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RSS linux ofBT embraces open source for business
News BT has joined FossBazaar, an enterprise open-source community and workgroup of the Linux Foundation. The communications and IT giant has already been a member of the Linux Foundation since 2005. Apart from the Linux Foundation, other sponsors of... [25 Jul 2008]
BBC to take better care of web budget
News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams... [22 Jul 2008]
Mitigation of DoS Attacks Through QoS Regulation
White Paper This paper reports on the experience in building a Linux-based prototype to mitigate the effect of such attacks. Several networks have witnessed Denial of Service attacks over the recent past. The prototype provides an efficient way to keep track... [18 Jul 2008]
Communication Performance Over a Gigabit Ethernet Network
White Paper These indicate the impact of a number of factors such as processor speeds, network adaptors, versions of the Linux Kernel and device drivers, and TCP/IP tuning on the performance of Gigabit Ethernet between two Pentium II/350 PCs. [18 Jul 2008]
Novell Case Study: Siemens
White Paper The configuration consisted of a UNIX-based Primepower 2000 server and 160 Linux-based application servers. Siemens IT Solutions and Services is an internationally leading provider of IT solutions and services. [18 Jul 2008]
Quality of Service on Linux for the Atlas TDAQ Event Building Network
White Paper Recent Linux releases provide QoS in the kernel to manage network traffic. The paper used PC/Linux with Gigabit Ethernet network as the testbed. Quality of Service (QoS) is a technique for congestion control. [17 Jul 2008]
Implement a QoS Algorithm for Real-Time Applications in the DiffServ-Aware MPLS Network
White Paper This paper presents an implementation of QoS algorithm (PPA, Preempted Probability Algorithm) for DiffServ-aware MPLS network under Linux platform. The algorithm, which comprises of optimal LSPs (Label Switching Paths) selection and the network... [17 Jul 2008]
Report: Yankee Group Reports on Unix / Linux Uptime and the Reliability Woes that Plague Windows
White Paper IBM AIX Unix led all server operating systems (compared with HP and Sun) with an average of just 36 minutes per server of annual downtime. Use this report on the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey to make an informed... [17 Jul 2008]
Reliability race: Microsoft OS beats Apple, Ubuntu
News Apple's service was down two hours and 34 minutes, with 99.9 per cent uptime, and Canonical's Ubuntu version of Linux was down one day, five hours and 45 minutes, for 98.64 per cent uptime. Pingdom, a company that measures internet service... [15 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News Ratproxy currently supports Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X and Windows, and is available from Google Code. Separately, Google also released Browser Sync, a product designed for keeping multiple versions of Firefox synchronised, under an open-source licence. [14 Jul 2008]
Siebel 8 CRM on System x3850, Red Hat Linux and DS4700
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the performance characteristics of Seibel 8.0 CRM Enterprise running Linux Red Hat 4.0 and Oracle 10g on an IBM System x3850 attached to an IBM Systems Storage DS4700 Storage Server. [11 Jul 2008]
Trickles: A Stateless Network Stack for Improved Scalability, Resilience, and Flexibility
White Paper Measurements on a full implementation in Linux indicate that Trickles achieves performance comparable to TCP/IP, interacts well with other flows, and scales well. Traditional operating system interfaces and network protocol implementations force... [11 Jul 2008]
Secure Computing Case Study: Niagara Corporation
White Paper As they preferred a Linux-based, cost-effective solution with a large Unified Threat Management (UTM) feature set, the company selected Secure Computing's SnapGear and Webwasher appliances as Niagara's new gateway security solution. [11 Jul 2008]
Full System Energy Estimation for Sensor Network Gateways
White Paper This model is constructed using empirical data that is collected via hardware performance monitors in the device and novel software performance monitors in the Linux operating system. Understanding and accurately estimating the energy behavior of... [11 Jul 2008]
An Intrusion Detection System Based in the Gathering of Linux Syslog Logs From Linux, Windows NT and Snort
White Paper There are different layers to assure the security of the computer systems in a company. However all of them defends from known attacks or techniques. The answer is in the logging capabilities of all the systems. [10 Jul 2008]
