Is your company the one that tries the hot, new technology just after it is released (early adopter)? Or is your organization the one that waits for months, sometimes years, before implementing the technology (late adopter)? 

Most of today’s small to medium size businesses are somewhere in the middle. Regardless of which end of the spectrum you fall, hot or emerging technologies capture your attention because they are constantly discussed in publications, in web seminars, in conferences and many other venues.

So why does everyone talk about these? In the shortest form, these technologies can increase the productivity and the capacity of businesses drastically while reducing cost and increasing profits in a very short time. 

Here are some technologies that will help businesses to achieve these goals much faster:

Server Virtualization 

An average server is typically being utilized 5% - 15% of its resources.  A best practice by network administrators was to distribute applications onto separate servers so the server won’t experience utilization spikes, possibly disrupt services or become a single point of failure.  This practice results “server sprawl” because on most cases, a dedicated server is used for each application. 

Server Virtualization allows administrators to store several under-utilized servers on a single piece of hardware and also store an entire server as a set of files. These files contain the operating system, application and data.  The files can then be moved from one physical server to the next as the hardware utilization rate changes.

Generally organizations consider virtualization for two main reasons – consolidation and high availability.  

Consolidating reduces the server sprawl and its associated costs and resources: the electricity bill, hardware maintenance, warranties, technical support, air conditioning/cooling systems, real estate or physical space.

Organizations that want to achieve high availability because they have a very low tolerance for downtime uses virtualization to achieve this goal.  Virtualization can allow servers to be safely moved from one physical server to another with no impact to end users.  Virtualizing a production environment better prepares companies for a disaster as the virtual servers can be safely moved from one physical server to the next under certain circumstances.

SaaS or Software as a Service 

SaaS or Software as a Service is more of a model or methodology where software applications are used or accessed via the web versus installing the application on each user's machine and running the software "locally". These products are built specifically for one-to-many usage over the Internet. 

The advantages of SaaS include: 

• No maintenance or updates that needs to be performed locally
• No management of hardwareInstant updates delivered by the Software Company
• Your data is stored online, so nothing to worry about loosing your data from computer crash
• Pay-as-you-go licensing model
• Some of the most popular or well-known 

SaaS products include Salesforce.com, Google Apps, QuickBooks or TuboTax Online, and WebEx.

For assistance with implementation of any emerging technology, contact Flatorb Technologies to help you evaluate the advantages and disadvantages and to determine if your business will benefit from these new technologies.

Virtual Devices and Instruments

We can create simulations and scenarios for many physical devices and systems using various simulation software. These designs can range from simple PCB boards to mechanical systems to electronic communication systems.

Using such virtual devices and instrumentation simulations can lower your costs drastically while shortening the time to release a product to the end user.

Contact us for more information on how we can help with your specific need.

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