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Time management is a skill. Many will say: ‘I do not have time to plan’.

Research shows that for every minute of planning you get 10 minutes for execution.

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We are very proud to announce that 3 PRO has become a Lenovo Data Center Platinum Partner. It is the highest and most prestigious level that a Lenovo DCG (Data Center Group) partner can get, and is now held only by a couple of companies in Croatia.

Our partnership with the Lenovo DCG team extends way back to the time when the presently Lenovo Data Center business was still a part of IBM. Our close cooperation was maintained throughout the transition of the business to Lenovo, at the highest possible level, and still remains such to this day.

Achievement of the ultimate partnership level with Lenovo stands as a testament to our continued certification for, commitment to, and most extensive expertise with, Lenovo Data Center products and technologies – to the ultimate benefit of our Customers, without which our success and this milestone would never be possible. We thank you all, and look forward to new challenges that the future will bring.

We also take this opportunity to show our appreciation to the Lenovo team, and especially to the local Lenovo Croatia Office, as well as to our local and global Distributors, for supporting us throughout all these years.

3 PRO has been our trustful and reliable partner for a long period of time. Their hard work and dedication to the Lenovo Data Center Group helped them to achieve this status.“ – stated Mr. Haris Kulenovic, the Lenovo DCG Sales Representative in Croatia.

And now, a short refresh: as a Lenovo DCG Platinum Partner, 3 PRO can deliver the following services and equipment that we’re specialized in, at a maximum level of confidence:

• Consultations, planning, sizing, deployment, maintenance and support
• ThinkSystem Servers, Flex and Dense systems, Fiber Channel and Networking
• ThinkAgile SX for Azure Stack hyperconverged appliances

Lenovo business-class laptops, workstations and PCs are also available though us.

Interested in Lenovo Data Center solutions? Contact us today!

Advanced Technology Days – a well-known IT conference in Croatia, will be held this December in the Plaza Event Center, Zagreb.

The conference will focus on three fields: DevOps, Artificial Intelligence and Business IT.

Our COO, Hrvoje Kusulja, will talk about an Azure Active Directory novelty – Google login for external B2B users. He will also show a demo how to set up and activate this new AAD feature. This is a pretty nice feature if you are an Office 365 user and you want to share documents with external Google users.

You should definitely come if you work in the IT industry.

When?

Date: December, 5th & 6th 2018

Where?

Location: Plaza Event Center, Zagreb

Register today!

advtechdays.com

A hybrid cloud platform that lets you run Azure services on-premises – this is Azure Stack, an integrated and optimized system of software and matching hardware.

It combines IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) and PaaS (platform-as-a-service) functionalities in a software stack that extends and enhances on-premises data center environments. You can now deliver Azure-based Cloud Services from your own data center, with fast application and service deployment using standard Azure tools and APIs.

Also, Azure Stack enables you to spread and integrate apps and services onto the public Azure cloud, for practically unlimited scalability.

How does Azure Stack work?

Here is the layout of the Azure Stack architecture:

List of some Azure capabilities available on Azure Stack

• Iaas services
  • Virtual Machines
  • Storage
  • Networking
  • Key Vault
• PaaS services
  • App Service: Web Apps, API Apps
  • Azure Functions
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Container Service
• Azure Identity
  • Azure Active Directory (AAD)
  • Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
• Azure Marketplace Content
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Cloud Foundry template
  • Blockchain template
  • Bitnami
  • Kemp Technologies
• Azure Marketplace Content – Images and extensions
  • LINUX: RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
  • Windows Server
  • Azure Docker Extension
  • DSX Extension
  • Chef Automate
• DevOps Tooling integration
  • Visual Studio
  • Jenkins
  • PowerShell
  • Azure CLI 2.0
• Protection and recovery
  • Azure Backup and System Center Data Protection Manager
  • Azure Site Recovery

Lenovo ThinkAgile SX for Azure Stack

Lenovo ThinkAgile SX for Azure Stack is a scalable, integrated, ready to go hardware, software and networking solution that provides many Azure public cloud functionalities with the use of on-premises technologies. As a Lenovo Partner and a 1-Tier Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider, we can provide Lenovo ThinkAgile SX sizing and hardware delivery, as well as Azure Stack consumption billing and general system support.

Feel free to contact us for more information.

Try Azure Stack for free (hardware prerequisites must be met)

In order to stop losing time on actions we do manually every day, there are Flow automated workflows for available for many applications and services. Workflows are suitable for departments in organizations of all sizes: sales, HR, marketing, administration, etc.

Frequently used templates are readily available for use, but you can also create your own custom multi-step flows.

Save time with Flow automated workflows

Workflows can be used for various purposes: data collection, social networking, data and file synchronization, email and calendar actions, etc.

Some of the popular workflows can help you to:

• Track your working hours
• Create a task when an email is flagged
• Save email attachments to your OneDrive for Business
• Create a OneNote page for upcoming events
• Get a push notification when you receive an email from your manager

Flow Connectors

Connectors are available for Outlook, Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power BI, Dynamics 365…

It is also possible to connect with third-party services such as newsletters, various cloud providers, social networks, CRMs, etc.

Want to learn more about workflows? Contact us!