ALSO CALLED: Microsoft Windows DEFINITION: Windows is a personal computer operating system from Microsoft that, together with some commonly used business applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel, has become a de facto "standard" for individual users in most corporations as well as in most homes.
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WHITE PAPER: Posted: 16 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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The conversion tools provided by CoSort enable you to begin using its flexible and powerful Sort Control Language (SortCL) program, without rewriting your existing legacy sort scripts, or creating new ones.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 01 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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There is some good information presented in this document and no doubt you would like to get this information for your existing applications, even if you are not planning a migration.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2006
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Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing. Each WANJet appliance has a deep understanding of the CIFS protocol and can therefore act on behalf of a CIFS client and server to make t...
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This document discusses grid computing, Oracle's definition of it, the elements that comprise an Oracle Enterprise Grid Computing environment, and Oracle Grid on Windows.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 06 Mar 2008 | Published: 06 Mar 2008
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This paper provides an overview of various storage options available for Microsoft Exchange environments, and describes the challenges, advantages, and disadvantages of each.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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For organizations running Microsoft® SQL Server software, the database server of choice is rapidly becoming an HP platform. This white paper rates HP platform offerings in the areas of value, choice, and performance for enterprises of all sizes.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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This white paper provides strategies for achieving and maintaining a more manageable, stable, secure and cost-effective Microsoft Window infrastructure that provides the agility a business needs to adapt to change and leverage new opportunities.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Combined DR plans and HA plans often result in inadequate availability protection for the most prevalent disruptions. This paper describes an automated, fault-tolerant-class solution that prevents downtime by fully automating fault management.
WINDOWS DEFINITION (continued): Windows introduced to home and business PC users many of the graphical user interface (GUI) ideas that were developed at an experimental lab at Xerox and introduced commercially by Apple's Lisa and Macintosh computers. Some of the well-known versions of Windows have included:
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