No one likes to think about worst-case scenarios when it comes to their business; but the fact is that businesses, including yours, can be adversely impacted by a number of problems, many of which are out of your control. Equipment breakdowns, natural disasters and cyber...
As a business owner, you might wonder if you could house all the equipment you need to run your operation in-house, and manage it all yourself. While this might be okay in the beginning, in time things will get confusing. Off-site data centers offer you the chance to streamline your business. You...
Operating your business is at the top of your list of things to do. While keeping your Oracle software operating properly is a part of your business operations, keeping it up-to-date is likely a low priority. This is why you need someone who can keep the software operating at its ultimate potential. Choose...
One of the biggest questions a mid-to-large-sized company that uses the IBM/AIX platform often needs to address is whether or not to hire an outside IT services company for maintenance and support. This is especially tricky for companies that already have a small IT department....
VAX/VMS (sometimes referred to as OpenVMS) is turning 40 this year! It's amazing to think that an operating system can "live" that long. Forty years, however, doesn’t mean “over the hill” for this operating system. Many businesses and IT departments still prefer the VAX/VMS operating...
Before touching on how Service IT Direct's IBM AIX maintenance can help your business operate more efficiently and increase productivity, it's important to first get a good understanding of what IBM AIX actually is: AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is, in a nutshell, IBM's Unix-based operating system used...
The data center is the heartbeat of most businesses that use computer systems. It also uses the most energy, costing you more for electricity and doing more damage to the planet. There are some things you can do to lower energy consumption of the servers. Make sure you have sufficient...
If you run an enterprise level business, you're probably familiar with OpenVMS maintenance. Whether you need it for email servers, critical applications, or databases, OpenVMS is an old friend that you really can't do without--even though it just quietly operates in the background. Here's a...
As a business professional, you may or may not have heard of the process of business continuity planning. Your business might need this service so that you can remain in operation during certain disasters, whether they are caused by humans or are natural. Continuity planning can help during a...
No matter what size your business is, online data storage should be an essential part of your business’s IT equation; and if your business is small- or medium-sized and growing, online data storage can be the difference between lagging behind the competition and surging ahead....
