Google Outdoes Itself

The Internet is technology's most formidable source, and it just keeps getting bigger. In fact, traffic increases at an amazing 40-45% each year! But what website is crushing all the competition?

None other than... Google. The search engine giant accumulated a third quarter revenue this year of $7.29 billion, a 23% increase from last year. Even more fascinating, according to recent data from Arbor Networks, Google accounts for a whopping 6.4% of all Internet traffic in the world!

The numbers don't stop there. Because Google is so widely used, its advertising sales are equally astronomical. This year, Google's total ad revenue will be an estimated $15.7 billion. To put that into perspective, last year Time Warner and Viacom, among the biggest media companies in the world, earned $8.8 billion and $4.7 billion in advertising revenue, respectively.

The Internet is expanding so rapidly, its hard to imagine what will come next. With impressive progress being made on Google's self-driving car, it seems that anything is possible. To stay up-to-date with the latest in technology news, keep checking back at The TNS Group's tech blog.

The Key Components of Compellent

Compellent is a leader in providing effective solutions to business needs, such as data center virtulization, space reclamation, energy efficiency, enterprise automation, and unified storage. One outstanding feature of Compellent is Live Volume. As a recent tech article explains, "Live Volume can detect when VMware Vmotion moves a virtual machine from one server to another. Immediately after the detection of the virtual machine move, Live Volume will flag the replicated secondary volume as the new primary and will automatically reverse replication direction".

Another key feature of Compellent is the use of Enterprise Manager. Enterprise Manager utilizes a single console for administration of all Compellent systems, local and remote. According to Compellent's website, using Enterprise Manager is beneficial because it will:

•Maximize resource utilization and reduce disk costs using accurate capacity and performance data
•Streamline disaster recovery planning and replication configuration with a simple point-and-click interface
•Speed event resolution with centralized alert notification and event log management
•Identify trends and monitor storage use by business unit for accurate needs assessment and chargeback
•Automatically calculate energy savings and generate boardroom-ready hero reports

Compellent has many other features to offer, including their latest endeavor, Fluid Data Storage. To hear more about Compellents products and services, join The TNS Group at our annual Executive Technology Exchange on November 4th. For more information, contact Joe Carretta at 203-316-0112 ext. 105.

VMware On The Rise

As consumer demand for virtualization increases, companies that specialize in this realm of the IT world are profiting. Specifically, VMware is enjoying success and having a great fiscal year. With third quarter revenue exceeding expectations, VMware is anticipating great numbers in the final quarter of the year. According to a recent tech article, VMware's maintenance and services revenue is up 49% from last year.

As the industry leader in developing virtualization technology, VMware revolutionizes IT infrastructure for businesses ranging from large scale data centers to single-server boutique firms.

The TNS Group only partners with companies that we trust. In fact, one of our employees, Joe Carretta, is currently attending a VMware sales conference to ensure that we know how to better serve our customers. The TNS Group is confident that by using VMware products such as Virtual Infrastructure, Converter, VMotion and VCente, your business will cut management costs and see easier and more reliable network manageability.

With Compellent, The Future is Fluid

As one of our most truted partners, Compellent Network Storage Solutions is among the best in the business. According to their website, Compellent Fluid Data storage actually reduces the number of drives in a system by optimizing utilization through ultra-efficient technologies such as Thin Provisioning, Automated Tiered Storage, Replays (continuous snapshots) and Storage Virtualization.

You can increase your Storage Efficiency with Compellent:

•Optimize capacity utilization with Thin Provisioning, consuming disk space only as data is written
•Automatically classify and migrate inactive data to less costly, low-power disks with Automated Tiered Storage
•Minimize the cost of downtime by streamlining data backup and speeding data recovery with continuous snapshots
•Merge all disks into a single pool of storage with Storage Virtualization, delivering higher performance with fewer drives


Compellent now offers Fluid Data Storage, which can:

•Slash the time and cost of IT up to 80%
•Instantly respond to the increasing demand for IT services
•Enable network storage changes without application outages
•Reduce cycle time for every new technology and application
•Ensure data is recoverable and always secure
•Provide a fully virtualized foundation for your entire IT stack

For more information about Compellent, be sure to join The TNS Group at our Lunch n Learn on Thursday, November 4th at Capital Grille in Stamford.

Windows Phone 7 is the Latest Smartphone on the Scene

On Monday, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7, its smartphone to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. Microsoft's goal is to bring consumers an easy-to-use "glance and go" screen, which is customizable according to user preference.

Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, nine different phones will be available on sixty mobile operators. Users have a choice of Samsung, HTC, and LG phones, among other options.

The major benefit of this product is its use in business. As a Microsoft product, the phone will be seamlessly compatible with Outlook, PowerPoint, and other services from Microsoft Office.

The phone features 1 GHz processors, a 5 mega pixel camera, and a touch screen face including hardware buttons. Additionally, the popularity of games and applications will also be made available on the new Windows Phone 7. With the use of XBox Live, this phone will be a worthy competitor to Apple.

However, only time will tell if the Windows Phone 7 can compete with the massive popularity of the iPhone and Android in consumer markets. If your business utilizes any of these devices, The TNS Group is qualified to assist in all your Smartphone integration needs.

New Partnership for The TNS Group?

The TNS Group just had a great meeting with Aruba Networks, which could potentially lead to a new partnership.

Aruba is one of the top wireless companies providing wireless mobility to offices. This company is looking for systems integrators to sell and install equipment for them. Knowing that The TNS Group is a leading IT Consulting Firm, Aruba came to us to discuss a potential partnership that is very exciting for our business, and for improving our services to our clients.

One of The TNS Group's five practice areas is Network Infrastructure. Some of our offerings are Blackberry, PDA, and Smartphone Integration, Data Center Consolidation, Remote and Mobile Access Solutions, and Technical Assessments. We are committed to providing our clients with the best and the brightest in the IT world, which is why we are considering this new partnership. Check back here at our blog for more updates about this potential partnership, as well as other TNS-related news.