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A Rapidly Deployable Communications Network Architecture for Disaster Management

It is amply clear from the unfortunate events of September 11, 2001 and the South-Asian tsunami disaster that there exists a strong need for a rapidly deployable communications network that would serve to provide much needed connectivity and communications capabilities to rescue workers and survivors. Disaster sites are often located...

Tags: Network, New Jersey, Disaster Management, Network Architecture, Disaster Site, Disaster Recovery, Performance Management, Team Management, Networking, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

White papers 2005-03-26

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Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for good

RE: Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for goodIf you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology. -Bruce SchneierCommon sense & best practicesFirst off social networking sites are a DISASTER waiting to happen, private data into a...

Tags: password, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

What the duck? Aflac gets quackin' on Facebook

Social_Networking = Privacy disasterntHmmYou're right. If anyone knew I was a fan of the Aflac duck it would be curtains for my privacy. :)People do not understandWhen you put your pictures, location,hobbies, job, kids and so on the net.That site owns that data and it iscached forever.Yes, I knowI was...

Tags: Aflac Inc., Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked

HijackingThis is like telling someone that they will be murderd to spare them the pain of dying. bullchit. c'mon facebook, hire people capable of managing a secure site or shut it down.Social Networking = DisasterOnly a fool puts private data on a public domain!Agreed.They DO have a responsibility,...

Tags: Facebook, Stop Using, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

"Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered

Well this is going to be interesting...So they had a catastrophic screw up and it looks like they worked their tales off to get it fixed.So that got a big black eye but at the same time it looks like they got it fixed. Whoever fixed this just got...

Tags: Backups, backup

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

T-Mobile Sidekick data outage tests mettle of 800,000 customers, carrier

And before the gloating over a MS screw-up goes too far......try this one on for size, regarding Apple Snow Leopard hosing ALL data when logging in as a "guest". http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139250/Snow_Leopard_bug_deletes_all_user_dataLOL...LOL...ROTFLMAO :DThat's the cost of secrecy...secrecy enables you to get by just swiping your deficiencies under the rug but that...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, secrecy, Microsoft Corp., Lol, straight face, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

T-Mobile - All your Sidekick data are belong to ... well, no one ... it's gone!

the clue was in the name "Microsoft/Danger" duh...Outrageous! It's true, you pay for what you get.Get an unlocked N900 and do what you want.Nokia rules. Server failureCan happen to anyone at any time.Wait... What?[i]We continue to advise customers to NOT reset their device by removing the battery or letting...

Tags: Backups, Servers, T-Mobile, backup, server, Server failure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

BlackBerry Desktop for Mac now available with iTunes sync capability

done rightthat's how you do it right, palm! write your own software, rather than tricking itunes to believe the pre is an ipod.there is an ethical way for interoperability and rim got it right. palm - not so much.RE: BlackBerry Desktop for Mac now available with iTunes sync capabilityMac users...

Tags: PDAs, Desktops, Handhelds, BlackBerry Desktop, Apple Macintosh, RIM BlackBerry, Mac Now, iTunes Sync, Apple iTunes, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

So, who's planning a Windows 7 launch party?

UK signup hereExpecting to hear by September 17th.Agreed to all conditions: inviting 9 million friends, full global media coverage, event handled via web site, photographer on hand to upload images ... M$ legal to take control of all my finances.Even checked PC was Vista Capable ;-) I amBut only if...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Those are some of the words from the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Geneva this morning. He was at a World Climate Conference, having just paid a personal visit to to the Arctic where melt is happenin'. Ban says the Arctuic is warming faster than anywhere else...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Internet Explorer posts largest loss since '08; Firefox, Chrome, Safari gain

This is going to get very bloody and it does not look good for IE. If allMicrosoft has to look forward to is a kick from Windows Seven defaulting to IE to help slow the slide of IE, this does not bode well for MS. Further, if the OEMs start...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5.2, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

College System to Cut Deployment Costs for Disaster Recovery Site by Nearly 80 Percent

campuses and more than 100,000 students that depend on online access. To better serve them, KCTCS wanted a more flexible IT infrastructure and improved stability, but it also needed an affordable solution. KCTCS is meeting these goals by implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V virtualization technology. By deploying virtual...

Tags: Deployment, Server, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, KCTCS, Disaster Recovery, Data Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

Colbert heats up global warming

The Colbert Report interviewed author Bill McKibben. He mentioned the 350PPM standard, and now the UN's Nobel Prize winning climate scientist has endorsed that standard. So here's what happened. McKibben has written Deep Economy, The End of Nature, and Fight Global Warming Now. He's a big...

Tags: Global Warming, McKibben, IPCC, 35Oppm, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Courts put DVD ripping on shaky ground

this is only on the broken USA copyright and court system.not every one lives in the united states of america...Was it ever really about combatting piracy?"It?s amazing how the focus has shifted from combating piracy to taking as much money as possible off customers."Considering how much they've been using DRM,...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, piracy

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

How the University of Texas Averted IT Disaster During Hurricane Dolly

The presenter of this webcast discuss how they used the combination of CA XOsoft and VMware virtualization to implement a cost-effective disaster recovery environment at a remote "Hot site" in Austin, Texas, 400 miles away from their Brownsville campus, and how their solution helped them keep UTB's (University of Texas...

Tags: Information Technology, University Of Texas, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Data Management, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-08-13

Conversation with Virtuoso, a Liquid Computing Customer

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Joel Chaplin, CIO at Virtuoso, a Liquid Computing customer, and thought you'd like to read a bit about that conversation. By the way, I posted Liquid Computing and the dynamic datacenter back in March 2009. Please introduce...

Tags: Virtuoso, LiquidIQ, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Replication Failover-Failback for Oracle 11g on HP Integrity with HP XP24000 Continuous Access

This paper provides insight on the failover and failback of an Oracle environment to provide best practices for maintaining business continuity during a failure or site disaster. The insight and understanding of the major considerations presented in this solution, along with knowing what to do before, during, and after recovery...

Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Replication, Utility Computing

White papers 2009-08-01

Just-in-Time Intelligence Helps Comic Relief Boost Donations 25% While Reducing Failure Risk

Comic Relief wanted to calculate real-time online donations for broadcast during Red Nose Day 2009, a seven-hour, live, televised fundraising event and identify the clips that generate the highest emotional response from the public and result in high levels of donations so that they can be re-run throughout the event...

Tags: Oracle Corp., JIT, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Quality, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Business Operations, Hardware

Case studies 2009-08-01