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Most readers would associate these attributes with large enterprise data centers that have the scale (read:budget dollars) to pay for the best equipment, the most comprehensive IT management infrastructure, and regiments of highly-trained IT specialists. Until fairly recently, SMBs (Small- and Medium-sized Businesses, generally under 1,000 employees) were relegated - mostly by a budget and skills gap - to putting together piecemeal IT infrastructures that were, in many cases, held together with a creaky combination of miles of Cat5 cable and hope. That was good enough to provide basic connectivity, transaction support, and records storage, but SMB technology needs are changing radically. In fact, SMBs now have the same problem as the 'big guys': how to build an IT infrastructure that's efficient, scalable, nimble, secure, and highly available.