Why Network Documentation Is So Important by Darren Miller
Undocumented Networks ------------ I can't tell you how many projects I've worked on in which the customer has little to no network documentation. The reason for the lack of network documentation is varied. In many cases this is both the fault of the customer and the vendor / consultant who... Procedures on how to maintain the network technology, including Operating Systems, security related services, backup and disaster recovery (business continuity), and firewall technologies should exist.

Moving Up From Peer to Peer by Bruce Naylor
Millions of small business owners across the country have peer to peer networks installed in their companies. Of these small networks, many are running various operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, and XP Professional. ... By storing your data on the SBS 2003 Server, a built in backup wizard makes disaster recovery a breeze. ... It provides a full backup, that even backs up "open files" so you can be up and running quickly in the event of a system failure.

iSCSI vs. FC for Meeting Mission Critical Requirements by Efrat Aharoni-Levi
Introduction Mission Critical Data is just what its name says: critical to the core functioning of an enterprise. Mission critical data must be available 24x7 and fully backed up for immediate recovery in the event of disaster. Enterprises are constantly seeking more reliable, more efficient,... SANRAD’s V-Switch 3000 uses Iscsi technology to centrally consolidate, manage, backup and restore mission critical data at a fraction of the cost, in capital and human resources, of existing FC SAN technologies Mission Critical Requirements and SANRAD’s Solutions Storage Area Networks (SANs)...

The Key To A Quicker And Happier Computer by Terry Brazil II
I am sure that you and most everybody you know that has a computer has gotten errors. That error that you see on startup or when you are doing just about anything else is most likely caused by a registry problem. Even though you do all of your uninstalling, virus checks and regular spyware /... Now go ahead and choose find next and determine if the next entry is related to the program. ... This backup should be kept off of your computer and on a floppy disk or cd. ... Go ahead and choose "Edit" and "Find" again.

Reduce TCO: The Java Database Way by Parveen Aggarwal
TCO (Total Cost Ownership) is the buzzword in today’s business world. This metric helps enterprise managers assess direct and indirect costs and benefits derived from their investment on IT components and services. A vital component of overall TCO is database management. ... Also, the storage demands of small and mid-sized companies are growing rapidly, as more emphasis is given on data backup and long-term archival of data disaster recovery. ... They help organizations in managing the growing storage requirements by providing a cost-effective and reliable solution for data backup, file...

Top Three Factors to Consider While Choosing a Data Center for Your Business by Vinodh Pushparaj
Data Centers are the core of the Internet. The computer servers that power the Interne,t call Data Centers their home. If you think of how many billions of online transactions that happen every day you will be amazed to know that the final resting place of all these stored transactions is the... You many want to talk a little bit about their hiring and daily authentication and authorization process if you are even a mid-sized company. ... Disaster recovery systems are critical for the five 9’s in reliability don’t be stalled because a California power-company had a complete emergency...

Medical Practice Software as a Service (SaaS) by Yuval Lirov
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the new generation of ASP model designed to reduce the exorbitant costs of specialized medical practice management software. SaaS model is available for all aspects of medical practice management, including scheduling, billing, and electronic medical records... The medical practice utilizing CS model must develop in-house expertise and manage numerous services, including Internet connectivity, bandwidth, and routers Servers for Web server software, email, and firewalls Database management Data feed management Capacity management Redundancy...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Risk Analysis and Control by Robert Mahood
In the risk evaluation phase, there are a number of key areas that must be covered. One of the most important is to understand probable threats. In an ideal world, which most of us have noticed does not exist, we would identify and protect ourselves against all threats to ensure that our... After your critical business processes and systems and probable threats are established, the next step is to identify vulnerabilities and loss potential. ... Some controls such as physical security and data backup are obvious.

Database Fundamentals by Som Dutt Tripathi
Database Fundamentals must be prepared to all the computer professionals and users. If you lack in their actual meaning, you would always find an uneasiness and uncomfort when these concepts come to you. This article is targeted to a novice and expert both, sothat novice can prepare and an... 5- Backup and Recovery : Database Management Systems have proper mechanism to Backup the whole database and recover when any disaster comes to picture. ... Database Management System : DBMS is the collection of programs and tools that enable user to create and maintain data.

Avoiding Data Recovery On External Hard Disk Drives by Valerie Const
According to UniRecovery RAID Data Recovery Labs, External Hard Disk Drives provide great flexible storage option and security by providing a mobile back up option, yet this advantage has dangerous twist to users. With storage capacity running in hundreds of Gigabites, accompanied by high rates... The study also explains that no vendor-specific failure information, and that his goal is not "choosing the best and the worst vendors" but to help them to improve drive design and testing. ... On the other hand, we see only one instance of a customer rejecting an entire population of disks as a...