Syntress Blog

Facebook’s IPO get’s closer, let’s look back at the start..

Lane Campbell — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:37:20 +0000

In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg was probably not expecting to be worth billions. I was an early 2005 user of TheFacebook.com and found it a fun, fast paced, very well designed web experience. Never though did I think in 2005 that it would be worth billions. With the Initial Public Offering slated to begin shortly [...]

Nexenta adds to impressive tool set

Lane Campbell — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:08:26 +0000

The recent OpenStack Design Summit brought several announcements from Nexenta as that company continues to expand the limits of reliability, accessibility, security and flexibility in the open source enterprise storage field.

As tidal waves of data continue to amass, companies are always looking for ways to store and manage the flood with reliable systems. [...]

At Syntress, we know how the world has changed

Lane Campbell — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:12:14 +0000

The people working here at Syntress deal every day in world that is nothing short of magical, but we seldom think of it that way. We work to help people meet needs and harness the potential of computers.

This digital age we live in moves at the speed of light, shifting and changing seemingly [...]

Fiber Internet and VOIP saving small towns big money

Lane Campbell — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:46:30 +0000

More and more city governments — even small ones — are concluding that fiber Internet and VOIP is the most efficient and economical way to set up their internal phone systems.

One of the most recent is a typical example: Roosevelt Park, Mich.

With a population of about 4,000, the western [...]

Future may be in Chicago VoIP

Lane Campbell — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:35:34 +0000

The future of business telecommunications may be in VoIP technology which is already bringing better quality and flexibility to the marketplace and is beginning to make moves into the mobile market as well.

Syntress, a leader in the chicago voip service, can show you how the technology can benefit your operations.

VoIP brings [...]

Commitment to Excellence

Lane Campbell — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:57:53 +0000

It has come to our attention that another company is taking credit for the work that was performed by our team. If you are finding this page it’s due to that company providing you with a direct link to one of our customers websites.

If you wish to learn more about Syntress and our [...]

Nexenta stands by ZFS for enterprise storage

Lane Campbell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:04:20 +0000

If you just need something for baby pictures, Windows 8’s self-healing Storage Spaces might work nicely for you, Nexenta CEO Evan Powell says — but he doesn’t see it for big data, according to a post on the United Kingdom’s The Register.

Powell’s skepticism comes after Windows president Steven Sinofsky’s personal pitch for [...]

Consulting as Asterisk Goes HIgh-Def

Lane Campbell — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:18:39 +0000

Asterisk, the leading open source platform for telephony, is adding high definition (HD) media capabilities, including video, as well as better voice and videoconferencing.

Digium, the main corporate sponsor of the open source project. announced Asterisk 10 at the end of October. As this article from InformationWeek explains, whereas Asterisk previously supported 8- and 16-kHz [...]

Need a Call Center? Consider Hosted PBX

Lane Campbell — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:07:20 +0000

Whether you are in the business of selling flower bouquets or handling health care claims, chances are your business may need a call center. Start researching the best methods for setting up your own call center and you will see how many decisions there are to be made. Equipment, training, and personnel expenses can add [...]

High Availability Computing and Your VDI Setup

Lane Campbell — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:41:29 +0000

When planning a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, you first have to decide if you want your desktops to be highly available.

If the answer is yes, then the next step is figuring out how to accomplish that. To determine your need for high availability computing, you must first understand the components [...]