If you're responsible for
network security, then
you know that yours is a
job fraught with worry
over spam, network
intrusions, viruses, and
internal hazards like
rogue servers, internal
malicious activity, and
web surfing control. ...
In May 2005, Sun
Microsystems announced
that they had entered
into an agreement to
acquire remote access
vendor, Tarantella
(www.tarantella.com), in
a $25 million cash
agreement. Tarantella is
the producer of secure
remote access ...
In the IT world today,
there are many reasons
why Linux and other Open
Source solutions can
replace closed source
products from Microsoft
and other vendors. When
it comes right down to it
though, the software
that's chosen in busine...
Most organizations
provide their users with
the ability to print,
store, and access files
on network servers.
Accessing and saving
files to network drives
and printing to shared
network printers is
probably something
administrator...
Strike a perfect balance
between business and
technology needs by
finding a cost-effective
server and operating
environment with the
large addressable memory
space required to power
memory-resident database
technology.
Welcome to my first
installment as a
LinuxWorld Magazine
writer. I'm taking over
from my colleague Rob
Jones and I hope to
continue on the same
track of providing
information on
certifications, as well
as discussing the nuances
...
This article provides a
brief introduction to the
Data Center Linux (DCL)
initiative sponsored by
the Open Source
Development Lab (OSDL).
I'll describe our goals,
show how we achieve those
goals though our
committees and working
g...
What if your desktop
applications didn't care
what operating system was
running on your computer?
If IBM's Workplace group
delivers on the vision
they laid out for me in a
recent demo of their
Workplace Managed Client
(WMC), IT depa...
The open source movement
is something completely
new. It doesn't fit
neatly into any accepted
economic or business
theory. For that reason a
lot of traditional
thinkers, e.g.,
economists, business
people, and investors,
are strugg...
The enormous success of
GNU/Linux as an operating
system and as an open
source project has
captured the imagination
of developers, IT
staffers, business
people, journalists,
educators, and even
politicians. Linux is so
visible, it...
Why would anyone want to
change from Microsoft or
Apple to Linux? Isn't
Linux the operating
system made for servers
that work as everything
from file servers to Web
sites? Isn't Linux hard
to set up and use? Why
would I want to chan...
Recently I have had a
number of conversations
with people who make
their living in open
source, and every one of
them talked to some
degree about the idea
that they were starting
to address a market that
has, in the parlance of
Ge...
It's a little past 3 a.m.
on a Tuesday morning, but
I'm still wide awake
(thanks to a cup of
Orange Cappuccino). As
the hot, misty drink
invigorates me, my mind
begins pondering the
state of Linux as both an
operating system and
d...
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I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience
Canonical CEO Mark
Shuttleworth has been
telling Reuters that Sun
is in the process of
certifying Ubuntu on some
of its low-end and
mid-size hardware. The
code it's
Because AJAX moves so
much application logic
from the server to the
client, it forces many
developers to master a
wider range of web
technologies than ever
before. T
I installed Ubuntu on the
Toshiba laptop. Ubuntu
installed in 15 minutes -
49 for Windows XP and 125
for Windows Vista.
Ubuntu's desktop came
right up. I opened the
Zend has decided, and I
think this is a great
idea, to join in with the
Eclipse community that
was founded in large part
by IBM a number of years
ago. The values tha
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I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience 
Canonical CEO Mark
Shuttleworth has been
telling Reuters that Sun
is in the process of
certifying Ubuntu on some
of its low-end and
mid-size hardware. The
code it's 
I installed Ubuntu on the
Toshiba laptop. Ubuntu
installed in 15 minutes -
49 for Windows XP and 125
for Windows Vista.
Ubuntu's desktop came
right up. I opened the 
Zend has decided, and I
think this is a great
idea, to join in with the
Eclipse community that
was founded in large part
by IBM a number of years
ago. The values tha