Category Archives: Information Technology

Compliance is a required attribute of networks and information technology infrastructure for some businesses, and a voluntary goal and best practice for others. No matter what you business’s interest in compliance, it can be a difficult web to navigate, with … Continue reading →

Silicion Graphics, Inc (SGI) started returning to form in 2007-2008 after some ill-advised forays into high-powered computing that took it away from what it does best, what it had always done: graphics, of course. Especially performance graphics. When SGI introduced … Continue reading →

Discovery has always been important to legal proceedings. Poring through papers to find relevant documents was a huge part of what litigation support services offered in the days before computers. Discovery still matters, but ediscovery — the searching of electronic … Continue reading →

Along with the ugly and constant news of layoffs comes reports like this latest one about a fired contractor at Fannie Mae who allegedly tried to create a “Server Graveyard.” Rajendrasinh Makwana worked for three years for a subcontractor of … Continue reading →

Businesses can spend substantial amounts on network performance management – analyzing usage patterns, designing proper architecture and evaluating its impact. However, these carefully designed systems quickly become redundant when traffic that is unexpected, unsolicited or unwanted begins to sap bandwidth. … Continue reading →

Many businesses nowadays cannot function at all without their computer systems – information technology infrastructure and networks have become an integral part of working life for many businesses. Network performance issues are less dramatic, but can have just as big … Continue reading →

For many organizations, the initial decision to employ the use of a mainframe or AS/400 centered around the system’s unprecedented stability. The term (RAS) was coined by IBM, and refers to the reliability, availability and serviceability of a system. According … Continue reading →

There was a time about a year ago when I went into Best Buy, my expectations through the rough. It was nearly a decade after buying my first computer, a 1999 Compaq, and I was tired of the constant lagging, … Continue reading →

Today, many of these necessary processes can be automated and occur automatically with the right software asset management tools. Of the steps detailed above, only establishing software standards needs to be a manual process. For many organizations, software assets provide … Continue reading →

Despite its brief history of just over twenty-five years, Sun MicroSystems’ record of eminent employees is a long list indeed. Some are long-standing staff who helped Sun accomplish its innovative advances in the technology industry. Others are people who have … Continue reading →