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1 N e t W o r k s, I n c. N e t w o r k N e w s Q 1 J a n u a r y I n s i d e t h i s i s s u e : Extreme Networks Wireless Product Barracuda Backup Service AppAssure Software Home of Backup 2.0 New Vendor Partnerships GbE iscsi SAN Boost Your Bandwidth Source: Introducing EqualLogic 10GbE iscsi SAN: now with more storage bandwidth for virtualization and data-intense business applications. Dell s EqualLogic storage solutions deliver the benefits of consolidated networked storage in a self-managing, iscsi storage area network that is affordable and easy to use, regardless of scale. By eliminating complex tasks and enabling fast and flexible storage provisioning, these solutions dramatically reduce the costs of storage acquisition and ongoing operations. Citrix Simplicity is Power New iscsi Arrays from Dell EqualLogic The newest iscsi arrays in the PS Series, the Equal- Logic PS6010 and PS6510 models, add the power of 10GbE technology to the exceptional EqualLogic storage performance of previous generations. 6 Patented page-based volume management enables automatic movement of data while it is in use. This technology provides the foundation for online expansion, automatic configuration and load balancing, performance optimization, and advanced software functionalities all with continuous access to data. That means no downtime for increasing capacity, moving data between storage tiers, or load balancing storage, and most management tasks are handled by the array, not the administrator. As a result, the EqualLogic PS Series of arrays makes enterpriseclass shared-block storage practical for all servers and applications. With its unique peer storage architecture, the PS Series delivers high performance and availability in a flexible environment with low cost of ownership. Whether you are seeking to consolidate storage, migrate from DAS or NAS, streamline data protection, or expand capacity, the PS Series of proven, self-managing storage arrays will meet the demanding requirements of your business-critical environment. NetWorks, Inc. has been implementing EqualLogic storage solutions since becoming a partner 3 years ago. The hardware architecture is easy to use and offers a scalable, modular design for growth. It s reliable, efficient and provides enterprise quality performance. A detailed reference guide of all models is attached to the newsletter . The PS4000 Series is designed for Branch Office and SMB needs. The PS6000 Series is designed for the Enterprise Data Center. For additional information, contact the sales team at or send a message to [email protected].

2 Page 2 Extreme Networks Wireless Product Brief Extreme Networks and Motorola have come together to offer the next generation in wireless LAN solutions. Summit WM3000 Wireless LAN Solution Summit WM3000 series controllers along with Altitude 3500/4600 series access points deliver robust and secure enterprise-class wireless LAN solutions for voice, video and data applications. Summit WM3000 solution from Extreme Networks can scale to support various sized locations from small branch offices to large central site WLAN installations. Multiple Summit WM3000 controllers can be configured into a single cluster to form a mobility domain supporting tens of thousands of users and over a thousand APs. It significantly reduces the chance of a disruption in service in the event of a controller failure or intermediate network failure. Summit WM solution offers smart traffic management which allows wireless traffic to be either bridged locally at the AP or tunneled to the controller. The capability to support high-speed, cross-subnet roaming enables the Summit WM3000 solution to meet the demands of enterprise mobility applications including transactional sessions and seamless voice over wireless LAN. By focusing on ease of installation and management, the Summit WM3000 wireless solution helps IT organizations simplify the task of mobilizing their users without sacrificing security or performance. Next Generation APs Altitude 4610 and 4620 are the next generation APs from Extreme Networks that utilize the high speed n WLAN technology. They are concurrent, dual-radio a/n and b/g/n APs with 2x3 MIMO capabilities. The 11n AP can be powered from a single standard (802.3af) port at full throughput. This can result in a major cost savings, as it eliminates the need to allocate 2 PoE ports and double cable runs to each AP. Summit WM3000 Series Controller Selection Guide Summit WM3400 Summit WM3600 Summit WM3700 Typical Deployment Small & medium enterprises Remote office Medium & large enterprises Large enterprises Maximum No. of Managed APs ,024 Rack Mount Height 1U Table top or rack mount 1U Rack mount 1U Rack mount NetWorks, Inc. is an Extreme Networks Gold Partner with 5 technical and 3 sales certified employees. The Summit WM3000 series is a great solution that offers enterprise-class mobility for small, medium and large enterprises. The license options are flexible to easily allow for future growth. With this broad portfolio of products, Extreme Networks can offer a very competitive and scalable solution for the Enterprise WLAN that offers the highest level of security features and performance.

3 Page 3 Barracuda Backup Service Source: Barracuda Backup Service is a complete and affordable data backup solution. The Barracuda Backup Server provides a full local data backup and is combined with a storage subscription to replicate data to two offsite locations. This approach provides the best of both worlds - onsite backups for fast restore times and secure, offsite storage for disaster recovery. Block level deduplication is applied inline to reduce traditional backup storage requirements by 20 to 50 times while also reducing backup windows and bandwidth requirements. Barracuda Backup Subscription plans provide diverse offsite storage at affordable monthly fees that scale to meet increasing data requirements. Secure backup to two geo-separate data centers Deduplicated efficient backup storage Redundant disk-based storage Best-of-breed data retention policies Web interface multi-location management Restore by Web, FTP and Windows software Model Comparison Suggested Backup Volume 100GB 500GB 1TB 1.5TB 3TB Internal Capacity 250GB 1TB 2TB 3TB 6TB Chassis 1U Mini 1U Mini 1U 1U 2U Large and small organizations alike demand solutions that are affordable not just today, but also in the future as they grow. Barracuda Networks offers a FREE 30 DAY DEMO on their entire line of products. Contact the NetWorks, Inc. sales team to learn more. Barracuda Backup Service allows me to be precise when retrieving versions of files, and also saves on storage space. With what I m doing now with Barracuda Networks, it would take 100-plus tapes in my two vaults, continued Campbell. At $100 a pop, that s $10,000 right there that we don t have to spend. It s easy to use and gets the backups done and that s important. But it s also meeting all my requirements for keeping backups in multiple locations, and maintaining multiple versions of files. Case Study: Upper Dauphin Area School District backup_features.php

4 Page 4 AppAssure Software Home of Backup 2.0 Source: AppAssure Software is an industry-leading manufacturer of application backup and recovery software. Considered a pioneer of the Backup 2.0 movement, AppAssure products are designed to go beyond protecting data alone, protecting entire application infrastructures and ensuring rapid recovery in the event of system failures. Committed to ensuring reliable and affordable application recovery is available to every organization, AppAssure Software leverages cutting-edge technologies to reduce storage footprints, shrink recovery times, and make certain that applications can be recovered to any point in time, from the datacenter or from the cloud. Products Overview Replay 4 is a server-based, disk imaging solution that automatically and continuously snapshots your entire Windows application server. The Replay 4 products including Replay for Windows, Replay for Exchange, Replay for SQL, and Replay for Hyper-V are keenly application-aware and enable automated backup validation and object-level restore functionality. MailRetriever is an affordable and easy-to-use software package for browsing, recovering, searching, exporting, and analyzing and mailbox content directly from Microsoft Exchange Data Stores (EDBs). With MailRetriever, you are never more than a few clicks away from recovering a message or mailbox. Benefits to our Customers Storage Magazine has selected Replay 4 as a 2009 Backup & Recovery Software Product of the Year. Since it s beginning in 2005, AppAssure has consistently grown on average 50% quarter over quarter. Corruption Detection: AppAssure constantly verifies the integrity of Exchange and Microsoft SQL databases making sure that there is no corruption. Off-Host Backup: All backup processing takes place off-host which means that the production server no longer has the need to set aside a backup window. High Availability: AppAssure allows you to recover to a similar physical server, a dissimilar physical server or a virtual machine. Live Replay: Live Replay allows the user to get their data BEFORE the data is recovered to the production server. NetWorks, Inc. knows that backups are boring. In most organizations, administration of backups is a tedious job of managing media, verifying operations, and waiting for something to happen. Like we said, Backups are boring. That is, right up until the moment your CEO accidentally deletes a file he needs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Or, right up until that presentation you need to give in two hours won t open because the file is corrupt. All of a sudden, backup is not so boring it just became very critical. AppAssure can help you ensure business continuity with the fastest backup and data recovery solution at an affordable price.

5 Page 5 New Vendor Partnerships for NetWorks, Inc. ThinPrint ThinPrint specializes in printing solutions in various network environments across all business sectors worldwide. Based in Berlin, we began by providing a print solution for the growing server-based market and have expanded to become the leading print solution in over 80 countries with the various.print products. Today, we also offer the leading print solution for the emerging Virtual Desktop Environment movement. Through our.print technology, companies are able to employ a unique solution for their printing environment. With high performance print data compression down to two percent of the original size, connection specific bandwidth control, SSL encryption of print data, a tracking service for analyzing printing costs, as well as various print management options, and our own DRIVER FREE PRINTING technology, the.print product family drastically improves the printing process. Go to for technical descriptions for all functions that you can benefit from by using ThinPrint.print products:.print Server and Client Software Driver Free Printing Print Data Compression Printer Virtualization Layer (V-Layer) SSL Encryption Connection-oriented Bandwidth Control Tracking Virtual Channel Gateway.print AutoConnect Dynamic Printer Matrix Turtle Cases by Perm-A-Store With guidance from key tape and hardware manufacturers, Turtle Cases, by Perm-A-Store have been uniquely designed to protect your valuable data during transport and storage. Turtle Cases are built for business professionals who understand the value of their data and the precautions necessary to protect it. The extra protection provided by Turtle Cases is more important than ever. Turtle cases offer the following features to protect your data: Turtle Case: LTO-20 Capacity Item ID: Double wall case which reduces G forces resulting from impact. Molded dividers sized to the precise dimensions of each tape format cradle each cartridge and prevent shaking/rattling. Trapped air space provides insulation from external temperature changes. Use of foam only with tape and disk formats where plastic cases are employed protects media from contact with debris generating agents inside the case. Go to to see the full product line.

6 Page 6 Citrix Simplicity is Power Source: Citrix lets you harness the power of virtualization to dramatically change enterprise computing. By centralizing and simplifying the computing model, you can successfully reduce complexity. From one convenient location your fingertips. This is virtualization. For desktops, for servers, for your business today. Citrix puts power back into the hands of IT. The power to manage one instance of each desktop OS. One copy of each application. One image of each server workload. Control and assemble them dynamically at runtime and deliver them as a secure, personalized, on-demand service. Virtualization brings you: More agile enterprise IT Better user experience Lowered operating costs Improved information security Centralized management & control NetWorks, Inc: Desktop Products Server Products Network Products Collaboration Products XenDesktop Comprehensive desktop virtualization and VDI. XenApp Virtualize Windows apps and deliver as an ondemand service. Receiver and Dazzle The first self-service storefront for enterprise application delivery. XenServer Enterprise class, cloud proven server virtualization. Essentials for XenServer Advanced server virtualization management for Xen- Server. Essentials for Hyper-V Advanced server virtualization management for Hyper-V. Access Gateway Secure access to virtual desktops and applications. NetScaler Speed up web apps by 5x while cutting infrastructure costs in half. Branch Repeater Accelerate branch application delivery while reducing bandwidth costs. GoToMeeting Online meetings made easy. GoToWebinar Webinars made easy. HiDef Conferencing Flat-rate, high-quality audio conferencing. GoToMyPC Get to your PC from anywhere with secure remote access. GoToAssist Remote support made easy. GoView Screen recordings made easy. NetWorks, Inc. recommends Citrix as a valuable end-to-end virtualization solution. They offer several products to meet the needs of a wide range of IT operations. Currently, Citrix is offering a Trade-up to XenDesktop 4 Program. Customers can save up to 80% on complete desktop virtualization. The trade-up program is available until June 30, 2010 and applies to any XenApp Advanced, Enterprise and Platinum customer with active or expired Subscription Advantage. Contact our sales team for more details at or [email protected]. PROMOTION Trade-up to XenDesktop 4 & save up to 80%.

7 About Us NetWorks, Inc. is a value-added reseller and systems integrator that designs, deploys, and support small, medium and large corporate networks. We started as a system integrator company in 1994, but have grown to offer advanced service and procurement solutions. We strive to find the best ways to support the goals and strategies of every client...no matter if your business is large or small, local or national. Over the years, NetWorks, Inc. has implemented complete network solutions that grow as our clients prosper. These long-term partnerships are what our clients have depended on since Whether you have qualified IT personnel on staff or you choose a custom service package from NetWorks, Inc., we can deliver the service that suits the way you work. Our team is good at asking questions. It s the way we learn about the unique challenges your company faces. And because we serve a diverse group of businesses, we have experience enough to know it is rare that two companies require exactly the same solution. Our technical resources, experience, and creativity are unmatched. Why not put us to work finding a solution for you? Let our experienced team help you solve your IT problems. We are locally owned and operated. Contact Us To request more information, please call or us at: [email protected]. We would like to hear from you! Let us know your thoughts on this newsletter and what you would like to see in future newsletters. To be removed from our mailing list, send an to [email protected] and type Unsubscribe in the subject line. Preferred Partners Service Offerings Acronis APC AppAssure Astaro AVG Barracuda Blackberry Check Point Cisco Citrix CommVault CLI CyberPatrol DameWare Data Domain Digium, Inc. Dell EqualLogic ESET Software Extreme Networks F5 Fortinet HP Inova Solutions Insightix Juniper Kaspersky Lab Lenovo Linksys Microsoft Netgear Nortel Novell Perm-A-Store PGP Revinetix RSA ScriptLogic Socket Mobile SolarWinds SonicWALL Symantec ThinPrint VMware WatchGuard WORLDOX Wyse 24x7 Support Consulting Documentation Emergency Services Hardware/software Procurement Hosted Software Services (SPLA) Installation LAN and WAN Monitoring Services Network Design Planning Project Management Security Assessments Storage Solutions Troubleshooting Virtualization Solutions VoIP and IP Telephony N e t W o r k s, I n c rd Street Windsor Heights, IA Phone: Fax: Web: Voted Best Computer Consulting Company by readers of Des Moines Business Record!