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OS Reliability – 2011

Joshua Wood — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:00:27 +0000

Hello all, every year we the reports come out about OS reliability. These are important so that we, as an industry, know where the trend is going for server OS support. If an OS can’t run properly that means support for it will drop if the reliability isn’t improved year over year.

Of note in the report, the Microsoft OS made solid gains with the Server 2008 and Serer 2008 R2 product lines. So much of a gain that it places Server 2008 in the top 3 of the most reliable server OS’s.

Links to Reviews of Report

http://www.iaps.com/2010-2011-server-reliability-survey.html

http://www.prlog.org/11252241-ibm-microsoft-stratus-fujitsu-top-iticgfi-2011-global-server-hardware-and-os-reliability-survey.html

Until next time,
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Exchangeless Coorporate Contacts

Joshua Wood — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Life would be great if everyone used the same centralized mail server. While Exchange is an option for most it is not an option for all. Here is a great post by someone who has a few alternatives if Microsoft or Exchange aren’t your thing.

http://www.dailycupoftech.com/2008/01/28/centralized-contacts-and-corporate-calendar-without-exchange/

OpenSource Virtualization on Linux

Joshua Wood — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:57:41 +0000

VirtualBox is one of the best virtualization products that I have seen for a desktop user. It runs well and it makes life easier if you need to run applications on a PC but use Linux as your primary OS.

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Emulators/VirtualBox-23194.shtml