Cloud outages: Why storage is the real villain
...need, particularly in cloud-computing environments, is the ability to provide for
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...need, particularly in cloud-computing environments, is the ability to provide for
...Emergency services in different parts of the country use different switches and
Distinguished Google Fellow Urs Hölzle discusses the challenges of scaling Google's infrastructure, coping with cascading failures and the rise of flash storage in the modern datacentre Read more
22 June, 2011 by Jack Clark
...illegal business, botnet operators routinely deploy redundant C&C infrastructure and implement
...database server and its clients (i.e., drivers, adapters) to support application
...recently defined a new standard for a common server redundancy and session
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6 June, 2011How is cloudbursting the data center equivalent of overdraft protection for ones' checkbook? Lori McVittie of F5... Read more
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SQL Server 2012 supports everything from departmental servers to large-scale enterprise clouds. With Hadoop integration imminent there's much to be said for upgrading — if only to prepare your datacentre for big-data private clouds. Just keep an eye out for the effect of per-core licensing on your costs. Read more
16 April, 2012 by Simon Bisson
Windows 8 Server, now in pre-beta Developer Preview mode, contains multiple feature enhancements — including a new version of Hyper-V — that make it easier to deploy, manage and secure. Read more
14 September, 2011 by Simon Bisson
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...simplify and accelerate disaster recovery and business continuity, with integrated push-button
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