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- Can Linux and Solaris be married?
- Nexenta its symbol is a giraffe combines the OpenSolaris kernel with Userland, the open source filesystem. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Nexenta, Linux, Sun Solaris, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- IBM Acquires Transitive
- Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- I really don't want to use Windows anymore
- Every week, more and more bits of malware seem to be making their way past commercial anti-virus, firewall anti-virus, and ISP anti-virus software. New patches and downloads abound, and I've still re-imaged 3 computers in the last 2 weeks due to massive infestations. This is to say nothing...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Computer, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Linux, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Desktops, Security, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Sun plugs holes in StarOffice
- Two weeks after the OpenOffice.org team shipped patches for code execution flaws in office suite, Sun Micrososystems has followed up with a high-priority update for StarOffice, which is based on the open-source code. Sun's patch, available for Windows, Linux and Solaris, address highly-critical vulnerabilities that could expose...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice.org, Arbitrary Code Execution, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Patches, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs
- Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce--or 5,000 to 6,000 people--as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open source software. Add it up and Sun is looking...
- Tags: Job, Sun Microsystems Inc., Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization
- In a rapid fire presentation, the Ncomputing folks provided a very interesting view into what they've been doing to help organizations take advantage of the unused power in today's desktop systems to support many workloads. As I mentioned in the post Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer, this...
- Tags: Operating System, Benefit, ClearCube Technology, OS Virtualization, Ncomputing, Parallels, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft
- Sun switches search alliances from Google to MicrosoftIn related news, Paul Murphy's forehead veins all burst. nt.Make the Hurting Stop!!!!Please, I realize Sun is dead, but do they have to continue to shoot themselves in every appendage as well to prove their death is imminent. They just won't stop....
- Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., alliance
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw
- Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users. [ SEE: Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now ] The in-the-wild attacks, first spotted by...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Flaw, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- XpoLog Center - Log Viewer (exe)
- XpoLog Center is a log analysis and management server. Primary features include Log Viewer, Log Analysis, Reports, Search and SErver Log Monitor The solution is based on an agent-less log analysis technology that reads and understands any type of log. XpoLog Center is non intrusive and can integrate also to...
- Tags: XpoLog, Analysis, XpoLog Center, Middleware, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10
- Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10Over a barrelis where IBM has you if you still use mainframes. Not only is the hardware very expensive, but the labor is too. Universities stopped their mainframes ages ago, so no CS student today has any idea what a mainframe is. This means that you...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, Hardware cost, Shaw, mainframe, Z10, hardware, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- MacWise (dmg)
- MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100, VT220 and Prism terminals. Supports ANSI and SCO ANSI color. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370 mode. MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal connected to a host computer...
- Tags: Wyse Technology Inc., Carnation Software, MacWise, Telnet, Modems, Internet, LANs, Open Source, Networking, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-11-06
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...
- Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wildI will not be directly affected.I use Linux. (This is a trap for the Windows fanboys to proclaim that Linux would be as vulnerable if it was as popular as Windows.)thanks sincerely, RyanThis time you were really clear that there was a fix, and...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, LANs, Viruses and worms, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, MS08-067 worm, MS08-067, worm, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now
- See important update below for information on patching this vulnerability. Heads up for Windows users: There's a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8. According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Product Update, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- HP boosts power efficiency features for latest ProLiant blade server
- As promised, I'm back this morning from the airport with a couple more thoughts about Hewlett-Packard's green tech introductions this week, specifically some notes on its latest blade server, the HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Blade. Here are the energy-related vitals on the product: - Uses...
- Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Power Supply, Enclosure, HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Microsoft: shaky future or rocking and rolling?
- Microsoft: shaky future or rocking and rolling?RE: Microsoft: shaky future or rocking and rolling?Microsoft is not going to go away any time soon. They are the predominate force in IT with its massive spendeing in advertisement to essentially brain wash the industry, and dumbing down the IT industry with the...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Programming languages, Microsoft .NET, Java, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-02
- Sun posts $1.67 billion loss on write-off
- updated: Sun Microsystems reported a loss for the first quarter of its fiscal 2009 year of $1.67 billion, or $2.24 per share, on revenue for $2.99 billion, down from $3.22 billion for the first quarter of 2008 statement. The loss was largely attributed to the write off of a $1.44...
- Tags: Writeoff, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Management, Sun Solaris, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Yes, vendors are vital to open source
- Yes, vendors are vital to open sourceCompanies and open sourceWell said, I agree. Although it remains puzzling for outsiders, how companies can make money from open source... But they do. Perhaps you could devote a blog to the money-making that can be achieved for businesses, when they become active in...
- Tags: open source, OpenSource
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
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