The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure.
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- Designing High Availability for SQL Server 2005
- The end of downtime, period! Job No. 1 for database administrators DBAs is making sure that the data they're responsible for is available all the time.That's because for anyone who implements database systems with Microsoft SQL Server, be it 2000 or 2005, data availability quickly becomes mission-critical. This is why...
- White papers 2009-11-17
- Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services
- End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures SOAs,which make extensive use of the core Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP and the Secure Sockets Layer SSL, the Web server from the past has...
- White papers 2009-11-17
- Adopting Server Virtualization for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- In today's competitive business environment, your IT infrastructure must accommodate rapidly changing business needs and unforeseen problems with minimal impact on day-to-day operations. But this level of flexibility, scalability, and high availability can be expensive and difficult to deploy and maintain, especially for small and midsize businesses. No matter what...
- White papers 2009-11-17
- PRTG Network Monitor 7.2.2.4944 (Windows)
- An advanced, easy-to-use monitoring solution for your entire network. The software's features include: up/downtime monitoring, traffic and usage monitoring, packet sniffing, in-depth analysis and concise reporting. A user-friendly web-based interface allows users to quickly auto-discover and configure the network devices and sensors they wish to monitor. All common methods for...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Shadow Defender (64-bit) 1.1.0.315 (Windows)
- Is your computer safe? New security vulnerabilities are found every day by which many malicious programs or people attack the Windows operating system. Your computer may HAVE been attacked. Please protect your system with Shadow Defender ASAP! Shadow Defender is the best easy-to-use PC/laptop security and privacy protection tool for...
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
- No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them
- And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Windows Server 2008 R2 finally gets its day in the sun
- I'd like to know more....about when respective updates to SBS and EBS solutions will be coming.EBS, SBSHi. stay tuned for the next post. you aren't going to like the non answer. MJEasy Migration from Windows Server would be greatThat would be the best feature!!!!Use RHEL or somethingPeople do not understand...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- IPHost Network Monitor 2.1 Build 3492 (Windows)
- IPHost Network Monitor is a reliable network and server monitoring tool. With this software you can keep track of your mail servers, internet hosts, database servers, and other network resources availability and performance. You can monitor any performance counter on remote Windows servers and workstations via WMI. Supported protocols are:...
- Software downloads 2009-11-07
- Solution Brief: Dell Equalogic PS Series Can Offer Robust, High-Availability Infrastructure for Microsoft's 2008 R2 HYPER-V
- Virtualization has become a popular IT strategy for enhancing hardware utilization, helping organizations decrease power, cooling, and data center footprint costs, and enhance the flexibility of IT. While virtualization can offer a wide range of IT benefits, running multiple applications on each physical server can place availability at risk. If...
- White papers 2009-11-04
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- InterMapper 5.1.6 (Mac)
- InterMapper points out network problems -- often before users and customers suffer downtime or poor performance. SNMP and ping probes discover and query elements across your distributed network - whether it spans several rooms, a building, an office park, or distributed locations. Synthetic transactions test critical applications and alert you...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- InterMapper 5.1.6 (Windows)
- With InterMapper, network managers get complete visibility of their network, no matter how small and centralized or large and distributed. Live maps give a visual, real-time view of traffic flows through and between network elements and links. Status Windows and Strip Charts provide easy access to critical network data (traffic,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud
- no securityNo one in their right mind would send theircritical apps off to the cloud.Another pie in the sky to dream up getting ridof expenses only to make more expenses.Still no Security or...Public clouds are not secure. They are just like the regular Internet. Only put on the public cloud...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Live Webcast: Deliver Continuous Data Protection
- Can you really afford any downtime in times like these? In today's tough economic and competitive climate, businesses and organizations need to protect themselves from unplanned downtime that affects their sales, service, customer satisfaction, employee productivity and reputation. Besides business continuity BC, they also need to have a plan and...
- Webcasts 2009-10-19
- Cloud computing belongs on your three-year roadmap
- May be add some budget items in...Add in Legal fees to fight lawsuits about whether you own your data or the cloud company does.Security consultant's fees to make sure no third party hacks your cloud and steals your corporate business strategy or other valuable data.A few line items that involve...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Sidekick outage says more about the future of 'Pink' than Microsoft's cloud
- This isn't about any service.This is about Microsoft in general. It brings up the question of whether they can manage a server environment. It doesn't matter what that environment is. Preservation of data is always job one. And this is the job where the failure occurred. So Pink, Azure, cloud,...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- BreakingPoint's letter to Twitter: 'Let us help you'
- Amid all of the whining about Twitter downtime, one company is finally putting its money where its mouth is. by Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Workday, SaaS, and failure: 'A matter of trust'
- In an usual twist on downtime stories, SaaS vendor Workday actually increased customer loyalty after a 15-hour outage. Here's how they did it. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Google: Aiming for 99.99 percent uptime with business Gmail
- 99.99% uptime is a marketing/statistics trickStatistically, Google can say they have a goal of 99.99% uptime, but the question remains, over what period of time? If it's over the course of a year, Google could have just shy of 9 hours per year of downtime and still be able to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- University Cuts Downtime, Saves Thousands of Dollars a Year in Data Center Costs
- Indiana University is a large state university and leading research center with 100,000 students. The university's Auxiliary Information Technology AIT department, which manages IT services for auxiliary departments, deployed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V virtualization technology in its data center. The IT staff continued to look for opportunities to enhance...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
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