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Creating a Centralized Secure Log Server With syslog-ng and Stunnel

This paper covers the installation and configuration of syslog-ng and Stunnel on machines running the Solaris 8 Operating System SPARC Platform Edition, but the procedure also generally applies to older and newer versions of the Solaris OS on both SPARC and x86 platforms. Each of the reference machines discussed comes...

Tags: sun solaris 8, sun solaris, tcp/ip, unix, operating systems, servers, processors, networking, software, hardware, semiconductors, components

White papers 2004-09-01

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The shine is off another apple

Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...

Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-07

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, desktop, ibm corp., linux, microsoft corp., symphony, server

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...

Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Why x86 is perfectly fine for now

Why x86 is perfectly fine for nowAgreed - But demand drives progressEverything you say is true, but the more people who say I want 64bit and I want it now, the more progress you will see in 64bit apps and drivers. If 64bit demand is low, companies will turn...

Tags: intel x86, x64, x86 is, vista x64

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Who's responsible?

Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...

Tags: anton, bread, murph, meat

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Everywhere I look, I see Clouds

No, not a comment on the weather in East Yorkshire this 'summer,' but rather a reflection on the recent eruption of content related to Cloud computing. Having taken a long weekend away from the computer, punctuated by occasional iPhone-powered checking of my feeds to sate the addiction, it really did...

Tags: software, web, cloud computing, web 3.0, cloud, linked data movement, channel management, marketing, paul miller

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?

We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...

Tags: clean technology, natural gas, energy, natural gas production, telecom & utilities, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-04

On GIFARs

Ever since Rob McMillan of IDG published a story giving a preview of our coming Black Hat talk, specifically a preview of the portion of our talk related to GIFARs, media coverage of the research has swirled a bit out of control and there's been some misconceptions.  My co-presenter John...

Tags: black hat, vector, applet, image, attack, heasman, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Sony's Photo Frame

Sony's Photo FrameSony's reputation was marred enough by the Rootkit fiascoAnd what in the world does Microsoft have to do with this?Are lawyers responsible for poor product design?It sounds similar to blaming the messenger for the bad news. And it's typically the Mac users who are reputed to be arrogant.Limited...

Tags: linux, flash memory, unix, operating systems, sony corp., microsoft corp., photograph, photo frame

Discussion threads 2008-08-02

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"What is the maintanance cost, and backup planshould a storm or fire destroy the structure?It's all about feeling goodThere are people who think logically, and people who think emotionally. Logically, solar is still a losing technology when factoring in all costs...

Tags: taxes, free trade, tax

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"

The man from the bank stood in front of the small gathering and talked about solar energy and why his bank helped put together a community solar project in my new hometown: Ashland, Oregon. Bank of the Cascades, Executive Vice President, Bill Haden, said he explained the...

Tags: bank, panel, washington, oregon, fossil fuel, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?

Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?Subscriptions, ah, yes...I remember back in the stone age when cable was born. Then it was, well, yes you are paying for it but NO COMMERCIALS, WOW!Years have passed and in most markets not only are you paying monthly, but there are programs...

Tags: network technology, advertising & promotion, cable, consumer economic, realnetworks inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeUnderpaying the budget analystLess than $40,000? Is this a trainee?Gotcha momentWith the profusion of detail unconnected to any conclusion, strange to compain about missing information. Still, a sentence like this:In addition, the requirements shown for the project manager position contain...

Tags: mainframes, servers, mainframe, cobol/vse, ibm corp., ibm mainframe, data-processing

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Sun's fourth quarter solid; Growth in fiscal 2009 remains elusive

Sun Microsystems on Friday reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $88 million, or 11 cents a share, on revenue of $3.78 billion, down 1.4 percent from a year ago. Adjusted earnings in the quarter were $275 million, or 35 cents a share. However, Sun sees another tough year ahead....

Tags: u.s., revenue, michael lehman, sun microsystems inc., jonathan schwartz, sales strategy, operational accounting, open source, sales, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Black Hat Sneak Preview

Rob McMillan from IDG interviewed John Heasman and I today about the presentation we will be delivering with Rob Carter at Black Hat Vegas next week. The article has a good teaser about one of the more interesting of the many attacks we will cover, namely what we've coined...

Tags: black hat, java applet, web application, web browser, applet, attack, gifar, java, programming languages, security, software development, software/web development, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Is this the start of a true green revolution? Synthetic photosynthesis!

Read all about it. MIT professor and a fellow researcher say they've duplicated the process of photosynthesis and can create synthetic leaves. That means sunlight turned into hydrogen and oxygen for fuel cells, or other energy applications. One possible drawback to this experimental process: it...

Tags: solar energy, massachusetts institute of technology, fuel cells, telecom & utilities, emerging technologies, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-31

JavaFX preview SDK available

Sun released a preview SDK for JavaFX which gives developers a first look at the RIA play for Sun. Coté has a couple of videos up wth Nandini Ramani, the Director of Engineering for JavaFX and we did a Podcast with Joshua Marinacci as part of RIA Weekly that should...

Tags: ryan stewart

Blog posts 2008-07-31