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Recovery: The Only Reason for Backup: With backup and data replication merging, nearline storage coming to a price point that is more attractive, and the advancement of archival tools, organization should integrate these elements into an IT strategy that will advance recovery objectives. By focusing on optimizing assets and personnel, and being fully prepared for information...; Tags: Recovery, Forsythe Technology Inc., Backups; White papers 2004-10-25
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Major Book, Music, and Home Entertainment Retailer: The director of IT at a major book, music, and home entertainment retailer recognized that the company's data center was approaching capacity. In addition to being nearly out of space for new equipment, the facility had "Hot spots," making it difficult to maintain a consistent temperature. The facility also lacked...; Tags: Data Center, Forsythe Technology Inc., Music, Data Centers, Home Entertainment, Retail, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Small Home Equity/Mortgage Lender: A recent audit had revealed that a small home equity/mortgage lender was at risk of incurring penalties for violating state and federal regulations regarding business continuity planning. Not only could a crisis potentially put them out of business, but it could also subject the company's corporate officers to civil liability...; Tags: Forsythe Technology Inc., Business Continuity, It Services, Business Security, Business Operations; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Global Materials Manufacturer: A global materials manufacturer was concerned about whether its data center disaster recovery plan would truly be effective in the event of an actual crisis. Like many large organizations, the manufacturer had developed a plan several years earlier and tested it repeatedly over the years. However, it recognized that the...; Tags: Disaster Recovery Planning, Forsythe Technology Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Large Auto and Homeowners Insurance Company: A large auto and homeowners insurance company had engaged a Big Four accounting firm to help with its business continuity/disaster recovery planning. The firm had already performed a Business Impact Analysis BIA and suggested some broad recovery target requirements. Based on these, several of the insurer's vendors had outlined technical...; Tags: Insurance Company, Forsythe Technology Inc., Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; Case studies

Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Diversified Financial Services Company: A diversified financial services company wanted to validate and improve its existing disaster recovery plan and increase awareness of the issues surrounding the execution of the plan during a crisis. The company's senior IT management engaged Forsythe, as an independent business continuity expert, to design and facilitate a "Table-top" exercise...; Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Forsythe Technology Inc., Disaster Recovery, Financial Planning, Data Management, Finance; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Fortune 100 Manufacturer: A Fortune 100 manufacturer was beginning to experience problems with its aging, traditional tape backup and recovery solution. With data supporting its multi-billion dollar business being replicated daily from more than 50 remote locations, as well as between its primary and disaster-recovery data centers, a reliable backup and recovery solution...; Tags: Manufacturer, Forsythe Technology Inc., Backups, Manufacturing; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Travel Service Provider: A major travel reservation service provider was experiencing performance issues with its online reservation system, which processed millions of transactions every day. Running on hundreds of servers across heterogeneous platforms, the system used multiple backup software tools and disparate recovery processes, none of which were providing the desired level of...; Tags: Forsythe Technology Inc., Business Services, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Case studies
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Major Apparel Manufacturer: A major apparel manufacturer was seeking expert advice on its disaster recovery architecture. The company was confronted with two key issues surrounding disaster recovery planning: how to determine an appropriate budget for their disaster recovery infrastructure, and how to optimize their resources in implementing it. Forsythe performed a review of...; Tags: Forsythe Technology Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Case studies

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MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Web 3.0 - the future of social networking: I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the first real windowed operating system, Windows 95 - the World Wide Web being born,...; Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Smart HCCI cars talk to the pump: Researchers from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society CITRIS are developing more efficient engines for cars. They are specifically working on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignited HCCI engines. An HCCI engine 'combines the efficiency and versatility of diesel engines with the cleanliness of spark-ignition engines.' For...; Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Engine, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar: OK, I admit it. When I bought my car a year-and-a-half ago, comparing the fuel consumption metrics among the different models WAS part of the equation, but not the most important part. Now, with gas lines forming in my own little town and people putting summer trips...; Tags: Monitor, Performance, Technology, Performance Management, GPS, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...; Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update: Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...; Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!: If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security. Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...; Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Whither Blu-ray?: Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...; Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?: I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...; Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-03
5 more reasons IT projects fail: 5 more reasons IT projects failOn the other sideof the equation is the customer. It has been my experience that, in non-technical businesses, the manager who makes the decisions with regards to the company's IT needs, knows least.Remove the word "IT" andthe article applies to everything in the worldOf course!That's...; Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Projects Fail; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
12 terabytes of YouTube data: 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03