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- Downtime
- The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure.
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- How do we measure high availability?
- How do we measure high availability?Downtime timing"In many cases, timing and duration are more important than total downtime/outage."This is so very, very true!I'd rather have my internet or computer be down at, say midnight when I'm sleeping than say around noon while I'm working on an important project.Of course, I...
- Tags: downtime, high availability
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- 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
- DownTime 1.6.3 (Mobile)
- DownTime is a large, clearly visible timer which features the timer countdown continues while you temporarily switch to another application, choose between several different color schemes, access your 10 previous timers, see a visible flashing alert when the timer runs out, alarm sound, and view the timer in landscape or...
- Tags: Mobile, Downtime
- Software downloads 2009-06-11
- BlackBerry's reduce broadband outage downtime
- I got in from the Orange Street Music Club yesterday evening, a famous jazz and live venue in here in my city, only to discover my broadband had cut out. After the crap day that I had, this just topped it off. (Only on the...
- Tags: Broadband, Downtime, RIM BlackBerry, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Migrate Your Oracle Databases with Near-Zero Downtime
- In today's economy, IT departments are asked to do more with less and stay within a limited budget. Unfortunately, challenges still mount - they need to upgrade and maintain growing databases, quickly solve user issues and keep application downtime to a minimum. In this new...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Downtime, Oracle Database, Quest Software Inc., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-20
- Improve Performance in SAP Application Environments
- With the exploding growth of data, the typical DBA must spend a significant amount of time on tasks to improve performance and application availability. Achieving these goals in large dynamic database environments—especially those running SAP Applications on Oracle--presents many challenges. There is no time for downtime. Learn...
- Tags: Performance, Environment, Downtime, SAP AG, Quest Software Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-05-20
- Downtime Manager 6.5.0 (Windows)
- DownTime Manager is an information database tool which helps you keep track of your equipment downtime. Tracking your equipment downtime is very necessary to maintain better systems performance in an organization. This tool helps you track when the downtime occurs at its most. This information is stored and displayed in...
- Tags: Downtime, Microsoft Windows, NathanHunt Software, DownTime Manager, Maintenance Chart, Productivity
- Software downloads 2009-05-19
- Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft
- The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Network, Data Loss, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Business Problem, TwinStrata, SATA RAID 5, Capital Requirement, Update:Here, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- The race to 99.999 percent uptime: 3Tera ups the cloud SLA ante
- The race to 99.999 percent uptime: 3Tera ups the cloud SLA anteAnd when a Backbone Provider goes down?What good will 5 nines do you then? Putting enterprise, mission critical apps in the hands of an offsite vendor is a gamble. Even productivity apps - imagine no one in...
- Tags: Service level management, 3Tera Inc., uptime, SLA, downtime
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- Will downtime rain on the cloud computing parade?
- Will downtime rain on the cloud computing parade?Cloud Computing Would be a Problem, ifCloud Computing Would be a Problem, if the vendor who provides the software runs out of the business. In that case, we may have to choose the competitor who give us the similar component. But sometimes our...
- Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, downtime
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- Will downtime rain on the cloud computing parade?
- Gmail recorded downtime yesterday, once again raising availability as an on-demand software issue. I'm interested in your opinion on this matter. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Downtime, Outage, Manufacturing, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Hardware fault tolerance in a virtual environment
- Stratus wants organizations that are moving more and more workloads into virtual environments to understand that they're taking a risk when they put a large number of workloads onto a single industry standard system. Although these systems have gotten better and better over the years, they still are not reliable...
- Tags: Stratus Technologies, Fault-tolerance, Downtime, Virtual Environment, Uptime, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- No Time for Downtime: Disaster Recovery Solutions With VMware and IBM
- In a competitive business environment, downtime is no longer tolerable. Fortunately, with virtualization, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions are now affordable. The presenter of this webcast will learn how an integrated business continuity and resilience strategy will help to minimize downtime and maximize resilience.
- Tags: Downtime, VMware Inc., Business Continuity, IBM Corp., It Services, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-03-05
- Liontrust Asset Management Grows Business in Europe and U.S. With Consistent Intermediary Service
- Liontrust Asset Management wanted to secure business growth and profitability by providing client intermediaries with a reliable online business interface and ensure fund managers have a robust platform to manage various types of client portfolios. The challenge was to enable flexible and fast application development in line with changing business...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Europe, Downtime, Business, Liontrust Asset Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Vermantia Media Group Eliminates Service Downtime by Deploying New Database Solution in Under 10 Days
- Vermantia Media Group wanted to develop a production environment with zero downtime as well as streamlined and simplified database administration and deploy a database solution to collate and deliver live data, statistics, and other information to be presented on screen. The challenge was to adopt technology that cost-effectively meets current...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Media, Downtime, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- See, really, Edu Apps is OK
- See, really, Edu Apps is OKI wish people would wake up and give it a rest.Google, AWS, Azure and any other "cloud" offering are all data centers just like RackSpace, Host Gator etc. They have outtages and thats that. Companies have used them for hosting and storage for years and...
- Tags: Data centers, Service level management, Storage, Edu Apps, Google Inc., downtime
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- See, really, Edu Apps is OK
- Obviously Google is scrambling to undo some PR damage caused by this week's Apps outage. I certainly received some negative feedback on my proclamation of continued faith in all things Google and willingness to roll out their Apps for Education, regardless of the problems. However, what this led...
- Tags: Google Inc., Downtime, Dashboard, Outage, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Will Gmail
- Will GmailNot a cloud issue...This isn't a black eye for the cloud, just for Google and gmail.Funny you should mention....the classroom downtime. For 5 years we never had enough computers for all the students. We would routinely have 6 or 7 computers not functioning for weeks until replacement.As a student,...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, NOW IT, Google Gmail, downtime, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- Eliminate System Downtime With EMC Intelligent Cloning for SAP - Java Stack
- To effectively manage the lifecycle of SAP applications, organizations must be able to create full copies of SAP data - without system downtime or disruption. An integrated solution for intelligent cloning from EMC enables to create refreshed system data copies of the SAP dual-stack or Java-only application stack with no...
- Tags: Java, Downtime, SAP AG, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-02-04
- ZPSS Optimizes Database and Application Performance and Minimizes System Downtime
- Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co. wanted to ensure the performance and availability of the Oracle Database and applications used by the business and upgrade the database underpinning the company's Oracle enterprise resource planning system. The challenge was to resolve system malfunctions in a timely manner to minimize interruptions to normal...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Downtime, ZPSS, Performance Management, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-02-01

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