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September 10, 2015

Eric Salley to Complete Externship With Bluetowne

Eric Salley, a near graduate from ECPI University, will complete an externship with Bluetowne to earn his Bachelors Degree in Computer and Information Science, Cloud Computing and Virtualization

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – September 10, 2015 – Bluetowne, a leading provider of innovative information technology solutions, today announced that it will host Eric Salley, near ECPI graduate, as an extern.

Each student at ECPI is required to complete an externship with a company in their field before they graduate to hone the skills that they acquired through the University’s hands-on curriculum. It is this kind of comprehensive preparation that makes ECPI graduates more marketable to potential employers.

Eric will work with senior-level engineers to ensure that Bluetowne’s cloud and enterprise customers have the best possible deployment and environment in which to transact business. Additionally, Eric will provide valuable documentation, VMware support case management and on-going support resolution management.Read More

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September 10, 2015

Bluetowne is looking for a Technical Services Specialist!

Bluetowne, an information technology and cloud services provider, is searching for the best and brightest talent in the Lowcountry. From the mouse to the datacenter, our team executes quality, on-time and within budget technical services using the most innovative and reliable technologies in the industry.

We are looking for an experienced and accomplished professional to fill a Technical Services Specialist position. This is an excellent opportunity for the advancing technical professional to deploy and manage multiple best-in-class technologies (yes, you’ll get to play with the latest toys), expand technical expertise in new projects and ongoing service delivery, and contribute to aggressive business growth and a dynamic corporate culture. The position will assist operating our enterprise services practice platform including delivery of professional services, customer infrastructure management, and project implementation services.Read More

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June 26, 2015

Bluetowne is looking for a Sales Account Executive!

Opportunity is Knocking

Bluetowne, a rapidly growing, full-service information technology solutions provider, is seeking an exceptional Sales Executive to join its team in Charleston, SC. This is a tremendous opportunity for a sharp, dynamic and ambitious sales professional to lead the company’s growth throughout the Charleston market and greater Southeast region.

As a leader within Bluetowne’s sales team, you will be responsible for identifying, developing, and closing new business, providing exceptional customer service, nurturing customer contacts for the purpose of maintaining the relationship and driving referral business, and expanding Bluetowne’s reach within strategic industry vertical markets. The ideal candidate will have experience managing all phases of the sales lifecycle from prospecting and closing to managing clients in complex IT solution environments. You must understand that each client has very different needs, and be able to recommended tailored solutions based on a deep knowledge of Bluetowne’s portfolio of offerings to help each achieve their unique business goals.Read More

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March 3, 2015

Is VMware Building Bridge To Rival Amazon’s Cloud?

At VMware’s partner conference last month, CEO Pat Gelsinger said in a private question-and-answer session that his company is developing a way to move workloads back and forth between its vCloud Air public cloud and Amazon Web Services, according to partners who were there.

This would be significant for a number of reasons, but mainly because moving workloads between different clouds is a notoriously slow and tedious process, one that involves converting virtual machines between different formats and accounting for their networking and storage configurations, among other challenges.

Eric Hartley, president of Bluetowne, a Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based consulting firm that partners with VMware and other enterprise vendors, said being able to move workloads between clouds is an important part of his company’s future strategy.

“It looks like all the big vendors are cozying up to one another. They know over the next 10 years or so, regardless of consolidation, that they will all need to play well together in the data center,” Hartley said.

Read the full CRN article (featuring a quote by Bluetowne’s own Eric Hartley) here.

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February 2, 2015

Liz Mitchum Joins Bluetowne as Marketing & Business Development Manager

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – February 2, 2015 – Bluetowne, a leading provider of innovative information technology solutions, today announced that Liz Mitchum has joined the team as Marketing and Business Development Manager.

Mitchum will focus on driving Bluetowne’s strategic marketing initiatives and elevating brand awareness in target markets across the Southeast.

Mitchum comes to Bluetowne from eGroup, where she served in a Marketing and Partner Relations role. She brings over 11 years of experience in marketing, strategic partnerships, events and demand generation. Prior to eGroup, she held positions at former Charleston-based technology company QuickFarm that included Marketing and Business Development Executive and Account Executive.Read More

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February 13, 2014

Bluetowne Welcomes Justin Boucher to its Technology Team

Experienced Information Technology and Security veteran joins Bluetowne as a Senior System / Network Engineer

Mt. Pleasant, SC – February 13, 2014 – Bluetowne, LLC, a leading Information Technology firm, today announced the addition of Justin Boucher to its technology team. Mr. Boucher joins the Mt. Pleasant based company as a Senior System / Network Engineer.

Prior to Bluetowne, Justin was a Senior Engineer and Deputy Manager of IT Systems for MANDEX Advanced Technology, Inc. where he focused on Systems Engineering, Project/Program Management, Network Engineering, and Information Security and Assurance. This role encompassed engineering secure network and server solutions, primarily in virtualized environments, with focus on Microsoft Windows, VMware, EMC and Cisco . Mr. Boucher was also responsible for the overall management of IT projects and personnel. He has also served as Network Engineer for Technology Solutions of Charleston, and as a Network Engineer for the State of North Carolina. He is an advisor to Western Governors University where he provides subject matter expertise in Information Technology course development. Justin is certified in numerous advanced technology solutions such as VMware virtualization, Cloud computing, Information Security, and Cisco Routing and Switching. Justin received his MS in Information Security and Assurance from Western Governors University and holds multiple industry certifications including VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).Read More

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August 12, 2013

Virtualization without a SAN – Not a Wise Use of Funds.

A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a consolidated array of hard drives hosted under a shared platform. This architecture allows multiple resources on the network to share the resulting storage volume. Without a SAN architecture, storage volumes become isolated and dedicated to the attached hardware. This constrains the growing economics of inexpensive storage and limits the amount data stored in the collective array.

In the case of a virtualized server environment, a SAN storage structure is recommended and, just as often, hardily demanded. Virtual machines (VM’s) can efficiently be moved and stored in any number of hard disk arrays in various locations on your network if you have the means to manage this growing web of connections. When VM’s are dispersed to different, non-SAN storage locations, the underlying feature set of SAN architecture is ignored and your virtualization infrastructure becomes difficult to manage, backup and expand.Read More

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May 19, 2013

Disaster and Business Continuity Preparedness

Hurricane season is right around the corner and the first tropical storm has already come and gone off the coast of South Carolina. Be prepared this year ahead of time. Consider your options for stand-by business operations and remote communications with customers, vendors and employees. Are you regularly backing up your critical data? Do you have a plan in place to access this data during a disaster or business-down emergency? Have you appointed key employees to manage certain aspects of your business continuity and disaster recovery plan? One critical point to consider in your planning is the ‘recovery’ phase. Think this through from end-to-end before purchasing additional hardware, software or services.

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May 5, 2013

Disaster Planning

Do you know what disaster planning should include when preparing your business for the unknown, unexpected and unprepared? Planning for a disaster takes many different angles, revisions, discussions, due diligence and process review even just to successfully lay the groundwork for a plan… much less a tested and successful plan. And, don’t forget, a plan is just that, a PLAN.

Your plan should be comprehensive, picked apart, reassembled and tested regularly by different members of your team. Only during this vetting process will your plan become a solid foundation prepared for disaster.

And, one last thing to keep top of mind… a disaster of some magnitude will occur with your infrastructure during your leadership period.

Be prepared.

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May 21, 2012

Try This Ultrathin Keyboard for Your iPad

Logitech has created an aethetically pleasing companion keyboard to go along with your iPad. The keyboard also doubles as a protective cover. This is a must-have accessory for frequent travelers. Here is a review and recommendation by Lauren Goode from our friends at AllThingsD…

Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad

Bluetowne will be testing this keyboard out before the end of the month.

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