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SDTweetup post party wrap-up

This month's SDTweetup at Wine Cabana in Old Town (sponsored by Network Velocity) was a great success. A fantastic summary of the event was written up by Jennifer Van Grove. Take a moment to check it out and if you missed this event, we hope to see you at the next one!

Network Velocity is sponsoring SDTweetup

Network Velocity is proud to sponsor SDTweetup at the Wine Cabana in Old Town on February 21st at 7:30PM. Check out this site for more info and to RSVP. See you there! If you're not sure what Twitter is, read our blog post here.

Fortinet – a good story in a bad economy

Amid Silicon Valley tech layoffs and sour economic news Fortinet, Network Velocity's preferred Firewall vendor, was recently profiled by KTVU for their 30% year over year growth. Fortinet points to the cost savings they provide their clients for driving business. A single Fortinet can replace the functionality and cost of multiple devices, providing advanced features and lower cost. Network Velocity is proud to be a Fortinet partner. Congrats Fortinet! Video below:

What is Twitter? (and why you should care)

If you’ve never heard of Twitter, bear with us. Twitter is a funny name, but one you should know. In its most basic form, Twitter is a website that asks the simple question: “What are you doing right now?” You are free to answer that question as often as you like, as long as the answer is under 140 characters. Why 140 characters? The main interface for using Twitter is via text message, which has a 140 character limit. While the above definition of Twitter is true, it only scratches the...

Running Windows on a Mac?

We recently decided to install Apple BootCamp on a Mac to determine the best "Windows" solution for Mac users. BootCamp is a utilty included in the Mac OS that allows users to install Windows as a secondary OS on a Macintosh computer. Running Windows on a Mac is not new. One of the available alternatives for running Windows on a Mac is VMware Fusion. With VMware Fusion, Windows is not installed directly on the Macintosh but rather in a Virtual Machine. Simply put, a Virtual Machine means that...