As time passes, the base
of Linux users is growing
in the data center,
desktop, and even
embedded electronic
devices. Numbers from
industry analysts point
out that Linux server
shipments have shown
double-digit growth every
quarte...
We started a recruiting
firm almost six years
ago. At the time, I
thought about the number
of telecommuting
positions we would get
moving forward; after
all, we were working with
professionals doing Open
Source development. It
onl...
Server virtualization is
rapidly becoming a common
undertaking for IT
departments. As a matter
of fact, many
organizations are now
taking the next step:
evaluating their
virtualization investment
to see whether it's
helped them ac...
There's not much question
mobile devices exploded
last year. In 2005, more
than 750,000,000 new
mobile phones were
shipped worldwide, and
over 75% of them were
more than just a voice
handset: they include a
Web browser, a contact
...
There's revolution (or
evolution) occurring in
the high-performance
computing (HPC) industry.
Recently both AMD and
Intel introduced chips
with multiple processing
units in a single
package. Instead of
having one central
processor...
There are some computing
systems that require high
availability.
Telecommunication systems
are a good example. They
require 24 hours a day
and 365 days a year
service availability and
their downtime should not
exceed five minutes pe...
After building a number
of clusters from the
ground up -including one
that made it to the
Top500 Supercomputer list
- I decided to try a
service that many vendors
now offer - having a
system racked and stacked
at the factory then
...
Linux is emerging as the
platform of choice for a
growing number of
enterprises across the
globe. The cost, choice,
and control advantages of
using Open Source
software for
mission-critical
applications have already
enabled hundre...
As consumers we've become
an impatient lot. We live
in a world where
'on-demand' is a part of
our everyday lexicon.
Whether it's our travel,
our meals, or our money,
we just want it now. This
is the case with our
television as well....
No doubt this topic has
been debated to death;
however, as I have a
different perspective on
this issue, I reckon it's
worth writing down. Over
the past few weeks I've
been involved with one of
our local customers who,
after a lot ...
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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
With the arrival of
Yahoo! and its Yahoo! Go
Mobile 2.0 product,
another A-list brand has
entered the market.
Yahoo!'s presence, like
Apple's, expands the
number of
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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
With the arrival of
Yahoo! and its Yahoo! Go
Mobile 2.0 product,
another A-list brand has
entered the market.
Yahoo!'s presence, like
Apple's, expands the
number of