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• Power-hungry or just powerless?

  Are you all powerful or just powerless? Take this quiz to assess your power know how in the data center. The questions are more difficult than you might think, so do a little pre-test prepping by reading our  Continue Reading

• Ruling your IT universe

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• Compliance

  Compliance is a difficult subject -- with so many angles, it's hard to keep them all covered! Our quiz tests your knowledge on things compliance-oriented, including organizations that require compliance. Continue Reading

• Do you speak geek: Respecting the letter of the law

  Test your knowledge of compliance laws. Continue Reading

• crontab

  crontab is a UNIX command that creates a table or list of commands, each of which is to be executed by the operating system at a specified time. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  • Unix
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  • SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux)
  • Emergency Power Off (EPO) button
  • CMDB (configuration management database)
  • infrastructure (IT infrastructure)

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• Systems Network Architecture (SNA)

  SNA is a proprietary IBM architecture and set of implementing products for network computing within an enterprise.Continue Reading

• chmod (change mode)

  In a UNIX-based operating system, chmod (change mode) is a command used by a file owner or administrator to change the definition of access permissions to a file or set of files.Continue Reading

• CRON script

  A CRON script is a list of one or more commands to a computer operating system or application server that are to be executed at a specified time.Continue Reading

• shell script

  A shell script is a text file that contains a sequence of commands for a UNIX-based operating system.Continue Reading

• Andrew

  Andrew was a joint project between Carnegie-Mellon University and IBM to set up a distributed computing environment on the CMU campus.Continue Reading

• BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)

  BSD (originally: Berkeley Software Distribution) refers to the particular version of the UNIX operating system that was developed at and distributed from the University of California at Berkeley.Continue Reading

• Negotiating - Do you speak business? Question 7

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• Quiz: Negotiating -- Do you speak business?

  Find out how much you know about the language of negotiation.Continue Reading

• Negotiating - Do you speak business? Question 9

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