Tag: SERVERS

It's easy to back up your blog if it resides in a database on your server, but what do you do if it's hosted by someone else? I recently moved from a self-hosted blog to Tumblr, and while I couldn't be happier, the backup issue was making me nervous. That is, until I found out that the folks at Tumblr have been thinking about it too, and they recently released a beta backup tool for Mac users ...

Google and some of the other leading technology companies that depend on large amounts of power are working hard to ensure they are minimizing their power consumptions. In order to cut down costs of electricity and ensure that systems are running in optimal conditions, many data center's are turning to alternative energy to power their high end systems. Google has fitted the Googleplex to be ...

A large expense, and head scratching issue many businesses face is data backup. Should they pony up the cash to develop an internal solution, or do they hunt out external solutions. Symantec, the well known protection company, has opened a solution for small to mid-sized businesses. Symantec has released its Online Backup Service for beta testing, with a full release later this year. The system is ...

Joe Stagner, Microsoft's "Opinionated Misfit Geek" gave keynote speech on Microsoft's ideas to allow PHP developers to use Windows for not only development but deployment as well. Most PHP developers use Linux for deployment, something Microsoft (of course) isn't happy about. PHP currently runs better on Linux than it does on Windows, which Microsoft hopes to change. Some functions of PHP don't ...