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Welcome back. In the first installment of this series we defined Flash Foresight, which starts with the principle of Starting With Certainty. What comes next??

1. Anticipate Now that you can spot cyclical and linear changes as well as which are hard trends and which are soft trends, you are ready to start formulating some strategies. It is not enough anymore to be proactive, to succeed you need to be preactive. Being proactive is about heading off problems that are right around the corner. Being preactive is about heading off problems (or even better – identifying opportunities) that don’t even exist yet. Read more »

It would seem at first glance that most people say that their technology needs are a technical decision. The fact is, this couldn’t be further from the truth.  While technical proficiency is helpful further down the line, it will often hinder and postpone the process at the beginning.  Let me paint you a picture.  You are going out for a nice romantic meal for two and your budget is $100.  Upon arriving you are handed a menu with no prices.  The whole night you are treated royally, needs have been catered to, and whatever you have asked has been given.  The food and drink are amazing and it is simply the best time you have ever had.  You receive the check at the end and it is $1,000.  To me at least, as nice as this whole evening was, I am now left with a sour taste in my mouth.  This is the importance of making a financial decision first, so that at the end when you’re handed the bill, you haven’t wasted your time or money.  Let me show you how technology is no different from any other everyday life decision.

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As a follow-up to a recent blog post that looked back at 2011, let’s now look ahead to 2012.

Looking ahead to 2012 it’s looking like a great year for Compuquip. Even so, this is not a time for us to stand still.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”

While this quote can be attributed to the immortal Ferris Bueller, these are words to live by in the technology industry. As such, these are some of the items that Compuquip will be working on in the coming year:

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Edition 11 | December 2011

Welcome to the 11th edition of Quip Notes, the newsletter presented to you by Compuquip!

To download a printable version of the newsletter, click Quip Notes December 2011

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Part II of II: Virtual Desktops 101

Welcome back to Virtual Desktops 101. In Part 1, we define Virtual Desktops and began to look at some of the advantages.  We continue here with that same topic.

I’m sold. Where do I sign up?

Slow down! It’s not all wine and roses; there are some things to consider.

• First and foremost, while you can save a good amount of money at the endpoint, you do need to make an investment in your Datacenter environment.

• Virtualizing and managing a handful of Desktops is easy; scaling this up to hundreds or even thousands of Virtual Desktops is hard. There are storage considerations (both capacity and performance), RAM and CPU considerations, and management considerations. Referring to the graphic from Part 1 of this blog, the Management piece is critical for you to truly make the most of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

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