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1. Rackable Systems Takes on SGI Name

   [ Summary ] Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions | Date Published: 05/12/2009

   After Rackable Systems bought Silicon Graphics, Inc., the company decided to rename itself. Rackable Systems will now be known as SGI: Silicon Graphics International. The company hopes that its new name will help it break into international markets.

2. Apple Servers Overload After IPhone 3.0 Release

   [ Summary ] Topic: iPhone | Date Published: 06/18/2009

   Numerous users are complaining that they have not been able to access the activation servers to even use iPhone 3.0. Apple’s servers have been slammed with the large number of users who have all attempted to access them at the same time.

3. Twitter Still Experiencing Issues After DDoS Attacks

   [ Summary ] Topic: DoS Attacks | Date Published: 08/10/2009

   Even though the site has been back up since the day of the distributed denial of service attacks upon one user, Twitter users still complain of site sluggishness. The site has not explained any further damage or problems, but some experts wonder if the slowdowns might be caused by Twitter...

4. Twitter Suffers Yet Another DDoS Attack

   [ Summary ] Topic: Social Networks | Date Published: 08/11/2009

   Twitter was down again on Tuesday for a couple of hours due to another attack. A developer for Twitter reported that the site experienced another distributed denial of service attack and that users could experience periods of site slowness.

5. Google Apologizes for Gmail Outage

   [ Summary ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Date Published: 09/02/2009

   Google’s Gmail was out for two hours on Tuesday, and the company blamed the issue on an error during “routine” server upgrades. Google has experienced other Gmail outages this year in February and March.

6. Be Intelligent About Disaster Recovery

   [ Summary ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Date Published: 12/28/2007

   Traditional disaster-recovery methods are not sufficient enough to ensure business continuity in the event of human or application errors, according to author Ralph Crosby. Crosby says intelligent automation reduces the risk of error because processes are performed in a repeatable, consistent and...

7. Telework Trends, Concerns and Benefits

   [ Summary ] Topic: User Policies | Date Published: 04/03/2008

   A CDW telework survey reveals that the private sector is stepping up its telecommuting initiatives. Seventy-six percent of private-sector employers provide technical support for remote workers, up 27 percent from 2007. Despite the upward trend, the CDW report found that security was the top...

8. Exinda's New Firmware Simplifies WAN Optimization

   [ Summary ] Topic: WAN | Date Published: 04/04/2008

   Exinda's new v5.0 firmware simplifies WAN optimization with two new features, Auto Discovery and Jump Start, that break the installation process into 12 easy steps. The firmware has 1,000 times more caching capacity and reduces repetitive traffic with stream-based caching.

9. Virtualization Well-Suited for Disaster Recovery

   [ Summary ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Date Published: 05/28/2008

   According to IDC, virtualization has moved beyond server consolidation to other areas such as disaster recovery. The mobility, or live migration, aspect of virtualization makes it well-suited for disaster recovery and business continuity.

10. Businesses of All Sizes Need to Protect Against Disasters

    [ Summary ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Date Published: 06/26/2008

    Author Chris Loeffler says every business, no matter the size, needs to take steps to ensure its equipment is properly functioning and protected from all types of disasters. Loeffler outlines 10 strategies that provide practical, affordable steps to reduce the risks and enhance the reliability,...

11. Five Strategies for Disaster Recovery

    [ Summary ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Date Published: 06/26/2008

    Author Dan Lamorena presents five strategies to help enterprises implement a cost-effective disaster recovery plan. Lamorena suggests that companies make use of secondary sites as a backup designation and regularly test disaster recovery procedures.

12. Practical Guidance for Disaster Recovery

    [ Summary ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Date Published: 06/26/2008

    Authors Bruce Beaman and Becky Albin provide some practical guidance for effective business-continuity/disaster-recovery planning that begins with admitting the possibility of disaster. Beaman and Albin say the best BC/BR strategies follow a "redundant everything" philosophy, with multiple...