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RSS linux zEnabling Responsive, Recovery-Oriented Computing Using Linux on z/VM: A Business Discussion
White Paper While the Linux on z/VM platform can provide substantial business impact to the data center, Levanta’s system and change management functionality is the key to achieving the full cost savings and process benefits for Linux on z/VM. [03 Jul 2008]
Enabling Responsive, Recovery-Oriented Computing Using Linux on z/VM: A Technical Discussion
White Paper This paper describes how Linuxcare’s Levanta enables responsive, recovery-oriented computing in the enterprise datacenter. Levanta’s ability to create, configure, and manage changes to thousands of servers with relative ease greatly alleviates the... [03 Jul 2008]
Real Firewalls, Virtual Networks: IBM System z Security
White Paper Although external firewalls or Linux iptables could be deployed, no other solution available today for the System z best combines an award winning, secure firewall and VPN while addressing the issues of manageability, availability and scalability... [31 May 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers. Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… [19 May 2008]
Linux on System z, an End-to-End View: From Sizing to Performance Analysis to Capacity Planning
White Paper Critical enterprise Linux applications are being deployed in ever increasing numbers on IBM System z and zSeries servers. Equally important is the on-going capacity planning of z/VM and the Linux workloads. [30 Apr 2008]
SuSE Linux on System z: Getting Started Tutorial
White Paper In this paper users can become better acquainted with using SuSE Linux on System z. Commands suggested in this paper should work on most SuSE Linux images running SLES8 or newer. In fact, the knowledge is generally valid across most distributions... [30 Apr 2008]
Measurements of SAP ECC 5.0 With Unicode on IBM eServer zSeries Using DB2 for z/OS V8
White Paper In the case of the Application Server, both AIX as well as Linux are measured for zSeries Application Servers. This paper describes several measurements, or stress tests, that were done using a zSeries Database Server and DB2 for z/OS in both non... [30 Apr 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions. Because these could not be offered under the GNU General Public Licence, this stopped OpenJDK... [28 Apr 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News Among the less familiar new threats are metasploit releases, which target networks by simultaneously attacking a number of vulnerabilities (up to 200) on a different platforms including Windows, Linux and the iPhone. [09 Apr 2008]
Open source to go mainstream, says Gartner
News However, Gartner argues that at the operating-system level, Linux deployments are showing smaller benefits in total cost of ownership as it is applied to more demanding projects, because of the technical skills required to use it: "Much of the... [07 Apr 2008]
Fibre Channel Protocol for Linux and z/VM on IBM System z
White Paper System z FCP support enables z/VM and Linux running on System z to access industry-standard SCSI devices. The System z FCP I/O architecture conforms to the FC standards specified by the NCITS. This paper discusses Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP... [28 Mar 2008]
Mass Distributed Server Consolidation: System z Mainframe Linux-on-z/VM Extreme Virtualization Far Outclasses Over-Hyped x86/x64 Approaches
White Paper Its already powerful strengths are also soon to be amplified by arrival of the next-generation, new IBM z6 System z MPUpowered mainframes. This paper reviews the scale-out, distributed server proliferation catastrophe, and looks at why IT... [28 Mar 2008]
Leveraging DB2 9 for z/OS pureXML Technology
White Paper In addition, it lists the commonalities and differences of the XML functionality between DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows and DB2 for z/OS. This paper offers an overview of pureXML technology in DB2 9 for z/OS, its business values and... [28 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet BBC iPlayer: all the coverage BBC signs up with iTunes BBC's iPlayer is go BBC iPlayer sparks broadband row 16,000 back iPlayer petition Leader: Time for a ceasefire in iPlayer row BBC tech... [05 Mar 2008]
Case Study: Nationwide Uses Linux and High-Power Virtualization for Web Presence
White Paper Nationwide Insurance significantly reduced expenditures by consolidating nonmainframe server workloads using Linux-only System z mainframes, while improving quality of service and providing for growth that has minimal impact on floor space, power... [04 Mar 2008]
