Large enterprises and organizations have long benefited from intranet technologies, enabling them to take advantage of networked applications accessible from anywhere within their enterprise. By contrast, smaller organizations have typically been less successul in capitalizing on intranet technology because the IT costs of operating a highly networked computer environment are excessive without large economies of [...]

Through experience, we have learned that achieving high availability requires more than just purchasing and installing the necessary hardware and software technology. It involves understanding key requirements, then designing and deploying an environment of technology, people, and procedures to manage threats to system availability.

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