is prohibited.
in-time inventory, which depends heavily on database access. When a trade exchange
suffers database downtime, it disrupts the supply chains of hundreds of companies.
??? Downtime.erodes.brand.and.share.value: For a company that operates largely online,
all it takes is a well-publicized outage to tarnish the company??™s reputation. Once a
brand is deemed unreliable, financial consequences usually follow on the perceptiondriven
stock market, adversely affecting share price, financial evaluation, and market
capital.
??? Downtime.has.legal.repercussions: When companies do business together online,
they often strike a contract like a service-level agreement. A service outage can cost
the provider dearly in fines and litigation. As protection from these legal repercussions,
service providers and Web services companies need to ensure the highest availability
possible for databases and applications.
Key.Requirements.of.a.Service.Availability.Solution.
Continuous availability of voice, data, and multimedia communication services depends on
each part of the multi-service networks working reliably to deliver these services without
interruption. Hardware and software redundancy enables the management software to replace
failed resources with the appropriate standby resources such that services remain available.
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