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Exadata Smart Flash Cache and the Sun Oracle Database Machine

28 Oct 2010

The Sun Oracle Database Machine delivers extreme performance and scalability for all database applications including Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Data Warehousing (DW) and consolidation of mixed database workloads. One of the key enablers of this is the Exadata Smart Flash Cache and the intelligent Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software that drives it.

Claranet launches virtual hosting services; bridging cloud gaps

26 Oct 2010

Tier1 Research analyst, Antonio Piraino writes:  UK (and France) based Claranet has been working rapidly on making its cloud services generally available in rapid succession over the past few months. In September, the company launched its Managed Virtual Hosting to complement its managed dedicated virtual server environments – or private clouds.

Fixing weak passwords

26 Oct 2010

Passwords have been with us since before the age of the desktop PC but, as Chris Stoneff, senior product manager with Lieberman Software explains, administrators and their users need to rethink their password security policies if they are to be truly effective.

Maximizing Business Continuity and Minimizing Recovery Time Objectives in Windows Server Environments

25 Oct 2010

Maximizing business continuity while minimizing business disruption can be especially challenging for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) following a server failure. Resources are limited, so there isn’t a lot of help to get systems back online. Having a server out of commission is never pleasant, but the consequences of business disruption are grimmer for SMBs than they are for large enterprises that can disperse the effect of a server meltdown.

University of Bath Computing Services

22 Oct 2010

The University of Bath

Located in an attractive campus about a mile from the centre of the city, The University of Bath is one of the UK’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research and teaching at the highest academic standard. It is ranked in the top ten of the country’s annual university league tables.

Setao Depends on Pillar to Keep Things Moving

21 Oct 2010

SETAO (Société d’Exploitation du Tramway et duréseau de bus de l’Agglomération d’Orléans) manages the urban transportation network of the city of Orléans,about 130 km (80 miles) southwest of Paris in north central France. With about 100,000 passengers per day, SETAO manages data from their trams and buses, vehicle radios, billing systems, electrical systems, traffic lights, and video feeds from surveillance cameras throughout the city.

Force10 Networks Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure

19 Oct 2010

The data center has been, and continues to be, one of the key resources of innovation helping businesses become more agile and efficient while reducing total cost of ownership(TCO) — as well as being the focal point for green IT initiatives.

Technology specialist improves security and data resilience

19 Oct 2010

Prestige Technology Solutions (Prestige) is an experienced technology company formed in 1989, renowned for delivering expert technology and infrastructure solutions to UK businesses of all sizes. It was established during the boom years of the dot.com revolution in the late 1990s, and now in the more challenging economic downturn, Prestige has become a trusted IT advisor to many of its customers by offering an expanded portfolio of solutions covering the main aspects of the ever broadening IT landscape including cloud computing applications, mobile devices and virtualisation infrastructure.

Private Key Management: Best Practice Tips From the Real World

14 Oct 2010

It has always been taken for granted that the entire IT security industry understands that, as part of digital certificate management, it is necessary to manage the private keys associated with those certificates. A recent conversation with an analyst made it clear that this assumption was just that – an assumption. 

Oracle’s Optimized Solution for Oracle Database — A Business White Paper

14 Oct 2010

Virtually all IT organizations in both the private and the public sectors use a database system at the core of their operations. These databases are integral to day-to-day operations. If they are not available around the clock it will have a significant detrimental effect on business and in some cases the safety of employees.

Avoiding System and Data Loss with Windows Desktops and Laptops

13 Oct 2010

More and more businesses are becoming less centralized in the 21st century – with many workers relying on laptops as their computing environment. In addition, a lot of small businesses are foregoing the use of servers in favor of using desktops and laptops to run their organizations.

If Your Head’s In the Cloud, Keep Your Feet on the Ground!

11 Oct 2010

Keep an eye on the must-have requirements of Cloud-based network security

While some of the technical underpinnings that make up the Cloud’s ‘secret sauce’, are relatively recent innovations, the business case for managing critical IT functions as services – inside or outside the firewall - is not a new concept. At the end of the day, the Cloud is just another way to outsource IT functions, and the same fundamental concerns that exist with more mature outsourcing offerings need to be addressed – such as, how does an organization manage its security and compliance posture when critical systems and data are hosted or managed by a third party? 

Mainframe―The Ultimate Cloud Platform?

08 Oct 2010

CA Technologies today announced the results of a new independent study revealing that 81 percent of IT organisations in the U.K. believe the mainframe is an essential component of their cloud computing strategy. Over 300 IT decision makers in ten countries responded to the CA Technologies commissioned survey, “Mainframe―The Ultimate Cloud Platform?” 

PICC Group Invests in CommScope Network Infrastructure for its Data Center in South China

07 Oct 2010

The PICC Group(People's Insurance Companyof China Group) has been China’s biggest insurance company since 1949. Today, it has 5,750 branches, including 80 outside of China, employing a total of more than 110,000 people.