Topic: Linux

Posted by : Anonymous on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 10:44 AM

Information technology company IBM has announced the opening of the AIX Collaboration Centre (ACC). Through a two-year, 166m investment, IBM will use the centre -- based in Austin, Texas -- to collaborate with customers, developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and academics to drive innovation around AIX technology; and to develop, test and adopt new applications and middleware for the AIX operating system.
The AIX Collaboration Centre will focus on driving systems-level innovations around technology areas like virtualisation, security, performance and scalability, and will assist ISVs in advancing their applications on AIX by exploiting P-series hardware and software capabilities. It will offer resources including education, equipment, access to skilled technical consultants and remote or onsite testing capabilities to help enable their applications for AIX and the 64-bit Power systems.

Posted by : trraju on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 02:49 PM

Recently, I have decided to ditch Windows and move to an open source (Linux) operating system, especially now that the software available for open source covers my needs. However, before taking the leap, I would like to ask a few questions. Following some web research, I came to realise that the number of open source OSs available is mind-boggling. Not being a programmer and having been brainwashed by the ease of use that is Windows, I would like an OS that is similar and does not require the use of command lines. Two Linux options seem appropriate: Mandrake (or Mandriva as it is now known) and Santa Fe. I would appreciate your opinions on comparing these two with Windows.

Posted by : R. Koester on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 01:29 PM

The most popular open source database for Linux, is MySQL. It's easy to install and configure, runs light, and is quite fast. You'll commonly see it harnessed to Apacheserving up site content and authenticating users and offering a tempting target to those with more time than sense or conscience.
Working from the outside into the crunchy database center, we'll cover:
- The types of security problems. What should you worry about?
- Server placement. Where should you put your MySQL server to protect it from TCP exploits? How can you provide secure access for database clients?
- Database server installation. What version of MySQL should you use? What are the best file/directory ownerships and modes?
- Database configuration. How do you create database user accounts and grant permissions?
- Database operation. How do you protect against malicious SQL and bonehead queries? What are good practices for logging and backup?

Posted by : Anonymous on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 01:20 PM

IBM in a few weeks is expected to announce support for Solaris 10 for its blade servers running on x64 processors, Sun Microsystems' executive vice president for software John Loiacono said at a town hall meeting in its San Francisco office.
Solaris 10 started shipping last January. While the software is available free of charge, Sun still makes money selling support contracts. The platform has more than 3m users.

Posted by : trraju on Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 03:44 AM

Two years ago, a tiny Utah company maneuvered its way into the biggest software battle on earth. On one side was mighty Microsoft (MSFT). Challenging the giant was the Linux operating system, built and maintained by legions of volunteer programmers around the world -- and supported by none other than IBM (IBM). Standing between them was SCO Group (SCOXE), a struggling software company in Lindon, a small town 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. While short on business, SCO held some potentially powerful copyrights. Partly funded by a hefty Microsoft license payment, SCO leveled a multibillion-dollar suit against IBM, charging that Big Blue had fed SCO-copyrighted software into Linux. This triggered fear and loathing in the fast-growing Linux community. A court win for SCO, Linux fans feared, could bring its growth to a grinding halt. And so, SCO became one of the most vilified companies in the technology industry.

Posted by : Anonymous on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 12:46 PM

NEW YORK - Shares of software company Red Hat Inc. rose Tuesday after Prudential Equity Group upgraded the shares to "overweight" from "neutral," citing the company's leadership in the Linux software market and its discounted share price. Shares of Red Hat closed at $14.48 (euro10.89), up $1.06 (euro0.80) , or 7.9 percent, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The 52-week low of $11.21 (euro8.43) was set Nov. 10. The year-high of $29.06 (euro21.86) was set June 2.

Posted by : Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 - 09:21 PM

Mandrakesoft has introduced Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official with the promise that its latest distribution provides extended support for mobile devices, better hardware compatibility, and major application upgrades. Following on from Mandrakesoft's recent 'Community' release, 10.1 Official will, the company said, form the basis for a large part of its forthcoming products. According to the Linux firm, hardware support for the latest distro has seen "much progress", allowing it to run on a larger number of configurations and to support more devices.

Posted by : Anonymous on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 07:35 AM

Wearable computer technology firm Xybernaut has unveiled a version of the Linux operating system tailored to run the company's Atigo family of products.
The devices, designed for dual use as a wireless flat panel display or a standalone wireless-enabled mobile/wearable computer, feature the optimised Xybernaut Linux OS as a third operating system in addition to Windows XP Embedded and CE.Net.

Posted by : Anonymous on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 06:41 AM

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Red Hat Inc., the world's largest distributor of the Linux computer operating system, hired a new chief financial officer as it tries to bolster its sagging stock price and expand into new foreign markets. The software company said Thursday it hired Charles E. Peters Jr. as chief financial officer to replace Kevin Thompson, who said in June that he would resign.

Posted by : Anonymous on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 08:22 PM

ARMONK, New York (AP) - IBM Corp. raised its estimate Thursday for the number of people it expects to hire in 2004 to 18,800, up from an earlier forecast of 15,000, citing strong growth in key business areas such as consulting, grid computing and Linux. One-third of the positions are in the United States, spokesman Edward Barbini said.