Case Study

Business Continuity Planning for Maximizing Data Center Uptime

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST

Next to ensuring the safety, health and well being of your employees, the next most important business continuity task is resuming business-critical operations. Keeping servers highly available is what likely keeps most data center managers up at night. There is a higher probability that most data centers will be affected by a virus, hardware failure, power failure or upgrade gone wrong than by a more disastrous weather-related event like wind, fire or rain.

Virtualization - The New Frontier

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:15:00 EDT

There is a lot of hype today about server virtualization. You wouldn't know it, but the reality is the technology is still only deployed on about 6-8 percent of the installed x86 server base worldwide. To take this penetration rate to a more meaningful level requires that we in the industry find a way to gain adoption in the small and medium-sized enterprises. To date, these organizations have been largely shut out of the market by the high cost and complexity of available solutions.

Healthcare IT Security

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:00:00 EDT

A dangerous but likely sight in almost any hospital care unit is an unattended computer workstation, accessible by any passerby. If by chance the computer is locked, simply flip over the keyboard and you?ll often find the generic logon ID and password posted on the bottom; a failsafe for all caregivers in the care unit wanting to log on.

Across Continents, Close to the Chest

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:00:00 EST

Data backup is typically the bane of most IT departments? existence ? a necessary evil, if you will. While it can often be a mundane process that?s a drain on IT resources, it is in fact a vital part of any company?s business continuity or disaster recovery plan, and often having a foolproof backup system in place is essential for complying with regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.