International Micro Village, Inc is now an authorized distributor of Double-Take®products in Philippines

International Micro Village, Inc is now an authorized distributor of

Double-Take®products in Philippines

Providing affordable high availability, reliable disaster recovery and migration with near-zero downtime

Manila, Philippines, April 25,2014 – International Micro Village, Inc (IMVI) is now appointed the authorized distributor of Double-Take® products in Philippines. IMVI, with industry expertise and a wealth of experience, will provide Double-Take® products and technical support to resellers and end customers in Philippines, to meet the increasing demand for cloud replication and recovery, high availability and disaster recovery, migration and cross-platform data sharing.

Double-Take® is one of the flagship software products by Vision Solutions, a leading provider of workload migrations, high availability, disaster recovery and data sharing software and services with headquarter in Irvine, California, USA and offices worldwide. Double-Take® is an affordable solution for SMB, mid-tier and enterprise-level high availability, disaster recovery and migration for Windows, Linux and cloud computing environments.

Double-Take®has released its latest version 7.0 in May 2013. Its key features include:

· Versatile agentless or agent-based virtual server protection for flexible RPO and RTO goals

· Real-time anything-to-anything protection across multiple operating systems, hypervisors and clouds

· Protection and recovery of entire server or selected data on any combination of physical, cloud or virtual environment

· Near-zero downtime migrations without suspending or interrupting production operations

· Customizable unified status reporting for all assets protected by Double-Take® 7.0

· Simple, intuitive graphic user interface (GUI)

· World-class customer service support by Vision Solutions and IMVI locally

Double-Take®7.0 provides high availability, disaster recovery and migration capabilities for VMware®, Microsoft® Windows® Server and Linux as well as the KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V and Xen hypervisor technologies. More information can be found at visionsolutions.com/DT7.

About International Micro Village, Inc

Established in 1997, International Micro Village, Inc., continuous to offer the latest data and communication and information access equipment to the growing Philippine Information Technology market with a focus, through its association with Channel Partners, on Corporate Institutions, Small and Medium Business Segments and Government Units. For additional information, please visit http://www.imvphil.comor connect with them thru Facebook: www.facebook.com/imvphil

About Vision Solutions (visionsolutions.com)

Vision Solutions is the premier provider of software solutions designed to protect data, minimize downtime and maximize resources for the modern data center. We are the only company to deliver workload migrations, high availability, disaster recovery and data sharing –across any hardware and any physical, virtual or Cloud-based environment. We have been serving enterprises and managed service providers for over 25 years through our portfolio of Double-Take®, MIMIX® and iTERA® product brands.

International Micro Village, Inc is now an authorized distributor of Double-Take®products in Philippines

A foreword and an apology in advance; this blog is mostly about technology and back up system. So for those who are not that familiar or savvy enough please bear with me.  

Considering that every minute is precious in any company. More especially now in the computer age; Data are the source of success and considered before any decision making strategies are executed and ways of monitoring performance. So what would any company do when faced with system down time? No data’s can be retrieved, nor processed to the main servers. Orders or information are on hold.  Companies lose money on such stand still.

This is where the double take suite comes in. It’s a program for cloud replication, migration capabilities, and disaster recovery for most OS environments. This programs provides a near zero down time migrations without interrupting operations, protection and recovery of entire server or data for a combination of  virtual, cloud, and physical servers.

Sounds impressive especially for businesses that uses internet and have multiple chains or spans globally even on another country. 

Ok this software is not for consumers like us, who wish to apply this at home. The target market is for Small Businesses, Mid and Enterprise level . This software is more ideal for Shared Services industry and technically which requires huge amount of data that travels from one place to the next via internet. Best part about this is it updates per byte and does not consume a lot of bandwidth on the net that might slow any operations.

Since the country right now is one of the leading place for BPO industry. This would not cost as much as any server setup that requires a lot of physical servers or space. This is the next step for any evolution and innovation in technology.

Now International Micro Village is the distributor of this authorized dealer of this great program. Which is already already 17 years in the business; offering the latest data and communication and information access equipment to the growing Philippine Information Technology market with a focus, through its association with Channel Partners, on Corporate Institutions, Small and Medium Business Segments and Government Units.

Burot Get Away

Feeling the need of a break from work and had just finished my defense grab the opportunity for an R&R.  Before going I made some research, ( thanks to other bloggers ) about the beach. True enough, The beach has been bought by SM but has not made any plans of renovating the place. A lot of caution was detailed that this beach is for people who can live the outdoors and can get by with out electricity.

Being challenged by this and seeing some photos I agreed to go to the place. So  preparations were made. What food to bring, what items to carry, and what have you’s that may be essential to the get away. I felt like a real camper that time ( and I haven’t camped in years). 

It took two days of preparation and so we thought was all prepped up. Come the big day, We went to the  terminal where there are vans going directly to Calatagan batangas at 4:30 AM, (It’s on the back of Kabayan hotel roughly a few meters away). There were lots of passengers and we didn’t have to wait long to have the second van to arrive. It took only 30 mins waiting time before we were on the road. ( Fare for the  van is at 180pesos each person

We had a quick stop at Tagaytay to have a refill by  6 am. Reminds me of Baguio  especially the cold breeze. After that it’s all the way to Calatagan. A word of caution for guys planning to go there; Especially if you are commuting. Make sure you have enough cash and extra’s.  There are simply no Banks in the main town where you will drop off, The banks are on different towns and hours away from each other,

There is a talipapa or a small market in the town to buy all the foods or things you had forgotten to bring.  Make sure that you buy all the things in the market as the beach has only one store and prices are way high.  There are already tricycles in the market that will take you directly to the beach. It cost 75 pesos per person. The first part of the road is cemented while two thirds are still in undeveloped so expect a bumpy ride. AT the entrance an SM guard will provide you with guidelines and house rules. The sense of security is there. So finally we are at the beach. There is an entrance fee of 65 pesos if just for the day or 130  each person for spending the overnight.

The place as other people described it is really undeveloped. Literally, There are no hotels, no cottages, even electricity., All you have to is just running water and public bathrooms That’s it.oh, and the water is not that strong so expect a long queue in the baths and sink area for cleaning and bathing.  Being that we rented a tent for 400. They already increased the rent. By the time we arrived there. There were a lot of campers already. So we chose a quiet spot where we can  set up camp and enjoy the scene. The place has a scenic view and literally a place where one can really think. The place is hot as with all beaches but the ambience is nice. The water is clear and you can see  marine life in the bottom of the sea.  After setting up camp and having lunch. We took a tour on the beach. Even with all the people. There still is serenity in the place. It’s not so loud or as rowdy as other beaches. Even there are other people you will have a sense of privacy. We took shots on the area and at spent some time for a siesta. Wading is better than swimming as the sea floor is not gradually sloping down. But its like a plain so even if you go far ashore the water is still waist deep. And a lot plants you’ll walk on.

As the afternoon wore on there are more campers coming and setting up tents. By the time sunset came everybody is taking out cameras to capture the sunset. It’s a breath taking experience to see the sun gently and slowly setting till it’s dark.

Since there are no electricity. Entertainment is left for you to provide. Even if its’ hot on the day. Better prepare as it suddenly turn cold at night.

The following day is just as hot as ever. So after taking breakfast we decided to pack up and get back to the city.

Burot is definitely one should try at least once and a memory to keep. A good recommendation for people who like the outdoors and rough it up. But not so for those who are sensitive and used to electricity.

In a Nutshell

     It's been months since i wrote on this blog. Truth be told I'm not a writer. I rather read and do stuff experience life then analyze. Store that knowledge and just look for the next thing i can experience. I'm also lazy especially in writing. I'd rather talk and tell it than write it all down. I rather go out and just look around than sitting down on my pc then writeyet here i am after almost three months Typing what i think.

    To be honest i  had lots of time to write. I just don't have the drive to sit down and type. There are lots of things that is happening and convey my thoughts on the recent events. From the PDAF to Binay case. In order to avoid getting my hands in the pot i'd rather keep those opinions to myself rather than incite a long debate then an argument.

So why am I writing now. Since It's almost the year end and the just to look back on what happened this year. and try to learn from all the crazy ride that is called 2013.

Well i get laid off on my previous job for the first quarter this year. Then i got hood winked. Thank fully i still am floating now but not as high as before. Meet lots of people some stayed a lot got revamped.  I've been a support for my child hood friend. Been a jack of trades. trying to make ends meet. Played around and what have you.  Technically what a bachelor tends to do and had the year opposed to him.

With all this the thing i learned, Rise up. always rise up. It doesn't matter how many times you fall down. Its how many times you get back up. It makes you a better person. of course you should know the lessons its not a leson if one repeats the same mistake again.

For all those people who are still with me. I thank you. I know i do not show it. I appreciate you all. I just am always the lone wolf. Always there but never staying too long. I am better than what i am before. SO with that i Thank you.

Next year is goingto be  great ride so bette brace yourself. and make sure to saddle up

Great Hair Blow Out

Pollution  is a major concern right now . Not only it affects the environment; it also affects the social and our lifestyle as well. If polluting is a crime then all of us are suspects more so than others. What do we do? We use the three R's yes we reduce reuse and recycle. in order to help minimize the pollution and also prevent flooding in the Metro.

In this, Uniliver hair brands, Dove, Sunsilk, Vaseline and Clear are partnering with the biggest companies in the country for a grand celebration. The Great Hair Blow Out is Unilever’s way of rewarding and thanking their loyal customers who have made Unilever’s Shampoo brands leaders in its category.

What does that mean to us the consumers? Well for every purchase of Dove, Sunsilk, Vaseline and Clear shampoo bottles and sachets assures you of winning prizes. The prizes would include Smart prepaid load, which they can redeem at Cebuana Lhuillier outlets across the country, special discounts at National Bookstore and David’s Salon, and a free upsize at McDonald’s. Peanuts you would say but it gets better;  among the prizes to be won are 2 Ford Fiestas, 56 international and domestic Flights from Cebu Pacific, 25 Samsung tablets, 25 Samsung phones. Not too shabby huh?  Even if you don't get the big prize you still get smaller prizes just by buying your shampoo.

 

And it Gets Better.for the people who will be clamoring about the sachet and bottles that would add to the current plastic problem.  Well read further...

The Great Hair Blow Out  brings to life the companies commitment to environmental sustainability.Meaning that the companies are aware if the problem and have already made certain steps and as part of Unilever’s Sachet Recovery Program, this campaign targets to collect 18 million sachets. Yes that's right 18M, I hope that they could collect more. So what will the companies do to the sachet? Be at ease they will not recycle them as sachet again nor burn it which will add to the green house gas effect.  These will be converted into various sustainability programs such as converting these to cement pavers. These will then be donated to partner communities all over the Philippines to be used to construct pathways and pavements and other unique products such as bags and chairs.

Hollow blocks with sachet bits are stronger than your regular blocks i would say same as true for the for the concrete pave. they stick together and has more binding power. Also for bags and chairs since they are plastic they are stronger and can be re use again.. just like those handbags that ladies use in their apparel. An advance apology to the ladies who will be reading this. I am not a fashion expert and i don't really have any idea of your preference. If it helps the environment, It is functional it's good enough for me, :P

Looking at it this makes everybody a winner. Not only do the consumers get to use their brands, you get the chance to win certain prizes. The companies get the chance to return something back to the communities through the sachet,  lessens the environmental wastes. Communities are then given livelihood programs for the weaving and handbag making, As for concerete well for building possibly roads or what ever infrastructure what is needed. Less pollution since the plastics are not burned nor dumped in land fills. Its all a win win situation. Of course it requires participation from all of us.

The Great Hair Blow Out is from October 1 to December 30, 2013. To join, just buy any specially marked packs and peel back to reveal the prize.