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Knowledge Management or Corporate Amnesia?

More than 70 percent of businesses suffering a server failure without backup go bankrupt within two years. Of course, it's not the loss of equipment, but rather the loss of critical information and knowledge housed on the server that leads to the failure. When key employees leave a company, the...

Tags: Knowledge, Server, Knowledge Management, Mission-critical System, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

Safe Internet Surfing

While most would-be surfers take adequate precautions before tackling the big wave, many surf the Internet without discriminating between safe and unsafe destinations. Safely surfing the Internet requires a protocol somewhat similar to its watersport counterpart-use common sense, be observant, and avoid potentially dangerous areas. Most websites are legitimate and...

Tags: Mission-critical System, Internet

White papers 2009-01-01

Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Validates the Performance of Its Mission-Critical Systems

The Department of Treasury and Finance provides policy advice to the Victorian Government on economic, financial and resource management, supporting the delivery of its financially responsible and socially progressive policy platform. The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance DTF sought to obtain an accurate picture of end-to-end system performance to...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, U.S. Department Of Treasury, Mission-critical System, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-01-01

Getting Mission-Critical Systems Back Up - Fast - With Symantec and OFM Computer System

At Farmington Country Club, consistent, exceptional service is key to the club's continued success. Technology - in everything from setting computerized tee times, responding to member requests made by email, or tracking member purchases in a cash-free environment - is essential to providing that service. So, Information Technology Manager, Curtis...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Club, Mission-critical System, E-mail, Servers, Security, Online Communications, Hardware

Case studies 2007-12-13

WebEx Support Center Helps CBORD Keep Mission-Critical Systems Running

Founded in 1975, the CBORD Group, Inc. is an international provider of technology solutions that manage auxiliary operations for a wide variety of industries including colleges and universities and healthcare facilities. In order to serve an international network of clients across a wide range of industries, the CBORD Group, Inc....

Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Mission-critical System, Remote Administration

Case studies 2007-11-01

Questioning backup

There's a wonderfully exemplary National Institute of Health document available on the web entitled File Backup Guidance.doc. Here's the google headline on it: NIH Computer Center Disaster Recovery Plan, Backup and Off-Site Storage Procedures. ... describes backup mistakes and avoidance advice for UNIX machines. ... but...

Tags: backup

Blog posts 2006-08-18

South Florida Water Management District Improves Mission-Critical System Performance

South Florida Water Management District SFWMD wanted to provide a scalable, flexible infrastructure to meet existing and future demands. They wanted to increase availability, speed, capacity, performance, and manageability of mission-critical SAP ERP Application environment, while minimizing risk of failure. SFWMD transformed its IT infrastructure by implementing SAP applications on...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Mission-critical System, Performance Management, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

Case studies

Full Application of Business Application Assets and Know-How, for a Smooth Downsizing

Tomita Pharmaceutical, Ltd. herein referred to as Tomita Pharmaceutical undertook setup of a new mission-critical system that can support both Web and mobile environments, while making the most of the business application assets they have used over the years. For the rapid migration of their mission-critical system to the Web,...

Tags: Downsizing, Business Application, Hitachi Ltd., Pharmaceutical Company, Migration, Mission-critical System, Storage, Hardware

Case studies

Using JP1 for Integrated Management of a Large-Scale, Mission-Critical System Completely Automated Operation and Reliability Effectively Ensured

UFJ Bank Limited UFJ Bank uses JP1, Hitachi's integrated system operation management software, to perform the integrated management of approximately 450 servers on which about 60 systems bank branch systems and Internet banking systems run, along with approximately 450 bank branch servers and 20,000 client machines. Integrated management means coordinating...

Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Mission-critical System, Storage, Hardware

Case studies

Introducing Linux for Next Generation Mission Critical System Flexibility, Scalability and Robustness Are Key

Shiga bank is planning to replace their existing mission critical systems before Jan. 2008. Their Information system, which is one component of their entire system, is configured using a mainframe and UNIX server. Shiga bank is now planning to configure an open platform environment by introducing a Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Intel...

Tags: Scalability, Fujitsu Ltd., Mission-critical System, Shiga Bank, Linux, Operating Systems, Software

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A Platform for Consolidation and Growth: Overhauling Mission-Critical Systems to Create a Low-Cost, Flexible Infrastructure

The Skipton Building Society, one of Britain's most respected mutual societies, wanted today's computing solution for tomorrow; a single, scalable, end-to-end operating environment, available across all channels and all systems, capable of offering the Society the cost savings, business agility and business continuity it needed to maintain its market-leading position....

Tags: Unisys Corp., Consolidation, Mission-critical System, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

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Additional Resources

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge

The concept makes a lot of senseIf you want access to your data everywhere and on every device, having a single platform may be the only way to go. Seamless ubiquity is the dream I guess, if you, the user, does not lose control. How they will be able to...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Android, Sergey Brin

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds

In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race. When Ray Ozzie penned his Internet Services Disruption memo back in 2005, he had a...

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Microsoft, cloud, Ina Fried CNET News

News items 2009-11-18

Sun Blast 1.01 (Mac)

Two of the most feared enemy races joined forces to launch the ultimate attack, known as "Sun Blast". Your mission is to seek and destroy all enemy starships, which are the main threat. Prepare for combat! Features: Fast-paced arcade space shooter Mesmerizing 3D graphics Top-quality music and sound effects Addictive...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sun Microsystems Inc., OBLONE Software, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Golden Rules Organizer 1.5.4 (Windows)

Golden Rules Organizer is professional organizer and goal system. It provides three planning levels: mission & values, projects, recurring and one-time activities. Planner facility supports auto-renewed periodical plans (e.g., daily, weekly, half-yearly) with objectives and completion tracking. Supporting facilities include unlimited-size, rich text descriptions, log / diary, effort tracking, contacts...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Activity, Golden-Rules, Golden-Rules Organizer

Software downloads 2009-11-02

AstroGrav 1.8 (Windows)

AstroGrav is an astronomy software program that allows you to simulate how astronomical objects move and interact under the force of gravity. It features superb interactive 3D graphics which allow you to move around within a many-body astronomical system, while watching how it evolves with the passage of time. A...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Object, AstroGrav Astronomy Software, AstroGrav, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-28

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27