Veritas Cluster Server for VMware ESX enables organizations to achieve higher levels of availability for their VI3 environments by providing comprehensive availability for the underlying server, virtual machines and the applications running with in those virtual machines. Customers can now simplify and automate disaster recovery through failover of virtual machines locally or between clusters in remote location.

Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0 from Symantec provides a single file system schema that can span up to 32 servers in a cluster. With Storage Foundation Cluster File System, cluster-wide volume and file system configuration allows for simplified management-and extending clusters is simplified as new servers adopt cluster-wide configurations. Because all files can be accessed by all servers, applications can be allocated to servers to balance load or meet other operational requirements.

Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 for Windows brings advanced online storage management to Microsoft Windows Server environments. By creating virtual storage devices from physical disks and arrays, storage can be optimally configured, shared, and managed without requiring interruption to servers and mission-critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint Server.

Veritas Cluster Server is the industry's leading cross-platform clustering solution for minimizing application downtime. Through central management tools, automated failover, features to test disaster recovery plans without disruption, and advanced failover management based on server capacity, Cluster Server allows IT managers to maximize resources by moving beyond reactive recovery to proactive management of application availability.

Backup Exec System Recovery 8 Desktop Edition is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery that restores desktops/laptops in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments. Additional benefits include flexible off-site protection, integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions and centralized management to help simplify administration.

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery with the ability to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments. It features flexible offsite protection and enhanced recovery capabilities, integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions, and support for Windows Server 2008.

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 provides rapid and reliable Windows Vista migration. Ghost is the industry's most widely-used corporate imaging, deployment and system management solution. Ghost can assist in all phases of Vista migration and enhances Microsoft's own best practices by providing a single management console in addition to significantly accelerated imaging and deployment.

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.1 helps organizations access and manage remote computers securely across multiple platforms (including Windows Vista, Linux, and Mac OS X Universal) in order to resolve issues quickly. Easy-to-use and streamlined connectivity provides access to your mission-critical servers in the event of a disaster, ensuring comprehensive control of your servers and endpoint devices.

These are steps you should take NOW, before you arrive on campus, to ensure that your computer will be as safe as possible from viruses and other malicious programs which are rampant these days on the Internet. If you arrive with an infected computer, or if it becomes infected after you're here, you may lose access to the Internet until you clean it up. This can take hours, endanger your personal documents, and require you to re-format your hard drive and re-install your operating system and all your applications from scratch. Although CUIT is here to help you should it be necessary, it's up to YOU to take the necessary precautions to secure your computer.

Operating systems, like Windows XP and Macintosh OS X, are made up of countless parts with different functions ideally working in harmony. That some of these parts should be less than perfect is inevitable. But when a problem leaves a hole in your machine's defenses, it is extremely important to patch it as soon as possible. This is best accomplished by using built-in automatic update features through the Windows Security Center in Windows XP, Automatic Updates control panel in earlier versions of Windows, and the Software Update application in Macintosh OS X under System Properties. Keep in mind that your machine may need to be restarted after you update.