TiVo’s disaster recovery plan
TiVo, a company with more than 600 users, 700 servers and 100TB of data, is based in Alviso, Calif., an area prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. With that in mind, the company recently set up a disaster recovery site in Las Vegas, co-located with the service provider Switch Communications. Richard Rothschild, director of IT at the DVR maker and service provider, explains why Vegas was the perfect choice.
Virtualization security needed – now!
Experts say it’s only a matter of time before malware writers weasel their way into the core of a virtual server platform. Here’s how to stop them.
Worried companies block Facebook
The security backlash against Facebook has taken a new twist with a survey finding that large numbers of employees are now being blocked from accessing it.
IBM to turn Sametime IM into a family of products
IBM Corp. is hoping to broaden the appeal of its Sametime enterprise IM software by expanding the current stand-alone offering into a …
Skype offers more details of ‘perfect storm’ outage
The situation that prevented millions of people from accessing Skype’s Internet telephony service late last week was a “perfect storm” and …
Telecommuters lack advanced videoconferencing – for now
The cost of advanced telepresence gear – in the hundreds of thousands of dollars – means that the price is too great to pay except for exceptionally high-ranking or ultra-valuable employees. But vendors are finding ways to patch in users working from home who are equipped with lesser and less costly videoconferencing gear, and predict that over time improvements in codecs and lower bandwidth costs will ultimately boost the quality of telecommuter telepresence images.
Google offers refunds for irked video customers
Google has apologized for the way it shut down its video sales and rental service last week, leaving people unable to play videos they …
New tool turns users into SOA programmers
Serena has said it will jump into the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market next month with a user-oriented development tool set aimed at promoting …
