Virtualization in a Virtual World

Virtualization means partitioning one physical server into several virtual servers, or machines. Each virtual machine can interact independently with other devices, applications, data and users as though it were a separate physical resource. Different virtual machines can run different operating systems and multiple applications while sharing the resources of a single physical computer. And, because each virtual machine is isolated from other virtualized machines, if one crashes, it doesn’t affect the others. In addition to using virtualization technology to partition one machine into several virtual machines, you can also use virtualization solutions to combine multiple physical resources into a single virtual resource. A good example of this is storage virtualization, where multiple network storage resources are pooled into what appears as a single storage device for easier and more efficient management of these resources.

Virtualization can help you shift your IT focus from managing boxes to improving the services you provide to the organization. If you are managing multiple servers and desktops, virtualization can help you to save money, energy, time, and reduce desktop management headaches. For all of the upside virtualization isn’t magic, and it can introduce some new challenges. But in most cases the many cost and efficiency advantages will outweigh any issues, and virtualization will continue to grow gain popularity. If you click on the title, you will notice that it is a link I used as a reference for this post. It provides more extensive information on the topic.

Secure Email Porject

In this day and age, any company that wishes to succeed technologically must have some sort of secure email system in order to do so. A company that provides innovative security solutions is Voltage Security, Inc. They use "end-to-end" encryption for data protection. It's primary use is for email, documents, and business applications. These solutions stop identity theft, enable fast compliance with PCI regulations, support privacy guidelines, reduce risks associated with developer, outsourced and off-shore environments, and protect the privacy of communications with employees, business partners and consumers.

Voltage Solutions are in use at more than 850 enterprise companies, including some of the world's leading brand-name companies in banking, insurance, retail and health-care such as ING, Kodak, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo and Heartland Payment Systems. If you click on the title of this post, you will find that it is a link to the article about this business, which is used for reference and more information.

Database Project

These particular project was probably the most difficult one I had to complete. What I had learned about this program previously is nothing to what I now know from this project. Before I started, I actually didn't know the specific tasks or relative functions for that matter, this program was used for. In my opinion, Access is far more superior that office, excel, and powerpoint due to the prodigious amount of functions this program enables anyone to do. Even after this project, I still don't even know how to work all the applicactions in the ribbons. Although, I learned how to take tables with supurfluous amounts of information and constrict it down to what certain areas are only needed to view, which could be extremely useful in so many ways.
Even though I feel this program is a useful tool, the reason I found it so difficult to learn is because the ways all the tools were laid out and the way you apply things seemed too complicated. I wish that the program was more user friendly, especially for those of us that are relatively new to its uses. I found Access similiar and completely different at the same time when comparing it to Excel. It has similiar layouts, like the way spreadsheets are viewed, but the way to access all of the tool in the ribbons and expanding upon a database becomes much more complicated than it needs to be. Hopefully, they will update Access in the future as a more user friendly resource.