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ALSO CALLED: Web Utilities, Utilities, System Utilities, Utility Programs, Software Utilities, and Internet Utilities
DEFINITION: In computers, a utility is a small program that provides an addition to the capabilities provided by the operating system. In some usages, a utility is a special and nonessential part of the operating system. The print "utility" that comes with the operating system is an example. It's not absolutely
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Tiered Storage Best Practices for File Archiving
| sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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In this expert videocast, Greg Forest from Contoural diagrams a typical file-archiving system and details the software and hardware components that comprise a file-archiving architecture. He also explains best practices for organizing tiered storage for the best performance, availability and cost savings.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 26 Jun 2009
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InstallShield 2010 Premier Edition with Virtualization Pack
| sponsored by Acresso
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Software installation failures frustrate customers and increase a software company's support costs. But the more complex your application's installation requirements, the more difficult it is to build a reliable, professional installer. Try out InstallShield 2010 free for 3 weeks.
Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Published: 18 Jun 2009
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How to get mainframe MIPS under control: Tips for shrinking your mainframe processing costs
| sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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Today's data center pros need to cut costs wherever possible, and the mainframe presents significant opportunities to do so. This expert podcast explains how to use specialty processors, load balancing, and compression database software for this task.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 03 Jun 2009
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Sun and VMware Solutions Guide for Windows Server Consolidation
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Read this white paper to learn how Sun has teamed up with VMware to provide a solution for Windows Server Consolidation. Together these two companies have created a unified solution that encompasses the expansive storage capabilities while using a NFS infrastructure.
Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 01 Nov 2008
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Minnkota Power: Power Cooperative Streamlines Printing from Oracle eAM
| sponsored by STR Software
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Eager to increase efficiencies and automate their work order printing process, Minnkota installed STR Software's new AventX Oracle Attachment Printer product. Read this case study for their complete experience and see if the AventX Oracle Attachment Printer is right for your organization.
Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009
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byREQUEST - Data File Transfer Solution for Sharepoint
| sponsored by Hillary Software
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From any operating system or any application byREQUEST can automatically pickup and move reports, documents, files and data directly into SharePoint on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly schedule.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009
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Preparing For Email and File Archiving Best Practices
| sponsored by Proofpoint, Inc.
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Learn how to get started on building a business case for deployment, preparing your organizations' employees and understanding the new federal rules of civil procedure.
Posted: 16 Jan 2009 | Premiered: 15 Jan 2009
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Sharepoint E-zine Vol.3: Using SharePoint's InfoPath feature to generate forms
| sponsored by SearchWinIT
EZINE:
This guide explains planning global enterprise SharePoint deployments, creating custom global search scopes in SharePoint and top tips for harnessing Microsoft SharePoint governance.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008
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UTILITY SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued):
required to run programs and, if it didn't come with the operating system, you could perhaps add it. In other usages, a utility is an application that is very specialized and relatively limited in capability. A good example is a search-and-replace utility. Some operating systems provide a limited capability to do a search-and-replace for given character strings. You can add a much more capable search-and-replace utility that runs as an application program. However, compared to a word processor,
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