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'Ferociously loyal' users to stand by Sun
News Loyalty, cost and little reason to defect will help keep customers by Sun Microsystems' side, while the hardware vendor awaits approval of Oracle acquisition.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
Hardware market to defy economic slump: Gartner
News The sector is still growing, with low-end Linux systems and high-end mainframes as the main drivers, says the analyst house.
Tags: Hardware, Virtualization, Multiprocessor servers, Server consolidation, x86-standard servers, Linux, UNIX, Earning reports/forecasts, Gartner Inc., Consolidation
The smallest threat to open source in 2009
Techguide How much of a problem is security updating for open source software going to be in 2009?
Tags: Open source, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Data security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Open-source Software, Software Management System, Unix
SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
News An appeals court rules that a judge was hasty in deciding Novell didn't sell Unix copyrights to SCO Group.
Tags: Business applications, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Novell Inc., Bankruptcy, payment, CEO, Linux, asset, agreement
Worldwide server sales continue to fall
News IBM and Dell manage to gain a hold in market share, amid a carnage in declining sales revenues, leaving Sun as the weakest link.
Tags: Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix server, Server, Servers
IBM outlines Power7 chip plan
News Company reveals details of the chips which will appear in its Power Systems server line, announcing an application to manage a range of virtual servers.
Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., Unix, Chip, Environment, Server, systems management, processor, virtual server, director
SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is copy of Unix'
News Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride's court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell.
Tags: Linux, Open source, UNIX, Lawsuits, SCO Group Inc., Unix, software company, Novell Inc., operating system, intellectual property
Basics of secure admin privilege use with Unix
Techguide Sometimes, it's worthwhile to get back to basics. Read about the basics of secure administrative privilege use on Unix-like systems.
Tags: UNIX, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, SSH, Unix, Administrator, Tool, Password, User Account
DTrace gets guernsey in new FreeBSD
News The FreeBSD Project has released a new stable version of its popular Unix operating system, officially incorporating for the first time Sun Microsystems' flagship DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, CPU, Database, Unix, operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., DTrace, Environment
Firewall MySQL with GreenSQL
Techguide GreenSQL is a "firewall" for MySQL databases that could help protect your database from SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Tags: Open source, Firewalls, Database, Unix, SQL, Web Application, GreenSQL, SQL Injection, Linux Distribution, Linux
Adobe promises fixes for Reader and Acrobat
News Critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat will be fixed in product updates in a week's time, the company has said.
Tags: PC security, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Unix, Apple Macintosh, software, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript
Novell releases Suse Linux Enterprise 11
News The latest version of the enterprise Linux distribution includes a full runtime environment for Microsoft .NET applications.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Mono Extension, Novell Inc., SuSE, SuSE Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Customer, Microsoft .NET
KDE 4.1 released
News The latest version is intended to answer some of the most serious criticisms of the KDE 4.0 graphical user environment.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source, Linux, UNIX, KDE, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, performance, desktop, application development
What is the CIA Triad?
Techguide The CIA Triad is used to identify problem areas and necessary solutions for information security--here's a look at its strengths and weaknesses.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IT Governance, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Security, Unix, Information Security, Confidentiality
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News Version 4.4 of the popular BSD descendant promises support for new hardware, upgrade process changes and new applications.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, OpenBSD, Security, Unix, ASUS, performance, Hardware, Laptop Computer, Berkeley Software Design Inc., FTP
