http://linux.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Tom Petrocelli en Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media SYS-CON Media Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:17:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://linux.sys-con.com/node/219964 Multidimensional tagging, a key component in social sharing sites, can potentially help enterprises manage large stores of information. In this article, I'll examine the ways that multidimensional tagging will be implemented using Open Source tools.<p><a href="http://linux.sys-con.com/node/219964" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 21 May 2006 09:30:00 EDT http://linux.sys-con.com/node/219964 http://linux.sys-con.com/node/158844 Backup is the most important method for protecting mission-critical data. Traditionally, a backup system meant a tape drive attached to a server or mainframe. Software on the server regularly dumped an image of the entire set of disks to the tape each night. If things went well, someone pulled the tape out in the morning and put a new one in before going home at night. Advances in tape backup centered around making this process more efficient and safe by adding digital tape, encryption, automation, and compression. The core technologies - magnetic tape, tape drives, SCSI, and server software - didn't change. Even the addition of networked tape backup, either over a LAN or a Storage Area Network, only extended the old-fashioned model.<p><a href="http://linux.sys-con.com/node/158844" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:30:00 EST http://linux.sys-con.com/node/158844