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 The Microsoftie Who Embraced the Dark Side (Open Source)
By Keith Curtis -
Published December 6, 2008
Keith Jones spent years as a successful Microsoft programmer before quitting and becoming highly enthusiastic about open source development. (Then he wondered why Ubuntu was shipping with 10,000 active bugs.) [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job?
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
Published December 6, 2008
There is a wide range of Linux certifications. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols looks for the answer to the question, How much help are they for turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job? [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
What's Up With VMware and UBS?
By Amy Newman -
Published December 6, 2008
Virtually Speaking: UBS Global Asset Management is buying up VMware shares while a UBS software analyst slashed the target price and profit forecasts for the virtualization bellwether. Hardly a vote of confidence. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Novell Expands Margins with Linux
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published December 6, 2008
Novell CEO talks tough as Novell reports its fiscal 2008 earnings. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Secure Apache: Out, Damned Bot!
By Ken Coar -
Published December 6, 2008
Defend your Web server against abusive spiders and 'flies'. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
IDC: Economy Will Force IT to Transform
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 6, 2008
In 2009, expect to see big deals and sprawling new enterprise offerings emerging in cloud computing, Web 2.0 and virtualization. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Storage Sales Defy Economic Downturn
By Paul Shread -
Published December 5, 2008
Midrange IP-based storage sales are helping the storage industry escape the downturn that has hit other IT sectors. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Soft Economy Will Drive New Technologies
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 5, 2008
In 2009, expect to see big deals and sprawling new enterprise offerings emerging in cloud computing, Web 2.0 and virtualization. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
Tracking Shoppers with Wi-Fi and RTLS
By Jeff Goldman -
Published December 5, 2008
Finnish home improvement retailer Rautakesko, is using Wi-Fi and Ekahau’s RTLS system to track customer behavior in its retail stores. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
eFileCabinet 4.0: Manage Documents, Compliance and Backup
By Lauren Simonds -
Published December 5, 2008
This document management software aims to help SMBs tame the paper tiger, adhere to tough compliance regulations and protect vital assets. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Why Does Microsoft Get a Free Pass on Malware?
By Carla Schroder -
Published December 5, 2008
Windows worms and Trojan horses infect the entire US military, it seems, and Carla Schroder wonders why this isn't a huge scandal? Why does Microsoft always get a free pass despite causing billions of dollars of damages? Other musings include corporate rootkits and security vendors looking the other way. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Can Sun Microsystems Save Itself?
By Paul Rubens -
Published December 5, 2008
Virtually Speaking: UBS Global Asset Management is buying up VMware shares while a UBS software analyst slashed the target price and profit forecasts for the virtualization bellwether. Hardly a vote of confidence. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Microsoft, RSA Team Up on Data Security
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 5, 2008
The pair are betting that enterprises will want to leverage Windows 2008 to more tightly control and protect sensitive information. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
JavaFX Finally Makes Its Debut
By Andy Patrizio -
Published December 5, 2008
Sun's cross-platform language enters into the RIA space with a few new features not previously disclosed. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
IBM, Ubuntu Unveil Microsoft-Free 'PC'
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published December 5, 2008
The first offering from Big Blue's anti-Microsoft push relies on a virtual desktop and a mix of open and closed source. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Tech Comics: "Apple is Virus Free"
By Oliver Widder -
Published December 5, 2008
Clearly, the Apple is virus free – it's all but self evident. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Recovering from Disaster Through Project Managaement
By Michelle LaBrosse -
Published December 5, 2008
When disaster strikes, don't leave home without Project Management. Explore seven Project Management rules to help you when you find yourself looking for a magic wand to turn disaster into recovery. [more from www.developer.com]
Meeting Compliance Demands with IP Storage
By Lynn Haber -
Published December 4, 2008
A California medical facility has improved its regulatory compliance and e-discovery efforts with help from iSCSI and data encryption. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Should EMC Buy Sun?
Published December 4, 2008
One commentator thinks the storage giant could be the best hope for Sun Microsystems. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
7-Zip: The Digital Equivalent of a Sledgehammer and Crowbar
By Wayne Kawamoto -
Published December 4, 2008
A good compression tool like the freeware 7-Zip can be a helpful friend that saves storage space and reduces upload and download file transfer times. The real question is how 7-Zip stacks up against its well-entrenched competition, WinZip and PKZip. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Conquering Character Encoding Chaos With GNU Recode
By Carla Schroder -
Published December 4, 2008
Carla Schroder introduces us to GNU Recode and convmv, two great little utilities for converting character sets. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Using a Pair Class as Effecient Key Objects
Published December 4, 2008
By hankdane - Learn about a comparison that uses a class capturing individual primitive data types as against rendering the data in a String.
OpenVPN: Providing a Secure Connection for Your Users
By Rafael Hernandez -
Published December 4, 2008
Getting OpenVPN up and running is just the start. Learn how to get your users to work the Web safely with a secure connection to home base. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Which Cloud Should Firms Use, Inside or Outside?
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 4, 2008
It boils down to what you really want to do. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Does Google Have a Secret OS?
By Andy Patrizio -
Published December 4, 2008
An analytics site finds traffic from Google.com obfuscates the operating system being used. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Cleaner Code with the PMD Eclipse Plug-In
By Scott Nelson -
Published December 4, 2008
The Eclipse PMD plug-in finds code that isn't up to the standards you define, improving the code's consistency and preventing the avoidable production bugs. [more from www.developer.com]
KDE 4.2: Codenamed Caterpillar, Promising a Butterfly
By Bruce Byfield -
Published December 3, 2008
KDE 4.2 has a good chance of silencing the criticism that erupted with the release of KDE 4.0. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Why Are PCs and Gadgets So Slow? (Who's Breaking Moore's Law?)
By Mike Elgan -
Published December 3, 2008
The computer industry needs to stop padding products with ever longer lists of features and "improvements," and start focusing on raw performance. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Intel, Hitachi Make a Splash in Solid State Storage
By Paul Shread -
Published December 3, 2008
The enterprise-class SSD market has a new — and formidable — entrant, and there's one place the new drives are almost sure to wind up. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Innovation Still Happens in the Middle
By Mike Piech -
Published December 3, 2008
Sure, SOA and BPM are innovative but real innovation happens all the way down the stack, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Mike Piech of Oracle. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
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