The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure.
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- The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Dell strives to make it easier to be green with FlexAddress
- In the scheme of green things, Dell's PowerEdge M-Series blades could be described as emerald. Now, the company is trying to make it easier for data center managers to opt for them, with a new patent-pending tool called Dell FlexAddress. Glenn Keels, director, global relationship marketing...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Distributed decision making in IT
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Open-Xchange releases preview of next groupware server for Web 2.0 era
- Open-Xchange has released a preview version of its next generation open source collaboration server designed for the Web 2.0 era. Open-Xchange Server Edition, which will succeed Open-Xchange 6 and Open-Xchange Express Edition, features an Ajax-based, customizable user interface for managing emails, contacts, task and document sharing, new...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- MONyog MySQL Monitor (exe)
- MONyog MySQL Monitor and Advisor is a MySQL DBA in a box that helps MySQL DBAs manage more MySQL servers, tune their current MySQL servers and find and fix problems with their MySQL database applications before they can become serious problems or costly outages. MONyog proactively monitors enterprise database environments...
- Software downloads 2008-06-27
- Google reports cause of App Engine failure
- Google reports cause of App Engine failureIt's PREVIEW RELEASEThere are plenty of better reasons to question cloud computing than an preview release of a free service crashing...This is just like Airplanes. Airplanes are much less likely to crash than acar, and you are about 10x safer in an airplane than...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- Yesterday, Photobucket the world's most popular photo sharing site according to Hitwise had its DNS records hijacked to return a hacked page courtesy of the NetDevilz hacking group, a Turkish web site defacement group most widely known for its defacement of the adult video site Redtube earlier this year. Photobucket...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- The killer apps of academia
- Mary-Jo wanted to find the killer-apps of Vista, but I think I've found the killer applications for students. Regardless of educational establishment status, we have to consider multiple things in a killer-app (defined as an application which you essentially "must have"), such as open-source where possible, available across...
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Are bots about to bring down your business?
- Cybercriminals are using bots to launch attacks that are more distributed, more profitable and potentially more damaging than ever before says 8e6 Technologies CEO George Shih. And here's what to do about them. Commentary--There’s some good news these days on the IT security front: Cybercriminals...
- News items 2008-06-10
- Protecting virtual macchines: the "best of Vmworld" approach
- By enabling IT managers to move virtual machines and the applications they host between physical servers, server virtualization gives them a powerful method for reducing planned downtime and speeding recovery. But protecting virtual machines from unplanned downtime and unforeseen outages is a challenge. IT managers need availability solutions that are...
- White papers 2008-06-06
- Google To Get A Lesson in Security, From the Pros
- Google To Get A Lesson in Security, From the ProsMisleading Title.I do agree with Rob that the title of the article is extremely mis-leading. It is a humorous article pretending to be a serious one in the title. But, once you realize that the article is not meant to be...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Twitter's failure updates: not good enough
- Update 5/30/08 11:00am EDT: TechCrunch says "Twitter's doing an excellent job of actually communicating with users all of a sudden." That's nonsense. Yes, they've improved, but there's a long way to go to achieve failure communication greatness. Twitter's downtime, lack of reliability and...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers
- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbersYeah. Sure.Right after we get the paperless office, flying car & the long-promised 3-day work week.Google has GrandCentral for contacting user's various phone numbersGoogle has GrandCentral something kind of along these lines with making multiple contacts but to the different phone numbers that one...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- Comcast's DNS records hijacked, redirect to hacked page
- For a couple of hours yesterday, Comcast's Internet Portal (comcast.net) had its DNS records hijacked and a defaced web page was loading from third-party domains. Further investigation into this incident reveals a connection between the group responsible for Comcast's DNS hijacking and previous incidents such as the defacements of Justin...
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Can Rubinius bring Ruby back?
- Can a Ruby virtual machine written in Ruby bring back excitement to the open source scripting language? Rubinius, the Ruby virtual machine Engine Yard has been promising, is finally ready, said project lead Evan Phoenix. It passed the milestone of running Ruby on Rails a week ago,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Technology Services Provider Improves Efficiency and Productivity
- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Satyam wanted a solution that would keep conflicts and system disruptions in check, minimize user downtime and inconvenience, and avoid exposure to security threats. The company decided to migrate to the Windows Vista operating system by using deployment tools such as Windows Deployment Services and Microsoft...
- Case studies 2008-05-28
- Twitter: An IT failures management perspective
- Twitter, the well-known social messaging service, has finally acknowledged the depth and severity of technical problems causing downtime and disruption to users. While such candor is refreshing, it also offers a glimpse into the kinds of management issues that underlie virtually all IT failures. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Mobile software Monday: 4Smartphone hosted Exchange with mobile device clients
- Mobile software Monday: 4Smartphone hosted Exchange with mobile device clientsAVOID AT ALL COSTSI was a client for about 7 months, and it was a nightmare.1) downtime downtime downtime. "The servers crashed during the backup, so that means that your data will now be offline for 2 WEEKS while we...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-26
- ByDesign, the younger person's ERP
- Many of the small and mid-sized businesses to whom SAP would like to sell its Business ByDesign SaaS offering are family-owned, especially in sectors like manufacturing, distribution and retail. SAP seems to feel that ByDesign will appeal to the forward-looking younger generation of those families — the future heirs of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
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