The time during which a system is working without failure. Contrast with downtime. See availability.
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- Software downloads 2009-11-26
- DreamHost customers hit with nightmare
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more
- The biggest news here is that MS is losing its grip on developers as they are switching to programming for the web and cross platform tools.Microsoft and its future.The chief software architect not ever going to say "Mission Accomplished".Another VP of cloud at the PDC saying "I'm not going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?
- So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft search share continues its slow upward crawl
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Wireshark 1.2.4 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Wireshark 1.2.4 (Windows)
- Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it is still under active development. Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Master of My Domain 1.7.4 (Mac)
- Master of My Domain is the solution for keeping track of your domain names, server information, monitoring server uptime and monitoring expiration dates with iCal integration! Features - Built from the ground up for MacOS X Universal Binary - iCal syncing of your domain expirations - 256 Bit Blowfish...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- iLim 0.8 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-05
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- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- SQL Server Surveyor 1.2.5.11 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7
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- Blog posts 2009-10-22
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- IT and Facilities don't speak the same language and yet must work together. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- RAM Saver Pro 9.12 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- Ventrilo 3.0.5 (Windows)
- Ventrilo is a scalable Voice over IP VoIP communications system that solves a lot of the problems associated with network latency, packet loss, uptime and administration. Ventrilo can be used for home / personal applications like talking to friends and family, or playing organized online games where Voice Comm can...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
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- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Uptime Institute Seminar
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- Blog posts 2009-10-19
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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