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Deploying a Major Server Upgrade on the Cloud

What happens when one need to perform a major software upgrade - either application software or underlying system software? This webcast demonstrate how much easier and more efficient it is to perform maintenance tasks on the cloud using the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. And this webcast also show how one...

Tags: Webcast, Server Upgrade, Cloud, RightScale, Server Upgrades, Software Upgrade, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-22

Hosting Firm Improves Performance, Security for Customers With Server Upgrade

.masterhost provides Web hosting services to customers across Russia. To meet high client expectations, it is committed to implementing the latest advances in technology. By deploying the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Internet Information Services IIS version 7.0, .masterhost has improved site management, performance, and security for customers. And,...

Tags: Security, Performance, Customer, Server Upgrade, Masterhost, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Performance Management, Web Hosting, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet

Case studies 2008-10-01

Consulting Company Sees Greater Success With Server Upgrade

Success Computer Consulting SCC hosts a large and complex intranet site based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS 2007. SCC was concerned about the possibility of slowdowns resulting from a migration to a new server. However, the company's strong need for a fast and secure server to run MOSS 2007,...

Tags: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Server Upgrade, Success Computer Consulting, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Office, Servers, Hardware, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2008-05-12

Server Upgrade Helps Optimize Company's Usage of Its Own Product

Brother International Corporation ("Brother") manufactures and supplies printers, multi-function center machines, sewing and embroidery machines, and label makers for businesses and home consumers. Printing plays a leading role in Brother's business. However, with so many printers on its internal network, Brother was having difficulty supporting large numbers of printing resources....

Tags: Brother Industries Ltd., Server Upgrade, Printing, Document Management, Printers, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals

Case studies 2008-04-15

Starbucks Reduces Costs and Prepares for Growth With Server Upgrade

Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world. In order to simplify its complex server environment, while still supporting its growth plans, Starbucks decided to implement a new domain structure and upgrade to Active Directory Domain Services in the 64-bit edition of Windows...

Tags: Auditing, Starbucks Corp., Server Upgrade, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-03-17

Web Host Optimizes Security, Improves Performance With Server Upgrade

Hostbasket is a leader in the shared hosting industry in Belgium, serving more than 30,000 customers. To simplify its offerings while still meeting customers' technology needs, the company is upgrading to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Internet Information Services 7.0 - with plans to eliminate its Linux hosting solution. As...

Tags: Security, Web, Performance, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Hostbasket, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Performance Management, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2008-03-17

A Taste of a Server Upgrade Helps a Wine Distributor Tighten Its Growing Operation

Winebow wanted to maintain a consistent and security-enhanced infrastructure of desktop computers across multiple sites. Although it already used Microsoft Windows Server Update Services for patch management, Winebow wanted to add another layer of security to prevent its staff from facing potential computer compatibility issues, printer support needs, virus outbreaks,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Wine, Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-12

Marketing Services Firm Introduces Sleek SOA With Server Upgrade

National Marketing Resources, a 450-employee firm based in Kearney, Missouri, provides sales and consulting services for entrepreneurs and small businesses in real estate investment and e-commerce. NMR needed a reliable, security-enhanced, and easily managed Web and application platform for LINKS. This platform would simultaneously provide TCP-bound connections for internal rich...

Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Real Estate, Microsoft Windows, Server Upgrades, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-06

Recruiting Firm Boosts Productivity and Cuts Support Costs With Quick Server Upgrade

Principal Asset is a national recruiting firm that places professionals in accounting, financial services, payroll, human resources, and IT. Local recruiters and researchers typically work in the office one to two days a week, and remotely from home for the rest of the week. Regional staff members work via remote...

Tags: Recruiting, Server Upgrade, Server Upgrades, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-03-06

School District Simplifies Remote Application Access With Server Upgrade

The Manteca Unified School District strives to provide excellent educational opportunities to a diverse student constituency. An enthusiastic adopter of technology to help meet its educational objectives, the district is upgrading its server computer operating system to Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of better remote application access for students,...

Tags: Microsoft Access, School District, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Manteca Unified School District, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-01-01

New York's Chautauqua County Saves 60 Percent by Avoiding Proprietary Server Upgrade and Accelerates New Application Deployment by 99.7 Percent

Chautauqua County is well-known for its natural beauty and rich farmland. Chautauqua County needed to migrate its law enforcement Records Management System RMS to cost-effective servers that could deliver the performance and reliability required for those vital functions. The county also needed a way to address a rising number of...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Server Upgrade, Chautauqua County, Records Management, Servers, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Finance

Case studies 2007-12-01

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10.1.3.2 on AIX Server Upgrade Guide

The goal of this paper is to explain all different steps mandatory to success Oracle Business Application Upgrade from Siebel Analytics 7.8.5.1 to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition OBI EE 10.1.3.2 on IBM AIX 5.3 server (IBM p520 machine). The paper provides step by step guide through upgrade process to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, IBM AIX, Oracle Business Intelligence, Server Upgrade, IBM Corp., Server Upgrades, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software

White papers 2007-07-16

City of Stratford Brings Down the Curtain on Its Legacy System With Server Upgrade

Every summer, the City of Stratford in southern Ontario plays host to hundreds of thousands of visitors eager to take in live productions at the world-renowned Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Success as a cultural destination notwithstanding, the municipality itself has a mandate to save taxpayers money by operating as efficiently as...

Tags: Legacy System, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows NT, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Hardware Upgrade, Directory Services, Servers, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Management

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Additional Resources

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

Dejal Simon 2.5.5 (Mac)

Dejal Simon is the essential site monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks web pages, FTP and DNS servers, local or remote ports, and other services for changes or failures, and notifies you via e-mail, sound, speech, Twitter, HTML reports, and other means. Add tests to Simon to track...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Twitter Inc., Monitoring, Server, Web Page, Dejal, Dejal Simon, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-25

HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Portlock Leap Frog 5.13.0.2321 (Windows)

Portlock Leap Frog will assist you in creating a bootable Virtual Hard Disk VHD for native Windows deployment with your Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 machine. The VHD can be used as the running operating system on supported hardware without a virtual machine or hypervisor....

Tags: Portlock Leap Frog, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-23

UPS technology leader adds more power monitoring intelligence to latest line upgrade

APC by Schneider Electric updates server-class UPS line with features that allow IT managers to see power consumption at a glance. by Heather Clancy

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Leader, Monitoring, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Office 2010 Beta downloadable by MSDN, Technet subscribers today

MS was rightThe leaked 14.0.4514.1009 isn't Beta 2. It's actually 14.0.4514.1004! If that page is right, Beta 2 is actually older. This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened.http://windows7center.com/forums/office-2010/4949-office-professional-plus-2010-beta-x64-x86-now-msdn.htmlAgreed...just downloaded it with the same info. nt...RE: Office 2010 Beta downloadable by MSDN, Technet subscribers todayThe build...

Tags: Office 2010 Beta, Technet Subscriber, Office 2010, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD

People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-16