WHITE PAPER - All organizations are becoming increasingly reliant upon their computer systems. The availability of those systems can be the difference between the organization succeeding and failing. This series will examine how we can configure our Windows Server 2008 environments to provide the level of availability our organizations need.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Clustering | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Load Balancing | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | SLA | Systems Management | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Downtime | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Network Monitoring | Power Blackouts | Productivity | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Evaluate the savings, performance, and overall value of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployment versus a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deployment. In this whitepaper, the two systems are compared over a six-year period, with various e-commerce configurations covering small, medium, and large business scenarios.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Database Server Software | Downtime | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | Productivity | Server Management | Windows Server Software

CASE STUDY - Find out how Argo Global Capital utilized server virualization to simplify, consolidate and reduce operating costs in their data center. Since implementing XenServer with everRun, Argo has had zero downtime, even during a significant hardware failure.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Citrix XenServer | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Downtime | High Availability | Network Performance | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Find out how Abercrombie & Fitch and Dematic selected everRun®, Marathon's automated high availability software, to protect the graphic system monitor and to meet the campus' high availability requirements.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Security | Downtime | High Availability | Network Performance | Server Management | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - SQL Server is the relational database used for storing all content, data, and configuration information used by Office SharePoint Server 2007. Protecting SharePoint requires protecting each of the three architectural tiers. This whitepaper will discuss the need to protect all three tiers of SharePoint's implementation architecture.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Configuration Management | Content Management | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Downtime | High Availability | Indexing (Information Management) | Microsoft Office | Server Management | SQL | SQL Server

WEBCAST - This webinar will discuss the benefits of virtualizing Citrix XenServer as well as show how fortifying XenApp and XenServer with Marathon Technologies' everRun software will give you the confidence to increase your SLAs for your most critical XenApp deployments and protect your Citrix License Server and Data Store from downtime.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Performance Management | Citrix XenServer | Downtime | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VM

WHITE PAPER - Businesses of all sizes are using the messaging and collaboration features of Microsoft Exchange to run critical business functions that if lost, can result in severe business disruption. Exchange and Exchange infrastructure components are analyzed in this paper to determine how they can be protected so you can achieve your SLA commitments.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Downtime | Email Management | Email Security | High Availability | Messaging Security | Microsoft Exchange | RPO | RTP | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services

WHITE PAPER - Many businesses today are delivering applications to users as an on-demand service. This reduces the cost of application management and can improve application and data security. This white paper explores what availability really means, and how availability correlates to RTO and RPO baselines.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Citrix XenServer | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Fault Tolerance | High Availability | RPO | RTO | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services | Systems Management | Systems Management Software

TRIAL SOFTWARE - IT organizations are trying to support an increasing number of databases and database platforms. Meanwhile, database vendors are adding more features and updating their technology. DBAs must meet zero downtime requirements, and strict SLAs.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Database Security | DB2 | Downtime | High Availability | Productivity | Service Level Management | SLA | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Security | Terrorism

WHITE PAPER - Although more companies than ever have continuity plans, an AT&T study discovered that a high percentage of those plans are outdated. If your company is one of those with an outdated plan or no plan, here are some things that might help them understand the importance of good continuity planning.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Business continuity/disaster recovery requires a holistic approach that includes storage, infrastructure, servers, applications, middleware and the network. If that weren't complicated enough, today's new technologies are testing traditional methods of backup and data protection. It's time to take another look at your BC/DR plan.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Power Blackouts

WHITE PAPER - While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Storage Security

EGUIDE - Despite the obvious advantages associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, this virtualization platform does not come without its availability and resiliency challenges. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, Dell and Microsoft, you will gain insight into the improvements made to Hyper-V by Windows Server 2008 R2.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 7, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Downtime | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine Migration | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server Software