as competitive as possible.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI studied biology in high school and college, and if I hadn’t decided to pursue a full-time career in IT, I would have loved to work in a branch of oceanography. I spent a lot of time around the ocean growing up and I don’t think I could ever stand to live more than an hour away from the coastline. I’ve also taught taekwondo on and off for the last ten years, but it’s a lot harder to make a full-time career teaching punches and kicks unless you’re a Hollywood stunt choreographer!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Local Developer Sprints Across Office in Carrot Costume, Disciplined for Running as Root”','First Day…Four Questions: Will Beers, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','7922-revision-6','','','2013-03-27 10:22:30','2013-03-27 14:22:30','',7922,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7922-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(8021,40,'2013-03-27 10:18:50','2013-03-27 14:18:50','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maggi.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7906\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maggi.jpg\" width=\"107\" height=\"166\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Why eGroup?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The job description and company profile were two things that initially attracted me to eGroup. The interview process eGroup has in place allows you to meet with several members of the team and lets you get a feel for the company environment and the importance of each role within the company. I felt very comfortable during the interview process so I knew eGroup was the right fit for me.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes you a serious competitor?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nGrowing up with two younger sisters made me the competitive person I am today. Whether we were competing in different activities in school or around the house I was always passionate and had a drive to be the best. Those qualities are still with me today and are what makes me so competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nIf I wasn’t in Tech, I would love to pursue photography. I would love to be able to travel the world taking pictures as a career-that would be fun!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n“Newest team member excited to join the eGroup team!”\r\n\r\nWelcome to the eGroup team, Maggi!','First Day…Four Questions: Maggi LeJeune, Inside Sales','','inherit','open','open','','7905-revision-6','','','2013-03-27 10:18:50','2013-03-27 14:18:50','',7905,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7905-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(8022,40,'2013-06-04 10:23:49','2013-06-04 14:23:49','When you think about the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon, does it send shivers up and down your spine?\r\n\r\nIf you answered \"no\" - great! Sounds like you have everything under control. But, if you answered, \"yes\" - you\'re not alone according to our research.\r\n\r\nThese days, business and IT leadership wake up in a world where one-third of young employees use three different devices. For many, it\'s a nightmare because there’s a gang of monsters hiding under the bed (i.e. security, cost, management, etc.). No wonder 73% of UK IT directors surveyed said they are concerned BYOD will cause IT costs to \"spiral out of control.\" Their fears are supported by Aberdeen Group’s finding that a company with 1,000 mobile devices spends an extra $170,000 per year, on average, when it uses a BYOD approach.\r\n\r\nYet, most IT leaders aren’t disputing the business case for BYOD.\r\n\r\nWith all this Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, filling the market, we\'re pleased to offer advice and practical solutions in the latest eGroup eBook, \"<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seven-Steps-to-a-Sensible-BYOD-Strategy_Feb-2013.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>7 Steps to a Sensible BYOD Strategy (So You Can Sleep at Night)</strong></span>.</a>\" In it, you will learn how to devise and implement an effective BYOD strategy. Enjoy - and don\'t let those gang of monsters win!\r\n\r\n[gview file=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seven-Steps-to-a-Sensible-BYOD-Strategy_Feb-2013.pdf\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','eBook: 7 Steps to a Sensible BYOD Strategy (So You Can Sleep at Night)','','inherit','open','open','','7883-autosave','','','2013-06-04 10:23:49','2013-06-04 14:23:49','',7883,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7883-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(8024,40,'2013-03-28 16:37:25','2013-03-28 20:37:25','<b>Buried in spreadsheets, siloed information and point applications which tend to be hard to find and difficult to use?</b>\n\nIf you said, “yes,” it’s time to speak with eGroup’s Application Services Team.\n\nGone are the days of the “intuitive” enterprise – making way for the much more proactive, resilient, connected and successful “data driven” enterprise.\n\nHowever, the major challenge facing business leadership is getting timely access to data, while having the ability to analyze and collaborate real-time with customers, partners and employees. According to Gartner:\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">“<em>Business executives and IT managers are increasingly referring to information as one of their organization’s most critical and strategic corporate assets. Certainly there is a sharp rise in enterprises leveraging information as a performance fuel, competitive weaponry and a relationship adhesive.”</em><i> </i>[<b>Gartner Inc., Predicts 2012: Information Infrastructure and Big Data (29 Nov 2011)]</b></p>\nBut if access to that information is hindered, the business suffers.\n\nAt eGroup, we believe every company is an information company and should be well-prepared from both a process and technology standpoint to make decisions based on data – not gut-feel. We work with you to locate your critical data sources, how to derive meaning and insight from those sources and where to apply it within your business for competitive advantage.\n\n<b>What are you waiting for – contact eGroup today</b>\n\neGroup offers Application Planning and Solution Engagements targeted to address your pain point with the level of detail you are comfortable. We target the engagement based on your needs: to review a specific software product, a special solution and/or a business pain point. Contact your eGroup sales representative today at 1.877.eGROUP.1 or <a href=\"mailto:Sales@eGroup-us.com\">Sales@eGroup-us.com</a>.\n\neGroup is a qualified Microsoft Planning Services partner who can work with you on identifying if you have <a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/planning-services-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Software Assurance Planning Services</a> days. If you do, your Application Planning and Solution Engagement may come at no additional cost!','Application Planning and Solution Engagements','','inherit','open','open','','8023-revision','','','2013-03-28 16:37:25','2013-03-28 20:37:25','',8023,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8023-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8025,40,'2013-03-28 16:39:49','2013-03-28 20:39:49','<b>Buried in spreadsheets, siloed information and point applications which tend to be hard to find and difficult to use?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you said, “yes,” it’s time to speak with eGroup’s Application Services Team.\r\n\r\nGone are the days of the “intuitive” enterprise – making way for the much more proactive, resilient, connected and successful “data driven” enterprise.\r\n\r\nHowever, the major challenge facing business leadership is getting timely access to data, while having the ability to analyze and collaborate real-time with customers, partners and employees. 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It doesn’t matter if I’m playing putt putt with my wife or learning a new technology – I want to be the best.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nI pretend I would be a world class runner – but it’s a good thing I stuck with technology. I’ve been interested in technology since I was in third grade. The Apple IIe computer made me excited to learn. 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And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nWhen I started to learn about eGroup, I kept reading and hearing great things. When I first talked with the people of eGroup, everything I read was true. Everyone at eGroup was on the same page, working towards the same goals. It was an environment I wanted to be a part of.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What makes you a serious competitor?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, I remember watching WVU Football games with my dad every Saturday. I remember him saying one day that “If you aren’t trying to be the best, you aren’t trying hard enough.\" Those words have stuck with me since that day. It doesn’t matter if I’m playing putt putt with my wife or learning a new technology – I want to be the best.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nI pretend I would be a world class runner – but it’s a good thing I stuck with technology. I’ve been interested in technology since I was in third grade. The Apple IIe computer made me excited to learn. Since then, all I have wanted to do is work with technology.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nIt’s “Strumbelievable”','First Day...Four Questions: Dave Strum, End-User Computing Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8036-revision-5','','','2013-04-05 09:53:21','2013-04-05 13:53:21','',8036,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8036-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(8072,40,'2013-04-25 09:32:05','2013-04-25 13:32:05','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Vmworld eGroup Session\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet the VMworld session voting begin!\r\n\r\neGroup and our customer, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are asking for your vote for \"#5369 Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions.\" We have the abstract below for your review.\r\n\r\nVoting is fast and easy. Go to <a href=\"http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa\" target=\"_blank\">VMworld\'s session page</a> to quickly register (very easy). Once finished, you\'ll see a list of sessions featuring a \"thumbs up\" icon. To vote, simply click on the thumb and it will turn green. That\'s it!\r\n\r\nAlso, check out Chad Sakac\'s great roundup of his favs on <a href=\"http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/04/vmworld-2013-session-public-voting-openmy-fav-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek</a> to vote for more.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Attend this session to learn how secure, one-touch roaming sessions helped to encourage use of electronic medical records (EMR) and pave the way for CPOE at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The move to EMR was a foregone conclusion from the start at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Yet, while the long-term benefits that a paperless environment would have on hospital efficiency, PHI security and improved patient outcomes were substantial, the immediate impact on caregiver workflow had the potential to turn clinicians away. New online systems would introduce more complex passwords to users already overburdened with remembering credentials. Multiple log ins/out, user lock-outs and time spent calling the help desk could frustrate users and jeopardize the EMR project. Any technology that reduced the amount of time spent caring for patients would be resisted by clinicians, and it was clear that electronic engagement was going to be a challenge, particularly with physicians.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Ed Ricks, Beaumont Memorial Hospital’s VP and CIO, understanding the physicians’ requirements and presenting a flexible solution that actually improved their productivity - while at the same time securing patient data - was key to their engagement, and ultimately attesting for Meaningful Use. By rethinking the way clinicians access the data they need, the IT team was able to develop an electronic system that delivered faster workflows and higher efficiency. Through a combination of virtual desktops, single sign-on and strong authentication, clinicians today have secure, one-touch access to roaming sessions that follow them throughout their shifts. Users access data at standalone office PCs, generic shared workstations, and virtual roaming desktops. They log in once at the start of their shifts, and move throughout their day during a predefined grace period, logging in and out of their sessions with a simple tap of their employee ID badges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this presentation, Ricks will describe the path that his team took to reach Stage 1 Meaningful Use and how they won over doctors and nurses by redefining the parameters of access to PHI.</p>','VMworld: Vote for eGroup & Beaufort Memorial Hospital Session','','publish','open','open','','vmworld-vote-for-egroup-beaufort-memorial-hospital-session','','','2013-04-25 10:51:22','2013-04-25 14:51:22','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8072',0,'post','',0),(8045,29,'2013-04-12 08:47:06','2013-04-12 12:47:06','<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the past, when designing enterprise storage solutions for virtual infrastructures as I have, we were basically provided two primary considerations to complete a valid design.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One, you must have enough capacity to store your VMs.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two, you must have enough I/O to meet your virtual workloads requirements.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A third consideration, though not strictly a necessity, was software integration with the hypervisor and storage array.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">As disk sizes have increased, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the design to meet capacity needs. Likewise, with the introduction of Flash (EFDs, SSDs etc.) into our storage solutions, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the solution to meet our I/O requirement (a la “short stroking”). Now, customer demands are pushing for software defined storage solutions as their number one priority. The demand for “VM aware” storage is greater now than it ever has been.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>ENTER the Host</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can argue what network protocol and medium in which to use for as virtual storage solution (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, NFS, iSCSI etc) until we are blue in the face, what’s not up for debate is this:  <b>if we move the active data closer to the CPU we are going to get decreased latency and increased response time.  </b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To realize this we must first accept two conditions.</span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Capacity Storage is becoming a commodity</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I/O requirements can and will be met with Host based Flash solutions</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">With these assumptions, we can begin to focus on storage solutions that truly provide “value add” at the software layer. Let’s focus on the second condition.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Solutions for utilizing host based flash aren’t exactly new. Product offerings from companies like Fusion IO, allow us to insert high quantities of flash storage into our virtual hosts. The real advantage of utilizing these types of peripheral interconnects comes out of the software that successfully manages them with efficiency and transparency to the data as it’s stored and retrieved.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The author thinks it takes the following attributes for a host based flash solution to be truly enterprise worthy:</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be truly clustered and compatible with cross-host functions like vMotion, DRS, HA, etc. And “being compatible” should mean that the product allows true network-based sharing and movement of a VM’s flash footprint as it goes through vMotion, DRS migrations, etc.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must support write acceleration, and in a manner that doesn’t incur data loss on host failures.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not be a virtual appliance. I repeat, it should not be a virtual appliance. This often leads to performance, availability, scalability, and manageability problems. It must have seamless, simple, integration into the hypervisor management console.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not require in-guest or application level changes. This is operationally un-scalable.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be flash technology agnostic!</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must work on per VM basis. We should have the ability to apply such a solution at the VM level, when we want to, and for how long. Such a solution should be “VM aware” with proper reporting. For example, we should be able, at any point in time, to see and understand the total number of IOPs being utilized from the solution by a particular VM. And thus make intelligent admin decisions based on this information.</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recently had the privilege of discussing such a solution with Satyam Vaghani. You may recall Satyam for his long tenure at VMware where he helped create ESXi, VMFS, VAAI and virtual volumes. He is now the CTO and cofounder of <a href=\"http://pernixdata.com/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PernixData</span></a> where he is working on his next game changing technology.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I asked about PernixData’s product offerings and how they may provide change that could impact the storage playing field?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">His response: “<i>At PernixData, we envision the need for a brand new yet seamless software defined data tier in front of the primary storage system and alongside the VMs. This tier provides IOPS for data-in-motion (“hot” data), and unburdens the storage system so it can focus on providing capacity and data services for your data-at-rest</i>.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">More to come and full on follow up/interview with Satyam will be in the months ahead.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing is for certain: my designs for enterprise storage systems that support virtual workloads have changed. I now have to focus not only on capacity and I/O requirements but how the next generation software defined data center interacts with the data as it is being stored and fetched.</span>','Software Defined Storage: a game changer','','publish','open','open','','software-defined-storage-a-game-changer','','','2013-04-12 08:47:06','2013-04-12 12:47:06','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8045',0,'post','',0),(8046,40,'2013-04-12 08:43:23','2013-04-12 12:43:23','In the past, when designing enterprise storage solutions for virtual infrastructures as I have, we were basically provided two primary considerations to complete a valid design.\n\nOne, you must have enough capacity to store your VMs.\n\nTwo, you must have enough I/O to meet your virtual workloads requirements.\n\nA third consideration, though not strictly a necessity, was software integration with the hypervisor and storage array.\n\nAs disk sizes have increased, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the design to meet capacity needs. Likewise, with the introduction of Flash (EFDs, SSDs etc.) into our storage solutions, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the solution to meet our I/O requirement (a la “short stroking”). Now, customer demands are pushing for software defined storage solutions as their number one priority. The demand for “VM aware” storage is greater now than it ever has been.\n\n<b>ENTER the Host</b>\n\nWe can argue what network protocol and medium in which to use for as virtual storage solution (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, NFS, iSCSI etc) until we are blue in the face, what’s not up for debate is this:  <b>if we move the active data closer to the CPU we are going to get decreased latency and increased response time.  </b>\n\nTo realize this we must first accept two conditions.\n<ol>\n	<li>Capacity Storage is becoming a commodity</li>\n	<li>I/O requirements can and will be met with Host based Flash solutions</li>\n</ol>\nWith these assumptions, we can begin to focus on storage solutions that truly provide “value add” at the software layer. Let’s focus on the second condition.\n\nSolutions for utilizing host based flash aren’t exactly new. Product offerings from companies like Fusion IO, allow us to insert high quantities of flash storage into our virtual hosts. The real advantage of utilizing these types of peripheral interconnects comes out of the software that successfully manages them with efficiency and transparency to the data as it’s stored and retrieved.\n\nThe author thinks it takes the following attributes for a host based flash solution to be truly enterprise worthy:\n<ul>\n	<li>It must be truly clustered and compatible with cross-host functions like vMotion, DRS, HA, etc. And “being compatible” should mean that the product allows true network-based sharing and movement of a VM’s flash footprint as it goes through vMotion, DRS migrations, etc.</li>\n	<li>It must support write acceleration, and in a manner that doesn’t incur data loss on host failures.</li>\n	<li>It must not be a virtual appliance. I repeat, it should not be a virtual appliance. This often leads to performance, availability, scalability, and manageability problems. It must have seamless, simple, integration into the hypervisor management console.</li>\n	<li>It must not require in-guest or application level changes. This is operationally un-scalable.</li>\n	<li>It must be flash technology agnostic!</li>\n	<li>It must work on per VM basis. We should have the ability to apply such a solution at the VM level, when we want to, and for how long. Such a solution should be “VM aware” with proper reporting. For example, we should be able, at any point in time, to see and understand the total number of IOPs being utilized from the solution by a particular VM. And thus make intelligent admin decisions based on this information.</li>\n</ul>\nI recently had the privilege of discussing such a solution with Satyam Vaghani. You may recall Satyam for his long tenure at VMware where he helped create ESXi, VMFS, VAAI and virtual volumes. He is now the CTO and cofounder of <a href=\"http://pernixdata.com/\">PernixData</a> where he is working on his next game changing technology.\n\nI asked about PernixData’s product offerings and how they may provide change that could impact the storage playing field?\n\nHis response: “<i>At PernixData, we envision the need for a brand new yet seamless software defined data tier in front of the primary storage system and alongside the VMs. This tier provides IOPS for data-in-motion (“hot” data), and unburdens the storage system so it can focus on providing capacity and data services for your data-at-rest</i>.”\n\nMore to come and full on follow up/interview with Satyam will be in the months ahead.\n\nOne thing is for certain: my designs for enterprise storage systems that support virtual workloads have changed. I now have to focus not only on capacity and I/O requirements but how the next generation software defined data center interacts with the data as it is being stored and fetched.','Software Defined Storage: a game changer','','inherit','open','open','','8045-revision','','','2013-04-12 08:43:23','2013-04-12 12:43:23','',8045,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8045-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8047,40,'2013-04-12 08:45:52','2013-04-12 12:45:52','In the past, when designing enterprise storage solutions for virtual infrastructures as I have, we were basically provided two primary considerations to complete a valid design.\r\n\r\nOne, you must have enough capacity to store your VMs.\r\n\r\nTwo, you must have enough I/O to meet your virtual workloads requirements.\r\n\r\nA third consideration, though not strictly a necessity, was software integration with the hypervisor and storage array.\r\n\r\nAs disk sizes have increased, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the design to meet capacity needs. Likewise, with the introduction of Flash (EFDs, SSDs etc.) into our storage solutions, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the solution to meet our I/O requirement (a la “short stroking”). Now, customer demands are pushing for software defined storage solutions as their number one priority. The demand for “VM aware” storage is greater now than it ever has been.\r\n\r\n<b>ENTER the Host</b>\r\n\r\nWe can argue what network protocol and medium in which to use for as virtual storage solution (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, NFS, iSCSI etc) until we are blue in the face, what’s not up for debate is this:  <b>if we move the active data closer to the CPU we are going to get decreased latency and increased response time.  </b>\r\n\r\nTo realize this we must first accept two conditions.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Capacity Storage is becoming a commodity</li>\r\n	<li>I/O requirements can and will be met with Host based Flash solutions</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nWith these assumptions, we can begin to focus on storage solutions that truly provide “value add” at the software layer. Let’s focus on the second condition.\r\n\r\nSolutions for utilizing host based flash aren’t exactly new. Product offerings from companies like Fusion IO, allow us to insert high quantities of flash storage into our virtual hosts. The real advantage of utilizing these types of peripheral interconnects comes out of the software that successfully manages them with efficiency and transparency to the data as it’s stored and retrieved.\r\n\r\nThe author thinks it takes the following attributes for a host based flash solution to be truly enterprise worthy:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It must be truly clustered and compatible with cross-host functions like vMotion, DRS, HA, etc. And “being compatible” should mean that the product allows true network-based sharing and movement of a VM’s flash footprint as it goes through vMotion, DRS migrations, etc.</li>\r\n	<li>It must support write acceleration, and in a manner that doesn’t incur data loss on host failures.</li>\r\n	<li>It must not be a virtual appliance. I repeat, it should not be a virtual appliance. This often leads to performance, availability, scalability, and manageability problems. It must have seamless, simple, integration into the hypervisor management console.</li>\r\n	<li>It must not require in-guest or application level changes. This is operationally un-scalable.</li>\r\n	<li>It must be flash technology agnostic!</li>\r\n	<li>It must work on per VM basis. We should have the ability to apply such a solution at the VM level, when we want to, and for how long. Such a solution should be “VM aware” with proper reporting. For example, we should be able, at any point in time, to see and understand the total number of IOPs being utilized from the solution by a particular VM. And thus make intelligent admin decisions based on this information.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nI recently had the privilege of discussing such a solution with Satyam Vaghani. You may recall Satyam for his long tenure at VMware where he helped create ESXi, VMFS, VAAI and virtual volumes. He is now the CTO and cofounder of <a href=\"http://pernixdata.com/\">PernixData</a> where he is working on his next game changing technology.\r\n\r\nI asked about PernixData’s product offerings and how they may provide change that could impact the storage playing field?\r\n\r\nHis response: “<i>At PernixData, we envision the need for a brand new yet seamless software defined data tier in front of the primary storage system and alongside the VMs. This tier provides IOPS for data-in-motion (“hot” data), and unburdens the storage system so it can focus on providing capacity and data services for your data-at-rest</i>.”\r\n\r\nMore to come and full on follow up/interview with Satyam will be in the months ahead.\r\n\r\nOne thing is for certain: my designs for enterprise storage systems that support virtual workloads have changed. I now have to focus not only on capacity and I/O requirements but how the next generation software defined data center interacts with the data as it is being stored and fetched.','Software Defined Storage: a game changer','','inherit','open','open','','8045-revision-2','','','2013-04-12 08:45:52','2013-04-12 12:45:52','',8045,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8045-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(8048,40,'2013-04-12 08:46:38','2013-04-12 12:46:38','<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the past, when designing enterprise storage solutions for virtual infrastructures as I have, we were basically provided two primary considerations to complete a valid design.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One, you must have enough capacity to store your VMs.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two, you must have enough I/O to meet your virtual workloads requirements.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A third consideration, though not strictly a necessity, was software integration with the hypervisor and storage array.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">As disk sizes have increased, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the design to meet capacity needs. Likewise, with the introduction of Flash (EFDs, SSDs etc.) into our storage solutions, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the solution to meet our I/O requirement (a la “short stroking”). Now, customer demands are pushing for software defined storage solutions as their number one priority. The demand for “VM aware” storage is greater now than it ever has been.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>ENTER the Host</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can argue what network protocol and medium in which to use for as virtual storage solution (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, NFS, iSCSI etc) until we are blue in the face, what’s not up for debate is this:  <b>if we move the active data closer to the CPU we are going to get decreased latency and increased response time.  </b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To realize this we must first accept two conditions.</span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Capacity Storage is becoming a commodity</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I/O requirements can and will be met with Host based Flash solutions</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">With these assumptions, we can begin to focus on storage solutions that truly provide “value add” at the software layer. Let’s focus on the second condition.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Solutions for utilizing host based flash aren’t exactly new. Product offerings from companies like Fusion IO, allow us to insert high quantities of flash storage into our virtual hosts. The real advantage of utilizing these types of peripheral interconnects comes out of the software that successfully manages them with efficiency and transparency to the data as it’s stored and retrieved.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The author thinks it takes the following attributes for a host based flash solution to be truly enterprise worthy:</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be truly clustered and compatible with cross-host functions like vMotion, DRS, HA, etc. And “being compatible” should mean that the product allows true network-based sharing and movement of a VM’s flash footprint as it goes through vMotion, DRS migrations, etc.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must support write acceleration, and in a manner that doesn’t incur data loss on host failures.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not be a virtual appliance. I repeat, it should not be a virtual appliance. This often leads to performance, availability, scalability, and manageability problems. It must have seamless, simple, integration into the hypervisor management console.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not require in-guest or application level changes. This is operationally un-scalable.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be flash technology agnostic!</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must work on per VM basis. We should have the ability to apply such a solution at the VM level, when we want to, and for how long. Such a solution should be “VM aware” with proper reporting. For example, we should be able, at any point in time, to see and understand the total number of IOPs being utilized from the solution by a particular VM. And thus make intelligent admin decisions based on this information.</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recently had the privilege of discussing such a solution with Satyam Vaghani. You may recall Satyam for his long tenure at VMware where he helped create ESXi, VMFS, VAAI and virtual volumes. He is now the CTO and cofounder of <a href=\"http://pernixdata.com/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PernixData</span></a> where he is working on his next game changing technology.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I asked about PernixData’s product offerings and how they may provide change that could impact the storage playing field?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">His response: “<i>At PernixData, we envision the need for a brand new yet seamless software defined data tier in front of the primary storage system and alongside the VMs. This tier provides IOPS for data-in-motion (“hot” data), and unburdens the storage system so it can focus on providing capacity and data services for your data-at-rest</i>.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">More to come and full on follow up/interview with Satyam will be in the months ahead.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing is for certain: my designs for enterprise storage systems that support virtual workloads have changed. I now have to focus not only on capacity and I/O requirements but how the next generation software defined data center interacts with the data as it is being stored and fetched.</span>','Software Defined Storage: a game changer','','inherit','open','open','','8045-revision-3','','','2013-04-12 08:46:38','2013-04-12 12:46:38','',8045,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8045-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8049,40,'2013-04-12 08:49:11','2013-04-12 12:49:11','<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the past, when designing enterprise storage solutions for virtual infrastructures as I have, we were basically provided two primary considerations to complete a valid design.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One, you must have enough capacity to store your VMs.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two, you must have enough I/O to meet your virtual workloads requirements.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A third consideration, though not strictly a necessity, was software integration with the hypervisor and storage array.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">As disk sizes have increased, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the design to meet capacity needs. Likewise, with the introduction of Flash (EFDs, SSDs etc.) into our storage solutions, we no longer have to throw shelves and shelves of disks at the solution to meet our I/O requirement (a la “short stroking”). Now, customer demands are pushing for software defined storage solutions as their number one priority. The demand for “VM aware” storage is greater now than it ever has been.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>ENTER the Host</b></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can argue what network protocol and medium in which to use for as virtual storage solution (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, NFS, iSCSI etc) until we are blue in the face, what’s not up for debate is this:  <b>if we move the active data closer to the CPU we are going to get decreased latency and increased response time.  </b></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To realize this we must first accept two conditions.</span>\n<ol>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Capacity Storage is becoming a commodity</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I/O requirements can and will be met with Host based Flash solutions</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">With these assumptions, we can begin to focus on storage solutions that truly provide “value add” at the software layer. Let’s focus on the second condition.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Solutions for utilizing host based flash aren’t exactly new. Product offerings from companies like Fusion IO, allow us to insert high quantities of flash storage into our virtual hosts. The real advantage of utilizing these types of peripheral interconnects comes out of the software that successfully manages them with efficiency and transparency to the data as it’s stored and retrieved.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The author thinks it takes the following attributes for a host based flash solution to be truly enterprise worthy:</span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be truly clustered and compatible with cross-host functions like vMotion, DRS, HA, etc. And “being compatible” should mean that the product allows true network-based sharing and movement of a VM’s flash footprint as it goes through vMotion, DRS migrations, etc.</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must support write acceleration, and in a manner that doesn’t incur data loss on host failures.</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not be a virtual appliance. I repeat, it should not be a virtual appliance. This often leads to performance, availability, scalability, and manageability problems. It must have seamless, simple, integration into the hypervisor management console.</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must not require in-guest or application level changes. This is operationally un-scalable.</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must be flash technology agnostic!</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It must work on per VM basis. We should have the ability to apply such a solution at the VM level, when we want to, and for how long. Such a solution should be “VM aware” with proper reporting. For example, we should be able, at any point in time, to see and understand the total number of IOPs being utilized from the solution by a particular VM. And thus make intelligent admin decisions based on this information.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recently had the privilege of discussing such a solution with Satyam Vaghani. You may recall Satyam for his long tenure at VMware where he helped create ESXi, VMFS, VAAI and virtual volumes. He is now the CTO and cofounder of <a href=\"http://pernixdata.com/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PernixData</span></a> where he is working on his next game changing technology.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I asked about PernixData’s product offerings and how they may provide change that could impact the storage playing field?</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">His response: “<i>At PernixData, we envision the need for a brand new yet seamless software defined data tier in front of the primary storage system and alongside the VMs. This tier provides IOPS for data-in-motion (“hot” data), and unburdens the storage system so it can focus on providing capacity and data services for your data-at-rest</i>.”</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">More to come and full on follow up/interview with Satyam will be in the months ahead.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing is for certain: my designs for enterprise storage systems that support virtual workloads have changed. I now have to focus not only on capacity and I/O requirements but how the next generation software defined data center interacts with the data as it is being stored and fetched.</span>','Software Defined Storage: a game changer','','inherit','open','open','','8045-autosave','','','2013-04-12 08:49:11','2013-04-12 12:49:11','',8045,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8045-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(8052,40,'2013-04-15 10:03:58','2013-04-15 14:03:58','','p cruz','','inherit','open','open','','p-cruz','','','2013-04-15 10:03:58','2013-04-15 14:03:58','',8051,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8053,40,'2013-04-15 10:04:47','2013-04-15 14:04:47','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8052\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"201\" /></a>\n\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\n\nThe first thing I noticed about eGroup was the technology vision the company has. As I found out, the company is so much more than that.  The company culture is amazing, and one of the main reasons I chose eGroup. As I met everyone, it became apparent to me that this is the right place to be.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\n\nConstantly reading, and learning new things. Whether it be IT, or other areas that interest me; I always strive to learn more about the things that interest me, or that I want to learn more about. It is this inner drive that makes me competitive.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\n\nI would have to say I would be a Biochemist. There are so many things in the world today that affect people in a negative way. If I wasn’t in IT, I would like to spend my time researching cures for diseases.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\n\n\"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.\" (Dale Carnegie)','First Day...Four Questions: Pierce Watson, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8051-revision','','','2013-04-15 10:04:47','2013-04-15 14:04:47','',8051,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8051-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8054,40,'2013-04-15 10:04:52','2013-04-15 14:04:52','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8052\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"201\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe first thing I noticed about eGroup was the technology vision the company has. As I found out, the company is so much more than that.  The company culture is amazing, and one of the main reasons I chose eGroup. As I met everyone, it became apparent to me that this is the right place to be.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nConstantly reading, and learning new things. Whether it be IT, or other areas that interest me; I always strive to learn more about the things that interest me, or that I want to learn more about. It is this inner drive that makes me competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI would have to say I would be a Biochemist. There are so many things in the world today that affect people in a negative way. If I wasn’t in IT, I would like to spend my time researching cures for diseases.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.\" (Dale Carnegie)','First Day...Four Questions: Pierce Watson, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8051-revision-2','','','2013-04-15 10:04:52','2013-04-15 14:04:52','',8051,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8051-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(8055,40,'2013-04-15 10:06:30','2013-04-15 14:06:30','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8052\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"201\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe first thing I noticed about eGroup was the technology vision the company has. As I found out, the company is so much more than that.  The company culture is amazing, and one of the main reasons I chose eGroup. As I met everyone, it became apparent to me that this is the right place to be.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nConstantly reading, and learning new things. Whether it be IT, or other areas that interest me; I always strive to learn more about the things that interest me, or that I want to learn more about. It is this inner drive that makes me competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI would have to say I would be a Biochemist. There are so many things in the world today that affect people in a negative way. If I wasn’t in IT, I would like to spend my time researching cures for diseases.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.\" (Dale Carnegie)','First Day...Four Questions: Pierce Watson, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8051-revision-3','','','2013-04-15 10:06:30','2013-04-15 14:06:30','',8051,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8051-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8056,40,'2013-04-15 10:06:36','2013-04-15 14:06:36','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8052\" alt=\"eGroup\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p-cruz.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"201\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[\"First Day...Four Questions\" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be \"serious competitors.\" We hope you enjoy.]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe first thing I noticed about eGroup was the technology vision the company has. As I found out, the company is so much more than that.  The company culture is amazing, and one of the main reasons I chose eGroup. As I met everyone, it became apparent to me that this is the right place to be.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nConstantly reading, and learning new things. Whether it be IT, or other areas that interest me; I always strive to learn more about the things that interest me, or that I want to learn more about. It is this inner drive that makes me competitive.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI would have to say I would be a Biochemist. There are so many things in the world today that affect people in a negative way. If I wasn’t in IT, I would like to spend my time researching cures for diseases.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n\"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.\" (Dale Carnegie)','First Day...Four Questions: Pierce Watson, Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','8051-revision-4','','','2013-04-15 10:06:36','2013-04-15 14:06:36','',8051,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8051-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(8059,12,'2013-04-22 13:09:07','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Below is the final post of my three-part series on Hyper-V. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated the install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-ii\">Part II</a> featured a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage.\r\n\r\nHere, I comment on the performance and management features followed by the highly anticipated conclusion - Hyper-V or vSphere? Read on!\r\n\r\n<strong>Performance</strong>\r\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it will use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we suggest going the Core route.\r\n\r\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'s a safe assumption that Microsoft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Feature Parity (Need lots of research here)</span>\r\n\r\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity - that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\r\n\r\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\r\n\r\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\r\n\r\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\r\n\r\n<strong>Management</strong>\r\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\r\n\r\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a challenge to manage. Now, if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\r\n\r\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\r\n\r\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\r\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers - proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\r\n\r\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\r\n\r\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\r\n\r\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\r\n\r\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I would not place it ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think? Would you agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments below.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part III','','draft','open','open','','a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-iii','','','2013-04-22 13:09:07','2013-04-22 17:09:07','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8059',0,'post','',0),(8058,12,'2013-04-16 14:11:01','2013-04-16 18:11:01','<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster”, you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\n\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role-- simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it\'ll run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server you are installing this role on MUST be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\n\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Clsuter Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See the previous post for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\n\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\n\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\n\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment WITHOUT System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\n\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\n\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume”.\n\n<strong>Storage</strong>\nOne of the advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\n\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module\", and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage  (EMC VNX IS supported).\n\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run”, you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\n\nIt\'s worth noting that leading storage vendors like EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover, In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\n\n<strong>Performance</strong>\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it\'ll use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we\'d suggest going the Core route.\n\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'d be a safe assumption Microosft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\nFeature Parity (Need lots of research here)\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity-- that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\n\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\n\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\n\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\n\nManagement\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\n\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a pain to manage. Now if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\n\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we\'d strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\n\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers-- proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\n\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\n\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\n\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\n\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I wouldn\'t put it ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-3','','','2013-04-16 14:11:01','2013-04-16 18:11:01','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8060,12,'2013-04-16 14:11:19','2013-04-16 18:11:19','<strong>Performance</strong>\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it\'ll use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we\'d suggest going the Core route.\n\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'d be a safe assumption Microosft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\nFeature Parity (Need lots of research here)\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity-- that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\n\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\n\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\n\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\n\nManagement\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\n\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a pain to manage. Now if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\n\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we\'d strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\n\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers-- proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\n\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\n\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\n\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\n\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I wouldn\'t put it ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part III','','inherit','open','open','','8059-revision','','','2013-04-16 14:11:19','2013-04-16 18:11:19','',8059,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8059-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8061,12,'2013-04-16 14:11:06','2013-04-16 18:11:06','<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\r\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster”, you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\r\n\r\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role-- simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it\'ll run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server you are installing this role on MUST be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\r\n\r\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Clsuter Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See the previous post for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\r\n\r\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\r\n\r\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\r\n\r\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment WITHOUT System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\r\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\r\n\r\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume”.\r\n\r\n<strong>Storage</strong>\r\nOne of the advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\r\n\r\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module\", and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage  (EMC VNX IS supported).\r\n\r\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run”, you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\r\n\r\nIt\'s worth noting that leading storage vendors like EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover, In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-4','','','2013-04-16 14:11:06','2013-04-16 18:11:06','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(8064,40,'2013-04-22 12:53:27','2013-04-22 16:53:27','The following is Part II of my three-part series on Hyper-V. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated the install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches. Here. I\'ll take a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage.\n\n<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster,” you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\n\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role - simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it will run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server on which you are installing the role <strong>must</strong> be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\n\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Cluster Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a> for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\n\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\n\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\n\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment <strong>without</strong> System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\n\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\n\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume.\"\n\n<strong>Storage</strong>\nOne of the bigger advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\n\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module,\" and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage (EMC VNX IS supported).\n\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run,” you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\n\nIt\'s worth noting that storage vendors such as EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover. In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\n\nStay tuned tomorrow for Part III which will take a look at performance and management features with a final conclusion wrap up.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-6','','','2013-04-22 12:53:27','2013-04-22 16:53:27','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(8065,40,'2013-04-22 12:56:03','2013-04-22 16:56:03','<strong>Performance</strong>\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it\'ll use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we\'d suggest going the Core route.\n\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'d be a safe assumption Microosft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\nFeature Parity (Need lots of research here)\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity-- that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\n\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\n\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\n\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\n\nManagement\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\n\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a pain to manage. Now if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\n\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we\'d strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\n\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers-- proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\n\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\n\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\n\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\n\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I wouldn\'t put it ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part III','','inherit','open','open','','8059-revision-2','','','2013-04-22 12:56:03','2013-04-22 16:56:03','',8059,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8059-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(8066,40,'2013-04-22 12:59:47','2013-04-22 16:59:47','Below is the final post of my three-part series on Hyper-V. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated the install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches. Part II featured a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage.\n\nHere, I comment on the performance and management features follwed by the highly anticipated conclusion -\n\n<strong>Performance</strong>\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it\'ll use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we\'d suggest going the Core route.\n\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'d be a safe assumption Microosft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\nFeature Parity (Need lots of research here)\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity-- that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\n\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\n\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\n\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\n\nManagement\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\n\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a pain to manage. Now if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\n\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we\'d strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\n\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers-- proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\n\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\n\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\n\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\n\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I wouldn\'t put it ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part III','','inherit','open','open','','8059-revision-3','','','2013-04-22 12:59:47','2013-04-22 16:59:47','',8059,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8059-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8067,40,'2013-04-22 13:08:32','2013-04-22 17:08:32','Below is the final post of my three-part series on Hyper-V. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated the install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-ii\">Part II</a> featured a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage.\n\nHere, I comment on the performance and management features followed by the highly anticipated conclusion - Hyper-V or vSphere? Read on!\n\n<strong>Performance</strong>\nWithout having any kind of head-to-head comparison or test to benchmark the two, the performance on our Hyper-V host seemed to be very good, and on par with what we\'re accustomed to seeing with ESXi. One area that we saw discussed a lot on the forums, and mentioned a few times by customers, was the increased overhead of having the hypervisor install in a “not-really-baremetal” model, as is the case in Hyper-V 2012. If you installed 2012 in the full GUI mode, it will use more memory than in the Core deployment, and if you\'re trying to squeeze out every bit of memory from your hardware possible, we suggest going the Core route.\n\nThat aside, Microsoft has referenced several times that the performance of certain software deployments, namely RDS and Citirx XenApp, is greater on Hyper-V 2012 than the other hypervisors. We are not able to verify the results, but would understand if it was true, as it\'s a safe assumption that Microsoft would best know how to enhance performance of a Microsoft product (RDS, which XA also uses).\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Feature Parity (Need lots of research here)</span>\n\nIf you were to believe the marketing folks, Hyper-V and vSphere 5.1 would have feature parity - that is to say, every feature available in vSphere 5.1 is also available in Hyper-V 2012. In our experience, this is not the case, though it is pretty darn close.\n\nOne of the “features” that our customers find very valuable and use frequently, is the ability to “hot-grow” a virtual disk (VHD/VHDX in Hyper-Vs case, a VMDK in Vmware/ESXi\'s), and then extend it in the guest operating system. This is something that you still cannot do in Hyper-V 2012. In order to grow a virtual disk, you must shut the VM down (incurring downtime), set the size desired, and then boot it back up. In ESXi, you simply edit the VM while it\'s running, and the storage is immediately available to the guest.\n\nThis was one that had us scratching our heads, as one would think if VMware could do this, Microsoft certainly could, at least for their own operating systems.\n\nWhile it\'s not something that would stop us from deploying or recommending Hyper-V to customers that fit its use case, it\'s definitely something that we hope to see in the very near term, as it\'s as close to a “must-have” feature as a non-must-have feature can get.\n\n<strong>Management</strong>\nFor those looking at Hyper-V 2012 but not the System Center 2012 suite, you will find that you must use multiple management interfaces to be able to manage your virtual workloads. This includes using Hyper-V manager to directly manage the VMs, access their consoles, edit their settings, etc. as well as using the Failover Clustering interface to manage the Clustered Shared Volumes, migrate virtual machines from node to node, and perform certain maintenance tasks.\n\nIn this model, Hyper-V is less expensive, nearly equal in feature set, but a little bit of a challenge to manage. Now, if you purchase System Center 2012 (which in the 2012 version no longer comes as one off products, but rather the entire suite), you gain access to the Virtual Machine Manager, which is much closer in comparison to VMware\'s vCenter server.\n\nSome customers choose to spring for System Center, as the other products in the suite have tremendous value above and beyond the benefits of simplified virtual workload management via VMM, and this provides a huge bang of the buck. Others have deployed Hyper-V 2012 as a way to reduce their overall costs, and decide to stick with the multiple management interfaces. Either way works, though we strongly suggest evaluating System Center before eliminating it from consideration (and again, not just for VMM).\n\n<strong>Conclusion</strong>\nHyper-V 2012 makes strong competition in the current hypervisor market. Its price point allows it to successfully compete on price, and its growing feature set and capabilities allow it to put up a heck of a fight in its usefulness and utility for customers - proving its value beyond just coming in at a low price point.\n\nThe Datacenter Edition of Server 2012 includes the ability to host as many Windows Server VMs as the hardware can handle for no additional cost, meaning you only buy one license for your host (assuming 2 physical processors), and no longer need to pay for a Server OS license each time you spin up a new VM.\n\nCombine that with the ability to Live Migrate (vMotion for the VMware administrators), Storage Live Migrate (svMotion for VMware Administrators), Live Migrate without shared storage (known as “Shared Nothing Live Migration”), Replication/DR capabilities via Hyper-V Replica technology, and automation through the use of PowerShell and System Center, and you\'ve got something that should be here to stay and compete for a long time.\n\nCustomers will benefit from Microsoft stepping up and proving to be stiff competition for VMware, as is almost always the case when you have two highly competitive companies going head to head in the open marketplace. Not only does this have the potential to drive down prices, it should help keep the pace of feature innovation high, as any stagnation from one vendor could lead to lost opportunities in our fast-pace and ever changing technology industry.\n\nWhile we\'re impressed with Hyper-V in Server 2012, I would not placeit ahead of vSphere/ESXi in a head to head comparison.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part III','','inherit','open','open','','8059-revision-4','','','2013-04-22 13:08:32','2013-04-22 17:08:32','',8059,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8059-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(8068,40,'2013-04-22 12:53:46','2013-04-22 16:53:46','The following is Part II of my three-part series on Hyper-V. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated the install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches. Here. I\'ll take a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage.\r\n\r\n<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\r\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster,” you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\r\n\r\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role - simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it will run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server on which you are installing the role <strong>must</strong> be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\r\n\r\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Cluster Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a> for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\r\n\r\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\r\n\r\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\r\n\r\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment <strong>without</strong> System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\r\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\r\n\r\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Storage</strong>\r\nOne of the bigger advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\r\n\r\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module,\" and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage (EMC VNX IS supported).\r\n\r\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run,” you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\r\n\r\nIt\'s worth noting that storage vendors such as EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover. In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\r\n\r\nStay tuned tomorrow for Part III which will take a look at performance and management features with a final conclusion wrap up.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-7','','','2013-04-22 12:53:46','2013-04-22 16:53:46','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(8069,40,'2013-04-22 14:15:44','2013-04-22 18:15:44','The following is Part II of my three-part series on Hyper-V vs VMware vSphere. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated Hyper-V\'s install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches.\n\nHere, I take a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage. Enjoy!\n\n<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster,” you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\n\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role - simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it will run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server on which you are installing the role <strong>must</strong> be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\n\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Cluster Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a> for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\n\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\n\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\n\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment <strong>without</strong> System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\n\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\n\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume.\"\n\n<strong>Storage</strong>\nOne of the bigger advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\n\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module,\" and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage (EMC VNX IS supported).\n\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run,” you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\n\nIt\'s worth noting that storage vendors such as EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover. In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\n\nStay tuned this week for Part III which will take a look at performance and management features with my final conclusion wrap up.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-8','','','2013-04-22 14:15:44','2013-04-22 18:15:44','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(8070,40,'2013-04-22 14:15:52','2013-04-22 18:15:52','The following is Part II of my three-part series on Hyper-V vs VMware vSphere. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated Hyper-V\'s install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches.\r\n\r\nHere, I take a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage. Enjoy!\r\n\r\n<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\r\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster,” you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\r\n\r\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role - simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it will run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server on which you are installing the role <strong>must</strong> be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\r\n\r\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Cluster Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a> for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\r\n\r\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\r\n\r\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\r\n\r\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment <strong>without</strong> System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\r\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\r\n\r\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Storage</strong>\r\nOne of the bigger advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\r\n\r\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module,\" and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage (EMC VNX IS supported).\r\n\r\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run,” you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\r\n\r\nIt\'s worth noting that storage vendors such as EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover. In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\r\n\r\nStay tuned this week for Part III which will take a look at performance and management features with my final conclusion wrap up.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-revision-9','','','2013-04-22 14:15:52','2013-04-22 18:15:52','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(8071,40,'2013-04-22 14:18:48','2013-04-22 18:18:48','The following is Part II of my three-part series on Hyper-V vs VMware vSphere. You\'ll recall in <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a>, I evaluated Hyper-V\'s install process, hardware considerations, networking and virtual switches.\n\nHere, I take a deeper dive into failover clustering, clustered shared volumes and storage. Enjoy!\n\n<strong>Failover Clustering</strong>\nIn order to get all of the benefits of High Availability and similar features that require the use of shared storage between your Hyper-V hosts in a “cluster,” you must install the Failover Clustering role on your Hyper-V hosts. This is, as the name indicates, what allows you the ability to “cluster” the hosts together.\n\nInstalling this role is just as easy as installing the Hyper-V role - simply check the box under the Features in the add new roles/features wizard, and it will run through the install. It\'s worth noting that the server on which you are installing the role <strong>must</strong> be a member of the domain at the time of installation, or it won\'t go through with the install.\n\nOnce the feature is installed and the server is rebooted, you must run through the Pre-Cluster Validation report, which will check out the hardware, drivers, etc. and alert you to anything that would prevent your cluster from working and/or being supported by Microsoft. See <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/a-look-at-hyper-v-2012-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">Part I</a> for the importance of having HCL-listed hardware.\n\nFrom here, you create a new cluster, give it a name, an IP address, etc. and add your single node into it. Rinse and repeat to add additional hosts.\n\nAny network interfaces that have an IP address assigned to them (as is usually the case for interfaces or NIC teams that are used for management, cluster heartbeats, or iSCSI storage access) will show up as Networks in the Failover Clustering management interface. You can rename them to be more readable, and as long as the subnets stay the same across hosts, all hosts can share those networks without having to do anything special to keep the names consistent.\n\nJumping ahead to the future state of a common Hyper-V 2012 deployment <strong>without</strong> System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM, which we\'ll mention in more detail later), the Failover Clustering management utility is where you will be able to migrate your virtual machines across nodes in your cluster.\n\n<strong>Clustered Shared Volumes</strong>\nTo briefly define a “Clustered Shared Volume” to someone familiar with ESXi, consider it the equivalent of a VMFS datastore. It\'s essentially a unit of storage that is able to be accessed by multiple hosts at the same time, just like the VMware File System (VMFS) allows. It\'s similar to a clustered file system given the nature of its functionality, but it still runs Microsoft\'s well known NTFS as the underlying file system.\n\nIn order to add a CSV to a cluster, you present the storage as appropriate for your configuration and vendor\'s best practices, and it becomes available to the “Add Disk” wizard, as available and cluster-capable storage. Once it has been added, you can then right click it and select “Add to Clustered Shared Volume.\"\n\n<strong>Storage</strong>\nOne of the bigger advantages VMware/ESXi still has over Hyper-V is its built-in, native multipathing capability. For those unfamiliar, NMP allows the use, failover, failback, and in some cases, load balancing/load distribution of all the paths to your shared storage array.\n\nThe only equivalent utility natively available in Hyper-V 2012 is the MPIO driver, which combines its use with the built-in iSCSI initiator. Microsoft has its own \"generic device specific module,\" and you should check with your storage manufacturer to verify that using the Microsoft DSM is supported for access to the storage (EMC VNX IS supported).\n\nFor those who are familiar with and have used the VMware NMP beyond “install and let it run,” you know how incredibly valuable and efficient it is in nearly all deployment use cases (aside from NFS, which is a different beast entirely).\n\nIt\'s worth noting that storage vendors such as EMC provide their own multipathing plugins or software that you can use to provide highly enhanced, optimized path management, load balancing, and failover. In EMC\'s case, this software is their PowerPath V/E, or Virtual Edition, and it makes a great add-on to any Hyper-V 2012 + EMC Storage deployment.\n\nStay tuned this week for Part III which will take a look at performance and management features with my final conclusion wrap up.','A Look at Hyper-V 2012 - Part II','','inherit','open','open','','7944-autosave','','','2013-04-22 14:18:48','2013-04-22 18:18:48','',7944,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7944-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(8073,40,'2013-04-25 09:21:27','2013-04-25 13:21:27','','VMworld','','inherit','open','open','','vmworld','','','2013-04-25 09:21:27','2013-04-25 13:21:27','',8072,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8074,40,'2013-04-25 09:27:09','2013-04-25 13:27:09','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Vmworld eGroup Session\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a>\n\nLet the VMworld session voting begin!\n\neGroup and our customer, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are asking for your vote for \"#5369 Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions.\" We have the abstract below for your review.\n\nVoting is fast and easy. Go to <a href=\"http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa\" target=\"_blank\">VMworld\'s session page</a> to quickly register (very easy). Once finished, you\'ll see a list of sessions featuring a \"thumbs up\" icon. To vote, simply click on the thumb and it will turn green. That\'s it!\n\nAlso, check out Chad Sakac\'s great roundup of his favs on <a href=\"http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/04/vmworld-2013-session-public-voting-openmy-fav-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek</a> to vote for more.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions</strong></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Attend this session to learn how secure, one-touch roaming sessions helped to encourage use of electronic medical records (EMR) and pave the way for CPOE at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The move to EMR was a foregone conclusion from the start at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Yet, while the long-term benefits that a paperless environment would have on hospital efficiency, PHI security and improved patient outcomes were substantial, the immediate impact on caregiver workflow had the potential to turn clinicians away. New online systems would introduce more complex passwords to users already overburdened with remembering credentials. Multiple log ins/out, user lock-outs and time spent calling the help desk could frustrate users and jeopardize the EMR project. Any technology that reduced the amount of time spent caring for patients would be resisted by clinicians, and it was clear that electronic engagement was going to be a challenge, particularly with physicians.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Ed Ricks, Beaumont Memorial Hospital’s VP and CIO, understanding the physicians’ requirements and presenting a flexible solution that actually improved their productivity - while at the same time securing patient data - was key to their engagement, and ultimately attesting for Meaningful Use. By rethinking the way clinicians access the data they need, the IT team was able to develop an electronic system that delivered faster workflows and higher efficiency. Through a combination of virtual desktops, single sign-on and strong authentication, clinicians today have secure, one-touch access to roaming sessions that follow them throughout their shifts. Users access data at standalone office PCs, generic shared workstations, and virtual roaming desktops. They log in once at the start of their shifts, and move throughout their day during a predefined grace period, logging in and out of their sessions with a simple tap of their employee ID badges.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this presentation, Ricks will describe the path that his team took to reach Stage 1 Meaningful Use and how they won over doctors and nurses by redefining the parameters of access to PHI.</p>','VMworld: Vote for eGroup & Beaufort Memorial Hospital Session','','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision','','','2013-04-25 09:27:09','2013-04-25 13:27:09','',8072,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8072-revision',0,'revision','',0),(8075,40,'2013-04-25 09:30:03','2013-04-25 13:30:03','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Vmworld eGroup Session\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet the VMworld session voting begin!\r\n\r\neGroup and our customer, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are asking for your vote for \"#5369 Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions.\" We have the abstract below for your review.\r\n\r\nVoting is fast and easy. Go to <a href=\"http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa\" target=\"_blank\">VMworld\'s session page</a> to quickly register (very easy). Once finished, you\'ll see a list of sessions featuring a \"thumbs up\" icon. To vote, simply click on the thumb and it will turn green. That\'s it!\r\n\r\nAlso, check out Chad Sakac\'s great roundup of his favs on <a href=\"http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/04/vmworld-2013-session-public-voting-openmy-fav-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek</a> to vote for more.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Attend this session to learn how secure, one-touch roaming sessions helped to encourage use of electronic medical records (EMR) and pave the way for CPOE at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The move to EMR was a foregone conclusion from the start at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Yet, while the long-term benefits that a paperless environment would have on hospital efficiency, PHI security and improved patient outcomes were substantial, the immediate impact on caregiver workflow had the potential to turn clinicians away. New online systems would introduce more complex passwords to users already overburdened with remembering credentials. Multiple log ins/out, user lock-outs and time spent calling the help desk could frustrate users and jeopardize the EMR project. Any technology that reduced the amount of time spent caring for patients would be resisted by clinicians, and it was clear that electronic engagement was going to be a challenge, particularly with physicians.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Ed Ricks, Beaumont Memorial Hospital’s VP and CIO, understanding the physicians’ requirements and presenting a flexible solution that actually improved their productivity - while at the same time securing patient data - was key to their engagement, and ultimately attesting for Meaningful Use. By rethinking the way clinicians access the data they need, the IT team was able to develop an electronic system that delivered faster workflows and higher efficiency. Through a combination of virtual desktops, single sign-on and strong authentication, clinicians today have secure, one-touch access to roaming sessions that follow them throughout their shifts. Users access data at standalone office PCs, generic shared workstations, and virtual roaming desktops. They log in once at the start of their shifts, and move throughout their day during a predefined grace period, logging in and out of their sessions with a simple tap of their employee ID badges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this presentation, Ricks will describe the path that his team took to reach Stage 1 Meaningful Use and how they won over doctors and nurses by redefining the parameters of access to PHI.</p>','VMworld: Vote for eGroup & Beaufort Memorial Hospital Session','','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-2','','','2013-04-25 09:30:03','2013-04-25 13:30:03','',8072,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8072-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(8076,40,'2013-04-25 09:30:49','2013-04-25 13:30:49','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Vmworld eGroup Session\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet the VMworld session voting begin!\r\n\r\neGroup and our customer, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are asking for your vote for \"#5369 Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions.\" We have the abstract below for your review.\r\n\r\nVoting is fast and easy. Go to <a href=\"http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa\" target=\"_blank\">VMworld\'s session page</a> to quickly register (very easy). Once finished, you\'ll see a list of sessions featuring a \"thumbs up\" icon. To vote, simply click on the thumb and it will turn green. That\'s it!\r\n\r\nAlso, check out Chad Sakac\'s great roundup of his favs on <a href=\"http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/04/vmworld-2013-session-public-voting-openmy-fav-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek</a> to vote for more.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Attend this session to learn how secure, one-touch roaming sessions helped to encourage use of electronic medical records (EMR) and pave the way for CPOE at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The move to EMR was a foregone conclusion from the start at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Yet, while the long-term benefits that a paperless environment would have on hospital efficiency, PHI security and improved patient outcomes were substantial, the immediate impact on caregiver workflow had the potential to turn clinicians away. New online systems would introduce more complex passwords to users already overburdened with remembering credentials. Multiple log ins/out, user lock-outs and time spent calling the help desk could frustrate users and jeopardize the EMR project. Any technology that reduced the amount of time spent caring for patients would be resisted by clinicians, and it was clear that electronic engagement was going to be a challenge, particularly with physicians.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Ed Ricks, Beaumont Memorial Hospital’s VP and CIO, understanding the physicians’ requirements and presenting a flexible solution that actually improved their productivity - while at the same time securing patient data - was key to their engagement, and ultimately attesting for Meaningful Use. By rethinking the way clinicians access the data they need, the IT team was able to develop an electronic system that delivered faster workflows and higher efficiency. Through a combination of virtual desktops, single sign-on and strong authentication, clinicians today have secure, one-touch access to roaming sessions that follow them throughout their shifts. Users access data at standalone office PCs, generic shared workstations, and virtual roaming desktops. They log in once at the start of their shifts, and move throughout their day during a predefined grace period, logging in and out of their sessions with a simple tap of their employee ID badges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this presentation, Ricks will describe the path that his team took to reach Stage 1 Meaningful Use and how they won over doctors and nurses by redefining the parameters of access to PHI.</p>','VMworld: Vote for eGroup & Beaufort Memorial Hospital Session','','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-3','','','2013-04-25 09:30:49','2013-04-25 13:30:49','',8072,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8072-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(8077,40,'2013-04-25 09:32:05','2013-04-25 13:32:05','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Vmworld eGroup Session\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/VMworld-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet the VMworld session voting begin!\r\n\r\neGroup and our customer, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, are asking for your vote for \"#5369 Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions.\" We have the abstract below for your review.\r\n\r\nVoting is fast and easy. Go to <a href=\"http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa\" target=\"_blank\">VMworld\'s session page</a> to quickly register (very easy). Once finished, you\'ll see a list of sessions featuring a \"thumbs up\" icon. To vote, simply click on the thumb and it will turn green. That\'s it!\r\n\r\nAlso, check out Chad Sakac\'s great roundup of his favs on <a href=\"http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/04/vmworld-2013-session-public-voting-openmy-fav-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek</a> to vote for more.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Enhances Patient Care with Secure Mobile Solutions</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Attend this session to learn how secure, one-touch roaming sessions helped to encourage use of electronic medical records (EMR) and pave the way for CPOE at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The move to EMR was a foregone conclusion from the start at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Yet, while the long-term benefits that a paperless environment would have on hospital efficiency, PHI security and improved patient outcomes were substantial, the immediate impact on caregiver workflow had the potential to turn clinicians away. New online systems would introduce more complex passwords to users already overburdened with remembering credentials. Multiple log ins/out, user lock-outs and time spent calling the help desk could frustrate users and jeopardize the EMR project. Any technology that reduced the amount of time spent caring for patients would be resisted by clinicians, and it was clear that electronic engagement was going to be a challenge, particularly with physicians.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Ed Ricks, Beaumont Memorial Hospital’s VP and CIO, understanding the physicians’ requirements and presenting a flexible solution that actually improved their productivity - while at the same time securing patient data - was key to their engagement, and ultimately attesting for Meaningful Use. By rethinking the way clinicians access the data they need, the IT team was able to develop an electronic system that delivered faster workflows and higher efficiency. Through a combination of virtual desktops, single sign-on and strong authentication, clinicians today have secure, one-touch access to roaming sessions that follow them throughout their shifts. Users access data at standalone office PCs, generic shared workstations, and virtual roaming desktops. They log in once at the start of their shifts, and move throughout their day during a predefined grace period, logging in and out of their sessions with a simple tap of their employee ID badges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this presentation, Ricks will describe the path that his team took to reach Stage 1 Meaningful Use and how they won over doctors and nurses by redefining the parameters of access to PHI.</p>','VMworld: Vote for eGroup & Beaufort Memorial Hospital Session','','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-4','','','2013-04-25 09:32:05','2013-04-25 13:32:05','',8072,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/8072-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(8090,47,'2013-05-10 14:29:58','2013-05-10 18:29:58','At last month’s VMware Users Group meeting in Savannah GA, I told a story about a company’s IT department and how their world was turned upside down when an absent minded employee and lax security policies met head on. The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\r\n\r\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\r\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\r\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\r\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\r\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\r\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\r\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\r\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\r\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. At eGroup, we’re ‘getting our hands dirty’ with all this great technology so you don’t have to!','A New Horizon for End-User Computing','','publish','open','open','','a-new-horizon-for-end-user-computing','','','2013-05-10 14:29:58','2013-05-10 18:29:58','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8090',0,'post','',0),(8080,2,'2011-06-09 15:45:46','2011-06-09 15:45:46','[nggallery id=1]','certification logos','','inherit','open','open','','74-revision-2','','','2011-06-09 15:45:46','2011-06-09 15:45:46','',74,'http://50.22.108.155/~egroup/2011/06/74-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8081,2,'2013-05-02 17:12:29','2013-05-02 21:12:29','[nggallery id=1]','certification logos','','inherit','open','open','','74-revision-3','','','2013-05-02 17:12:29','2013-05-02 21:12:29','',74,'http://50.22.108.155/~egroup/2013/05/74-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8156,40,'2013-05-22 11:35:45','2013-05-22 15:35:45','<h1><strong>Acryness Selects eGroup’s eCloud to Gain a Competitive Advantage</strong></h1>\r\n<strong>eCloud’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provides Acryness the latest in system and server infrastructure solutions</strong>\r\n\r\nMount Pleasant, SC (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 - <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup,</a> the Southeast’s leading provider of cloud, application and end-user computing services, today announced that <a href=\"http://acryness.com/\">Acryness,</a> a document solutions company based in Mooresville, NC, has migrated its mission-critical systems and servers into the <a href=\"http://www.myecloud.com/\">eCloud.</a>\r\n\r\nAs a result, Acryness anticipates improvement in its competitive advantage through operational and efficiency savings. Working closely with eGroup engineers, Acryness quickly consolidated its FTP, Web, and Database servers along with its internal data processing systems into the eCloud.\r\n\r\nChris Jarjoura, IT Director, Acryness, said: “We were looking to upgrade our server environment as some of our systems were already in a cloud infrastructure. We took this opportunity to consolidate more of our infrastructure to a reputable cloud environment. We had an existing relationship with eGroup, but after looking at the market cloud providers, we selected eGroup’s eCloud as it offered the best set of functionality and reliability at a competitive price.”\r\n\r\n“Acryness is a great example of a forward-thinking firm that truly believes by harnessing cloud computing it can not only improve customer delivery and service, but cut costs and reduce internal inefficiencies as well,” said Steve Rattacasa, Cloud Services Manager, eGroup. “In such a competitive market, Acryness turned to the eCloud so that it could focus on customers, solutions delivery and overall growth, not upgrading and maintaining technology.”\r\n\r\nThe eGroup eCloud is a hosted, high-performance computing infrastructure, purpose-built to efficiently maintain, protect, and deliver IT securely to businesses of all sizes. In the eCloud, customers enjoy easy and secure access to their mission-critical applications and data anytime, anywhere, on any device.','Acryness Selects eGroup’s eCloud to Gain a Competitive Advantage','','publish','open','open','','acryness-selects-egroups-ecloud-to-gain-a-competitive-advantage','','','2013-05-22 11:35:45','2013-05-22 15:35:45','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8156',0,'post','',0),(8083,40,'2013-05-05 14:27:20','2013-05-05 18:27:20','<div id=\"content-header\">eGroup customer, Ed Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, is featured in this Healthcare Informatics article, \"<a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/back-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Backup Insurance</a>.\"</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h1>Back-Up Insurance</h1>\r\n<div>April 16, 2013 by Richard R. Rogoski</div>\r\n<div>Beaufort Memorial’s disaster recovery plan emphasizes redundancy</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/570x360/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[field_image][Back-Up Insurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; id=&quot;lightbox2-download-link-text&quot;&gt;Download Original&lt;/a&gt;]\"><img title=\"\" alt=\"Back-Up Insurance\" src=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/100x100/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></a></div>\r\nIt never hurts to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. For smaller hospitals that rely on a single data center, backing up data so they can be recovered may not be enough if the data center is down for any length of time. Leaders at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., took that into account when developing a disaster recovery plan, says Ed Ricks, CIO.\r\n\r\nA 197-bed community hospital that serves over 100,000 people, Beaufort Memorial is located near the Atlantic coast, making it vulnerable to hurricanes and floods. And while Ricks says his disaster recovery plan has “morphed over the years,” he emphasizes that in addition to its in-house data center, the hospital also rents space in a building further inland that serves as a “warm” site.\r\n\r\nIn the past, as real-time data was replicated, the data were sent to the warm site where it was stored. But because that warm site was not an active site, it lacked the ability to run any of the hospital’s information systems.\r\n\r\nHowever, since the hospital had already approved another medical arts building on the campus, Ricks says the decision was made to put a second data center in the new building. “That’s now our secondary data center but it will soon become our primary center,” he explains. “We want it to be an active-active data center.”\r\n\r\nRicks says the hospital partnered with Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based eGroup to design a plan that would incorporate two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> instead of one. In addition, Beaufort Memorial had already set up its backup storage solutions with the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corp., so EMC was brought back to work on the expansion project.\r\n\r\nNow, says Ricks, the two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> are linked with a fiber optic cable owned by the hospital with a current capacity of 10 gigabytes per second. The warm site also is connected, but by a leased line that is part of the backbone for the state’s health information exchange (HIE), he says.\r\n\r\nUltimately, Ricks says, he would like to turn the warm site hot in case both on-site <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> ever go down. “The long view is to turn the warm site into another active data center — probably in a few years.”\r\n\r\nIn backing up data to disk, one copy is now stored in the secondary data center while a second copy is stored at the warm site, he says.\r\n\r\nWorking with eGroup was fortuitous for Beaufort Memorial, since that applications and services provider has strategic partnerships with EMC, Cisco Systems, and the Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial continues to add new technologies to its arsenal: not only does it no longer use paper charts, but it also added a virtualization platform using VMware’s vSphere, Ricks says. “We run 225 <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">servers</a> and about 95 percent are virtual.”\r\n\r\nDeveloping a disaster recovery strategy and building in redundancy with a second data center was not without its challenges. “You can do anything you want to do with enough time and money. But you’re always looking at competing dollars,” he says, noting that IT expenditures are often at odds with those on the clinical side.\r\n\r\nAs for offering advice to other CIOs who are planning to implement a disaster recovery strategy, Ricks urges, “Have a long-term plan but make sure you have an end point in mind. Communicate what you want to do, get everything in place, then test it.”\r\n\r\nPlus, he notes, “It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity.”','eGroup Featured in Disaster Recovery Article','','publish','open','open','','egroup-featured-in-disaster-recovery-article','','','2013-05-05 14:27:20','2013-05-05 18:27:20','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=8083',0,'post','',0),(8086,40,'2013-05-05 14:25:07','2013-05-05 18:25:07','<div id=\"content-header\">eGroup customer, Ed Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, is featured in this Healthcare Informatics article, \"<a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/back-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Backup Insurance</a>.\"</div>\n<h1>Back-Up Insurance</h1>\n<div>April 16, 2013 by Richard R. Rogoski</div>\n<div>Beaufort Memorial’s disaster recovery plan emphasizes redundancy</div>\n<div><a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/570x360/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[field_image][Back-Up Insurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; id=&quot;lightbox2-download-link-text&quot;&gt;Download Original&lt;/a&gt;]\"><img title=\"\" alt=\"Back-Up Insurance\" src=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/100x100/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></a></div>\nIt never hurts to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. For smaller hospitals that rely on a single data center, backing up data so they can be recovered may not be enough if the data center is down for any length of time. Leaders at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., took that into account when developing a disaster recovery plan, says Ed Ricks, CIO.\n\nA 197-bed community hospital that serves over 100,000 people, Beaufort Memorial is located near the Atlantic coast, making it vulnerable to hurricanes and floods. And while Ricks says his disaster recovery plan has “morphed over the years,” he emphasizes that in addition to its in-house data center, the hospital also rents space in a building further inland that serves as a “warm” site.\n\nIn the past, as real-time data was replicated, the data were sent to the warm site where it was stored. But because that warm site was not an active site, it lacked the ability to run any of the hospital’s information systems.\n\nHowever, since the hospital had already approved another medical arts building on the campus, Ricks says the decision was made to put a second data center in the new building. “That’s now our secondary data center but it will soon become our primary center,” he explains. “We want it to be an active-active data center.”\n\nRicks says the hospital partnered with Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based eGroup to design a plan that would incorporate two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> instead of one. In addition, Beaufort Memorial had already set up its backup storage solutions with the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corp., so EMC was brought back to work on the expansion project.\n\nNow, says Ricks, the two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> are linked with a fiber optic cable owned by the hospital with a current capacity of 10 gigabytes per second. The warm site also is connected, but by a leased line that is part of the backbone for the state’s health information exchange (HIE), he says.\n\nUltimately, Ricks says, he would like to turn the warm site hot in case both on-site <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> ever go down. “The long view is to turn the warm site into another active data center — probably in a few years.”\n\nIn backing up data to disk, one copy is now stored in the secondary data center while a second copy is stored at the warm site, he says.\n\nWorking with eGroup was fortuitous for Beaufort Memorial, since that applications and services provider has strategic partnerships with EMC, Cisco Systems, and the Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware.\n\nBeaufort Memorial continues to add new technologies to its arsenal: not only does it no longer use paper charts, but it also added a virtualization platform using VMware’s vSphere, Ricks says. “We run 225 <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">servers</a> and about 95 percent are virtual.”\n\nDeveloping a disaster recovery strategy and building in redundancy with a second data center was not without its challenges. “You can do anything you want to do with enough time and money. But you’re always looking at competing dollars,” he says, noting that IT expenditures are often at odds with those on the clinical side.\n\nAs for offering advice to other CIOs who are planning to implement a disaster recovery strategy, Ricks urges, “Have a long-term plan but make sure you have an end point in mind. Communicate what you want to do, get everything in place, then test it.”\n\nPlus, he notes, “It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity.”','eGroup Featured in Disaster Recovery Article','','inherit','open','open','','8083-revision','','','2013-05-05 14:25:07','2013-05-05 18:25:07','',8083,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8083-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8084,40,'2013-05-05 14:15:39','2013-05-05 18:15:39','','logo','','inherit','open','open','','logo','','','2013-05-05 14:15:39','2013-05-05 18:15:39','',8083,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/logo.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(8085,40,'2013-05-05 14:17:12','2013-05-05 18:17:12','','Capture','','inherit','open','open','','capture-3','','','2013-05-05 14:17:12','2013-05-05 18:17:12','',8083,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Capture.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8087,40,'2013-05-05 14:25:40','2013-05-05 18:25:40','<div id=\"content-header\">eGroup customer, Ed Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, is featured in this Healthcare Informatics article, \"<a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/back-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Backup Insurance</a>.\"</div>\r\n<h1>Back-Up Insurance</h1>\r\n<div>April 16, 2013 by Richard R. Rogoski</div>\r\n<div>Beaufort Memorial’s disaster recovery plan emphasizes redundancy</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/570x360/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[field_image][Back-Up Insurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; id=&quot;lightbox2-download-link-text&quot;&gt;Download Original&lt;/a&gt;]\"><img title=\"\" alt=\"Back-Up Insurance\" src=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/100x100/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></a></div>\r\nIt never hurts to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. For smaller hospitals that rely on a single data center, backing up data so they can be recovered may not be enough if the data center is down for any length of time. Leaders at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., took that into account when developing a disaster recovery plan, says Ed Ricks, CIO.\r\n\r\nA 197-bed community hospital that serves over 100,000 people, Beaufort Memorial is located near the Atlantic coast, making it vulnerable to hurricanes and floods. And while Ricks says his disaster recovery plan has “morphed over the years,” he emphasizes that in addition to its in-house data center, the hospital also rents space in a building further inland that serves as a “warm” site.\r\n\r\nIn the past, as real-time data was replicated, the data were sent to the warm site where it was stored. But because that warm site was not an active site, it lacked the ability to run any of the hospital’s information systems.\r\n\r\nHowever, since the hospital had already approved another medical arts building on the campus, Ricks says the decision was made to put a second data center in the new building. “That’s now our secondary data center but it will soon become our primary center,” he explains. “We want it to be an active-active data center.”\r\n\r\nRicks says the hospital partnered with Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based eGroup to design a plan that would incorporate two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> instead of one. In addition, Beaufort Memorial had already set up its backup storage solutions with the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corp., so EMC was brought back to work on the expansion project.\r\n\r\nNow, says Ricks, the two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> are linked with a fiber optic cable owned by the hospital with a current capacity of 10 gigabytes per second. The warm site also is connected, but by a leased line that is part of the backbone for the state’s health information exchange (HIE), he says.\r\n\r\nUltimately, Ricks says, he would like to turn the warm site hot in case both on-site <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> ever go down. “The long view is to turn the warm site into another active data center — probably in a few years.”\r\n\r\nIn backing up data to disk, one copy is now stored in the secondary data center while a second copy is stored at the warm site, he says.\r\n\r\nWorking with eGroup was fortuitous for Beaufort Memorial, since that applications and services provider has strategic partnerships with EMC, Cisco Systems, and the Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial continues to add new technologies to its arsenal: not only does it no longer use paper charts, but it also added a virtualization platform using VMware’s vSphere, Ricks says. “We run 225 <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">servers</a> and about 95 percent are virtual.”\r\n\r\nDeveloping a disaster recovery strategy and building in redundancy with a second data center was not without its challenges. “You can do anything you want to do with enough time and money. But you’re always looking at competing dollars,” he says, noting that IT expenditures are often at odds with those on the clinical side.\r\n\r\nAs for offering advice to other CIOs who are planning to implement a disaster recovery strategy, Ricks urges, “Have a long-term plan but make sure you have an end point in mind. Communicate what you want to do, get everything in place, then test it.”\r\n\r\nPlus, he notes, “It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity.”','eGroup Featured in Disaster Recovery Article','','inherit','open','open','','8083-revision-2','','','2013-05-05 14:25:40','2013-05-05 18:25:40','',8083,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8083-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8088,40,'2013-05-05 14:26:25','2013-05-05 18:26:25','<div id=\"content-header\">eGroup customer, Ed Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, is featured in this Healthcare Informatics article, \"<a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/back-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Backup Insurance</a>.\"</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<h1>Back-Up Insurance</h1>\r\n<div>April 16, 2013 by Richard R. Rogoski</div>\r\n<div>Beaufort Memorial’s disaster recovery plan emphasizes redundancy</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/570x360/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[field_image][Back-Up Insurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; id=&quot;lightbox2-download-link-text&quot;&gt;Download Original&lt;/a&gt;]\"><img title=\"\" alt=\"Back-Up Insurance\" src=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/sites/healthcare-informatics.com/files/imagecache/100x100/BMH_aerial_view-001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></a></div>\r\nIt never hurts to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. For smaller hospitals that rely on a single data center, backing up data so they can be recovered may not be enough if the data center is down for any length of time. Leaders at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., took that into account when developing a disaster recovery plan, says Ed Ricks, CIO.\r\n\r\nA 197-bed community hospital that serves over 100,000 people, Beaufort Memorial is located near the Atlantic coast, making it vulnerable to hurricanes and floods. And while Ricks says his disaster recovery plan has “morphed over the years,” he emphasizes that in addition to its in-house data center, the hospital also rents space in a building further inland that serves as a “warm” site.\r\n\r\nIn the past, as real-time data was replicated, the data were sent to the warm site where it was stored. But because that warm site was not an active site, it lacked the ability to run any of the hospital’s information systems.\r\n\r\nHowever, since the hospital had already approved another medical arts building on the campus, Ricks says the decision was made to put a second data center in the new building. “That’s now our secondary data center but it will soon become our primary center,” he explains. “We want it to be an active-active data center.”\r\n\r\nRicks says the hospital partnered with Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based eGroup to design a plan that would incorporate two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> instead of one. In addition, Beaufort Memorial had already set up its backup storage solutions with the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corp., so EMC was brought back to work on the expansion project.\r\n\r\nNow, says Ricks, the two <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> are linked with a fiber optic cable owned by the hospital with a current capacity of 10 gigabytes per second. The warm site also is connected, but by a leased line that is part of the backbone for the state’s health information exchange (HIE), he says.\r\n\r\nUltimately, Ricks says, he would like to turn the warm site hot in case both on-site <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">data centers</a> ever go down. “The long view is to turn the warm site into another active data center — probably in a few years.”\r\n\r\nIn backing up data to disk, one copy is now stored in the secondary data center while a second copy is stored at the warm site, he says.\r\n\r\nWorking with eGroup was fortuitous for Beaufort Memorial, since that applications and services provider has strategic partnerships with EMC, Cisco Systems, and the Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial continues to add new technologies to its arsenal: not only does it no longer use paper charts, but it also added a virtualization platform using VMware’s vSphere, Ricks says. “We run 225 <a title=\"More On Disaster Recovery\" href=\"http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/category/technology/disaster-recoverybusiness-continuity\">servers</a> and about 95 percent are virtual.”\r\n\r\nDeveloping a disaster recovery strategy and building in redundancy with a second data center was not without its challenges. “You can do anything you want to do with enough time and money. But you’re always looking at competing dollars,” he says, noting that IT expenditures are often at odds with those on the clinical side.\r\n\r\nAs for offering advice to other CIOs who are planning to implement a disaster recovery strategy, Ricks urges, “Have a long-term plan but make sure you have an end point in mind. Communicate what you want to do, get everything in place, then test it.”\r\n\r\nPlus, he notes, “It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity.”','eGroup Featured in Disaster Recovery Article','','inherit','open','open','','8083-revision-3','','','2013-05-05 14:26:25','2013-05-05 18:26:25','',8083,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8083-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8091,40,'2013-05-10 14:15:16','2013-05-10 18:15:16','At last month’s VMware Users Group meeting in Savannah GA, I told a story about a company’s IT department and how their world was turned upside down when an absent minded employee and lax security policies met head on. The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\n\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. 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When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\r\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\r\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\r\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\r\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\r\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\r\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\r\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\r\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. At eGroup, we’re ‘getting our hands dirty’ with all this great technology so you don’t have to!','A New Horizon for End-User Computing','','inherit','open','open','','8090-revision-2','','','2013-05-10 14:16:11','2013-05-10 18:16:11','',8090,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8090-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8093,40,'2013-05-10 14:18:29','2013-05-10 18:18:29','At last month’s VMware Users Group meeting in Savannah GA, I told a story about a company’s IT department and how their world was turned upside down when an absent minded employee and lax security policies met head on. The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\r\n\r\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\r\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\r\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\r\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\r\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\r\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\r\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\r\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\r\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. 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The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\r\n\r\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\r\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\r\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\r\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\r\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\r\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\r\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\r\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\r\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. 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When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. 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The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\n\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. At eGroup, we’re ‘getting our hands dirty’ with all this great technology so you don’t have to!','A New Horizon for End-User Computing','','inherit','open','open','','8090-revision-7','','','2013-05-10 14:26:38','2013-05-10 18:26:38','',8090,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8090-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8098,40,'2013-05-10 14:23:18','2013-05-10 18:23:18','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/images1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8096 alignleft\" alt=\"VMware Horizon\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/images1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\n\nAt last month’s VMware Users Group meeting in Savannah GA, I told a story about a company’s IT department and how their world was turned upside down when an absent minded employee and lax security policies met head on. The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\n\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. At eGroup, we’re ‘getting our hands dirty’ with all this great technology so you don’t have to!','A New Horizon for End-User Computing','','inherit','open','open','','8090-revision-6','','','2013-05-10 14:23:18','2013-05-10 18:23:18','',8090,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/8090-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8100,40,'2013-05-10 14:29:51','2013-05-10 18:29:51','At last month’s VMware Users Group meeting in Savannah GA, I told a story about a company’s IT department and how their world was turned upside down when an absent minded employee and lax security policies met head on. The purpose of the anecdote was to show how it was possible to secure sensitive data while introducing more flexibility and choice to the end-user. The resulting solution was founded on a solid and secure implementation of VMware View.\r\n\r\nWith the recent release of the VMware’s Horizon Suite, I can’t help but wonder how these products would have changed or improved the original solution. When I look at the product portfolio of the Horizon Suite, I see a lot of opportunity for what could have been. There are three major points that could have really improved that initial deployment of View.\r\n<h2>Access to Remote Applications</h2>\r\nHorizon Workspace would have set the stage for a more simplified implementation of a BYOD policy. The delivery of full desktops to end-users can be cumbersome and financially prohibitive. From one SSO portal, Workspace allows users to access individual applications and files. The enhanced security provides peace of mind and allows IT management deeper insights and controls through auditing and quotas. The best part is that the end-user will now have a multitude of secured devices to choose from in order to access their data. From home computers to library kiosks, there will be no excuse for not having access to the data you need when you need it most.\r\n<h2>Controlling the Handsets</h2>\r\nIn the example I provided, we discussed the use of a mobile device management system in order to control access and security from the end-user handsets and tablets. As I tote around my six pounds of laptop, I can surely attest to the rise in popularity of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Since most of these devices are personally owned, they become increasingly more difficult to manage. It is not so difficult to imagine what might happen to unsecured corporate data on a smartphone if it were to fall into the hands of a…toddler. So how are we, as IT managers, supposed to allow people to use their personal devices while maintaining the security of our corporate data? VMware Horizon Mobile is the answer. This tool allows IT to deliver a customized corporate persona to the end-user device allowing them to maintain their own personalization while enforcing corporate security on the company provided device.\r\n<h2>No Man Left Behind</h2>\r\nOne of the biggest issues we found during our View deployment was that not all of our end-users were easily converted to a Virtual Desktop. These end-points felt extremely detached from the infrastructure as a whole and required a lot of extra attention. This detracted from the benefits we were gaining through our View deployment. If we had been able to use Horizon Mirage, our management capabilities for these end points would have been significantly more streamlined. The policy-driven remediation of applications would have meant a few hours of repair for branch offices instead of the days it would have required in order to ship the device, complete the repairs and ship back. It would have also been extremely cheaper. Have you ever mailed a laptop overnight express with insurance? Twice?\r\n<h2>Next Steps</h2>\r\nAs you can imagine, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire portfolio of the VMware Horizon Suite. The sheer scope of this product is enough to overwhelm any sized IT department. 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Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Sales-Account-Executive2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-03-20 12:00:10','2013-03-20 16:00:10','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/03/4668-revision-72/',0,'revision','',0),(8105,2,'2013-05-13 14:29:35','2013-05-13 18:29:35','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-13 14:29:35','2013-05-13 18:29:35','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-73/',0,'revision','',0),(8106,2,'2013-05-13 14:38:57','2013-05-13 18:38:57','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-13 14:38:57','2013-05-13 18:38:57','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-74/',0,'revision','',0),(8108,2,'2013-05-13 14:48:18','2013-05-13 18:48:18','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies.</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-13 14:48:18','2013-05-13 18:48:18','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-75/',0,'revision','',0),(8130,2,'2013-05-15 09:11:22','2013-05-15 13:11:22','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies.</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:11:22','2013-05-15 13:11:22','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-79/',0,'revision','',0),(8164,2,'2012-11-05 08:37:29','2012-11-05 13:37:29','<strong>July/August 2012 (<a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/customers/e-Group/0712/eGroup_PDF_newsletter_0712.pdf\">PDF Version)</a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=6344\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Healthy Relationship</strong></a>: eGroup has developed a long-term relationship with Conway Medical Center based upon trust, shared goals and unmatched expertise.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=6345\" target=\"_blank\">A Matter of Time</a></strong>: Disk-to-disk backup systems help speed backup and recovery processes.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=6346\" target=\"_blank\">Relieving Backup Window Challenges</a></strong>: EMC disk-based de-duplication storage provides backup, recovery and archival that is high performance and cost optimized.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=6347\" target=\"_blank\">Once and For All</a></strong>: Data de-duplication streamlines backup and enables business continuity.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>March/April 2012 (<a href=\"http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103755119754-229/eGroup+PDF+newsletter+0212.pdf\">PDF Version</a>)</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=2383\">Powerful Resource</a></strong> eGroup supports Horry Electric’s IT team through sound advice and cutting-edge technical expertise.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=2381\">High Five!</a></strong> VMware vSphere 5 and View 5 help organizations develop a robust, scalable and secure cloud infrastructure and support a sophisticated desktop-as-a-service experience across the extended enterprise.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=2382\">Data Center Building Blocks</a></strong> Virtual Computing Environment coalition delivers business-ready IT infrastructure packages that accelerate pervasive virtualization and private cloud infrastructures.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.itnewsletter.net/newsletters/index.cfm?cid=120&amp;sid=2384\">Analyzing ‘Big Data’</a></strong> Next-generation business analytics tools can deliver insight, competitive advantage.</li>\r\n</ul>','Newsletter Archive','','inherit','open','open','','6141-revision-15','','','2012-11-05 08:37:29','2012-11-05 13:37:29','',6141,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2012/11/6141-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(8112,40,'2013-05-14 12:10:19','2013-05-14 16:10:19','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/press1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8118 alignleft\" alt=\"press\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/press1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>You already read about how we helped Beaufort Memorial Hospital with its <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/egroup-featured-in-disaster-recovery-article/\" target=\"_blank\">disaster recovery strategy</a>.\r\n\r\nHere are a few more recent articles in which eGroup provided insight:\r\n\r\nComputer Reseller News: <a href=\"http://www.crn.com/240154582/printablearticle.htm\">Is Software-Defined Storage For Real Or A Lot Of Hot Air?</a>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mike Carter, eGroup\'s Principal, provided an email response to reporter, Joe Kovar, on his analysis of the SD storage market</p>\r\nComputer Reseller News: <a href=\"http://www.crn.com/240154576/printablearticle.htm\">Software-Defined Data Centers: Should You Jump On The Bandwagon?</a>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Rich Young, eGroup\'s Marketing &amp; 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Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-13 14:48:59','2013-05-13 18:48:59','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-76/',0,'revision','',0),(8127,2,'2013-05-15 08:58:42','2013-05-15 12:58:42','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-customer-support-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 08:58:42','2013-05-15 12:58:42','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-77/',0,'revision','',0),(8141,2,'2013-05-15 09:24:54','2013-05-15 13:24:54','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniordataservicesengineer-4','','','2013-05-15 09:24:54','2013-05-15 13:24:54','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer3.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8128,2,'2013-05-15 09:11:15','2013-05-15 13:11:15','','More','','inherit','open','open','','egroup-senior-systems-engineer-2','','','2013-05-15 09:11:15','2013-05-15 13:11:15','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8129,2,'2013-05-15 09:05:16','2013-05-15 13:05:16','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-senior-systems-engineer\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7850\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:05:16','2013-05-15 13:05:16','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-78/',0,'revision','',0),(8131,2,'2013-05-15 09:14:17','2013-05-15 13:14:17','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniorapplicationservicesengineer-2','','','2013-05-15 09:14:17','2013-05-15 13:14:17','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8132,2,'2013-05-15 09:12:00','2013-05-15 13:12:00','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:12:00','2013-05-15 13:12:00','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-80/',0,'revision','',0),(8133,2,'2013-05-15 09:15:56','2013-05-15 13:15:56','','More','','inherit','open','open','','seniorapplicationservicesengineer-3','','','2013-05-15 09:15:56','2013-05-15 13:15:56','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8134,2,'2013-05-15 09:16:33','2013-05-15 13:16:33','','More','','inherit','open','open','','seniorapplicationservicesengineer-4','','','2013-05-15 09:16:33','2013-05-15 13:16:33','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8135,2,'2013-05-15 09:14:24','2013-05-15 13:14:24','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! 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You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:14:24','2013-05-15 13:14:24','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-81/',0,'revision','',0),(8136,2,'2013-05-15 09:19:23','2013-05-15 13:19:23','','eGROUP Systems Engineer','','inherit','open','open','','egroup-systems-engineer-5','','','2013-05-15 09:19:23','2013-05-15 13:19:23','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer4.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8137,2,'2013-05-15 09:16:41','2013-05-15 13:16:41','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers/egroup-systems-engineer-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7848\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:16:41','2013-05-15 13:16:41','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-82/',0,'revision','',0),(8138,2,'2013-05-15 09:21:26','2013-05-15 13:21:26','','DataServicesEngineer','','inherit','open','open','','dataservicesengineer-2','','','2013-05-15 09:21:26','2013-05-15 13:21:26','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8139,2,'2013-05-15 09:19:33','2013-05-15 13:19:33','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer4.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:19:33','2013-05-15 13:19:33','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-83/',0,'revision','',0),(8140,2,'2013-05-15 09:24:21','2013-05-15 13:24:21','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniordataservicesengineer-3','','','2013-05-15 09:24:21','2013-05-15 13:24:21','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer2.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8142,2,'2013-05-15 09:21:36','2013-05-15 13:21:36','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer4.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:21:36','2013-05-15 13:21:36','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-84/',0,'revision','',0),(8144,2,'2013-05-15 09:25:01','2013-05-15 13:25:01','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer4.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:25:01','2013-05-15 13:25:01','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-85/',0,'revision','',0),(8143,2,'2013-05-15 09:31:00','2013-05-15 13:31:00','','More','','inherit','open','open','','enduserappsengineer-2','','','2013-05-15 09:31:00','2013-05-15 13:31:00','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8145,2,'2013-05-15 09:32:53','2013-05-15 13:32:53','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniorenduserappsengineer-2','','','2013-05-15 09:32:53','2013-05-15 13:32:53','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8146,2,'2013-05-15 09:33:17','2013-05-15 13:33:17','','JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer','','inherit','open','open','','juniorenduserappsengineer-3','','','2013-05-15 09:33:17','2013-05-15 13:33:17','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer2.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8147,2,'2013-05-15 09:31:08','2013-05-15 13:31:08','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Senior-Systems-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs.  This position primarily focuses on deployment and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer4.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span>  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>:</span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a> </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Operations Project Manager:</strong></span> An excellent opportunity for the motivated and organized Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team member, you\'ll be a part of eGroup’s award-winning, highly-capable, and continually growing professional services delivery team. Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:31:08','2013-05-15 13:31:08','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-86/',0,'revision','',0),(8148,2,'2013-05-15 09:37:07','2013-05-15 13:37:07','','More','','inherit','open','open','','tech-opps-pm-job-description-2','','','2013-05-15 09:37:07','2013-05-15 13:37:07','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8149,2,'2013-05-15 09:37:32','2013-05-15 13:37:32','','More','','inherit','open','open','','tech-opps-pm-job-description-3','','','2013-05-15 09:37:32','2013-05-15 13:37:32','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description2.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(8150,2,'2013-05-15 09:33:27','2013-05-15 13:33:27','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Inside-Sales-Account-Executive.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical sales professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources.  These \"best of breed\" technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGroup-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Customer Support Engineer</strong></span>: The Customer Support Engineer role provides an ideal opportunity for those getting into the fast paced, solution driven Information Technology industry. Our talented team and proven processes have transformed countless individuals from Customer Support Engineers, to total technology rock stars.  Our most successful Customer Support Engineer’s are great communicators, have a natural ability to sense and adapt to changing customer situations, and are very driven individuals. They have a passion for technology and love to jump right in to learn the latest and greatest technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Customer-Support-Engineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Systems Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. 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You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer3.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical professional, you\'ll be backed by eGroup\'s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. 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Your position primarily focuses on: technically managing projects, providing leadership during professional services delivery engagements, people-resource scheduling, process development and implementation, and consistent levels of interactive customer-facing communication. You should be highly proficient in both verbal and written communication, as well as highly organized with a ‘sixth sense’ of how to handle competing priorities. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Tech-Opps-PM-Job-Description.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2013-05-15 09:33:27','2013-05-15 13:33:27','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/2013/05/4668-revision-87/',0,'revision','',0),(8151,40,'2013-05-16 14:43:44','2013-05-16 18:43:44','Mount Pleasant, SC (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 - <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup,</a> the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud,</a> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application,</a> and <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\">end-user computing services,</a> today announced it has received the 2012 EMC® Velocity™ Services Quality Award from EMC Corporation for achieving outstanding service excellence and customer satisfaction as measured by the EMC Velocity Services Quality (VSQ) program.\r\n\r\nThis marks the third time eGroup has won the exclusive award.\r\n\r\nThe EMC VSQ program is a project-specific survey program designed for partners with Velocity Services designations to solicit customer feedback regarding the quality of the partner’s service engagements.\r\n\r\n“We’re thrilled that our mission to be a trusted advisor, focused solely on positive project outcomes, is once again recognized by EMC and our customers,” said Mike Carter, Principal, eGroup. “eGroup’s project delivery team is continually laser focused on saving the customer time, money and enabling a competitive advantage. 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The latest survey results demonstrate that these partners have embraced and honed their EMC services skills set to maintain increasingly high levels of customer satisfaction,” said Jeff Schmitt, Americas Theatre Lead, Global Services Partners, EMC Corporation. “As an EMC Velocity Services Quality Award winner, eGroup demonstrates leadership in service delivery quality and exemplifies the high standards to which EMC holds its own Global Services organization.”\r\n\r\nThe EMC Velocity Services program enables a select community of trained and certified EMC authorized partners to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of services ranging from technology implementation to technical support. 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