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FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy

Last week's technology failure at a major FAA facility caused air traffic delays throughout the country and highlighted the agency's poor computing practices. Unlike major corporations and utilities, the FAA operates its air traffic control system with minimal redundancy using a "fix-on-fail" policy. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: FAA, Outage, Redundancy, Aerospace & Defense, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Why computers fail

Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, chip, failure rate, hardware, software, United Parcel Service of America Inc., redundancy, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

It's official: Adobe GoLive is GoDead

It's official: Adobe GoLive is GoDeadRE: It's official: Adobe GoLive is GoDeadGoLive is the only one I have ever used. I'm still using CS2 so I haven't checked out Dreamweaver yet. I'm a little bummed, but completely expected it.With Adobe acquiring Dreamweaver some time ago, I'm amazed GoLive...

Tags: Adobe GoLive, GoDead, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customers

IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customersHeavy Computer - Heavy PictureThe image of the computer in this article is huge - 1375.77 KB. Someone's uploader is not doing a very good job. Regardless doing it without AC should be the mantra. Keep it up IBM.Air ConditioningThis system is NOT...

Tags: Data centers, Redundancy, Liquid Cooling, Condensation, iDataPlex, Eyes Web 2.0, Eyes Web 2.0 customer, IBM launches iDataPlex, IBM Corp., IBM Launches, A/C, server

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

The (IEED) development environment

The IEED development environmentSo then, Murph...... when you say [i]"because “Plan b” is C and it’s almost as bad an answer as trying to hand optimise the intermediates produced by the IBM Fortran compiler"[/i] you are saying that one of your favourite company's Sun best known products Java isn't up...

Tags: Programming languages, development environment, Redundancy, environment, Murph, Fortran

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

Pouring cold water on SOA 'reuse' mantra

Pouring cold water on SOA 'reuse' mantraOnce more for the hard of hearingReuse has 2 major problems that have NEVER been solved or even addressed they are:1. How do I find what I need?2. If I can't find it, is it because it doesn't exist or my searching is inadequate?Having...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, cold calling, Reuse Reduction, SOA, redundancy

Discussion threads 2006-08-30

StoreVault and RAID-DP

The increased dependence on disk storage and the need for higher levels of reliability, availability and performance has led to a dramatic increase in the use of Redundant Array of Independent Disks or RAID technology. The redundancy allows for a disk array to be fault tolerant. The failure of a...

Tags: Network Appliance Inc., NetApp, Redundancy, RAID, Storage, Productivity, Hardware

White papers 2006-06-26

XML as document format rules!!!

XML as document format rules!!!Solution or stopgap?XML is being used widely not because it rules, but to solve problems involving communication of data. When XML has obvious flaws, it's difficult to think that something better won't be devised and implemented.You see the issues, but believe that the problems can...

Tags: XML, redundancy, database

Discussion threads 2005-09-06

Gartner: Seven tips for enterprise VoIP reliability

If you are a network administrator, you've heard the mantra "redundancy." Greatly simplified, that means complete-as-possible, real-time replication of data across different paths. If one path goes out, well, you have Plan B. The goal, especially in data networks, would be to have a "five 9's reliability" that would cause...

Tags: redundancy, network

Blog posts 2005-06-07

Google's secret of success? Dealing with failure

Google's secret of success? Dealing with failureI wonder what they use for the desktopIs it linux or MS?Smart Idea!Develop and test on what the average person uses. What a concept!Downloadable links for GFS and Mapreduce papersThe USENIX links require a current USENIX account to download the actual paper, but...

Tags: Mainframes, Linux, Desktops, Google Inc., MapReduce, mainframe, PC, Redundancy

Discussion threads 2005-03-03

Additional Resources

Addressing virtualization's achilles heel

The benefits of virtualization are quite obvious but when you start to really increase the density of virtual machines in order to maximize utilization suddenly it ain't such a simple proposition. The latest CPUs from AMD and Intel are more than up to the task of running 10-20 or more...

Tags: Bandwidth, Virtualization, Network Interface Card, Blade, Achilles Heel, VM, Networking, Servers, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?

Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?How about this:"I'm sorry that the collateral debt obligations that were securitised as part of our ongoing risk amelioration program have resulted in a capitalisation issue that affects our human resources capacity"I sort of like the way the Brits put...

Tags: Human Resources, pink slip, layoff

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

On the Mac mini's passing: not so fast

On the Mac mini's passing: not so fastThe Mac Mini is the only Apple device I would consider buyingThe 2 people I know who bought a Mac Mini are very happy with it although they very quickly replaced OS X with Windows so they could use the far superior MCE....

Tags: Desktops, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Only, mini, Apple TV, Apple Inc., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, WMC, TV, MCE

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Gathering clouds brew up a storm

With all kinds of cloud announcements promised at Microsoft PDC next week, rival vendors Amazon and Rackspace have tried to steal a little early thunder with some announcements of their own. This is the beginning of a titanic struggle to establish the top cloud providers, and this week's announcements have...

Tags: Rackspace, Web Hosting, It Services, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-10-25

Gmail outage: Not enough reason to avoid the cloud

Gmail outage: Not enough reason to avoid the cloudAnd, Google has an army working 24x7 to keep it all working. When there isan outage, it is GOOGLE'S problem, NOT yours, and it gets fixed faster. Gmail is more reliable than any other email I have used - especially those supplied...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, e-mail, Google Gmail, Google Inc., outage

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

(Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano)

(Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano)Battery replacement?Evidently there is no option to replace the battery on the Nano even at the factory level, unless there is some trick to doing it. So when the lithium battery begins deteriorating after a couple of years, or flatout fails, that's it for...

Tags: Digital music, Engineering, Digital media, Apple iPod, revamped iPod Nano, Cracking Open, Apple iPod Nano, battery, photograph, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Dell speeds backup with disk-to-disk system

Dell speeds backup with disk-to-disk systemThat's not exactly a backup....Sounds great, except you've basically got a RAID 1 system now. That provides redundancy, not backup. Tapes, OTOH, can be stored in a different physical location, even offsite if deemed necessary, making them a true backup option.

Tags: Backups, speeds backup, backup, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

A question about web server volume failures

A question about web server volume failuresWrite heavy loadI don't think you can compare a write-heavy do-not-call registry to a mostly static wordpress site.It wouldn't hard to mock-up a simple registry site and test it.The question you seem to be askig is.. how do i make my site scalable.Lets start...

Tags: Web servers, Firewalls, Storage, Web server, server, database, router, firewall, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'Sounds cool! NT.Let me dust off my TerminalSounds like we're going back to the Stone Age. Back in my terminal days, there was a screen and keyboard. The server was in the basement of the building and tons of serial cable connections. This type...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Pay-Per-Use Taxi, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, server, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-03