Comments on: Application Availability, Reliability and Downtime: Ignorance is NOT Bliss http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/04/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/ The Time for Business is Now Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EdgemCreera http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/04/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-64 EdgemCreera Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:45:56 +0000 http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/07/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-64 It's better to leave Windows XP and just upgrade your laptop. It's much better. Besides, Windows XP is way better then Windows Me. Windows Me is obsolete and many programs that can run with XP, can't run with Me. ------------------- It’s better to leave Windows XP and just upgrade your laptop. It’s much better. Besides, Windows XP is way better then Windows Me. Windows Me is obsolete and many programs that can run with XP, can’t run with Me.

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]]> By: Laura DiDio http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/04/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Laura DiDio Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:07:51 +0000 http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/07/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-38 Hi, Dan: Welcome to the ITIC Website and thanks for taking the time to post. I agree with you; if businesses tracked the value of availability, the cost of downtime and its immediate and long-term effects and impact on the business, they would be amazed -- and not in a good way. Meanwhile, Stratus Technologies in Maynard, MA. has published a terrific series of booklets that address this question. Two of them titled, "Fault Tolerance for Dummies," and "Availability for Dummies" provide invaluable data and equations that assist companies in determining the cost of downtime. It's not always easy to determine the actual value, but that shouldn't stop IT departments from making the attempt to at least make a "guesstimate." Something is better than nothing. Really, all you need to get started is the three "Cs": communication, collaboration & cooperation amongst C-level executives, IT, plant facilities managers and the people making purchasing decisions and negotiating licensing contracts. It's also crucial for companies to know the value of their vendor contracts AND the revenue/earnings value that each of their customers represents to the business. Hi, Dan:
Welcome to the ITIC Website and thanks for taking the time to post. I agree with you; if businesses tracked the value of availability, the cost of downtime and its immediate and long-term effects and impact on the business, they would be amazed — and not in a good way. Meanwhile, Stratus Technologies in Maynard, MA. has published a terrific series of booklets that address this question. Two of them titled, “Fault Tolerance for Dummies,” and “Availability for Dummies” provide invaluable data and equations that assist companies in determining the cost of downtime. It’s not always easy to determine the actual value, but that shouldn’t stop IT departments from making the attempt to at least make a “guesstimate.” Something is better than nothing. Really, all you need to get started is the three “Cs”: communication, collaboration & cooperation amongst C-level executives, IT, plant facilities managers and the people making purchasing decisions and negotiating licensing contracts. It’s also crucial for companies to know the value of their vendor contracts AND the revenue/earnings value that each of their customers represents to the business.

]]> By: dskwire http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/04/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-36 dskwire Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:23:23 +0000 http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/07/application-availability-reliability-and-downtime-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-36 A long time ago,perhaps early to mid 1980's, IBM published a Washington Systems Center orange-colored guidebook (now it is likely an Enterprise Systems Center Redbook), with a title similar to "So You'd Like to Know the Value of Availability?". It offered some suggestions, and great examples of the value of uptime (costs of downtime) for major online applications. A great book. With the advent of businesses on the internet, they are "all online all the time", potentially. It is not easy to determine the value of availability, but it is very valuable, and a great starting point to develop a plan for how much redundancy and availability improvements are worth to an organization. A long time ago,perhaps early to mid 1980′s, IBM published a Washington Systems Center orange-colored guidebook (now it is likely an Enterprise Systems Center Redbook), with a title similar to “So You’d Like to Know the Value of Availability?”. It offered some suggestions, and great examples of the value of uptime (costs of downtime) for major online applications. A great book.

With the advent of businesses on the internet, they are “all online all the time”, potentially.

It is not easy to determine the value of availability, but it is very valuable, and a great starting point to develop a plan for how much redundancy and availability improvements are worth to an organization.

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