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- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- The Evolution of the Optical Network
- Service providers are extending fiber deeper into the access network than ever before to meet the higher bandwidth demands of consumers. The high bandwidth requirements generated by new triple- and quadruple-play services, particularly in the video arena, are rapidly exhausting the capabilities of legacy copper infrastructures in the access network....
- White papers 2008-06-01
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- This webcast discuss the Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS clustering architecture in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server code-named "Longhorn" operating systems. The attendee will learn how to implement the MSCS architecture in the environment. The presenter demonstrates how to cluster a Windows Server 2003 R2...
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- White papers 2007-06-14
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- Shared storage clusters such as Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS clusters provide excellent protection from server and application failures. But clusters represent just one layer of resiliency in your data protection strategy. They can't defend your data against many other types of threats, including: Virus outbreaks Storage...
- Webcasts 2006-09-13
- Google targets Interactive TV for ad auction model
- As I outline in my “Google developing social and interactive televison applications for ‘mass personalization'” post, Google Research has tested four applications for personalizing broadcast content and making it more interactive and social:Personalized content layersAd hoc social peer communitiesReal-time popularity ratingsVirtual media library services, or TV-based bookmarksAt the same time,...
- Blog posts 2006-06-08
- Optimization of a Wireless Access Network
- N Base Stations BSs at fixed locations are to be connected to a subset of M possible sites for Mobile Switching Centers MSCs in a cellular access network. The MSCs are, in turn, to be connected to a number of local exchanges of the public switched telephone network. Given the...
- White papers 2006-04-14
- Deploying HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 on Windows 2000 / Windows 2003 MSCS Clusters
- This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 in a Microsoft Cluster Server configuration. Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server / Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 can be a simple way of obtaining redundancy and failover...
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Extending MSCS Cluster High Availability Offsite
- Extending your MSCS cluster offsite with a cluster aware high availability solution will close the gap in protection left open by MSCS shared storage clusters. Depending on your specific requirements "offsite" can be 10 miles, 200 miles, 1000 miles or even further. By utilizing a solution with integrated CDP technology...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Build security into your Microsoft SQL Server high availability plan
- This sample chapter, taken from Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, discusses how security affects high availability and various security techniques for working with systems that are highly available. Learn how security affects high availability. Getting these types of security practices into place in your environment will allow...
- Book chapters 2006-01-11
- UMA's Role Within Mobile Network Evolution
- As operators of all kinds are looking into convergence services, they are faced with new and delicate technology choices. Among many new acronyms, Unlicensed Mobile Access UMA has made its way through the operators' doors. The technology, expanding the GSM network architecture with new access technologies like Wireless Local Area...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- China emerging as chip design center
- China emerging as chip design centerOne day, America is going to wake up and realize...that, sometimes, short term montary gain isn't as important as long-term repercussions.Thank you Nixon for opening the doors. It was never about humanitarian causes, now was it?Outstanding!!!India and China now graduate 350,000 - 450,000 engineers...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-01
- ArcSDE 9.0/9.1 and Oracle Failsafe 3.3.3 MSCS Active/Passive Cluster Configuration
- The objective of this paper is to document a working configuration of ESRI's Spatial Database Engine ArcSDE 9.0, Oracle 9.2.0.1 Enterprise Edition and Oracle Failsafe 3.3.3, in an Active/Passive Microsoft Cluster Server MSCS configuration. This is in support of an ArcSDE high-availability configuration, which is required for some GIS environments....
- White papers 2005-05-11
- Implementing DB2 UDB Workgroup Server Edition V8.2 With Microsoft Cluster Server
- The IBM DB2 Universal Database product UDB is the industry's first multimedia, Web-ready relational database management system, strong enough to meet the demands of large corporations and flexible enough to serve medium-sized and small e-businesses. DB2 UDB combines integrated power for business intelligence, content management, and e-business with industry leading...
- White papers 2005-03-15
- Outsourcing to Oklahoma?
- Outsourcing to Oklahoma?90 miles awayI live in Tulsa - 90+ miles away - from Oklahoma CIty and know the benefits of avoiding the coasts. A half million dollar house in Palo Alto if any are left would be about $90K here - with a bigger yard. People transferred...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-14
- High Availability for Clustered Exchange Servers Using Double-Take and the Double-Take Exchange Failover Utility
- Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaboration server for the most demanding business needs. Its scalability, performance, and enhanced security make Exchange an ideal messaging foundation for enterprise networks. Double-Take provides real-time enterprise data protection and replication for cluster environments. Double-Take can be used to provide high availability for...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Are developers stealing code?
- Are developers stealing code?Microsoft needs to publish their code ...Since they are so concerned with intellectual property rights as demonstrated by their outrageous licensing schemes, they need to show the world that they do not have any pirated code in their products so that, as good corporate citizens, they do...
- Discussion threads 2004-06-03
- Creating and Configuring a Highly Available Print Server Under Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Using a Server Cluster
- This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring a highly available print server utilizing a typical single quorum device multi-node server cluster using a shared disk on servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition operating systems. A server cluster is a...
- White papers 2004-05-06
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Cluster-to-Cluster Data Replication
- Data replication is the linchpin of disaster recovery planning for most enterprise-level IT organizations. With HP OpenView Storage Mirroring, which works within the Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS and is powered by NSI Software’s Double-Take patented Sequential Transfer Asynchronous Replication technology, you can perform data replication in any of three configurations:...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- The forgotten story behind IBM's 'first mainframe'
- The forgotten story behind IBM's 'first mainframe'Ahh..."Although a commercial failure, Stretch was nonetheless IBM's best investment in research and development--an exercise that Steve Jobs was to repeat 30 years later with the proto-Macintosh, Lisa."So THAT'S what Microsoft Bob must have been all about.Whoa!This story doesn't make a lot of sense....
- Discussion threads 2004-04-08
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