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EasySpooler by ROC Software
thin. EasySpooler delivers the cost savings and improved control promised by enterpriOnce a UNIX, Linux, or Windows system considers an output job complete, there is virtually no way to recover or recreate that job. When...
Collaboration and Messaging Best Practices: Linux Desktop Migration by Red Hat
You may wonder what sorts of everyday applications are available in a Linux desktop environment. You can do anything with Linux that you can with Windows. Try the Linux alternative offered...
MKS X/Server v 8.5 by MKS, Inc.
a crucial topic that many IT professionals face in day-to-day environments specifically with Windows, Linux and UNIX. This demonstrated product is the ideal solution. Product Type: High-performance, transparent PC X server...
Booting over Infiniband for Consolidation Savings: Using Sun x64 Servers, Sun HPC Software Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX Technologies by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
study, investigating the feasibility of implementing BoIB using Sun x64 servers, Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX technology. This proof of concept exercise demonstrated the feasibility of...
Red Hat/IBM Free Lotus Notes Live DVD Install Guide by Red Hat
Lotus on Linux is a secure collaboration and messaging platform. It's a simple, easy and affordable way for small and mid-sized business...
Optim Data Growth Solution for Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise by IBM
retention regulations, such as age/date, transaction status, business unit or company. For example, you may choose to archive all closed orders that are two years old or more. Optim identifies all transactions that meet these criteria...
Optim Data Growth Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite by IBM
retention regulations, such as age/date, transaction status, business unit or company. For example, you may choose to archive all closed orders that are two years old or more. Optim identifies all transactions that meet these criteria...
Modular Storage: The Dell™ Powervault™ MD Storage Family by Dell, Inc.
architecture and ensuring the availability of your data. In the past, storage customers were forced to choose between capability and price. Today, the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family offers the perfect balance: the PowerVault MD3000i...
Architectural Requirements for a Datacenter-Ready Virtualization Platform by VMware, Inc.
Read why the Taneja Group, Technology Analysts, believe VMware has fundamental architectural advantages over competing...
ExtraView Bug Tracker by Extraview Corporation
ExtraView Bug Tracker supports browsers including Internet Explorer or Netscape on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, and many other platforms. Now, all product and service teams, regardless of function or location, are united...
Defect Tracker by Extraview Corporation
Defect Tracker supports browsers including Internet Explorer or Netscape on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, and many other platforms. Now, all product and service teams, regardless of function or location, are united...
ExtraView IT HelpDesk by Extraview Corporation
ExtraView IT HelpDesk supports browsers including Internet Explorer or Netscape on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, and many other platforms. Now, all product and service teams, regardless of function or location, are united...
Customer Support solution by Extraview Corporation
Customer Support supports browsers including Internet Explorer or Netscape on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, and many other platforms. Now, all product and service teams, regardless of function or location, are united...
IBM and Red Hat: Security-Rich Collaboration and Messaging Platform by Red Hat
Office alternative for under- and over-provisioned users and application development • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 client and server: provides reduced costs and improved operational flexibility
Top Use-Cases for Replication Demand Integration with Backup and Restore Capabilities by CommVault Systems, Inc.
however, storage- and network-embedded replication is deployed with UNIX systems while Windows and Linux environments commonly run host-based software replication. In this paper, DCIG considers the specialized...
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Migration prep, part 3: Manual migration from MS SQL Server to MySQL by Jan Stafford, Editor

Select all tables that are being migrated, right-click, and choose Generate SQL Scripts.
In the dialog that appears, switch to the 'Formatting' tab. Uncheck Generate the DROP <object > Command for Each Object box. Check Generate Scripts for All Dependent Objects.
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Samba's Terpstra shoots down open source misinformation by Jan Stafford
goals.

That said, in general, do you still see good reasons to choose Linux over Windows?

Terpstra: Cost control is one of many factors that may cause a business to choose to use Linux or other open source software. Other factors include autonomy, freedom from lock-in, ability to customize the application to better... More...

Expert predicts OpenOffice revolution by Jan Stafford, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com Site Editor
print settings for spreadsheets. In the spreadsheet, choose Format/Page and get to know the settings in the Page and Sheet tabs. This combined with making sure the printer itself is set up correctly in your operating system settings will take care of virtually all spreadsheet printing issues.

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Sun CEO: 90% of companies running Linux choose Red Hat
annual Vortex conference while touting the claim that 9 out of 10 companies running Linux choose Red Hat in the data center... More...
Linux and mainframes, part 2: Choosing distros and apps
An author explains how an enterprise can choose a Linux distributor and open-source applications for the mainframe in this interview, the second installment in a two-part series... More...