Microsoft System Center
Flexible cost effective cloud and datacentre management
It is rare today that a worker will have only a single device attached to your organisation’s network. Consider how many employees use a mobile phone, their desktop or laptop computer and possibly a tablet as well. Now consider your modern datacentre. With a mix of virtual and physical machines in addition to the abundance of computers and devices on your network, management and security can quickly usurp your IT resources.
With the most recent release, Microsoft System Center contains all the tools you need to achieve a level of centralised control and visibility across enterprise infrastructure. From deploying services (virtualisation, composition, and configuration) to operating services (monitoring, remediation, and upgrades), Microsoft System Center can help you manage every stage of the datacentre lifecycle using:
- Virtual Machine Manager
- Operations Manager
- App Controller
- Orchestrator
- Service Manager
- Data Protection Manager
- Configuration Manager
Having evolved with the needs of the datacentre, System Center empowers IT.
Productive Infrastructure
- Leverage existing infrastructure and skills with heterogeneous support for industry vendor products;
- Lower costs and improve service reliability by automating repetitive tasks;
- Increase flexibility and control using self-service infrastructure for pooling and abstracting datacentre resources.
Predictable Applications
- Holistically manage application services to maximise availability and performance;
- Deliver more predictable SLA’s using deep application monitoring and diagnosis;
- Reduce administrative effort and expense of application upgrades and maintenance by optimising modern and existing applications;
- Better manage application components with service-centric provisioning, monitoring and updates.
Cloud Computing
- Streamline management across hybrid environments with a common toolset to construct and manage clouds on your own terms;
- Increased flexibility to construct and manage clouds across multiple datacentres, infrastructures and service providers;
- Increase efficiency and optimise ROI by using a single pane of glass for physical, virtual, and cloud management.
For more information, please visit the Microsoft System Center product page.
System Center Solutions & Services
Desktop fleet and datacentre management are essential IT tasks today. If you are not using a management tool, it would take hours to juggle virtual and physical machines as well as ensure that each desktop has the correct applications, software and programs running. Whether you want to manage your organisation’s datacentre or if you would prefer we take that task off your hands for you, Generation-e can help you take advantage of the increased efficiencies of Microsoft System Center.
Generation-e Consulting Services
- Management assessment;
- Server health checks.
Generation-e Implementation Services
- System Center upgrades;
- System Center migration;
- Application packaging and deployment;
- Patching.
Generation-e Support Services
- Image deployment;
- Application packaging and deployment;
- Patching;
Generation-e Managed Services
- Managed System Center environments;
- Custom application management.
A Safe Pair of Hands
As with all of the technologies Generation-e chooses to provide for our customers, we have so much faith in System Center that we use it as our management tool in our own offices.
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Generation-e works to architect the right solution based on your business needs and application environment. Our holistic solution delivers more than just management. From the technology we deploy to the services we provide, you will only deal with experts, who are uncompromising in their standards to deliver what they promised, in time and on budget.
From our world-class Network Operations Centre (NOC), our tertiary qualified senior engineering team provides the highest quality monitoring, management, support and maintenance for our customers. All of Generation-e’s services are delivered with professionalism focused on achieving customer satisfaction.
Please contact us on 1300 553 088 or complete the form.
IBM Servers & Storage
No one ever got fired for buying IBM!
Even in running virtual machines, some physical storage is required. As one of our trusted vendor partners, Generation-e incorporates only IBM servers and storage into our solutions.
IBM servers and storage are developed using open standards which helps you keep your options open. Their technology will work seamlessly with your existing infrastructure and help to streamline your environment. The idea behind IBM server and storage solutions is to keep IT management simplified in order to reduce costs.
A Safe Pair of Hands
As experts in unified communications and networks, Generation-e is very selective about the vendor products we choose to offer to our customers. IBM is the only vendor Generation-e trusts to provide high quality server and storage infrastructure with the features and capabilities to support our robust solutions. We offer the following products for our customers:
Servers
- System X;
- Blade Centre.
Storage
- DS;
- N-Series;
- V7000;
- XIV.
In addition to providing the infrastructure to support your solution, Generation-e also offers a range of services around installing, maintaining, supporting and managing servers.
Generation-e works to architect the right solution based on your business needs and application environment. Our holistic solution delivers more than just management. From the technology we deploy to the services we provide, you will only deal with experts, who are uncompromising in their standards to deliver what they promised, in time and on budget.
As with all of the technologies we choose to provide for our customers, we have so much faith in IBM that we use it as our server and storage solution in our own offices.
Please contact us on 1300 553 088 or complete the form.
Cloud
On premise or in the cloud? This is a modern day conundrum. Chances are that a panel of IT experts would be divided and would provide a multitude of reasons for their recommendations, but at the end of the day, the best solution will always be the one that suits your organisation most completely.
In providing unified communications solutions, Generation-e knows the importance of having a robust platform upon which to build your infrastructure and this is where Microsoft Office 365 and Azure come into play.
If by chance you don’t have the IT resources or if they are better otherwise allocated, Generation-e offers a suite of professional services to take care of the management for you.
Microsoft Hyper-V
Consolidate servers and increase flexibility with virtualisation
Many companies today are opting to create their own private cloud environments but even if the cloud is not on the horizon for your organisation, the benefits of virtualisation may still be appealing.
Using Hyper-V, existing physical and virtual servers can be consolidated whilst still preserving flexibility. As a part of a unified communications solution or integrated with network infrastructure, Hyper-V allows you to run the workload of multiple physical servers on minimal equipment.
Once you begin to virtualise, you quickly realise the importance of having a robust tool to assist with provisioning and managing virtual machines. Microsoft System Center has a suite of products which assist with this.
By embracing virtualisation and the private cloud you:
- Improve agility, scalability, performance and resiliency whilst protecting existing investment;
- Maximise efficiency and responsiveness by harnessing resources as required to meet business demands;
- Keep your data secure and increase data availability using a private cloud;
- Enjoy peace of mind knowing you have reliable disaster recovery and data backup solutions;
- Use fewer physical servers and less power which reduces costs for running and cooling;
- Improve infrastructure through testing and development;
- Increase productivity.
For a full list of the features and benefits of Hyper-V, visit the Microsoft Hyper-V Product Page.
Hyper-V Solutions & Services
When it comes to virtualisation, there are a few options to choose from. The horse that Generation-e has chosen to back is Microsoft Hyper-V. As with all of the technologies we choose to provide for our customers, we have so much faith in Hyper-V that we use it as our virtualisation tool in our own offices. Whether you are new to virtualisation or a seasoned veteran, Generation-e offers solutions and services to help you ensure that your organisation gets the full benefits of virtualisation.
Generation-e Consulting Services
- Server consolidation and virtualisation;
- Virtualisation capacity planning.
Generation-e Implementation Services
- Hyper-V deployment;
- Hyper-V integration with Microsoft System Center.
Generation-e Managed Services
- Managed virtualised environments.
A Safe Pair of Hands
Specialising in unified communications means that Generation-e’s experience and expertise has been honed in some of the most complex and challenging IT environments. Making technology work to power unified communications means extending the capabilities to the brink and meticulously managing every minute detail in order to develop a robust and reliable solution. Having worked our way through the issues we experienced during these projects has helped us to be able to create bulletproof solutions which work whether you are looking to perform day to day tasks or run a Lync deployment connecting your branch offices across Australia or around the globe.
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Generation-e works to architect the right solution based on your business needs and application environment. Our holistic solution delivers more than just virtualisation. From the technology we deploy to the services we provide, you will only deal with experts, who are uncompromising in their standards to deliver what they promised, in time and on budget.
Contact us on 1300 553 088 or complete the form.
Network Security
Manage threats from inside and outside your organisation
There is no such thing as a network that is too secure. Threats to your organisation’s network security lurk everywhere. Prudent organisations take every precaution in preventing breaches, leaks, hacking, viruses and the like. You may think that firewalls and a virus checker are sufficient for keeping your network safe, but they are not always enough to create an impregnable fortress.
Running unified communications, even more sensitive data will be travelling over your network. This makes it imperative that you have a full arsenal of security at your disposal to avert threats which come from any angle, whether inside or outside of your organisation. Even more critical is that all of your security solutions work together seamlessly so that your network is not compromised.
Network security encompasses:
- Border security - firewalls to protect from Internet threats;
- Access Control (NAC) – protects from internal threats;
- Intrusion Prevention – real time monitoring of threat/hack attempts.
Ensuring that these measures are in place will allow you to:
- Quickly identify and respond to threats;
- Enforce policies & control staff without impeding their productivity;
- Protect critical assets by preventing data leaks and unauthorised access;
- Lower total cost of management with streamlined monitoring and reporting.
Security Solutions & Services
There is no point in having a network to carry valuable data and information if you do not protect it properly. Generation-e has a background in high performance networks which means that we have the skills and experience necessary to understand and truly thwart threats to network security.
Our areas of speciality include:
- Email hygiene, web browsing and filtering using Zscaler technology;
- Firewalls and SSL VPN using Juniper technology;
- Microsoft Forefront to protect from malware, spam and inappropriate content;
- Data backup and disaster recovery.
Generation-e Consulting Services
- Security audits;
- Security assessments;
- Security design.
Generation-e Implementation Services
- Security deployment.
Generation-e Managed Services
- Managed firewall services;
- Network security;
- Disaster recovery;
- Data backup.
A Safe Pair of Hands
Specialising in unified communications means that Generation-e’s experience and expertise has been honed in some of the most complex and challenging IT environments. Making technology work to power unified communications solutions means extending the capabilities to the brink and meticulously managing every minute detail in order to develop a robust and reliable solution. Having worked our way through the issues we experienced during these projects has helped us to be able to create bulletproof solutions which work whether you are looking to perform day to day tasks or run a Lync deployment connecting your branch offices across Australia or around the globe.
From our world class Security Operations Centre (SOC), our tertiary qualified senior engineering team provides the highest quality monitoring, management, support and maintenance for our customers. All of Generation-e’s services are delivered with professionalism and are focused on achieving customer satisfaction.
Please contact us on 1300 553 088 or complete the form.
