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NEW YORK (IDG News Service) — In mid-2001, Morgan Stanley began
overhauling its IT infrastructure, aiming at a new management architecture
based on a thin-client model that would allow all data, applications and even
operating systems to be hosted on network servers.
The guiding goal was flexibility, said implementer Jeffrey Birnbaum, managing
director and global head of enterprise computing in Morgan Stanley's
institutional securities division. With thousands of internally developed
applications and 36,500 supported PCs spread throughout 20 countries, Morgan
Stanley wanted an architecture that would let it quickly deliver anything
that needed to flow to end users, including data, applications, software
patches and system configuration changes.
It also wanted the ability to add new applications and machines to its
network for the lowest possible cost, Birnbaum... (more)
Already the subject of intense scrutiny, this new kernel will be the first
major revamp of the Linux kernel in two years. We at Open Source Development
Labs (OSDL) have worked with Linux developers and together completed more
than 4,000 tests on publicly available development versions of this kernel.
In recent months, we have run the development kernel, known as 2.5, in our
production environment with servers, achieving more than 30 days of
continuous uptime. The 2.5 kernel will transition into 2.6, and OSDL is
committed to its rapid adoption in the market. (OSDL is a global consortium
backed by Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, and
other major vendors.)
A fast and deep entry into the market would be a distinct change from what
happened with Linux 2.4, when adoption took longer than the industry
anticipated. This time around, however, the de... (more)
Does the open source community provide world-class security technology? Can
organizations stop dealing with commercial vendors for security software?
To avoid any undue suspense, the answers are: "Emphatically yes" and "Maybe,
but you probably need to make an investment of some kind." But let's take a
look at the evidence - this article references two open source projects:
netfilter and Snort. Escalating ChallengesFirst, it's clear that the
challenges related to security are escalating. Outbreaks of viruses and worms
are becoming more virulent and spreading faster. Blended threats and
application-specific attacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to
detect. Wireless communications, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer networks
are opening new holes in corporate defenses. Top management is taking a
sudden and unaccustomed interest in IT security. Yet IT depart... (more)
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Wanted: 19 More of the Top Software People in the World Sung and Unsung
i-Technology Heroes Who's Missing from SYS-CON's i-Technology Top Twenty?"
Our search for the Twenty Top Software People in the World is nearing
completion. In the SYS-CON tradition of empowering readers, we are leaving
the final "cut" to you, so here are the top 40 nominations in alphabetical
order.
Our aim this time round is to whittle this 40 down to our final twenty, not
(yet) to arrange those twenty in any order of preference. All you need to do
to vote is to go to the Further Details page of any nominee you'd like to see
end up in the top half of the poll when we close voting on Christmas Eve,
December 24, and cast your vote or votes. To access the Further Details of
each nominee just click on their name. Happy voting!
In alphabetical order the nominees are:
Tim Berner... (more)
Register for CloudCamp @ Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
Follow @CloudExpo on Twitter
Further cementing its position as The Largest Cloud Computing Event in the
World, the organizers of the 7th International Cloud Expo being held at the
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, on November 1-4, 2010,
announced today that the event will also feature - on November 2nd, 2010 - a
CloudCamp unconference.
CloudCamp @Cloud Expo Silicon Valley is aimed at anyone working with, or
interested in working with, cloud technologies.
"With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we
can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions," said CloudCamp
co-founder Dave Nielsen, who will personally be facilitating the process on
site at the Santa Clara Convention Center. "At CloudCamp," Nielsen continued,
"participants will be encouraged to share their th... (more)
Here’s an open source business model that’s creeping up on us: Selling
add-ons to open source software. For under $100, you can buy
predesigned themes, reports, and feature enhancements for a number of open
source projects, including WordPress, Joomla!, and Magento. Is there a
viable business here? To find out, I recently chatted with Eugene Popovsky,
one of the owners of aheadWorks, which makes several of the most popular
Magento add-ons. Here’s what he told me:
What made you decide to create these add-on modules for Magento?
We have a great experience in ecommerce as we’ve have been working
ecommerce systems since 2003. One year ago, we decided to extend our business
with one more ecommerce system and considered Magento mainly because of three
advantages: modern, free and very promising.
What are the technical strengths and weaknesses in Magento for developer... (more)
Achieving Continuous Performance Validation with Synthetic Users
In most modern development groups, there's a big focus on creating code that
works. The idea goes that in more traditional, waterfall approaches, errors
in code that aren't fixed until late in the cycle are much more expensive to
resolve due to unintended consequences. Today, some groups
practice test-driven development as a way to ensure that code is always
functional while others work with short agile sprints where all code produced
must be usable in the field by the end of each sprint.
There's a common understanding about what it means for a coding task to be
"done." Yet, often this "doneness" is only a measure of functionality - not
necessarily usability.
Today, user experience is crucial to an application's success, and that goes
well beyond what color your button is or how prominently a call-to-ac... (more)
Altosys Software Technologies will resell and support FSMLabs' RTLinux
real-time software in India.
Altosys, headquartered in the south Indian city of Chennai, and FSMLabs plan
to target RTLinux at the manufacturing, medical instrument, telecom and
embedded software segments.
RTLinux/Pro provides FSMLabs' RTCore POSIX PS51 robust "hard" real-time
kernel with an embedded Linux system. RTCore uses a dual-kernel technique to
run Linux or BSD Unix as applications.
... (more)
Trebia Networks has introduced a set of storage network processors for
deploying enterprise IP SANs.
The two-year-old Acton, Massachusetts outfit announced three storage network
processors Monday targeted at both network switches and storage endpoints.
The chips include the SNP-1000 to provide connectivity between Fibre Channel
and IP SANs, the SNP-1000i for applications requiring a TCP offload engine
for TCP termination and the SNP-500 for applications requiring full iSCSI/TCP
offload engine processing.
Featuring dual 1 Gbps IP storage ports and a 2 Gbps Fibre Channel port, the
SNP-1000 is supposed to support up to 350,000 I/Os a second. It's designed
for SAN switches, MAN/LAN/WAN switches, gateways/bridges, SAN convergence
systems and endpoint systems.
The SNP-1000i is a dual-port TPCP offload engine aimed at SAN/NAS endpoint
systems, switches/gateways and virtual... (more)
(LinuxWorld) -- Got Debian? Don't got GNOME 2? Not surprising. Debian doesn't
get nearly as much attention as other distributions when it comes to updating
software packages, least of all desktop environments like KDE and GNOME.
There are good reasons for this, and bad ones, but either way it's reality.
The problem with packages like KDE and GNOME is that you often have to wander
away from the standard Debian servers to get the latest versions. This
introduces the potential for unresolved dependencies or even package and
library conflicts. If you're a Debian user, you can look on the bright side
in this case. You may be able to find Red Hat or Mandrake RPMs for the latest
KDE or GNOME packages before you find packages for any other Linux platform,
but in my experience, I've seen far more RPMs introduce unresolved
dependencies and cause resolution headaches than when ... (more)
I'm writing from a pod of Compaq computers on the show floor all running Red
Hat. The pod is sponsored by HP and provides everyone with net access.
Thanks!
I can't tell you how exciting this show has been. I haven't been to a show in
a long time that's had this kind of buzz.
We've had some interesting announcements from Red Hat this week -- they
announced here at the show a "Open Source Now Fund." The purpose of the fund
is to, in their words, "cover legal expenses associated with infringement
claims brought against companies developing software under the GPL license
and non-profit organizations".
In case you're interested, you can find out more at the Red Hat site.
The launch of LinuxWorld Magazine has really been big news as well. Over
4,000 copies of the Premier Issue were originally available on this show
floor, to mid- and high-level managers wanting to subscrib... (more)
CloudEXPO Stories By Zakia Bouachraoui  The precious oil is extracted from the seeds of prickly pear cactus plant. After taking out the seeds from the fruits, they are adequately dried and then cold pressed to obtain the oil. Indeed, the prickly seed oil is quite expensive. Well, that is understandable when you consider the fact that the seeds are really tiny and each seed contain only about 5% of oil in it at most, plus the seeds are usually handpicked from the fruits. This means it will take tons of these seeds to produce just one bottle of the oil for commercial purpose. But from its medical properties to its culinary importance, skin lightening, moisturizing, and protection abilities, down to its extraordinary hair care properties, prickly seed oil has got lots of excellent rewards for anyone who pays the price. Sep. 4, 2019 10:45 PM EDT | By Elizabeth White  The platform combines the strengths of Singtel's extensive, intelligent network capabilities with Microsoft's cloud expertise to create a unique solution that sets new standards for IoT applications," said Mr Diomedes Kastanis, Head of IoT at Singtel. "Our solution provides speed, transparency and flexibility, paving the way for a more pervasive use of IoT to accelerate enterprises' digitalisation efforts. AI-powered intelligent connectivity over Microsoft Azure will be the fastest connected path for IoT innovators to scale globally, and the smartest path to cross-device synergy in an instrumented, connected world.
Jul. 1, 2019 07:30 AM EDT | By Zakia Bouachraoui  There are many examples of disruption in consumer space – Uber disrupting the cab industry, Airbnb disrupting the hospitality industry and so on; but have you wondered who is disrupting support and operations? AISERA helps make businesses and customers successful by offering consumer-like user experience for support and operations. We have built the world’s first AI-driven IT / HR / Cloud / Customer Support and Operations solution. Jun. 27, 2019 08:00 AM EDT | By Liz McMillan  ScaleMP is presenting at CloudEXPO 2019, held June 24-26 in Santa Clara, and we’d love to see you there. At the conference, we’ll demonstrate how ScaleMP is solving one of the most vexing challenges for cloud — memory cost and limit of scale — and how our innovative vSMP MemoryONE solution provides affordable larger server memory for the private and public cloud. Please visit us at Booth No. 519 to connect with our experts and learn more about vSMP MemoryONE and how it is already serving some of the world’s largest data centers. Click here to schedule a meeting with our experts and executives. Jun. 25, 2019 07:15 AM EDT | By Liz McMillan  Darktrace is the world's leading AI company for cyber security. Created by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge, Darktrace's Enterprise Immune System is the first non-consumer application of machine learning to work at scale, across all network types, from physical, virtualized, and cloud, through to IoT and industrial control systems. Installed as a self-configuring cyber defense platform, Darktrace continuously learns what is ‘normal' for all devices and users, updating its understanding as the environment changes. Jun. 25, 2019 01:00 AM EDT |
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