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Server 2003. I'll talk about what is happening with Linux in the data center, Unix-to-Linux migration, and how we see Linux growing up to now deal with large databases such as Oracle, DB2, and large enterprise applications like SAP or CRM or other related... More...
two years ago, every month bigger and bigger announcements were coming out relative to Linux and vendor support of Linux. More and more, Linux seemed like a viable operating system in the data center. Then, Oracle announced a partnership with Red Hat and Dell to... More...
Financial firms lead the pack in adoption of new technology, and they're moving from Unix to Linux machines to take advantage of lower price points."

Sybase's database software sales have struggled to keep pace with IBM, Oracle Corp. and Microsoft. The joint venture is... More...

there? Is this just another release, or is it a breakthrough that could take Linux to new heights?

Linux has certainly come of age since the time that people did not think it was a scalable OS that could really compete with Unix. For years, people would say... More...

that demonstrates each issue. It was disappointing that several answers related to Linux as a server platform, not as a desktop tool. What was even more significant is that not one person offered a reply to the third question. This interview was the perfect... More...
as a means to build upon gains realized from their initial migration to Linux.

Most importantly, enterprise IT has migrated to Linux to leverage commodity hardware in lieu of legacy proprietary h/w running Unix. Linux lets these organizations... More...

of the underlying platforms. "In this case, it's not about leveraging AD to sign on to Linux; it's about using one username and password to sign on to everything, including AD, Linux, Unix," Enck said.

User provisioning, on the other hand, allows the user to take a common... More...

and is ready for mission-critical, financial services workloads.

"I'm starting to see Linux companies focusing on enterprise customer needs" and beefing up their staff of talented Unix developers, Kutty said after the conference. "These are signs... More...
way of bringing high-performance computing into an enterprise that needs to perform large and complex calculations and transactions. Networking Intel-based Linux servers, which scale exponentially, serves budget-strapped enterprises very... More...
are in converting customers from Microsoft Windows or commercial Unix over to Linux, and also in totally new markets where there is no incumbent," he said.

It's all business at Red Hat

Iams has observed that Red Hat is carefully watching the market, listening... More...

capabilities, says Tim Witham, CTO of Open Source Development Labs. Prior to taking the stage at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo San Francisco, Witham offered a preview of new kernel features and summed up the wins scored by Linux 2.6. The current... More...
these commercial models.

But easily accessible, affordable Linux support tailored to users' specific technology environments remains elusive. And those users who have found successful alternatives still warn that it's important to ensure a maximum... More...

up Directory Server that will also tackle identity management issues, according to Mike Ferris, director of security solutions for Red Hat Inc. in Raleigh, N.C.

Red Hat Directory Server is most often used to simplify the management of Lightweight... More...

By all reports -- from tea leaves to star charts -- server virtualization on x86 architecture will become one of the most disruptive technologies to storm the data center this year.

However, any user... More...

According to IDC's quarterly server report, server sales are up, but the number of servers being shipped is slowing down, and virtualization is the culprit.

The Framingham, Mass.-based... More...

On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Oracle Corp. launched a new Linux partnership program and announced 15 new Linux partners at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.

Although Oracle has thousands of partners, it created a special partnership... More...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has been working with the operating system to ensure it is optimized for the upcoming quad-core AMD Opteron processors, code-named Barcelona.

Much of the work, said AMD's director of commercial applications... More...

months. A lot of the smaller vertical vendors have not yet converted their products to Linux.

I think today in the data center, we're at the point now in our technology plan where we can show a Linux destination for almost every application that we run. But I think... More...

Oracle announces record database, app server benchmarks on Linux

Oracle Corp. announced a record four-processor TPC-C single-system benchmark for an Oracle database 10g on a Hewlett-Packard Integrity rx5670 Itanium 2 64-bit server... More...

Red Hat Inc. took the first step this week toward the inclusion of Security Enhanced Linux in its enterprise offerings when it released Fedora Core 2, test2.

The latest beta of Fedora, an openly developed and constantly changing version of Linux sponsored by... More...

several books on open system software. His latest, Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux, helps Windows users make the move to Linux.

At the Linux Desktop Summit in San Diego, van der Linden spoke with SearchOpenSource.com's MiMi Yeh about why applications are... More...

implementations on Linux had experienced the fastest growth from 2004 to 2005.

The growth in the Linux virtualization sector bodes well for technologies like Virtuozzo, which uses an operating system-level virtualization. With this... More...

is Mozilla's system for small navigation movements within a document?

The answer to question #1 is C.
a. Recipe navigation occurs when the user calls on habit and memory to complete a task.
b. XUL (Extensible User-interface Language) is a standard way to... More...

Enterprises that wish to deploy Linux on their infrastructures or data centers in the next 12 months are being asked to download and examine a test version of the Linux 2.6 kernel released... More...

provider Xandros Inc. have announced a collaboration agreement that promises to protect customers from patent infringement suits.

According to Microsoft, it will make patent covenants available for customers of Xandros Server, Desktop and... More...

SUSE White Papers
IBM® Lotus® Domino® Server Performance on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5 by Red Hat
of Lotus Domino Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for simulated workloads. This paper gives a brief introduction to the Lotus Domino performance benchmarking concepts and methodology. It will also outline the detailed procedures for running the Server Load Utility...
Root Access Risk Control: Closing Compliance Gaps by Symark International, Inc.
with provable control. Compliance efforts and security concerns have driven businesses to make substantial investments in threat control. Too often, however, these efforts pay far too little heed to the risks posed by poorly controlled access to administrative privilege in IT...
ETL World Record Benchmark Report-Extending Data Warehouse Performance by Vertica Systems
c7000 x86 servers running the RedHat Linux operating system. The paper explains how the test was configured, the audited results and the technological innovations that contributed to the new mark...
Linux Security Corner
Successful Mobile Deployments Require Robust Security by Lopez Research
IT must now support and secure these mobile devices. Read this whitepaper to find out the unique security requirements that these mobile devices create and the three components of mobile security protection. Mobility has fast become a critical part of an enterprise's...
Make the Right Database Investment by Sybase, Inc.
Sybase as the clear winner. Read this paper to learn why enterprises choose Sybase ASE on Linux for mission-critical applications that demand lightning-fast performance. In this paper the Standish Group International, Inc. has put together a comprehensive...
MKS Toolkit for Developers v9.2p2 by MKS, Inc. - Interoperability Division
allows you to port scripts, source code, and working environments quickly and easily from UNIX/Linux to Windows.

The MKS Toolkit solutions allow users to instantly be productive in both 32 and 64-bit Windows environments while doing their development, testing or...