August 2007 - Posts

• Software as a Service (SaaS)

  Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors are becoming increasingly popular as they offer richer features with cost efficient solutions for their customers. These services reduce the initial software cost of various applications and allow companies to use Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:24 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Understanding Risk

  There are two metrics often considered when analyzing the risk of a given situation and configuration: 1) MTBF : Mean Time Between Failures: This is the time between failures of a system or device. It is preferred for this metric to be as large as possible. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:02 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• RAID10

  RAID0 is a stripe, which is fast but has no redundancy. RAID1 is a mirror which is faster than a single disk, but not as fast for read operations as 3+ disks (RAID1 is just 2 disks). RAID5 is a stripe with parity which is faster on read operations than Read More... Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 7:45 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Looking for great people

  We are looking for some more great people to join our team. Let us know if you have interest and feel you would be a good fit. Position details here: http://www.orcsweb.com/aboutus/careers.aspx Brad Read More... Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 7:39 AM by Brad | 0 Comments