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The fast track to mobile Linux

The fast track to mobile LinuxThe fast track to mobile LinuxThis doesn't make much sense. Replace the RTOS with linux, then run a RTOS on top of a virtualization layer which will slow things down negating the purpose of a RTOS.How it worksYou keep the part of the RTOS...

Tags: RTOS, fast track, Mobile Linux, Linux, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Embedded Windows systems architect revisiting platform choice

Embedded Windows systems architect revisiting platform choiceSo what's his message for Gates and Ballmer?and he has a message for Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.So, what is his message? The article seems to stop just when it gets interesting. Am I missing something?Alternative OSesI am a Linux advocate and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Windows XPe, Linux, Microsoft Windows CE, RTOS, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-01-18

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The fast track to mobile Linux

Linux can replace RTOSs while the RTOS is still there to support the wireless stack by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Linux, UNIX, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Why Linux won the embedded market?

One story not told often enough involves Linux' growing domination of the embedded market. In this space Linux usually stacks up against older Real Time Operating Systems RTOS. The decision by Wind River, the largest RTOS vendor, to migrate toward Linux was a turning point. ...

Tags: Tensilica Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-02

The battle for the embedded market heats up

Matt Asay has a nifty piece up right now about the embedded Linux market. It's well worth reading. Readers may think, however, that the key to market victory here lies in Taiwan, or maybe even China. I don't think it does. I think it's...

Tags: Matt Asay, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-18

VirtualLogix VLX for Network Infrastructure v3.0 Supports Windows

Virtual machine technology has many uses. Most are familiar with using this technology to create virtual servers. Some are familiar with how virtual machine software combined with connection brokers or virtual access software can be used to create virtual clients or desktops. Few are knowledgeable when it comes to the...

Tags: Network Infrastructure, Network, Environment, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Technology, VirtualLogix, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Virtualizing Storage for VMware Success

Server virtualization has made day-to-day life a whole lot simpler for systems administrators; however, the benefits have not been shared by storage administrators and backup operators, who face new challenges as the result of data encapsulation. Storage infrastructure and operational practices that were designed for physical server architectures are not...

Tags: Backup, Server, VMware Inc., NetApp, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-01-23

EMC Disk Library DL4106, DL4206, and DL4406 Version 3.1: Best Practices Planning

Today's increasing requirements for application availability combined with growth of data volumes dictates a paradigm shift for solutions. IT environments are faced with the combination of this data growth and shrinking backup windows to get their backups completed. Restore Time Objectives RTOs and Restore Point Objectives RPOs are also becoming...

Tags: Disk, EMC Corp., Backups

White papers 2008-01-01

Accelerate Disaster Recovery

Accelerating disaster recovery is a requirement in today's business environment. There is no room for downtime, and lost data is a competitive liability. View this Webcast, featuring Harold Byun from Riverbed Technology, to learn how advancements in wide-area data services WDS can reduce RPOs and RTOs even more. Hear featured...

Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management

Webcasts 2007-10-11

Ruling expressly denies Express Logic its copyrighted API logic

Express Logic cried foul in June 2006 when Green Hills Software appeared to have a competitor in its embedded microkernel RTOS micro-velOSity product that looked a little too much like what Express Logic had already been delivering to the market and partnering with Green Hills on. In...

Tags: Express Logic, API, Green Hills, Intellectual Property, Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-08-29

Climb mount buffer?

Climb mount buffer?Those super-reliable DellsQUOTE: The Dell web servers are powered by Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors running a Microsoft NT/IIS solution. Same source. I'm sure trading is still done on a *nix platform, but the data is still dated...maybe you need to read thishttp://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260061063p,00.htmWith time tight,...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Processors, Microsoft Windows 2000, attack, software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., server

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

Linking Disaster Recovery Time Objectives to Business and Compliance Requirements

Too often, disaster recovery objectives focus on systems rather than business needs. This paper provides guidelines for basing recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives on real-world business processes. IT disaster recovery managers often base Recovery Time Objectives RTOs and Recovery Point Objectives RPOs on system requirements rather than business...

Tags: Compliance, Disaster Recovery, Data Management

White papers 2007-04-01

Practice Fusion brings free, on demand service to physicians

Practice Fusion brings free, on demand service to physiciansLimitationsDocs are limited in what they can charge for a patient visit. To put ads in their face during a patient encounter is not going to be popular, even if its free. Anything that gets in the physician's face during...

Tags: PDAs, Cellular phones, Games, Consumer electronics, Hosted Services, Docs, physician, COEX, Korea IT, Seoul Korea, Korean Events Organize, IT show, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-03-17

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yet

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yetJust numbers!We are an Oracle shop with a few other Redmond Servers. Oracle is a good product but their support sucks. They themselves don;t know how it works. I wouldn;t bet on their Linux support. Redhat is doing a good job with a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Oracle-Linux, Red Hat Linux, writeoff, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-16

Encouraging Enterprise 2.0: As simple as possible, but no simpler?

Encouraging Enterprise 2.0: As simple as possible, but no simpler?Getting your options rightGood post Dion and your last paragraph is spot on. I too have problems with the do nothing strategy. I wasn't advocating it but I suspect it is what many organisations will default to. While at the BBC...

Tags: Cellular phones, Web 2.0, information technology, Enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

A speculation about parallelism

A speculation about parallelismYou're all knowing Murphy?"Notice that if the pipe were made of transparent stuff you could follow the data as it rolled down the pipe and see, even if the ball breaks up into bits for part of the trip, exactly where each step happens as it morphs...

Tags: Processors, CPU, parallelism

Discussion threads 2006-12-19

Complex APIs/copyright case moves forward even as early injunction denied

An early injunction in the software intellectual property case between Green Hills Software and Express Logic has been denied, allowing Green Hills to continue to sell and support its embedded microkernel RTOS micro-velOSity product. Express Logic has sought remediation against Green Hills on the product, saying it violates its intellectual...

Tags: Express Logic, Green Hills, early injunction, arbitration

Blog posts 2006-11-20

Backup and Recovery Best Practices for Oracle 10g With NetBackup 6.0 White Paper

Many businesses use Oracle databases to store critical data and they need a reliable, robust, and efficient backup and recovery method. Backup and recovery of Oracle databases is a vital part of IT data protection strategies. Recovery times and backup windows are at the core of establishing Recovery Time Objectives...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Recovery, Oracle Corp., Best Practice, Oracle Application Server 10g, Backup Method, Backups

White papers 2006-10-01

Quickly configure and lock down an HP network printer

Quickly configure and lock down an HP network printerWhich JetDirect devices and printers even support SSH?Which JetDirect devices and printers even support SSH? I know the printers that I have don't. You're right that SSH should always be used, but some devices just don't support it.AddendumI see way...

Tags: Printers, OPEN SOURCE, network printer, HP Printers, printer, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., SSH, attack

Discussion threads 2006-09-09

Wind River further embraces Eclipse with developer tools code donation

Deepening its support of Eclipse, and an open-source tools strategy in general, Wind River Systems this week donated some 300,000 lines of embedded development tools code to the Eclipse Foundation. The move simultaneously opens frameworks options for more C/C++ developers and further broadens the Eclipse model's reach into the development...

Tags: Wind River Systems, Eclipse

Blog posts 2006-07-31