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Join us at the Dallas VMUG (VMware Users Group) October 10th
at The Sockwell Center for Professional Development.
Meet with your peers and industry experts for in-depth technical sessions,
demonstrations and exhibits around virtualization trends, best practices and
the latest technology.
While you're there, stop by the Sequel Mobile Data Cetner for LIVE
demonstrations of hypervisor-based replication. You can't miss us. Just look for
the Mobile Data Center.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8am - 4pm
Location: The Sockwell Center for Professional Development
6301 Chapel Hill Boulevard
Plano, TX 75093
Additional Information: http://www.vmug.com/index.php?mo=cm&op=ld&fid=230

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Our Journal will address topics such as:
- SOX Turns 10: Despite controversy, financial regulations have led to significant IT improvements...
- Replication for VMs: Zerto delivers easy, cost-effective business continuity and disaster recovery for virtualized environments...
- The A(pplication) Team: IJJC takes the risk out of custom software development projects...
- Fraud Drives Cybercrime: Targeted attacks pose increased risk to organizations, with successful attacks costing businesses more than $100,000 per incident...
Sequel Data Systems partners with Zerto to deliver comprehensive BC/DR for virtualized environments
[Austin, TX USA] – August 22, 2012– Sequel Data Systems announced today that they have joined the Zerto Alliance Partner (ZAP) Program to offer clients award-winning Zerto Virtual Replication. Zerto’s hypervisor-based solution is the only business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) built for protecting mission-critical applications deployed in virtualized data centers and cloud environments. Under the program, Sequel Data Systems has access to the tools and support to deliver unparalleled, real-time, cost-effective BC/DR to enterprises of all sizes.
“Zerto combines the enterprise-class features of physical replication with the flexibility, ease of management, and scalability of virtual environments,” said Ziv Kedem, CEO, Zerto. “We are proud to collaborate with some of the most innovative and advanced organizations in the world to develop, sell, support, integrate and deliver enterprise-class BC/ DR solutions.”
“This is a great opportunity for Sequel Data Systems to offer unique Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) solutions and additional customer value to our clients,” said Robert Raab, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Sequel.
“Zerto is recognized industry-wide for offering best in-class protection, ensuring that companies have the ability to quickly and efficiently replicate and protect their mission-critical data and applications,” said Chris Case, President, Sequel Data Systems. “We’re dedicated to offering companies the most innovative solutions for their IT dollar, and are proud to offer Zerto Virtual Replication to our customers as part of the ZAP program.”
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To learn more about the Zerto best-in-class business continuity and disaster recovery solution, please join us at the Dallas – Ft. Worth VMware User Conference. We will be hosting live demonstrations in the Sequel Data Systems Mobile Data Center.
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: The Sockwell Center for Professional Development
6301 Chapel Hill Boulevard
Plano, TX
More information about the Dallas-Ft. Worth VMware User Conference can be found at http://www.vmug.com/index.php?mo=cm&op=ld&fid=230
About Sequel Data Systems
Sequel Data Systems, Inc. provides IT consulting and integration services for many top technology vendors. Sequel Data Systems is a nationally recognized IT solutions provider, delivering business value to organizations of all kinds through advanced technologies. Since 1986, our success has been built upon our industry expertise and a track record for delivering high quality consulting and IT solutions for many public sector and commercial accounts. For more information, please visit: http://www.sequeldata.com
About Zerto
Zerto provides enterprise-class business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized infrastructure and cloud. Zerto won Best of Show at VMworld 2011 as well as 2011 Product of the Year Gold Award. Zerto Virtual Replication is the industry’s first hypervisor-based replication solution for tier-one applications replacing traditional array-based BC/DR solutions that were not built to deal with the virtual paradigm. For more information, please visit: www.zerto.com
Sequel Data Systems and Unitrends are hosting a happy hour event with Door64 in Austin, TX on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 from 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm at The Park (The Domain, North Austin). The event will feature a live demonstration of the Unitrends solution in the Sequel Data Systems Mobile Data Center (MDC). To register, click here.
Event Details
What: Door64 Happy Hour sponsored by Sequel Data and Unitrends
Who: IT Professionals
When: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 / 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: The Park, 11601 Domain Drive #200, Austin, TX 78758 [Map]
How (much): Free!
Food: Provided!
Why: Expand your local network, learn about Sequel Data Systems and Unitrends, have a good time. So why not?
Parking: Lots of free parking in lot next to The Park, and in the garage across the street.
About Sequel Data Systems, Inc.:
Sequel Data Systems, Inc. provides IT consulting and integration services for many top technology vendors. Sequel Data Systems is a nationally recognized IT solutions provider, delivering business value to organizations of all kinds through advanced technologies. Since 1986, our success has been built upon our industry expertise and a track record for delivering high quality consulting and IT solutions for many public sector and commercial accounts..
About Unitrends:
Unitrends, a leader in enterprise-level data protection, offers the #1 all-in-one backup solution for virtual, physical and cloud. Building on over 20 years of industry firsts, Unitrends continues to lead the market. Unitrends is used by IT professionals for backup of their virtual and physical servers and for performing disaster recovery to remote locations or to private or public cloud.
About Door64:
Founded in 2007 by Matt Genovese, Door64 is an organization of over 20,000 technology professionals from Austin, Texas working high-tech fields such as software, information technology (IT), mobile, hardware, and semiconductors.


Sequel Data Systems, Inc., an Austin based IT consulting and integration firm is pleased to announce a new partnership with Unitrends. Unitrends is a leader in enterprise-level data protection, and offers the all-in-one backup solution for protecting virtual, physical and cloud data and systems.
Sequel is partnering with Unitrends to provide additional customer value with affordable and simple business solutions. Unitrends offers one of the highest-value data protection solutions in the form of backup and recovery in the industry, by using a unified approach for backing up physical and virtual servers with an integrated appliance.
For more information, see the Press Release.
Join Sequel Data Systems, HP, SpecraLogic, and Crossroads for an unparalleled event from 9am until 3pm on Thursday, July 26th.
Learn how to put technology to work for your business.
We will be showcasing the Gen8 servers from Hewlett Packard (HP), as well as the latest technologies and solutions from HP, EMC, Spectra Logic, Crossroads, VMware, and Veeam.
We will be at:
Education Service Center 2
209 North Water St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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We're making LOTS of changes over the next few weeks and you can stay informed about what's new at Sequel Data Systems. We've got new equipment and software in our 3rd generation Mobile Data Center, a Mobile Data Center Tour across Texas during the month of June, and updates to our website on our new partners and offerings.
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Learn how to put technology to work for your business. Our Journal will address topics such as:
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- Find It, Fix It: Network management systems provide insight into network capacity, performance and resilience, helping to improve efficiency and cut costs...
- VoIP Going Mobile: Mobile VoIP is increasingly popular because it combines IP desk phone functionality with the flexibility of smartphones...
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