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In the previous chapter we discussed backup and recovery. We discussed why backup was one of the critical parts of any Information Technology implementation. Hardware redundancy provides availability ...

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When I want the best performance on x86/x86-64 processors while using C, C++, Fortran, or Python, Intel tools have no equal. Intel tools can also help with C# and Java optimization. Starting this week ...

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