Category Archives: Read All About IT

In today’s data-driven world, ensuring critical data’s safety and availability is paramount. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) offers an advanced data replication solution called 3PAR Remote Copy, designed to provide your organization with robust disaster recovery capabilities. What is HPE 3PAR Remote Copy? Remote Copy enables your organization to create duplicate copies of your primary data […]

Need to update your technology, but have no budget to do it with? We see this situation all the time. IT professionals are given the task of improving performance and increasing system capabilities, but without the benefit of sufficient budget to increase or even update existing hardware. It seems like an impossible task to execute- […]

In a world of constantly changing technology, spending money on outsourced IT support can seem like a superfluous cost. It’s not- and what a lot of business owners don’t realize is that outsourced IT services actually REDUCE your costs. It’s all about making your business run more efficiently- with less expense than hiring a dedicated […]

On Monday, HP announced big changes in the world of storage. Here at Helixstorm, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you. HP introduced a new family in the storage space, the HP StoreServ. They also introduced a new file and object-based system, which they are calling the HP StoreAll. They also introduced […]

Join the Helixstorm team on this important webcast for vital information on how data backups can save your business AND a chance to win a $100 Amazon giftcard. Storms, power outages, and technology failures all can wipe out the data in your organization. And unfortunately, without a reliable file back up, those can be expensive […]

Aaron Schneider, President of Helixstorm, presented at a Murrieta City Hall news conference yesterday. Titled “The Best Kept Secrets in the Country,” the event was held to highlight the technology that is expanding in the local region. According to the Murrieta Patch, over 80 leaders in local business attended the conference. A full report of […]

Hey all, After searching the internet for a bit, I wasn’t able to find a true and tried “perfect” way of connecting to vSphere API using PHP5/SOAP. Continuing my research, reading known issue guides from VMware, and scouring the web, I was finally able to connect with the script I wrote below. This basic login […]

Companies have a lot of data- it’s just a fact. These include financial records, customer information, purchase history, employee information, business files, and the information that your business functions on every day. What a lot of people don’t realize, however, is that your data is vulnerable to loss if it’s confined to a single computer […]

We’re excited to announce that Helixstorm, a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing solutions, was named to CRN’s 2012 annual Next-Gen 250 list. CRN annually identifies the top 250 solution providers that are on the cutting edge of technology and business model shifts. These organizations are notably driven by their focus on markets such […]

This post will be a bit more detailed, but for I’d figure I’d save everyone a HUGE HEADACHE. cupsaddsmb made me want to put a bullet in my head for over a day, so hopefully this packaged /usr/share/cups/drivers folder will save you the TIME (AND PAIN)! Here you go! Move the drivers.tar.gz to /usr/share/cups and […]