Enhance your Virtual Data Centre with I/O Virtualisation, VM aware Storage and Agentless Cloud Backup.

Legacy networking, storage and backup solutions were not designed for the new virtual era, join us at this not to be missed event where we will be showcasing some of latest revolutionary solutions, designed and optimised specifically to accelerate and simplify the dynamic virtual datacentre.

Join us onboard the HMS President at Victoria Embankment on the 6th October and learn how the latest solutions from Xsigo, Tintri and Asigra can boost data centre efficiency whilst improving responsiveness to growing business pressures.

Enhance your Virtual Data Centre with Next Generation Dell EqualLogic Storage, VMWare VSphere5 and Veeam Backup and Replication 6.

Learn how next Generation Dell EqualLogic storage with VMware VSphere5 Integration and Veeam Intelligent Backup and Replication can boost data centre efficiency whilst improving responsiveness to growing business pressures.

Dell have recently announced a new range of EqualLogic storage solutions along with an updated version of firmware (5.1) that will help customers address the data management requirements of increasingly dynamic, virtualised data centres. Dell has also released details of new integration across its storage portfolio with the forthcoming VMware vSphere5 virtualisation and cloud infrastructure platform.

Over the years Dell, VMware & more recently Veeam have forged strong collaborative partnerships, designing and developing their solutions with complete solution integration in mind; working together they are now able to deliver highly virtualised data centres and storage solutions that meet combined customer requirements.

Join us onboard the HMS President at Victoria Embankment on the 6th October and find out the latest product developments from Dell including new EqualLogic Product Lines, Firmware Updates and VMware Vsphere5 features, along with a look at the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication V6.

The Fight Night event, now in its fourth year raised a total of £41,050 for charity at its last event in 2010. The final figures for the 2011 event are still being calculated, but it is estimated to a similar figure.

Each year industry professionals, with no boxing experience, are invited to apply for a place, following a fitness evaluation, 18 contenders are chosen to participate, each fighting for their own individual charities.

Krome Sales Director Sam Mager choose to pledge his support to The White Lodge Centre who are a local charity to Krome that do fantastic work with disabled adults, children and their families in the community.

The event was held at prestigious London venue, The Brewery, Chiswell Street. With over 450 industry professionals in attendance poised and ready to watch the evening’s entertainment. The black tie event included 9 bouts of boxing along with several charity auctions taking place in between fights. The brave fighters taking part were from a range of channel vendors distributors and reseller partners and included channel names from the likes of HP, IBM, McAfee, Westcoast, Comstor and more.

Sam’s fight was the very last bout of the evening, and was definitely worth the wait, each fight comprised of just 3 rounds and Sam was announced the winner, having been awarded all 3 rounds by the judges.

Mager comments “I was delighted to be chosen to take part in the event, the training was intense but it certainly paid off. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and am proud to have been announced the winner at the end of my fight, all of the fighters worked incredibly hard and considering none of us had stepped foot in a boxing ring before, the whole team gave an impressive performance.”

The proceeds made from the night, a figure estimated to be around £20,000, are to split between the 18 fighters nominated charities. Additionally each fighter raised money through their own individual sponsorship, with Sam raising £1,136.25 through online donations.

A final figure has not yet been released as to the total made but we are pleased to know that with Sam’s sponsorship and the events contributions we are looking forward to making a donation of approximately £2,500 to The White Lodge Centre in Chertsey.

Further information

• The White Lodge Centre
• CRN Official Fight Night Review

CRN Fight night is a ‘White-collar’ charity boxing match due to take place at The Brewery London on the 26th May 2011. CRN Fight Night was launched in May 2008, and proved to be a huge success with £25,652 being raised for a host of worthy charities. This success improved with the 2009 event where 18 contenders managed to raise £41,050 for charity.

Each year industry professionals, with no previous boxing experience, are invited to apply for a place, following a fitness evaluation, 18 contenders are chosen to participate.

This year, our Sales Director, Sam “Muhammed, I’m Hard, Bruce Lee” Mager has been chosen to take part, and will be fighting Business Development Manager at Comstor, also known as Derek “The Dynamite” Wilson.

• See the full list of Contenders

When asked why Sam decided to participate in this years event, Sam responded “It’s a great opportunity for Krome to help a local charity, whilst giving the team a good laugh at my expense along the way.”

On the night, there will be a 3-course black tie dinner, an auction and other exciting ways to raise extra money.  All profits raised from CRN Fight Night 2011 will be equally divided between the contenders’ nominated charities.

Chosen Charity – The White Lodge Centre

Sam has chosen to pledge his support to The White Lodge Centre, based in Chertsey, Surrey. Sam explains “The White Lodge are a local charity to Krome, they offer services and support to disabled children, adults and their families and I would like to do what I can to put something back in to a worthwhile charity that gives so much to the people it helps.”

If you would like to help Sam raise even more money for the White Lodge Centre by sponsoring him, you can do so by Donating online.

IT organisations around the world are moving ahead with Windows 7 migration. Are you ready?

Learn more about the steps involved and how the Dell KACE innovative appliance-based solution can not only speed your migration but also make it much more predictable.

The appliances not only provide easy-to-use user state migration capabilities, but they also streamline the entire migration lifecycle.

Find out more during this educational webinar and demonstration targeted at IT administrators and led by a systems engineer.

For customers who are planning a deployment of Exchange 2010, choosing the right storage architecture can be a confusing task. Storage requirements are growing due to increased mailbox capacities and the elimination of .pst file capability.

This webinar will explore Exchange 2010 storage requirements, and consider implementation cost, data protection, storage management and ongoing cost of operations for various storage options.

Among the questions to be answered are:

• What are the considerations when choosing between DAS and shared storage ?
• How will the personal archive feature affect storage choices ?
• Is virtualising Exchange 2010 a good idea ?

Please join us and Dell for a discussion of the considerations when designing a storage architecture for Microsoft(R) Exchange which will lead to a simple-to-manage and efficient operation.

Through 2012, 60% of virtualised servers will be less secure than the physical servers they replace, according to Gartner.  Analysts warned that many virtualisation deployment projects are being undertaken without involving the information security team in the initial architecture and planning stages.

• Read the full Gartner Report

Krome Technologies, in conjunction with Trend Micro is hosting a city based event on March 3rd 2011 that will focus on the security challenges faced when moving from a physical to a virtual infrastructure, highlighting in particular some of the challenges with running traditional security solution in a virtualised environment commonly not considered.

We will also be discussing how with new technological approaches, and by implementing a security solution specifically designed to include virtual environments, you can protect your applications infrastructure and improve efficiency overall.

Who should attend? Organisations that are looking to reduce costs, through server consolidation and/or virtualisation, but are not aware of the new security challenges this move will generate. Organisations that have already moved to a virtual environment, but are yet to implement a security solution that provides appropriate protection. Organisations that are required to achieve compliance with regulations, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and ISO 27001 and 27002 – made more difficult by virtualisation

You are invited to join us, in conjunction with Citrix and Dell, for a VDI technology focus session on November 19th at Salisbury House, London Wall. We will be demonstrating how Citrix & Dell are leading the desktop virtualisation revolution by offering simple integrated solutions that deliver enhanced control and greater flexibility for the end user.

We will also be showcasing our new ‘vdi-in-a-box’ packaged solutions. VDI in a box is a simplified packaged solution that includes all of the required elements for implementing a virtualised desktop infrastructure, including Citrix Software, Dell Hardware, Implementation & Support Services.

Find out how Citrix & Dell are leading the VIRTUAL DESKTOP REVOLUTION by joining us on the 19th November, an outline of the agenda is below:

• Dell Servers - Maximise your virtual client benefits with Dell Poweredge Servers.
• Dell Storage – Optimise virtual client performance and flexibility with a virtual iSCSI SAN.
• Citrix XenDesktop – Delivering virtual windows desktops to any user, anywhere.
• Citrix XenClient – Citrixs latest addition to the vdi family, client Virtualisation for remote users.

If you’re considering desktop virtualisation, or just thinking strategically about how to improve your IT environment, you should register for this session now and see for yourself how desktop virtualisation could benefit your organisation.

The challenge.

The team at Krome have undertaken the challenge of completing a ‘Steel Man’ relay triathlon. This is quite a challenge considering half of the team struggle to walk to the pub without kicking up a sweat.

The full Standard (aka Olympic) distance race is held at the fantastic Dorney Lake, the Rowing venue for the 2012 Olympic Games. The SteelMan Triathlon is a 1,500m open water swim in the clear, clean waters of the rowing lake before taking to the closed, flat road circuit for an 8-lap bike course covering 40.8k. The final 10k run follows a 4 lap loop along the side of the rowing tank on the tarmac paths.

We have 2 teams of 3 competing against each other; in the lake, completing the swim we have Lee Collas and George Kenny, cycling for glory will be Mark Stephens and Claudia Smith and running to victory (they hope) will be Simeon Taylor and Wayne Trunchion.

All for a good cause.

We are raising money for Royal Brompton and Harefield charitable fund. Charity Registration No. 1053584. The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust is the largest postgraduate specialist heart and lung centre in the UK. We hope to raise as much money as possible to contribute to the specialist equipment needed to help with the research, diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering with heart and lung problems. To read more about the trust, please visit their website.

Show your support.

If you would like to show your support for the Krome Triathlon team, please make an online donation via our Just Giving page, anything that you can afford to give, is much appreciated, and will make it all worth it when we are half way round the track wondering why we agreed to do this.

Krome are proud to champion the causes of various local and national charities, and frequently donate IT equipment and monetary support to causes we believe in. We are proud that our team members feel equally as compelled to give up their own time to participate in such a great challenge for such a worthy cause. Good luck to you!

How would you know if your data had leaked into the wrong hands?

Consider the impact if your most confidential data was inadvertently leaked over email, erroneously posted to a public Web site, or left unsecured on a laptop or USB drive.

If it were customer information, would it violate PCI or HIPAA regulations? If it were intellectual property that was lost, what would be the long-term financial impact to your profit margin? And if it were happening right now, how would you know?

Join us for a Data Loss Prevention Briefing on February 26th at Mercedes Benz World and find out how Websense prevents data leaks and can help secure your competitive advantage by enhancing compliance, managing risk and securing business processes.

Can you handle it – Mercedes Benz Driving Experience.

We will also be offering two attendees the chance to take part in a Mercedes Benz Driving Experience on the Handing Circuit

With a variety of straights and turns designed to test your control and skill, you will learn as much about your driving techniques as you will about the excellent handling and performance of the car.

All other guests will be treated to a full guided tour around the exhibitions and get up close to the famous Gullwing and Maybach.

Date & Time

Friday 26th February 2010
09:00am – 3:00pm

Venue Details

Mercedes Benz World
AMG Conference Suite
Brooklands Drive
Weybridge
Surrey KT13 0SL