January 2006
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January 25, 2006
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Jan'06
zSeries revenue rebounds once again
Dogged by nearly a year of sluggish revenues, things are starting to look up for Big Blue's mainframe business--a sign that the company's investment in z9 is about to pay off. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2006
25
Jan'06
More to BDO Seidman SugarCRM migration than time and money
When an internal CRM application needed a performance boost at national financial firm BDO Seidman, the answer lay in open source SugarCRM. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Cooling and heating in the data center
This guide address all the issues from selecting the most power efficient servers to finding power supplies to disasters and securing the equipment within. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Tips for data center cabling
This guide address all the issues from selecting the most power efficient servers to finding power supplies to disasters and securing the equipment within. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Managing the general physical environment
This guide address all the issues from selecting the most power efficient servers to finding power supplies to disasters and securing the equipment within. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Guide to data center standards
This guide address all the issues from selecting the most power efficient servers to finding power supplies to disasters and securing the equipment within. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Defending against unsafe coding practices with "libsafe"
In this tip, PaX team developers Justin Korelc and Ed Tittel introduce libsafe, an application defense mechanism that bars known-vulnerable library calls for pre-compiled binaries. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Staying smart with Sybase
Sybase expert Talebzadeh describes the differences between the drop and truncate table commands besides giving advice on which pre-compiled procedure is quicker. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Users get to the root of Linux security holes
While identifying Microsoft as a large source of IT security snafus, respondents to a SearchOpenSource.com survey also found holes in Linux security. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
Feature: Companies tuning out critical alerts
Like a barking dog or leaky faucet, network pros are tuning out alerts from monitoring and analysis tools because of how many false-positives and non-critical warnings they receive. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2006
24
Jan'06
User group chief gives views through Windows
As a Windows expert and current chairman of the Boston Area Windows Server User Group, Dan Stolts hears and sees just about everything that comes along involving Microsoft's enterprise technologies. Stolts has led former lives as a programmer, a ... Continue Reading
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January 20, 2006
20
Jan'06
Two departments, one budget
Network traffic is converging; network equipment is converging. IT departments are converging. But what about their budgets? See what networking expert Carrie Higbie has to say. Continue Reading
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January 19, 2006
19
Jan'06
Starting a server without RUNSERVER
Sybase expert Mich Talebzadeh explains how to start a database server without using the RUNSERVER file by typing out each individual command. Continue Reading
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January 19, 2006
19
Jan'06
Open source waits for a Xen moment in 2006
What's with Xen? The open source virtualization app has fueled hype, but some question if it has the stomach to go against VMware, et al. Read on to see how it can. Continue Reading
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January 19, 2006
19
Jan'06
BMC buys into continuous data protection
IT management firm BMC partnered with disaster recovery startup XOsoft to sell continuous data protection (CDP) technology as part of BMC's backup software. This is the latest in a string of recent partnerships by major systems vendors around CDP, ... Continue Reading
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January 19, 2006
19
Jan'06
Scanning and virus protection on Red Hat
Security expert James Turnbull recommends resources for securing the Red Hat OS against viruses. Continue Reading
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January 19, 2006
19
Jan'06
Running Sybase without the RUNSERVER file
Sybase expert Mich Talebzadeh describes how to start a server without the benefit of the RUNSERVER file by typing out the individual commands. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2006
18
Jan'06
Moving 600 developers off the mainframe
Micro Focus eased an army of in house COBOL programmers off of the mainframe and onto Windows while maintaining the legacy APS language at Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina. The company is also in the process of refining its SOA vision. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2006
18
Jan'06
Securing Linux applications with compiler extensions
PaX team developers Justin Korelc and Ed Tittel explain how to secure your environment using compiler extensions as a first-line defense when running unverified 3rd-party software. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2006
18
Jan'06
Keeping OSS viable
Open source software and applications expert Bernard Golden explains why OS projects will live on when their proprietary counterparts die off. Continue Reading