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- IPHost Network Monitor 2.1 Build 3492 (Windows)
- IPHost Network Monitor is a reliable network and server monitoring tool. With this software you can keep track of your mail servers, internet hosts, database servers, and other network resources availability and performance. You can monitor any performance counter on remote Windows servers and workstations via WMI. Supported protocols are:...
- Tags: Performance, Network, Server, Microsoft Windows, IPHostMonitor, IPHost Network Monitor, IPHost Monitor, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-07
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Live Webcast: Deliver Continuous Data Protection
- Can you really afford any downtime in times like these? In today's tough economic and competitive climate, businesses and organizations need to protect themselves from unplanned downtime that affects their sales, service, customer satisfaction, employee productivity and reputation. Besides business continuity BC, they also need to have a plan and...
- Tags: CA ARCserve, Webcast, Continuous Data Protection
- Webcasts 2009-10-19
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...
- Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- DEKSI Network Monitor 8.2 (Windows)
- DEKSI Network Monitor is an advanced, powerful, and multi-featured network device monitor which enables you to learn when a device is available as well as the time it became unavailable or out of service. This will enable the network administrator or IT Management staff to be pro-active in responding to...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, TCP, ICMP, DEK Software, DEKSI Network Monitor, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- Red Hat Open Source Security
- No software is perfect—even the most rigorously tested and secured operating system or application will contain flaws and vulnerabilities. Open source technology gives administrators control over their infrastructure in a way that helps improve and prevent problems before they cause damaging downtime. The open source development model allows innovation to...
- Tags: Security, Red Hat Inc., Open Source
- White papers 2009-09-01
- ServiceKeeper 4.9.44 (Windows)
- Keeps your mission critical server applications up and running at all times. Service+ is included. Automates server administration and recovery tasks. Schedules services during site backups. Prevents server crashes, avoiding expensive server downtime. Server failures are detected and recovered quickly ensuring application availability without human intervention. Monitors services throughout your...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Active+ Software, Service+, Server Failure, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-08-15
- News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan:Â VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick:Â Panel: too...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Don't Gamble With Your Recovery: Three IT Strategies to Keep Your Business in the Game (Part 1 of 4)
- Building out an overall recovery strategy can't just be a roll of the dice. It's no longer enough to have an "In case of emergency" disaster recovery plan that just sits on the shelf. Now there is also need to address the "small disasters" that typically impact daily business operations...
- Tags: Game, Symantec Corp., Data Center, Recovery, Information Technology, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- Webcasts 2009-08-11
- Panel: too much to lose by moving to generic services and cloud?
- It's basically the same pattern . . .It's basically the same pattern I've seen all the time: New technology comes around, people clamor over it and predict it will replace the "old" tech, the old tech ends up being better than the new tech in some ways, and they end...
- Tags: Virtualization, Storage, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truthObviousMicrosoft reminds me is so many ways of General Motors of the 1970's. I suspect that the end result will be much the same. Companies, like countries and people have life cycles.Still not convinced about open sourceAs a consultant dealing with...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, people resource, Microsoft Corp., Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7A massive success for Windows 7!"On July 20, TechRepublic asked its pool of U.S. IT leaders if they planned to begin Windows 7 deployments by the end of 2010. The jury, made up of the first 12 respondents from the 90-member group, was...
- Tags: Operating systems, SMB customer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Cloud Survey results - everything old is new again
- My friends at Stratus brought my attention to a recent survey done by Laura Didido of Information Technology Intelligence Corporation ITIC that reminds me a great deal of surveys executed by my former employer, International Data Corporation IDC. Early in the adoption cycle of client/server computing, IDC...
- Tags: Survey, ITIC, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Marketing Research, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technology
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technologyHere comes the patent trolls, sigh.The patent trolls strike again.IMHO we should have "use it or lose it" laws in the patent system: If you don't use a patent in an actual product, you risk losing it and can't renew it.Not to...
- Tags: patent, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- 10 ways to avoid expensive application downtime
- An application management strategy can help IT maintain effective performance and service levels and prevent costly failures. Here are some key features and capabilities to look for in an application management solution.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Downtime, Application Management, It Services
- Download resources 2009-07-20
- Novell PlateSpin Migrate really moves Solaris workloads
- Novell introduced me to the features of the newest release of PlateSpin Migrate the other day. If you'll recall, I've offered a number of posts on Novell's PlateSpin unit. The most recent of these is Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6. Novell appears to be one of the few suppliers that offer...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Workload, Data Centers, Sun Solaris, Servers, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?
- Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?The Zune of cloud computingI just can't get behind any service offered by Microsoft, regardless of the discount they attached to it. I'd be thinking about the Zune and Hotmail. And, if by some miracle they actually did field a well conceived...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Scripting languages, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure pricing, Microsoft Zune, MSN Hotmail, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- How do we measure high availability?
- Over the past 2 months, I've seen an increase in the number of end user inquiries regarding high availability and almost more importantly, how to measure high availability HA. HA means something different depending on whom you're talking with so it's worth a quick definition. I define HA as: ...
- Tags: Availability, Information Technology, High Availability, Downtime, High Availability Discussion, Strategy, Management, Stephanie Balaouras
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Using Clustered File System Software for Superior Application Availability
- Managers across organizations of all types and sizes would prefer not to experience downtime, but that might not be realistic expectation. Organizations for which downtime - say, even 20 minutes - is a costly proposition have the option of using a clustered file system to deliver faster failover and less...
- Tags: Downtime, International Data Group
- White papers 2009-07-01
- VeldhovenGroup Supports 35% Business Growth With Highly Available and Scalable IT Infrastructure
- The VeldhovenGroup wanted to ensure that the company's IT infrastructure can handle 35% growth per year and improve the availability, performance, and scalability of the VeldhovenGroup's Enterprise Resource Management ERP system and its warehouse management system to improve the quality and efficiency. The challenge was to implement the solution in...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-07-01
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