Blackhawk Technology Consulting LLC: Creating powerful partnerships

Blackhawk Technology Consulting LLC has molded partnerships with a variety of organizations whose products and services embody and compliment our very own unique consultation and professional service activities. Our strategic associations with the best-of-the-best partners give us the ability to provide your business with the most comprehensive, reliable, and customizable solutions to meet your business and IT challenges. These strategic partnerships allow Blackhawk Technology Consulting LLC to fortify our capabilities and improve upon our clients Return On Investment(ROI).

The Blackhawk Technology Consulting LLC Strategic Partner Network

Altiris

Altiris was founded in 1998, although their roots first appeared in the early 1990s as a pioneer in system deployment and configuration. Today, Altiris is a worldwide company that has expanded its technology to provide affordable service-oriented management solutions for organizations of any size. Altiris technology has been recognized by some of the most respected international companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Cisco. For more than six years, Altiris has partnered with these companies and others to innovate solutions that help customers reduce the overall cost of securing and managing their IT assets. For more info go to: Altiris

Blue Lane Technologies

Server virtualization delivers operational benefits but also introduces some new security challenges. Blue Lane VirtualShield is a software based-vulnerability shield that provides instant protection for virtual servers on the VMware® Infrastructure 3 platform. Addressing the unique challenges of virtual server security, VirtualShield protects servers inside the hypervisor, including unpatched, out-of-date, temporarily offline, and even unsupported legacy systems. Blue Lane is a leading provider of vulnerability shields for physical and virtual server infrastructure. Providing instant mitigation for unpatched server vulnerabilities, Blue Lane helps reestablish control of the vulnerability management lifecycle and enables organizations to patch servers on their own timetable. Blue Lane received the InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award in January, 2007. For more information please visit: Blue Lane Technologies Inc.

Citrix Systems

Our vision is a world where anyone can work and play from anywhere. At Citrix, we’re convinced that the winners will be fluent with application delivery because applications are the language of business. As such, we’ve assembled the broadest set of core technologies for application delivery. We are the leader in application virtualization and the only company to offer a comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure for application delivery that leverages server, application and desktop virtualization to make the entire IT infrastructure far more flexible and dynamic. Systematically, we’re enabling businesses to break the rigid connections between where people work and where applications are best managed. For more information, please visit: Citrix Systems

Computer Lab International

Computer Lab International (CLI, Inc.), is a profitable, privately held company based in Placentia (Anaheim) California, founded over 20 years ago as a manufacturer of IBM 5250-compatible terminals and emulators. Today, in addition to Ethernet and twinaxial text terminals and terminal emulation expansion cards, CLI offers a full array of thin client devices, all of which run under operating systems including Linux, Microsoft Windows CE and Microsoft Windows XPE, on industry-standard x86-architecture hardware platforms, as well as server-side management and administration software.
CLI thin client terminals enable simple, reliable, and secure access to applications running on Microsoft Windows Terminal Services, Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure, and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), as well as multimedia, Java, and the Internet. Most models have a built-in terminal emulator to access midrange, mainframe, UNIX, and other legacy applications. For more information, please visit: Computer Lab International

DataCore Software

DataCore Software is a leading provider of storage virtualization software specializing in storage consolidation, business continuity, disaster recovery and SAN solutions. Thousands of customers worldwide use DataCore software solutions to cost effectively virtualize, migrate and automate the management and provisioning of storage for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. For more information, please visit: DataCore Software

Emulex

Emulex is a global provider of enterprise-class solutions and technologies that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks, to ensure data access that's open, secure and adaptable. We've been a leader and catalyst for innovation and investment protection for more than 28 years, and are the preferred storage-connectivity provider to the world's leading OEMs and their data center customers. For more information, please visit: Emulex

Endeavors Technologies Inc.

Endeavors Technologies creates, develops and markets innovative application virtualization and streaming technologies that allow servers to stream pc-based applications to client computers where they are subsequently executed. These “next stage” technologies replace thin client computing paradigms. Application virtualization and streaming enables organizations to reduce the total cost of ownership while improving service levels, simplifying the management of computers and improving security and reliability. This innovative application distribution methodology provides companies with new revenue opportunities while reducing IT costs and increasing user productivity. Endeavors Technologies is a pioneer and thought leader with eight patents granted and 25 pending, including the first patents granted for streaming applications. Endeavors Technologies provides its solutions through licensing, royalty and technology transfer models. For more information, please visit: Endeavors Technologies Inc.

FastScale Technology

FastScale was founded in early 2006 to address the urgent market need for more dynamic software infrastructure in large IT organizations. The patent-pending FastScale technology delivers a new generation of software virtualization and provisioning solutions for enterprise-class Web farms and data centers and enables IT organizations to build, manage and deploy complex and dynamic software environments with unparalleled simplicity, flexibility and security while achieving dramatic lifecycle cost savings and server utilization improvement.
The company’s flagship product, FastScale Composer™ Suite, was launched in April 2007 after involving over 75 customers in its development. Most recently, the company launched FastScale Virtual Manager to extend the benefits of FastScale Composer Suite to virtualized environments. The combination of Virtual Manager and FastScale Composer Suite delivers a complete, dynamic and highly adaptive software solution for managing large-scale server infrastructure, both virtual and physical. For more information, please visit: FastScale Technology

IBM

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Insystek Inc.

INSYSTEK® was established in 1999, after a need was determined for a reliable, affordable systems management solution in the IT marketplace. INSYSTEK® was one of the earliest adopters of the CIM schema, and is a driving force behind management innovations in the industry today. INSYSTEK® has grown from initially servicing the local US market to now providing affordable systems management solutions to customers around the world. For more information, please visit: Insystek Inc.

Marathon Technologies

Marathon Technologies is a privately held, venture-backed corporation based in Littleton, MA with offices worldwide. Founded in 1993, Marathon is the fastest-growing company in today's application availability market.
Marathon's everRun product family represents a dramatic breakthrough in application availability, moving the market past high availability and continuous availability solutions to what Marathon calls "Infinite Availability."

Based on the company's patented virtualization technology, the everRun product family provides completely automated application availability for Windows platforms in process manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, broadcast media, public safety, and any business that depend on their applications being always available. The turnkey everRun software embraces off-the-shelf servers and all Windows and business process applications, liberating busy IT professionals from unnecessary complexity. For more information, please visit: Marathon Technologies Inc.

Matrix42

matrix42 customer centric approach and commitment to industry standards such as ITIL and COBIT, ensure that our customers and partners will benefit from reduced cost of IT operations, improved transparency, and superior quality of service.
matrix42 Empirum IT Lifecycle Management solutions deliver superior ROI through IT automation and usability. This automation enables our customers and partners to deliver a higher quality service based on industry best practices. Flexibility, scalability, and ease of integration allow our customers to continue to deliver against business goals while minimizing resource requirements. matrix42 Empirum broad Lifecycle Management and strong policy-based management capabilities offer a unique solution for organizations of all sizes. For more information, please visit: Matrix42

Neoware

As the leading provider of thin client computing software and devices for enterprises, Neoware believes it’s time to put an end to traditional ways of securing and managing the thousands of computers on employees’ desks, counters, and workstations. With both security risks and support costs rising, IT staff are spending too much time solving these problems when, technologically, it’s just not necessary anymore. That is why Neoware, Inc. provides enterprises throughout the world with secure and easily managed thin client computing devices, software for using PCs as thin clients, and services that integrate Neoware’s open thin client technology to enterprise computing environments. For more information, please visit: Neoware Inc.

Novell

Novell is a firm believer in the power of networking. The company's flagship NetWare network server operating system connects desktop computers to corporate networks, integrating directories, storage systems, printers, servers, and databases. It also provides a version of the Linux operating system, and applications including network management software, collaborative tools, and directory services products. In addition, it offers a variety of services such as IT consulting, implementation, support, and training. Novell's strategic partners include CA, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and SAP. For more information, please visit: Novell

Parallels

Parallels is a server and workstation virtualization solutions company which is committed to building powerful, user friendly, cost-effective products which can be used by anyone, from an experienced developer to a computer novice to improve efficiency, lower hardware costs, and reduce operating expenses. The company’s products all feature hypervisor technology for strong, stable virtual machines, and an intuitive web-like interface which facilitates zero-training operation. Additionally, Parallels solutions fully support Intel Virtualization Technology architecture, which are optimized to provide superior virtual machine performance. The company is rapidly growing and employs a global team of experienced technical and business professionals. For more information, please visit: Parallels

Provision Networks

Provision Networks is a global provider of enterprise virtual desktop solutions. Provision Networks solutions embrace and extend the Microsoft Terminal Services platform and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, delivering resilient, scalable and dynamic on-demand access for enterprises worldwide.
With a world-class client list, comprised of some of the world’s largest commercial enterprises, and government organizations, Provision Networks is the most trusted name in application and access infrastructure virtualization. For more information, please visit: Provision Networks

Racemi

Racemi's mission is to provide our customers with innovative, world class software that helps them eliminate the waste in their data centers by maximizing the utilization, reliability, agility, and cost-effectiveness of their IT assets.
DynaCenter has proven to be such a powerful innovation that its design has been expanded to handle the management and allocation of physical servers. DynaCenter® technology delivers groundbreaking flexibility and agility that cannot be matched by other companies claiming 'virtualization' of hardware assets. For more information, please visit: Racemi Inc.

Red Hat

Founded in 1993, Red Hat is the premier Linux and open source provider. Rated as CIO Insight Magazine's Most Valued Vendor for the second consecutive year, Red Hat maintains the highest value and reliability rankings among its customers, and is the most recognized Linux brand in the world. We serve global enterprises through technology and services made possible by the open source model. Solutions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating platforms, sold through a subscription model, and a broad range of services: consulting, 24x7 support, Red Hat Network. Red Hat's global training program operates in more than 60 locations worldwide and features RHCE, the global standard Linux certification. For more information, please visit: Red Hat

Sonasoft

Sonasoft was founded in 2002 for the purpose of providing software-based solutions that simplify and automate the process of database backup and recovery, centralize the management of multiple servers, and cost-effectively provide a disaster recovery strategy to protect valuable data. The result is higher availability of computer-based information, reduced risk of accidental or deliberate data loss, lower IT costs, and a sound disaster recovery strategy.For more information, please visit: Sonasoft Inc.

SWsoft

SWsoft is a global leader in server virtualization and automation software. More than 10,000 customers rely on the proven performance and management capabilities of SWsoft products to optimize their IT infrastructures. Founded in 1999, the company has offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit: SWsoft

Thinstall

Thinstall’s Application Virtualization Suite 3.0 significantly reduces the costs associated with software deployment and provides significant reductions in the time associated with regression testing, application deployment and end user support instances. The unique, client-less architecture allows “Thinstalled” applications to be run from any LAN, WAN, USB, CD ROM drive, etc., with zero-footprint on the host PC. The applications run exclusively in user mode, ensuring seamless execution on locked-down desktops with no device drives installed, enabling administrations to maintain a secure, clean and stable user desktop and consequently, a heightened level of security. Thinstall can transparently stream large applications from a shared network drive with no client or server software to install, as well as run the application “off-line” on the PC. For more information, please visit: Thinstall Inc.

Virtual CD

H+H Software GmbH was founded in 1989. The head office is in Göttingen. The H+H core competencies are innovative concepts and award-winning software products for a reliable powerful easy-to-handle application management in networks. Since 1995 H+H has been intensively engaging in server-based computing. Consequently, it has expanded its product range to integrate this innovative technology. Due to the years of successful experience, you can trust that our products and technical support are dependable. Well known firms, institutes and research and educational organizations have been using software from the H+H product range for years. For more information, please visit: H+H Software GmbHVirtual CD

Virtual Iron

Founded in 2003, Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure. Organizations use Virtual Iron for consolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, workload management and policy-based automation. The solutions dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of managing and operating the enterprise data center.
The company leverages industry standards, open source, and processors with built-in hardware assisted virtualization to deliver open and economically attractive virtualization alternatives to existing, proprietary solutions. For more information, please visit: Virtual Iron Software Inc.

Virtugo Software Inc.

Virtugo is the leading provider of software technologies for the virtual computing platform. Virtugo products enable on demand or utility style computing utilizing server virtualization technology. Virtugo products increase hardware utilization and enable better decision making, providing the insight necessary for performance measurement, capacity planning, resource optimization, and usage metering. For more information, please visit: Virtugo Software Inc.

VMware

VMware is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems. The world's largest companies use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. For more information, please visit: VMware

Wyse Technologies

Wyse is the #1 vendor the world's largest businesses and institutions trust for scalable thin computing solutions. Wyse provides the hardware, software, and services that shift computing complexity to the network, liberating IT departments from unnecessary support and maintenance functions, empowering users to be more productive in their jobs, and protecting and improving access to critical information and business applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California with offices worldwide, Wyse has been #1 in thin-client market share for the last seven years the industry has been tracked. Wyse has received the VARBusiness magazine "Five-Star Rating" and been named Microsoft "Embedded Partner of the Year" for three years. Wyse customers include FedEx, Best Buy (Canada), Quaker Foods, Gold's Gym, and CON-WAY Transportation. For more information, please visit: Wyse Technologies

XenSource/Citrix

The Citrix XenServer Product Group plays the dual role of leading the open source Xen™ community, while simultaneously selling value-added enterprise solutions based on Xen technology. From its beginnings as XenSource, which was founded and run by the original Xen development team, the group is committed to nurturing and growing the Xen community, and dedicates a significant amount of its own engineering resources to developing open source technology to maintain the Xen hypervisor's position as the world’s fastest and most secure hypervisor.
In addition to its open source efforts, the XenServer Product Group develops, markets, and sells value-added solutions and services based on the Xen hypervisor, including enterprise grade virtualization infrastructure solutions. These solutions allow enterprises to realize the TCO savings that result from increased server utilization, server consolidation, and reduced complexity in the data center. For more information, please visit: Citrix/XenSource

Xiotech Inc

Many midsized organizations face the problems of rapid data growth without the resources to manage and protect critical data. This results in poor storage utilization, inflexible resource sharing, backup complexity, and management headaches.
Xiotech data storage and data protection solutions address information management with more reliability, more flexibility, greater ease of use, and a higher ROI compared to other available DAS, NAS, or SAN solutions.

For eleven years, Xiotech has proven to be an innovator and industry leader with products and services tailored to the needs and operational capabilities of midsized organizations. For more information, please visit: Xiotech Inc.