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RSS linux onBT 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. As more and more critical services are provided over the Internet, the risk to these services from malicious users is also increasing. [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. Congestion control for packets sent on a network is important for DAQ systems that contain an event... [17 Jul 2008]
Report: Yankee Group Reports on Unix / Linux Uptime and the Reliability Woes that Plague Windows
White Paper Use this report on the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey to make an informed choice on which servers best fit your needs. The independent, non-sponsored survey identifies the most reliable platforms. [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. Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that is designed to root out potential security flaws. [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]
Optimizing 10-Gigabit Ethernet for Networks of Workstations, Clusters, and Grids: A Case Study
White Paper For local-area, storage-area, and system-area networks in support of networks of workstations, network-attached storage, and clusters, respectively, one can achieve over 7-Gb/s end-to-end throughput and 12- s end-to-end latency between... [10 Jul 2008]
Cluster Load Balancing for Fine-Grain Network Services
White Paper Another contribution is the design and implementation of a load balancing system in a Linux cluster that strikes a balance between acquiring enough load information and minimizing system overhead. This paper studies cluster load balancing policies... [10 Jul 2008]
Load-Balancing for a Real-Time System Based on Asymmetric Multi-Processing
White Paper ARTiS is a project that aims at enhancing the Linux kernel with better real-time properties. Unfortunately, the original load-balancing mechanism of Linux is not aware of this enhanced design. It allows retaining the flexibility and ease of... [10 Jul 2008]
