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Using PostgreSQL and Solaris 10 to Improve Data Warehouse Performance
White Paper OmniTI is an Internet technologies consulting company based in Columbia, Maryland. OmniTI wanted to scale up to meet customer's growing database requirements and gain flexibility to handle growing workload without reengineering processes. [09 Oct 2009]
FOAF+SSL: RESTful Authentication for the Social Web
White Paper The paper describes a simple protocol for RESTful authentication, using widely deployed technologies such as HTTP, SSL/TLS and Semantic Web vocabularies. This protocol can be used for one-click sign-on to web sites using existing... [04 Oct 2009]
Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
News Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun Microsystems acquired the open source database company, has joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur in residence. [01 Oct 2009]
Marten Mickos
AS Profile Marten Mickos left MySQL, the open source database company founded in 1995, at the beginning of the year, less than 12 months after it was acquired by Sun Microsystems. Sun has of course since been acquired by Oracle and... [29 Sep 2009]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile And 2009 was no exception as Oracle secured its biggest acquisition in the shape of a $7.4bn megadeal for server and software maker Sun Microsystems. As CEO of Oracle, Ellison hasn't made it onto the Agenda Setters list... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Prior to joining Google in 2001, Schmidt was chairman and CEO of open source software company Novell as well as CTO at Sun Microsystems where he helped develop Java. Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top... [29 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun steaming ahead with joint plans despite EU probe
News Oracle isn't letting the EU investigation stand in the way of its plans for the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Larry Ellison, the software giant's chief executive, is joining Sun's server chief, John Fowler, to show... [15 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal to go under the EU's microscope
News On Thursday, the European Commission said it will take a closer look at Oracle's planned $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. The in-depth investigation will examine the effect the deal will have on competition in... [04 Sep 2009]
Migrating Oracle e-Business Suite 11i From Sun Solaris to an HP-UX and Linux Split Configuration
White Paper This white paper describes the procedures for migrating an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 11i application and database tiers from a Sun Microsystems SPARC-based server running Solaris to a split configuration using HP... [02 Sep 2009]
Getting PCI DSS Compliance Right: How Identity Management Can Help Secure Information Access
White Paper Complying with the requirements of PCI DSS is a top IT priority for many companies today. But focusing strictly on compliance isn't enough for companies that are charged with protecting sensitive data, as suggested by recent... [02 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal gets official US stamp of approval
News Oracle said on Thursday that the US Department of Justice has approved its plan to buy Sun Microsystems. With Sun's shareholders having given the $9.50 per share deal the nod last month, the remaining major hurdle is... [21 Aug 2009]
Google Chrome for Linux, arriving soon in 64 bits
News In the browser world, for example, it can be problematic running a 64-bit browser with a 32-bit plug-in such as Adobe Systems' Flash, Microsoft's Silverlight, or Sun Microsystems' Java. Google has begun work on a 64-bit... [21 Aug 2009]
What is a Smart Card?
White Paper A smart card is a card that is embedded with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip with non-programmable logic. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and otherwise manipulate information on the card, while a... [14 Aug 2009]
CA Access Control and Sun Virtualization Technologies: Protecting Against the Unique Security Risks of a Virtualized Environment
White Paper In an effort to drive greater efficiency, many IT organizations are using virtualization technologies to consolidate their IT applications onto fewer, more powerful, energy-efficient servers. While virtualization can help improve... [07 Aug 2009]
Reducing the Cost of Compliance: Sun Microsystems Change and Access Control
White Paper Faced with escalating costs for achieving compliance with industry and government regulations, many organizations are struggling to find better ways to address their compliance requirements. Like many companies, Sun was finding that the... [31 Jul 2009]