System and Network Monitoring Software, Big Brother

System and Network Monitoring Software, Big Brother: "Big Brother� Professional Edition (BBPE) is a low cost, Web-based system and network availability monitor. It provides a highly scalable, customizable and easy to maintain system with a small footprint for monitoring the near real-time availability of network devices, servers (Windows, Unix, Linux) and all network delivered services in any IT infrastructure. BBPE displays your system and network status on a color-coded Web page that proactively notifies you of problems immediately via e-mail, pager or text message."

Big Brother (1984) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Big Brother (1984) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Big Brother' is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence. In the society that Orwell describes, everybody is under complete surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase 'Big Brother is watching you', which is the core 'truth' of the propaganda system in this state.

The physical description of 'Big Brother' is reminiscent of Joseph Stalin or Lord Kitchener. In the novel, it is not clear if he actually exists as a person, or is an image crafted by the state. However, since Inner Party torturer O'Brien at one point tells Winston Smith that Big Brother can never die, the implication is that Big Brother is the personification of the party."

The Sun Online - Big Brother: The curse of Big Brother

The Sun Online - Big Brother: The curse of Big Brother: "By BELLA BATTLE
September 21, 2006

THERE was a time when reality fame seemed like a dream come true.

Shows like Big Brother lifted ordinary people from mundane lives and transformed them into stars overnight.

Just look at Jade Goody. One minute she’s a div from Essex who doesn’t know East Anglia’s in the UK, and the next she’s a millionaire with the most successful perfume launch of the year.

Of course, not every reality story has a happy ending. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking there's a curse attached to taking part in Big Brother.

As rumours emerge that Pete and Nikki were never in a real relationship at all – and fur begins to fly about who was the worst in bed – it seems a brief media frenzy is the most our reality stars can expect.

Since Big Brother’s launch in 2000, housemates have left the house only to endure muggings, rape, abuse and depression.

Clinical psychologist Ron Bracey reckons this was almost inevitable: “People put themselves forward for Big Brother because they’re insecure.

“They want to feel special and have people like them yet just the opposite is often the result.

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“Instead of the fame and attention they crave, they are quickly forgotten or, worse, attacked for the kind of person they were on TV.

“My advice to anybody wanting to take part in Big Brother is this: see it as a holiday and the chance to meet new people but nothing else.

“The chances of you achieving lasting fame and happiness from your stint on the show are slim-to-none.

Wise words. Particularly when you consider the fickle hand fate has dealt the BB contestants above."