Internet’s physician

The word “animation,” derived from the Latin word animare (to give breath to), is frequently associated with web and entertainment industries such as film, television, and game design.

Animations can also be used to instruct and inform, particularly when a process is communicated more easily through visualization than through the written or spoken word (in contexts where language constraints are an issue, for example).

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The future of backup sounds like an oxymoron: The future involves forward thinking, and backup involves an archive or history. However, it is critical to consider that sometime in the future, we will need to recover what was done in the past to protect the present. This consideration is as critical as architecting, planning, installing, configuring, and even updating the backup and recovery solution for your enterprise. (more…)

Again using the NetBackup illustration, the good news is that adding device hosts or media servers is not as daunting a task as determining whether or not to divide your backup domain. Typically when you find that you aren’t meeting your backup window, but you have plenty of capacity in your tape library, it’s a sure sign that you need to add a media server. By performing some very basic mathematical formulas, you can determine the approximate amount of data your current environment can actually handle. First, identify any bottlenecks in your backup environment before you decide that you need to invest in more of anything. (more…)

It’s very common for blogs, to include calendars right on their home pages. For people who visit your blog or Web site on a regular basis, a calendar lets them know about upcoming events. If you create a Web site to serve as an online ‘‘gathering spot’’ for your wedding, for instance, a calendar can let attendees know about wedding showers, parties, and the event itself.

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