January 2004 Online Extras

An assortment of articles, presentations and content exclusive to Baseline online.

Connecting Costs
Calculating Costs of Mobile Data Centers
Figure out the costs of a mobile data center and the associated applications and hardware that go with backing up your data.

How Tape Shapes Up
Tape storage libraries deliver more bytes for the storage buck than the lowest-cost disk drives, and even higher-capacity systems are planned. At the same time, a shift is underway to use inexpensive disks to supplement tape archives.

Be sure to check out our Dossiers on three tape storage specialists:
• StorageTek ("Premium Choice"),
• ADIC ("A Smaller Footprint"), and
• Quantum ("Losing A Step").

Paperless Payoff
Tool: Benefits of Managing Invoices Electronically
This calculator measures the potential return of an electronic invoice-presentation system.


Primer: SODA
Quiz: How Big Is Your Thirst For SODA?
Services-Oriented Development of Applications (SODA) is a comprehensive approach to developing applications using software services found on the Web. Does your application stand to benefit from a healthy gulp?