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Business Integration Technology Case Study: Novus International 2008-04-25 Business Integration Technology

Based on decades of research and development at Monsanto, Novus International, Inc. was formed in 1991 and employs over 350 people in more than 20 countries. New business initiatives resulted in dramatic increases in the volume of sales orders and shipments in Novus' European operations. Although most of the 13 warehouses and 16 transporters wanted to communicate with Novus electronically, many did not have the required infrastructure. A change like this would require effort on their part to implement an integration solution. Novus hired Business Integration Technology to assist in the design, development and implementation of an integration solution for their Novus Europe team. Business Integration Technology implemented the Novus solution using an open source, standards-based architecture.

Tags: Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development

Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy 2008-03-18 IBM

The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In this paper, first in a series, Peter Seebach introduces the features and benefits of PS3 Linux, and explains some of the issues that might benefit from a bit of tweaking. When Sony first announced that the PlayStation 3 would be able to run Linux natively, a great deal of excitement ensued. Early on, it was a bit of a challenge to get Linux natively installed. The supported installer ran a custom script that hand-mangled a Fedora Core 5 or 6 install DVD into a runnable system with a special PS3 kernel. People put in hours and hours of effort to get other systems, such as Ubuntu, working.

Hosting Data Center Networking With Vyatta 2008-03-10 Vyatta

This paper will show how Vyatta open-source software combined with off-the-shelf x86 hardware can be leveraged to perform most routing and firewall requirements in the hosting data center at a fraction of the cost of closed proprietary systems. While proprietary networking equipment vendors have created discrete hardware product categories and price points based on arbitrary performance segmentation, open networking systems are proving that a single system can be continually upgraded to perform the same tasks. Vyatta solutions can be deployed at multiple points in the hosting data center from the backbone to the customer cage resulting in better performance and significantly faster Return On Investment (ROI).

Tags: Data Center, x86-standard Servers

Red Hat Enterprise MRG: Realtime Whitepaper 2007-11-16 Red Hat

Many enterprise workloads have extremely demanding requirements for determinism - to ensure predictable response times at the 20 microsecond latency level. The difficulty has been that until now, all realtime operating systems have been niche offerings - absent of any COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) products. Red Hat is uniquely positioned to provide these capabilities due to its proven trackrecord of development and mainstream accepted Linux kernel realtime enhancements. In response to strong customer demand, Red Hat is productizing its realtime kernel in an offering called Red Hat Enterprise MRG, comprised of high speed messaging, realtime kernel, and grid cluster scheduler.

Tags: High Performance Computing

Build Your Own Oracle RAC Cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux and iSCSI 2007-11-01 Oracle

One of the most efficient ways to become familiar with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) 11g technology is to have access to an actual Oracle RAC 11g cluster. There's no better way to understand its benefits - including fault tolerance, security, load balancing, and scalability - than to experience them directly. Unfortunately, for many shops, the price of the hardware required for a typical production RAC configuration makes this goal impossible. A small two-node cluster can cost from US$10,000 to well over US$20,000. That cost would not even include the heart of a production RAC environment - typically a storage area network - which can start at US$10,000.

Tags: Database Applications, Application Development

ITIL: Microsoft and Open Source 2007-10-26 Microsoft

Organizations live and die based on the efficiency, reliability, and security of Information Technology (IT). Because of this, IT must be fully aligned to the needs of all customers, internal and external. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) provides a strategy to define, implement, and monitor that alignment across the full spectrum of IT processes, ranging from Incident and Problem Management to Security Management. This paper focuses specifically on the choices available from Microsoft and the open source community. Both offer solutions which can assist critical elements of ITIL. Some solutions are similar, while others are distinctive. This paper gives examples of different approaches to the issues which ITIL raises.

Tags: ITIL

What Is Red Hat Network? 0000-00-00 Red Hat

The attendee of this webcast will learn how Red Hat Network can maximize the Red Hat Enterprise Linux solution by provisioning new systems, updating systems, managing configuration files, monitor performance, and redeploy systems for a new purpose.

Tags:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP BladeSystem 0000-00-00 Red Hat

Linux provides a powerful and flexible platform for blades environments, offering business-critical performance and reliability at reduced costs, delivering competitive advantage.

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Software Company Extends Windows-Based Authentication to Linux Systems 2007-06-01 Microsoft

Tecplot is a visualization software company based in Bellevue, Washington, whose programs run on multiple computing platforms. The company's data center includes platforms running the Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems, used for development and testing. However, securing and managing user access to the multiple Linux systems was inconsistent and time consuming. The company deployed a management solution called Centeris Likewise Identity, which extends identity and access policies in the Active Directory service so that administrators can use familiar Windows-based tools to manage user access to Linux-based systems. Interoperability between Windows and Linux operating environments gives Tecplot better security, easier system administration, enhanced troubleshooting, and reduced costs.

Tags: Methodology

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1: Virtualization Technology Support 2007-06-01 Novell

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 provides integrated Xen-based virtualization, which can be used to provision, de-provision, install, monitor and manage multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) on a single physical system. Out of the box, it can create VMs running both modified, highly tuned, paravirtualized operating systems and unmodified operating systems. Xen serves as the hypervisor, or VM monitor. It is a layer of software that runs directly on the server hardware and controls platform resources, sharing them among multiple VMs and their operating systems by presenting virtualized hardware interfaces to each VM.

Tags: Virtualization

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Title	Date Added	Company
Business Integration Technology Case Study: Novus International	2008-04-25	Business Integration Technology
Based on decades of research and development at Monsanto, Novus International, Inc. was formed in 1991 and employs over 350 people in more than 20 countries. New business initiatives resulted in dramatic increases in the volume of sales orders and shipments in Novus' European operations. Although most of the 13 warehouses and 16 transporters wanted to communicate with Novus electronically, many did not have the required infrastructure. A change like this would require effort on their part to implement an integration solution. Novus hired Business Integration Technology to assist in the design, development and implementation of an integration solution for their Novus Europe team. Business Integration Technology implemented the Novus solution using an open source, standards-based architecture. Tags: Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development
Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy	2008-03-18	IBM
The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In this paper, first in a series, Peter Seebach introduces the features and benefits of PS3 Linux, and explains some of the issues that might benefit from a bit of tweaking. When Sony first announced that the PlayStation 3 would be able to run Linux natively, a great deal of excitement ensued. Early on, it was a bit of a challenge to get Linux natively installed. The supported installer ran a custom script that hand-mangled a Fedora Core 5 or 6 install DVD into a runnable system with a special PS3 kernel. People put in hours and hours of effort to get other systems, such as Ubuntu, working.
Hosting Data Center Networking With Vyatta	2008-03-10	Vyatta
This paper will show how Vyatta open-source software combined with off-the-shelf x86 hardware can be leveraged to perform most routing and firewall requirements in the hosting data center at a fraction of the cost of closed proprietary systems. While proprietary networking equipment vendors have created discrete hardware product categories and price points based on arbitrary performance segmentation, open networking systems are proving that a single system can be continually upgraded to perform the same tasks. Vyatta solutions can be deployed at multiple points in the hosting data center from the backbone to the customer cage resulting in better performance and significantly faster Return On Investment (ROI). Tags: Data Center, x86-standard Servers
Red Hat Enterprise MRG: Realtime Whitepaper	2007-11-16	Red Hat
Many enterprise workloads have extremely demanding requirements for determinism - to ensure predictable response times at the 20 microsecond latency level. The difficulty has been that until now, all realtime operating systems have been niche offerings - absent of any COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) products. Red Hat is uniquely positioned to provide these capabilities due to its proven trackrecord of development and mainstream accepted Linux kernel realtime enhancements. In response to strong customer demand, Red Hat is productizing its realtime kernel in an offering called Red Hat Enterprise MRG, comprised of high speed messaging, realtime kernel, and grid cluster scheduler. Tags: High Performance Computing
Build Your Own Oracle RAC Cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux and iSCSI	2007-11-01	Oracle
One of the most efficient ways to become familiar with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) 11g technology is to have access to an actual Oracle RAC 11g cluster. There's no better way to understand its benefits - including fault tolerance, security, load balancing, and scalability - than to experience them directly. Unfortunately, for many shops, the price of the hardware required for a typical production RAC configuration makes this goal impossible. A small two-node cluster can cost from US$10,000 to well over US$20,000. That cost would not even include the heart of a production RAC environment - typically a storage area network - which can start at US$10,000. Tags: Database Applications, Application Development
ITIL: Microsoft and Open Source	2007-10-26	Microsoft
Organizations live and die based on the efficiency, reliability, and security of Information Technology (IT). Because of this, IT must be fully aligned to the needs of all customers, internal and external. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) provides a strategy to define, implement, and monitor that alignment across the full spectrum of IT processes, ranging from Incident and Problem Management to Security Management. This paper focuses specifically on the choices available from Microsoft and the open source community. Both offer solutions which can assist critical elements of ITIL. Some solutions are similar, while others are distinctive. This paper gives examples of different approaches to the issues which ITIL raises. Tags: ITIL
What Is Red Hat Network?	0000-00-00	Red Hat
The attendee of this webcast will learn how Red Hat Network can maximize the Red Hat Enterprise Linux solution by provisioning new systems, updating systems, managing configuration files, monitor performance, and redeploy systems for a new purpose. Tags:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP BladeSystem	0000-00-00	Red Hat
Linux provides a powerful and flexible platform for blades environments, offering business-critical performance and reliability at reduced costs, delivering competitive advantage. Tags:
Software Company Extends Windows-Based Authentication to Linux Systems	2007-06-01	Microsoft
Tecplot is a visualization software company based in Bellevue, Washington, whose programs run on multiple computing platforms. The company's data center includes platforms running the Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems, used for development and testing. However, securing and managing user access to the multiple Linux systems was inconsistent and time consuming. The company deployed a management solution called Centeris Likewise Identity, which extends identity and access policies in the Active Directory service so that administrators can use familiar Windows-based tools to manage user access to Linux-based systems. Interoperability between Windows and Linux operating environments gives Tecplot better security, easier system administration, enhanced troubleshooting, and reduced costs. Tags: Methodology
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1: Virtualization Technology Support	2007-06-01	Novell
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 provides integrated Xen-based virtualization, which can be used to provision, de-provision, install, monitor and manage multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) on a single physical system. Out of the box, it can create VMs running both modified, highly tuned, paravirtualized operating systems and unmodified operating systems. Xen serves as the hypervisor, or VM monitor. It is a layer of software that runs directly on the server hardware and controls platform resources, sharing them among multiple VMs and their operating systems by presenting virtualized hardware interfaces to each VM. Tags: Virtualization