High Availability
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Cloud usage bills may turn some off
News Bandwidth fees from heavily moving data to and from cloud may discourage companies to adopt, but some analysts say clouds bring additional value.
Tags: Cloud computing, Bandwidth, Cloud, CRM, International Data Corp., Cloud computing, e-mail, Bandwidth, data management, software-as-a-service
Shorter week no obstacle to IT performance
News Careful planning ensures organizations that are embarking on a four-day work week can continue to enjoy optimum IT performance.
Tags: HR policies and procedures, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT training, Service level management, Backup, Singapore, CIO, e-mail, performance, monitoring
Taking the classical approach to security
Insight newsmaker RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, RFID, Security, Backup, Chip, Archiving, EMC Corp.
Reduce hardware needs and ease administration with Exchange 2010
Techguide Exchange 2007 was widely considered to be a revolutionary change in the Exchange line. Exchange 2010 builds on many of the good aspects of Exchange 2007, and organizations migrating to Exchange 2010 will be able to do so with less hardware.
Tags: E-mail servers, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Database, Microsoft Corp., Scott Lowe, Exchange 2010, Storage, clustering, high availability
Exchange 2010's new server-side features
Techguide New platform builds on many of Exchange 2007's good aspects, and those migrating to it will be able to do so with less hardware. Scott Lowe discusses some of the new server-side features in Exchange 2010.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, E-mail servers, Storage, clustering, high availability, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, I/O
HDS storage controller gets failover clustering
News High Availability Manager adds clustering capabilities to Universal Storage Platform V controller, with the promise of no downtime for applications or servers.
Tags: Data Management, Storage, Hitachi Ltd., EMC Corp., Storage, Gartner Inc., clustering, Sun Microsystems Inc., high availability, failover
What is the CIA Triad?
Techguide The CIA Triad is used to identify problem areas and necessary solutions for information security--here's a look at its strengths and weaknesses.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IT Governance, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Security, Unix, Information Security, Confidentiality
HP to acquire Ibrix
News HP signs agreement to acquire Ibrix, which makes enterprise-scale file serving software aimed at helping customers manage and store large amounts of data.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., M&A, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, storage company, merger, Acquisitions
Taking a look at an iSCSI-based highly available architecture
Techguide High availability is an important consideration in any service and becomes more important all the time. Find out more about Westminster College's example.
Tags: Storage, Adapter, Gigabit Ethernet, Storage, storage processor, Server, processor, Ethernet, Ethernet switch, blade
Novell releases Suse Linux Enterprise 11
News The latest version of the enterprise Linux distribution includes a full runtime environment for Microsoft .NET applications.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Novell Inc., Mono Extension, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Customer, Microsoft .NET, SuSE, SuSE Linux
VMware embraces the cloud with vSphere
Techguide VMware has modified its product portfolio to enhance its virtualization platform's capabilities and to attempt to tap into the small business market.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data backup, disaster recovery, Servers, Core, Virtual Machine, Storage, Small Business, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, VMWare ESX
Centralize desktop control with VDI
Techguide Find out some of the reasons for considering virtual desktop infrastructure, and the ways by which a VDI implementation takes form.
Tags: Operating systems, Servers, Virtualization, Virtual Desktop, Solution, Virtual Machine, Storage, operating system, application virtualization, VDI
Virtualization set for disaster-recovery growth
News Virtual Iron has released a significant update to its virtualization system, as it looks to focus on specific-use cases such as disaster recovery and high availability.
Tags: Linux server OS, App servers, File servers
Run a secure Linux server with Annvix
Techguide Annvix 1.0-RELEASE is a server-oriented Linux OS. Take a look at some of the features of this secure Linux distribution.
Tags: Security, Software, Operating systems, Linux, Open source
Check for volume errors in Windows Server 2003
Techguide If you suspect your Windows Server 2003 has data corruption in one of its volumes, you can track down the damage before it spreads. Scott Lowe explains how to use the chkdsk.exe and vrfydsk.exe utilities to troubleshoot potential server issues.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Server 2003
