Software Failure
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Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Insight perspective Few outside IT realize just how much effort goes into ensuring systems don't fail. If more board members understood that, we might see a greater business emphasis on robust systems, says analyst.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Business applications, IT Governance, Business, IT Professional, Software Failure, software, financial, knowledge, information technology
IBM's smallest desktop ever
Reviews For IBM, small is beautiful as it launches the diminutive ThinkCentre S50 'ultra small'.
Running an IT infrastructure: A best practices guide
Insight expert's view This article, the second part on how to build a secure and dynamic IT infrastructure, outlines an approach to keep your IT platform shipshape.
Tags: Hardware, IT Management
Employees 'more of a worry than terrorists'
News IT directors are more concerned about the security threat posed to systems by staff than by terrorist attacks, according to new research.
Computer recovery companies go to work
News Businesses affected by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center are turning to disaster-recovery companies to get their operations back online.
Why are IT systems so unreliable?
Insight perspective IT systems are notorious for failing just when they're needed most. Can organizations do anything to fix this?
Tags: Virtualization, Security Management, Business security, Application Availability, Service Availability, application virtualization, Tony Lock, performance, Hardware, software
Eleven traits that distinguish successful IT managers
Insight To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career into the executive sphere, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact.
Borland turns on the ALM switch
Insight CEO Tod Nielsen wants to turn software development into a managed process like sales force automation, and with good reason.
Tags: Software engineering/development
Veritas snaps up two software firms
News The software maker announces plans to acquire Precise Software and Jareva, two deals that will move Veritas beyond its core storage management business.
Malaysia SMEs lack BC and DR plans
News Small and midsize enterprises in Malaysia are digging their own graves by not preparing for business disruption, industry observers say.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Business
Outages at Ca. agencies threaten PacBell contract
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NCR debuts 'self-healing' ATMs in SEA
News The automated teller machines, which include the ability to reset in the event of software failures, are designed to help drive more revenue for banks, the vendor says.
Tags: Banking, Green IT, ATM, Automated Teller Machine, Security, NCR Corp., Philippines, printer, payment, software
Outages threaten Pacific Bell contract
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