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- Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
- Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...
- Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE Cluster Edition
- Sybase and Symantec are working together to optimize Sybase's Virtualized Resource Management™ technology framework found in ASE Cluster Edition for Veritas Storage Foundation HA. The new solution delivers a truly integrated database and storage clustering solution providing administrative efficiency, higher availability and improved performance. Learn more in an on...
- Tags: VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase Inc., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-09-17
- Introducing Veritas Storage Foundation HA 5.0 for ASE Cluster Edition - Increasing the Manageability, Availability and Performance of Sybase ASE Cluster Edition Environments
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how Symantec's market-leading storage management and clustering technology offers increased manageability, high availability and high performance in a Sybase ASE Cluster environment. Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise is optimized for managing vast transaction processing systems involving thousands of users. Now, for applications that require...
- Tags: Performance, VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Environments Inc., Sybase Inc., ASE Cluster Edition, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-07-09
- Inside SQL Server 2008 - Exploring High Availability and Scalability Enhancements
- SQL 2005 introduced High Availability and scalability enhancements, such as database mirroring and improved failover clustering from earlier versions. Microsoft is shooting for close to zero downtime with the launch of SQL 2008 by incorporating availability and recovery features that were previously only available in third-party solutions. These features include...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, High Availability, Scalability, Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- White papers 2009-05-20
- Ubuntu 9.04 to be available for download Thursday
- Â Canonical will make its much anticipated Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade available for download on Thursday. The platform --which includes a desktop, server and netbook edition -- offers faster bootups (as fast as 25 seconds, its developers say), cloud support, OpenOffice 3.0, support for Skype...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition, Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, OpenOffice, Open Source, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World
- If Oracle's acquisition of Sun actually becomes a market reality, it will most certainly change the dynamics of the market for servers, operating systems, development tools, database management systems, applications and, of course, virtualization technology. Let's take a dark view of the possibilities in each area. ...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual World, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Productivity, Virtualization, Storage, Databases, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Veritas CommandCentral Disaster Recovery Advisor
- Symantec, a long time player in the virtualiation technology market, has just launched the Veritas CommandCentral Disaster Recovery Advisor. It is designed to help organizations evaluate their disaster recovery plans by scanning the organization's IT infrastructure and comparing what it sees to a very large knowledgebase of potential problems. ...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Center, Knowledgebase, VERITAS Software Corp., Advisor, Tool, Disaster Recovery Advisor, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Storage, Security, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Alfresco 3.1 offers parity with enterprise rivals
- Alfresco's open source enterprise content management system is now fully enterprise ready, and the timing couldn't be better, exes say. Alfresco 3.1, which was released today, has reached parity with and in some ways exceeds leading document management platforms such as Documentum and Filenet and leading web...
- Tags: Monitoring, Alfresco, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...
- Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Continuous Cluster Replication and Direct Attached Storage: High Availability Without Breaking the Bank
- When Exchange Server 4.0 was introduced, internal drives (or, for the well-funded, direct attached storage) were widely used. When the author first started working with Exchange in the mid-1990s, many of the organization's Exchange Servers used 2GB internal drives; these servers provided file and print services, and also ran SMS....
- Tags: Bank, Direct-Attached Storage, Clustering, Microsoft Exchange Server, High Availability, Replication, 3Sharp, E-mail Servers, Storage, Groupware, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-03-02
- Are thin clients still for me?
- Are thin clients still for me?I'm sure Paul Murphy can helpHe advocates SunRays as the thin client de jour. You are right about the SPOF single point of failure problem - but the MTBF rate may be insignificantly small. Wireless networks are hard for kids to mess with, as are...
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client, server, multimedia
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Ready-to-Run Software to Use ScaleOut StateServer
- High availability and support for rolling upgrades are critical requirements for this application. Although Ready-to-Run Software's client utilizes ASP.NET and ASP.NET session objects in their application, they do not use SQLServer for their line of business database, and the cost of licensing a clustered SQLServer for storing only session objects...
- Tags: Line Of Business, Microsoft ASP.NET, Farm, ScaleOut Software, .Net, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Microsoft confirms critical SQL Server vulnerability
- Microsoft confirms critical SQL Server vulnerabilityWrong logo?That logo at the start of the article is for Sql Server 2008 while it's not on the list affected by the vulnerability.The correct logo should be a sieve. :p2009 New Year's resolution:getting off the bug-ridden gravy trainI wouldn't give up on OSS yet.OSS...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, environment, server, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-22
- 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
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...
- Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Microsoft Releases Hyper-V
- I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Hyper-V, VM, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technology
- Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technologyWhat about application clustering?The initial points in this article are very true. Another important category for Virtualization/Clustering is application clustering, which can very ideally be replaced and supplemented using virtualization technologies.As an example of an "off the shelf" solution, we can examine Red...
- Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtual machine technology, virtual machine
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANN
- In a reponse to the recently released cluster analysis of the top 10 worst domain registrars in terms of spam and junk content hosting domains, the ICANN has taken steps to approach the non-compliant registrars : More than half of those registrars named had already been contacted by ICANN...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, Domain Name, Domain Names, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Questioning IT
- Questioning IT This is the 14th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. This section is concerned with things you should talk to your CIO about - informally, but with attention. Topic one: disaster avoidance Basically...
- Tags: CIO, Data Center, Information Technology, Credit Card, Clustering, Membership Database, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
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