High Availability Theory and the 9’s Measurement

High availability is an indicative measure of the “up time” of an application. The moment a host application/service stops servicing requests initiated by users or other application processes, the host application/service is termed to be unavailable and the “down time” clock starts ticking.
While negotiating availability with clients, non-functional requirement documents should clearly highlight the high availability quantifiers; Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean [...]

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Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic IT Predictions for 2008

Source: Gartner’s Analytical Group

Green IT
 …..Consider potential regulations and have alternative plans for data center and capacity growth. Regulations are multiplying and have the potential to seriously constrain companies in building data centers, as the impact on power grids, carbon emissions from increased use and other environmental impacts are under scrutiny. Some companies are emphasizing their [...]

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SharePoint Solution: Pre-Analysis Considerations

The below should typically be covered during costed initial consultations with the client to focus all stakeholders on the difference with Functional and Non-Functional requirements and shape the solution with respect to compliance. 

Investigate the business vision and produce a resulting Vision Document

Investigate ROI to highlight the solution’s value proposition to the client. From experience I have noticed [...]

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SharePoint Analysis: Grouping and Segmenting Information Workers

This information was summarised based on the Apress Publication, The Expert’s Voice in SharePoint

Segmenting Information Workers
Comment w.r.t. SharePoint

Transactors
Use LOB systems to enter business data. Eg; CSR’s
User interface design for easy data input

Professionals
Write emails, merge data from various systems into spreadsheets. Called “Human Middleware”
SharePoint integration across LOB systems

Executives
Monitor KPI data, use BI tools to make [...]

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SharePoint Technologies: Comparing Features

I found that the best place to get a comparison of WSS 3.0 versus MOSS 2007 features is at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx

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