reliability

Verizon Wireless suffered its second 4G LTE data outage. Is Big Red losing its reliability edge?

The IE team has worked with add-on developers and improved its system of error reporting during the beta and release candidate of IE9 to increase the reliability of the browser.

Novell: "Nation's largest drugstore chain migrates from UNIX to Linux to increase reliability, reduce cost and accelerate new store setup."

Wazi: "Looking for ways to save money on your computing infrastructure? Heard about Linux uptime but need to do more research?

You're not alone. Community Linux distros have become increasingly popular within the enterprise as organizations look to cut costs without compromising on functionality and reliability."

Last week I wrote "Cloud is Just Another Word for "Sucker". My objections to buying into this whole "cloud" services fad are three-fold: trust, reliability, and performance.

But why not do-it-yourself? Linux has everything you need.

When dealing with large distributed systems, knowing some basic performance and failure numbers helps you understand what you can reasonably expect both in terms of performance and reliability.

Non-SQL oriented distributed databases are all the rage in some circles. They're designed to scale from day 1 and offer reliability in the face of failures.

Linux Magazine: "Gmail has changed the way we think about email, mostly for the better. Lately, though, Gmail has become notorious for its problems rather than speedy search and its “never delete mail again,” storage allotments.

It might be time for a tough love approach."

Gmail has changed the way we think about email, mostly for the better. Lately, though, Gmail has become notorious for its problems rather than speedy search and its "never delete mail again," storage allotments.

It might be time for a tough love approach.

TechRadar: "Debian's been around now for an impressive 16 years and is still renowned for its reliability and stability -- although it's sometimes criticised for its rather slow release process.

It's also the distro that the very popular Ubuntu is based on."