Bringing Solutions Lifesize with Telepresence

I stumbled on this well made video showing the benefit and value of videoconferencing in the enterprise.  This one shows SingleWire, a maker of IP Telephony apps for Cisco phones and how they use it to be part of their "puffer fish" strategy.  Take a look;

http://youtu.be/1yDNEjFaVKU?t=5s

We at Peak IP Solutions provide telepresence solutions in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We will independently represent Lifesize, Cisco and Hosted Telepresence solutions for you in our office in Livermore, CA near the oldest wine country in California. 

Enjoy,

Doug Renner
Chief Solutionist
www.peakipsolutions.com

Veeam Newsletter: Veeam wins 43 major industry awards

Veeam keeps knocking it out of the park with their backup and replication product.  We absolutely love installing this for our customers at Peak IP Solutions.

Enjoy the read…

Doug

View in a browser | Forward to a Friend Veeam Newsletter – January 2013 Veeam Backup & Replication BEST BACKUP Veeam wins 43 major industry awards, with 22 for backup! Veeam has received 43 major industry awards, including 22 for backup! Most recently, Veeam Backup & Replication won an InfoWorld 2013 Technology of the Year award. InfoWorld's annual awards identify the best and most innovative products on the IT landscape. Winners are drawn from all products tested during the past year, with the final selections made by InfoWorld's staff. → Learn more Read more >> Recovering VMs quickly is vital during harvest season "My advice to my peers? Do backups right, right from the start. Get Veeam and you'll be amazed. It's really a lifesaver. It's so easy and goes way beyond a backup and recovery solution." — Theresa Brownfield Lead Principal IS Operations Engineer, John I. Haas, Inc. Veeam ONE WATCH THIS! Flash-based Infrastructure Growth report New Veeam ONE 6.5 includes lots of enhancements and new features, including the Flash-based Infrastructure Growth report that gives you an active, "movie" view of your changing virtual infrastructure. Learn more about it in Rick Vanover's post, and watch the video of a report showing cluster growth, hosts being added and much more. → Check out this video report Special Offers & Training Tools NEW E-BOOK The Hands-on Guide: Understanding Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 The Hands-on Guide: Understanding Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, by Brien Posey, gives you simple step-by-step instructions to perform Hyper-V-related tasks like a seasoned expert. Learn how to build clustered Hyper-V deployment, manage Hyper-V through PowerShell, create virtual machine replicas, and much more. → Download the first five chapters today! NEW WEBINAR 13 New Year's Resolutions for VMware Admins Start 2013 off right with this 13-point review of your VMware environment. Rick Vanover shares real-world best practices and common mistakes in this free Jan. 31 webinar. Topics include resource reservations, permissions, vCenter, templates and more. Date & Time: Jan. 31, 2 p.m. EST → Register FEB. 14 DRAWING! Enter just once to WIN monthly prizes from Veeam! Veeam continues to give away exciting monthly prizes for Virtualization Lovers! Those who register before Feb. 14 will have a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab! → Register to WIN! Veeam Cartoons If you wish to unsubscribe from monthly Veeam newsletters, please click here. To change your subscription options or unsubscribe from other Veeam communications, please click here.

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We do Veeam backup and disaster recovery solutions in Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin, California.

Interesting talk on Hacking Cisco Phones

This is a nice video about hacking a cisco phone and having your way with it as well as listening to any person it may be sitting in front of it…  Hmmm…  Cisco are you watching?  Please do…

http://youtu.be/f3zUOZcewtA

Enjoy,

Doug

Question on trunk security - Network Security Whitepaper

Great reference document provided by Uwe...

-----Original Message-----
From: Uwe Kleinhempel
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 9:48 AM
To: Peter Tonnesen; svcug@
Subject: RE: question on trunk security

Your native vlan should be the same throughout your network.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/vlnwp_wp.pdf

Uwe

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Tonnesen
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:07 PM
To:
Subject: question on trunk security

Question on setting up trunks for security:

Here are some of my settings
1. On the network I am using the non-negotiate option is set on all ports
2. The native vlan is not 1

Here is my question
Should each trunk have its own native vlan?

[Success] BUP: PIP Main Windows Servers (14 VMs)

One of my favorite emails to receive…  All backups with Veeam are a success.  We can quote and install this all day long.  It is very enjoyable…

Douglas Renner
Peak IP Solutions, LLC

IP Phone:  925.337.8650

From: pip-veeam-master@peakipsolutions.com [mailto:pip-veeam-master@peakipsolutions.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:52 PM
To: Doug Renner
Subject: [Success] BUP: PIP Main Windows Servers (14 VMs)

VMware Backup job: BUP: PIP Main Windows Servers Created by CORP\superuser at 11/20/2012 5:24:52 PM. Success 14 of 14 VMs processed Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:00:23 PM Success 14 Start time 9:00:23 PM Total size 1.3 TB Backup size 8.1 GB Warning 0 End time 9:52:20 PM Data read 65.6 GB Dedupe 3.3x Error 0 Duration 0:51:57 Transferred 8.1 GB Compression 2.5x Details Name Status Start time End time Size Read Transferred Duration Details pip-hq-ts03 Success 9:01:10 PM 9:06:34 PM 150.0 GB 1012.0 MB 360.4 MB 0:05:23 peak-hq-qb01 Success 9:06:36 PM 9:10:45 PM 30.0 GB 2.1 GB 937.5 MB 0:04:08 pip-VeeamONE Success 9:10:47 PM 9:11:55 PM 60.0 GB 0.0 KB 1.9 KB 0:01:08 pip-pki-01.corp.peakip.com Success 9:11:57 PM 9:14:40 PM 50.1 GB 1.3 GB 405.3 MB 0:02:42 PIP-ISE-01 Success 9:14:42 PM 9:16:07 PM 200.0 GB 0.0 KB 6.3 KB 0:01:25 pip-hq-fs1 Success 9:16:10 PM 9:17:41 PM 500.0 GB 0.0 KB 15.6 KB 0:01:31 pip-veeam-master Success 9:17:43 PM 9:32:09 PM 50.0 GB 46.0 GB 200.8 MB 0:14:25 pip-services.corp.peakip.com Success 9:32:11 PM 9:36:59 PM 65.1 GB 3.3 GB 1.5 GB 0:04:48 peak-acs01 Success 9:37:02 PM 9:41:07 PM 10.0 GB 9.4 GB 3.9 GB 0:04:05 pip-pki-02.corp.peakip.com Success 9:41:09 PM 9:42:39 PM 50.1 GB 0.0 KB 1.6 KB 0:01:29 peak-monitor02.corp.peakip.com Success 9:42:41 PM 9:44:45 PM 30.0 GB 810.0 MB 333.9 MB 0:02:04 pip-dc01 Success 9:44:48 PM 9:47:13 PM 60.0 GB 943.0 MB 307.2 MB 0:02:25 pip-dc02 Success 9:47:16 PM 9:49:42 PM 60.0 GB 532.0 MB 115.1 MB 0:02:26 peak-veeam01 Success 9:49:44 PM 9:52:16 PM 60.0 GB 284.0 MB 57.2 MB 0:02:31

Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5.0.109