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Webcasts
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lifecycle Management
May 2010
The concept of system lifecycle management is easy. One takes software, configuration and content from development and put it into production. One then make more changes to the software,...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Improve Your Business Intelligence Capabilities With Sybase IQ Columnar Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
May 2010
Today's businesses require mission-critical analytics, business intelligence and reporting solutions delivered with unsurpassed speed and at an affordable price. Sybase and Red Hat have partnered...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
An Introduction to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
May 2010
In this first webcast helps learn how they can create a secure, virtualized environment with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Hear about common deployments and the business challenges that Red...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Managing the Enterprise With RHN Satellite
May 2010
As a customer of Red Hat Network Satellite, this webcast shows where one will show best practices for managing a growing Linux environment. Sr. Solutions Architect will provide guidance on how to...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Introduction to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Webinar Series 1: Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a Foundation for Modern IT
May 2010
This introductory webcast will show the how to get more out of the IT investments and increase efficiencies by answering the following questions: Why Red Hat Enterprise Linux? What is the...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Optimize Your Infrastructure With HP BladeSystem for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Apr 2010
Now more than ever, the must grow the business with fewer resources on smaller budgets. They need innovative solutions that lower the operational costs and make the most of the IT infrastructure....
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Discount Tire Accelerates e-Commerce With Red Hat Network Satellite
Mar 2010
Discount Tire, the world's largest independent tire and wheel retailer, needed to support its rapidly growing e-commerce business while keeping costs contained and complying with strict PCI...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Eliminating Solaris Budget and Longevity Concerns - Migrate to Cost Effective Solutions From Red Hat and IBM
Feb 2009
During this webcast, senior staff and solutions experts from Red Hat and IBM will discuss how moving away from Solaris can help the address today's budget and resource challenges in a struggling...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Understanding the Risks of Free and Low Cost Linux
Feb 2010
This webcast helps to know that the many of their enterprise applications are not certified for use with free Linux distributions? Did they also know that 3rd party support of Red Hat Enterprise...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Optimizing IT Service Delivery: The Need for Linux Systems Management
Sep 2009
This webcast focuses on the Linux Systems Management challenges IT organizations face to reduce costs while delivering high service quality to end-users. During this webcast program Vice...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Current & Future Linux on System z Technology
Sep 2009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become one of the fastest-growing and most reliable operating platforms available for mission-critical enterprise applications. Whether deployed on bare-metal or as...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Reduce Cost and Increase Productivity With Red Hat Enterprise Linux Management Solutions
Sep 2009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become one of the fastest-growing and most reliable technology platforms available for mission-critical enterprise applications. Whether deployed on bare-metal or as...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
Considering a Sun Alternative: HP + Red Hat. Your Platform of the Future
Aug 2009
In light of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, many IT teams are understandably concerned about the future of their Sun Solaris investments. In this live web conference, Red Hat and HP solution experts...
Provided by Red Hat
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Whitepapers
Customizing and Porting of UClinux on Reconfigurable SoC
Jul 2012
Today's reconfigurable hardware devices have huge densities and are partially reconfigurable, allowing for the configuration and execution of hardware tasks in a true multitasking manner. This...
Provided by International forum of researchers Students and Academician
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White Papers
Hybrid-Virtualization-Enhanced Virtualization for Linux
Dec 2010
The authors propose hybrid-virtualization that combines paravirtualization and hardware-assisted virtualization. It can achieve equivalent or better performance than software-only...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Virtualization of Linux Servers
Dec 2010
Virtualization of x86 servers has been a hot topic in the last decade, culminating in changes in the architecture's design and the development of new technologies based in different approaches to...
Provided by Université de Sherbrooke
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Whitepapers
A Survey of Virtualization Workloads
Dec 2010
The authors survey several virtualization benchmarks, including benchmarks from different hardware and software vendors, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. They also cover the development...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
LINUX Virtualization on Virtual Iron VFe
Dec 2010
After years of research, the goal of seamlessly migrating applications from shared memory multi-processors to a cluster-based computing environment continues to be a challenge. The main barrier to...
Provided by Virtual Iron Software
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White Papers
Usage of Virtualized GNU/Linux for Binary Testing Across Multiple Distributions
Dec 2010
In this paper, the authors will discuss how they created a test environment using a single high-end test host that implemented multiple test hosts. The test environment enabled the testing of...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Unifying Virtual Drivers
Dec 2010
Para-virtualization presents a wide variety of issues to Operating Systems. One of these is presenting virtual devices to the para-virtualized operating system, as well as the device drivers which...
Provided by Linux Kernel Organization
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White Papers
Cooperative Linux
Dec 2010
In this paper, the author will describe Cooperative Linux, a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run as an unprivileged lightweight virtual machine in kernel mode, on top of another OS...
Provided by Linux Kernel Organization
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White Papers
Linux as a Hypervisor
Dec 2010
Virtual machines are a relatively new workload for Linux. As with other new types of applications, Linux support was somewhat lacking at first and improved over time. This paper describes the...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
VirtuaLinux Design Principles
Jul 2010
VirtuaLinux is a Linux meta-distribution that allows the creation, deployment and administration of both physical and virtualized clusters with no single point of failure. They are avoided by...
Provided by University of Pisa
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White Papers
Xen Virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Nov 2007
Virtualization enables enterprises to consolidate multiple servers without sacrificing application isolation, scale their infrastructure as their needs grow, and increase availability through...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Hello! Magazine Leverages the Power of Microsoft and Novell Joint Virtualization Solutions for Data Center Optimization
Jun 2010
Hello! Magazine is one of the most widely read celebrity magazines available, reaching more than one million people worldwide each week. The company was looking for a solution that would help them...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Consolidation of 20 Servers Over 3 Campuses Through Virtualization
Jan 2011
Tokyo Denki University (TDU) consists of 3 campuses in Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama. Their requirement was to upgrade their infrastructure servers to provide a networked service. To master these...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Case Studies
Dramatic Improvement in Web Sales System Performance for Network Partners (Sales Agents / Distributors)
Jan 2011
Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TEL) provides solutions to the electronics industry. TEL wanted to achieve smooth migration to an open environment and stable system use and also wanted to work...
Provided by Fujitsu
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White Papers
Virtualization & TCO: Linux Vs. Microsoft
Jun 2009
Analysis of results from the 2008 x86 Vendor Preference Survey shows interesting and significant differences in virtualization adoption for customers who predominantly use Linux vs. customers who...
Provided by Gabriel Consulting Group
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White Papers
Turning Down the LAMP: Software Specialisation for the Cloud
May 2010
The wide availability of cloud computing offers an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how the authors construct applications. The cloud is currently mostly used to package up existing software...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Fast Switching of Threads Between Cores
Apr 2009
The authors address the software costs of switching threads between cores in a multicore processor. Fast core switching enables a variety of potential improvements, such as thread migration for...
Provided by University of California, San Diego
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White Papers
Analyzing and Improving Linux Kernel Memory Protection: A Model Checking Approach
Dec 2010
Code injection continues to pose a serious threat to computer systems. Among existing solutions, W+ X is a notable approach to prevent the execution of injected code. In this paper, the authors...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Towards a VMM-Based Usage Control Framework for OS Kernel Integrity Protection
Jun 2007
Protecting kernel integrity is one of the fundamental security objectives in building a trustworthy Operating System (OS). For this end, a variety of approaches and systems have been proposed and...
Provided by George Mason University
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White Papers
Multiprocessor Scheduling Using Dynamic Performance Measurement and Analysis
Jan 2011
In this paper the authors address using dynamic performance metrics when making scheduling decisions. The focus is on the problem of cache affinity in multiprocessor CPU schedulers. The Linux 2.4...
Provided by University of Wisconsin
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White Papers
SigGraph: Brute Force Scanning of Kernel Data Structure Instances Using Graph-Based Signatures
Jan 2011
Brute force scanning of kernel memory images for finding kernel data structure instances is an important function in many computer security and forensics applications. Brute force scanning...
Provided by Purdue University
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White Papers
Performance Constraints of Distributed Control Loops on Linux Systems
Dec 2007
The number of distributed applications that play important roles in industry, commerce, and daily life is steadily increasing. The execution behavior constraints that distributed applications must...
Provided by University of Kansas
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White Papers
An Implementation of the Linux Software Repository Model for Other Operating Systems
Jan 2009
Connectivity in today's enterprise networks is regulated by a combination of complex routing and bridging policies, along with various interdiction mechanisms such as ACLs, packet filters, and...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
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White Papers
Secure Computing: SELinux
Oct 2007
Using mandatory access control greatly increases the security of an operating system. SELinux, which is an implementation of Linux Security Modules (LSM), implements several measures to prevent...
Provided by Helsinki University of Technology
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Whitepapers
DB2 Security and Compliance Solutions for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Mar 2008
In today's business world, it is inevitable that a company has to hold both personal and business information. Data privacy and data security are becoming a major concern for not only the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
A High Performance Computing Method of Linux Cluster's
Aug 2009
High performance computing more and more is used in all kinds of fields. But, for the common user, there are several questions on implementing the process of competing on the specialized cluster:...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Whitepapers
Achieving Oracle Database Scalability With or Without RAC
Jan 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows organizations to scale databases horizontally by load balancing across multiple servers. But RAC has limitations in availability, performance,...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Case Studies
Marico Reduces IT Costs by 50 Percent and Increases Performance by Migrating Mission-Critical SAP Applications to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Jul 2010
Marico is a leading Indian Group in Consumer Products & Services in the Global Beauty and Wellness space. Marico wanted to design a reliable, stable, high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
NCDEX Reduces IT Costs, Increases Performance, Standardizes It Architecture and Achieves 99.99% Uptime Using Red Hat Solutions
Jun 2010
National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) is an online multi-commodity exchange. The NCDEX wanted to design a reliable, stable, high-performance, cost-effective IT system on open...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Modernizes Ticketing System and Train Enquiry System With Red Hat Solutions
Apr 2010
Indian Railways is the world's busiest railway network, carrying 18 million passengers through approximately 7,000 railway stations every day. The IRCTC needed to modernize ticketing and passenger...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Red Hat Provides Castile and León With a Reliable and Flexible Infrastructure for Its Supercomputing Centre
Apr 2010
The Supercomputing Centre of Castile and León (FCSC) is a public body that was established in early 2008. The FCSC wanted to build a new hardware and software infrastructure for the Supercomputing...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Deutsche Borse Systems Builds the First Risk Management Platform on Red Hat Enterprise MRG Messaging and the Open Standard AMQP
Mar 2010
Deutsche Borse Group includes Deutsche Borse AG, a DAX company and one of the world's largest exchange organizations. They wanted to create a new client interface for a real-time transaction risk...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
GE Money Bank Scales It Infrastructure for Business Growth With Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Virtualization
Jan 2010
GE Money Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the Czech Republic. They needed to consolidate its technology infrastructure in order to scale with business growth and reduce...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Red Hat Provides Spanish Financial Services Association, ATCA, With a Stable and Scalable Solution for Its Electronic Banking System
Dec 2009
Asociacion Tecnica Cajas de Ahorros (ATCA) was founded in 1990 by several savings banks with the purpose of establishing a collaboration framework to help improve customer service. They wanted to...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Arabian Automobiles Transforms Its Business Technology Infrastructure With Itanium 2 - Based HP Integrity Servers Running Linux
Nov 2007
Arabian Automobiles is one of the largest automobile distributors in the Middle East and the sole distributor for Nissan, Infiniti, and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. Arabian...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
ITI Neovision Deploys Red Hat Virtualization Technology on HP Bladesystem to Improve Hardware Efficiency and Achieve Cost Savings
Oct 2009
The ITI Group is Poland's leading media and entertainment group. ITI Neovision looked to replace its enterprise platform solution, with a virtualized environment that could be supported by local...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Banco Pastor Reduces Costs and Improves Scalability With Red Hat, SAP, and IBM Solutions
Oct 2009
Founded in 1776, Banco Pastor has become the seventh largest banking group in Spain with 4,500 employees and 650 branch offices, and has presence in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Banco Pastor...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Hilti Standardizes Global Mission-Critical Solutions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Atix Open-Sharedroot, SAP Solutions
Aug 2009
Hilti Corporation, headquartered in Schaan in the Principality of Liechtenstein, is a world-renowned manufacturer of leading-edge technology for the global construction industry. HILTI wanted to...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Autotrader.co.uk Migrates to Red Hat Solutions for Performance, Stability and Reliability
Jun 2009
AutoTrader.co.uk is the UK's No. 1 motoring website, with over 10.3 million monthly unique users, who carry out over 106 million searches on new and used vehicles. AutoTrader wanted to replace...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 With Virtualization Delivers Increased Performance to Dutch City Council
Jun 2009
The City of Rotterdam, known for its famous harbour and large city council, is located in the Netherlands and boasts over 600,000 inhabitants. The Rotterdam wanted to renew part of the city's IT...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Leading UK Exam Board Cuts Costs, Innovates With End-to-End Open Source Solution
Jun 2009
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) is the largest of the three English exam boards. The AQA wanted to launch an extranet service that would be available to its external users of more...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Arsys Achieves Reliable Internet Services With Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Jun 2009
Arsys is Spain's leading Internet services specialist, providing domain name registration, and hosting, housing, and online applications. The Arsys wanted unifying Linux distributions and also...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
igate Powers Its Mission-Critical ManageMe Application on Jboss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Jun 2010
iGATE Corporation, a global IT company, provides niche IT services in enterprise solutions, business intelligence and data warehousing, application development and maintenance. The iGate wanted to...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Great Offshore Ltd. Reduces Costs, Increases Performance, and Scales for Growth With Red Hat and SAP Solutions
Mar 2010
Great Offshore Ltd. is India's prominent integrated offshore oilfield services provider, offering a broad spectrum of business services to upstream oil and gas producers to carry out offshore...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Learndirect Teaches the Benefits of Open Source With Red Hat
Jan 2010
Learndirect is the largest e-learning network of its kind in the world. Learndirect provides delivers online education, training, and advice for two million users, facilitating over 50,000...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Sherwin-Williams Consumer Group Takes on Rosy Hue With Help From Red Hat
May 2009
Founded in 1866, The Sherwin-Williams Company is a global leader in the manufacture, development, distribution, and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial,...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Red Hat Solutions Enable CME Group to Process Millions of Critical Financial Transactions Per Day
Jul 2009
CME Group is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. The CME Group wanted to migrate from a cost-inhibitive proprietary UNIX platform to a Linux alternative in order to reduce...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Union Bank Reinvents It Environment With Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Jboss Enterprise Middleware
Aug 2009
Union Bank, N.A., headquartered in San Francisco is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Whole Foods Reduced Costs and Increased Performance and Manageability of Business-Critical Applications With Red Hat Solutions
Jun 2009
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com) is a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and was America's first national certified organic grocer....
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Powers 100% Availability and Impressive Cost Savings for SPARQ Solutions
Feb 2010
SPARQ Solutions is the IT&T service provider for two leading Australian energy companies, ENERGEX and Ergon Energy. SPARQ wanted to replace its end-of-life proprietary system with a stable and...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Travel Channel Delivers Enhanced Online User Experiences, Gains Visibility Into Application Performance, and Optimizes Its Environment With Red Hat Solutions
Aug 2010
Launched in 1987 and owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, Travel Channel is available in more than 95 million US cable homes. Travel Channel required a management and monitoring solution to...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
The Z10 Is Not Your Father's Mainframe
Sep 2009
The mainframe was born some 50 plus years ago when the government needed a machine to support advanced research. Since that time it has taken its rightful place in the world's financial...
Provided by Integration Systems
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White Papers
Locating System Problems Using Dynamic Instrumentation
Jan 2010
This paper introduces SystemTap, a new performance and kernel troubleshooting infrastructure for Linux. SystemTap provides a scripting environment that can eliminate the modify-build-test loop...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System Z
Feb 2008
Consider the benefits of combining the number one Linux distribution with the number one RAS hardware platform. Customer adoption of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z is growing, and the...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Migrating From UNIX/RISC to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel Processor-Based Servers
Jul 2009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel processor-based servers is helping companies cut TCO by up to 50 percent and more versus comparable UNIX/RISC solutions, while providing a better...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Application Service Provider Doubles Capacity While Reducing Footprint and Costs With Sun M-Series Server Solution
May 2008
Core Services wanted to increase CPU power and speed and reduce footprint. The challenge was to improve availability of applications and reduce power and cooling costs. To meet the growing...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Tips and Techniques for Red Hat Certification Success
Aug 2010
Passing the Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), or one of the Architect-level exams is a major undertaking, but when you're successful it's a major...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Case Studies
Novell Success Story: Beech Grove City Schools
Feb 2009
Beech Grove City Schools is a school district for the City of Beech Grove, located within Indianapolis. The district lacked a centralized help desk and had no efficient way to log user issues and...
Provided by Novell
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Case Studies
Novell Success Story: GeoEnpro Petroleum Ltd
Nov 2007
GeoEnpro is a private-sector oil and gas exploration and Production Company, operating 41 wells in Kharsang Oilfield in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The nature of GeoEnpro's business requires...
Provided by Novell
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Case Studies
Novell Success Story: AQuellé
Jun 2008
aQuellé, located in KwaZulu-Natal, bottles and distributes natural spring water. The lack of an enterprise-class collaboration platform made it difficult for users to share information and...
Provided by Novell
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Case Studies
Novell Success Story: Viable
Mar 2009
Viable provides next-generation video relay services for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons that can be accessed wherever there is Internet or wireless connectivity, opening them to a world of...
Provided by Novell
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Whitepapers
BRMS Whitepaper: IBM WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management Systems: The Case for Architects and Developers
Aug 2010
The implementation of a BRMS brings organizations wide-ranging benefits in terms of the accessibility and oversight of automated decision logic, along with the ability to accelerate the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Solution Guide Parallels Virtualization for Linux
Jul 2009
Linux was designed to be UNIX-compatible software that was composed entirely of open source or free software components. Linux derives much of its design principles from those established in the...
Provided by Parallels
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White Papers
How to Squeeze More Efficiency Out of Your Infrastructure
Feb 2010
Linux is an operating system (OS) that is a popular option among many types of users. It is a free OS, stable, with a high level of familiarity, solid performance and good vendor support. Its...
Provided by Cloud Linux
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White Papers
Powering Through the Economy
Mar 2010
Today's lean, more tightlyregulated economy and the everincreasing importance of IT have many organizations caught in a bind. On one hand, reliable access to power is vital to keeping data...
Provided by Eaton
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Webcasts
When Times Get Tough, the Tough Get Tuning: Improve the Performance of Your Linux Systems
Oct 2008
If one is planning to improve the performance of the linux systems, then check out this webcast presented by Dee-Ann LeBlanc, a course developer for Splunk, an IT search company. She presents this...
Provided by O'Reilly Media
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White Papers
Garnet OS: Leveraging the Palm OS Ecosystem With Garnet VM and the ACCESS Linux Platform
Oct 2007
The Access Linux Platform is able to make use of the large base of legacy Palm OS code with the implementation of the Garnet VM1. This paper discusses the Garnet VM architecture and how it...
Provided by ACCESS
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Webcasts
Considering a Sun Alternative: HP + Red Hat. Your Platform of the Future
Aug 2009
In light of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, many IT teams are understandably concerned about the future of their Sun Solaris investments. In this live web conference, Red Hat and HP solution experts...
Provided by Red Hat
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Whitepapers
Customizing and Porting of UClinux on Reconfigurable SoC
Jul 2012
Today's reconfigurable hardware devices have huge densities and are partially reconfigurable, allowing for the configuration and execution of hardware tasks in a true multitasking manner. This...
Provided by International forum of researchers Students and Academician
-
White Papers
Hybrid-Virtualization-Enhanced Virtualization for Linux
Dec 2010
The authors propose hybrid-virtualization that combines paravirtualization and hardware-assisted virtualization. It can achieve equivalent or better performance than software-only...
Provided by Intel
-
White Papers
Virtualization of Linux Servers
Dec 2010
Virtualization of x86 servers has been a hot topic in the last decade, culminating in changes in the architecture's design and the development of new technologies based in different approaches to...
Provided by Université de Sherbrooke
-
Whitepapers
A Survey of Virtualization Workloads
Dec 2010
The authors survey several virtualization benchmarks, including benchmarks from different hardware and software vendors, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. They also cover the development...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
LINUX Virtualization on Virtual Iron VFe
Dec 2010
After years of research, the goal of seamlessly migrating applications from shared memory multi-processors to a cluster-based computing environment continues to be a challenge. The main barrier to...
Provided by Virtual Iron Software
-
White Papers
Usage of Virtualized GNU/Linux for Binary Testing Across Multiple Distributions
Dec 2010
In this paper, the authors will discuss how they created a test environment using a single high-end test host that implemented multiple test hosts. The test environment enabled the testing of...
Provided by Intel
-
White Papers
Unifying Virtual Drivers
Dec 2010
Para-virtualization presents a wide variety of issues to Operating Systems. One of these is presenting virtual devices to the para-virtualized operating system, as well as the device drivers which...
Provided by Linux Kernel Organization
-
White Papers
Cooperative Linux
Dec 2010
In this paper, the author will describe Cooperative Linux, a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run as an unprivileged lightweight virtual machine in kernel mode, on top of another OS...
Provided by Linux Kernel Organization
-
White Papers
Linux as a Hypervisor
Dec 2010
Virtual machines are a relatively new workload for Linux. As with other new types of applications, Linux support was somewhat lacking at first and improved over time. This paper describes the...
Provided by Intel
-
White Papers
VirtuaLinux Design Principles
Jul 2010
VirtuaLinux is a Linux meta-distribution that allows the creation, deployment and administration of both physical and virtualized clusters with no single point of failure. They are avoided by...
Provided by University of Pisa
-
White Papers
Xen Virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Nov 2007
Virtualization enables enterprises to consolidate multiple servers without sacrificing application isolation, scale their infrastructure as their needs grow, and increase availability through...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
Hello! Magazine Leverages the Power of Microsoft and Novell Joint Virtualization Solutions for Data Center Optimization
Jun 2010
Hello! Magazine is one of the most widely read celebrity magazines available, reaching more than one million people worldwide each week. The company was looking for a solution that would help them...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Case Studies
Consolidation of 20 Servers Over 3 Campuses Through Virtualization
Jan 2011
Tokyo Denki University (TDU) consists of 3 campuses in Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama. Their requirement was to upgrade their infrastructure servers to provide a networked service. To master these...
Provided by Fujitsu
-
Case Studies
Dramatic Improvement in Web Sales System Performance for Network Partners (Sales Agents / Distributors)
Jan 2011
Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TEL) provides solutions to the electronics industry. TEL wanted to achieve smooth migration to an open environment and stable system use and also wanted to work...
Provided by Fujitsu
-
White Papers
Virtualization & TCO: Linux Vs. Microsoft
Jun 2009
Analysis of results from the 2008 x86 Vendor Preference Survey shows interesting and significant differences in virtualization adoption for customers who predominantly use Linux vs. customers who...
Provided by Gabriel Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Turning Down the LAMP: Software Specialisation for the Cloud
May 2010
The wide availability of cloud computing offers an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how the authors construct applications. The cloud is currently mostly used to package up existing software...
Provided by University of Cambridge
-
White Papers
Fast Switching of Threads Between Cores
Apr 2009
The authors address the software costs of switching threads between cores in a multicore processor. Fast core switching enables a variety of potential improvements, such as thread migration for...
Provided by University of California, San Diego
-
White Papers
Analyzing and Improving Linux Kernel Memory Protection: A Model Checking Approach
Dec 2010
Code injection continues to pose a serious threat to computer systems. Among existing solutions, W+ X is a notable approach to prevent the execution of injected code. In this paper, the authors...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Towards a VMM-Based Usage Control Framework for OS Kernel Integrity Protection
Jun 2007
Protecting kernel integrity is one of the fundamental security objectives in building a trustworthy Operating System (OS). For this end, a variety of approaches and systems have been proposed and...
Provided by George Mason University
-
White Papers
Multiprocessor Scheduling Using Dynamic Performance Measurement and Analysis
Jan 2011
In this paper the authors address using dynamic performance metrics when making scheduling decisions. The focus is on the problem of cache affinity in multiprocessor CPU schedulers. The Linux 2.4...
Provided by University of Wisconsin
-
White Papers
SigGraph: Brute Force Scanning of Kernel Data Structure Instances Using Graph-Based Signatures
Jan 2011
Brute force scanning of kernel memory images for finding kernel data structure instances is an important function in many computer security and forensics applications. Brute force scanning...
Provided by Purdue University
-
White Papers
Performance Constraints of Distributed Control Loops on Linux Systems
Dec 2007
The number of distributed applications that play important roles in industry, commerce, and daily life is steadily increasing. The execution behavior constraints that distributed applications must...
Provided by University of Kansas
-
White Papers
An Implementation of the Linux Software Repository Model for Other Operating Systems
Jan 2009
Connectivity in today's enterprise networks is regulated by a combination of complex routing and bridging policies, along with various interdiction mechanisms such as ACLs, packet filters, and...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
-
White Papers
Secure Computing: SELinux
Oct 2007
Using mandatory access control greatly increases the security of an operating system. SELinux, which is an implementation of Linux Security Modules (LSM), implements several measures to prevent...
Provided by Helsinki University of Technology
-
Whitepapers
DB2 Security and Compliance Solutions for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Mar 2008
In today's business world, it is inevitable that a company has to hold both personal and business information. Data privacy and data security are becoming a major concern for not only the...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
A High Performance Computing Method of Linux Cluster's
Aug 2009
High performance computing more and more is used in all kinds of fields. But, for the common user, there are several questions on implementing the process of competing on the specialized cluster:...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
Whitepapers
Achieving Oracle Database Scalability With or Without RAC
Jan 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows organizations to scale databases horizontally by load balancing across multiple servers. But RAC has limitations in availability, performance,...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
-
White Papers
Understanding Transactional Memory Performance
Feb 2010
This paper introduces Syncchar, a novel method and tool for reasoning about the performance of transactional memory. The authors have validated Syncchar's performance predictions and demonstrated...
Provided by University of Texas
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White Papers
Top 10 questions about Ubuntu: What our customers most frequently ask
Jan 2011
What's diff erent about Ubuntu Server? Is it secure enough to use in my business? Will it work on my hardware? Whether you've already deployed Ubuntu in your business or are just starting...
Provided by Canonical Ltd
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White Papers
Time to upgrade your proprietary desktop? Here are 10 great reasons to migrate to Ubuntu instead
Jan 2011
The latest release of the world's most popular proprietary desktop operating system (OS) has been a big hit in the press. It's faster, easier to use and prettier to look at than its predecessor....
Provided by Canonical Ltd
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White Papers
An Analysis of Linux Scalability to Many Cores
Sep 2010
This paper analyzes the scalability of seven system applications (Exim, memcached, Apache, PostgreSQL, gmake, Psearchy, and MapReduce) running on Linux on a 48- core computer. Except for gmake,...
Provided by MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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White Papers
Performance and Availability Characterization for Linux Servers
Dec 2010
The performance of Linux servers running in mission-critical environments such as telecommunication networks is a critical attribute. Its importance is growing due to incorporated high...
Provided by Motorola
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Whitepapers
ITG Report: Save money on your Oracle EnterpriseOne solution with IBM Power Systems and IBM
Mar 2011
The cost of your Oracle EnterpriseOne solution can grow quickly as you extend its capabilities. Discover how IBM Power Systems with IBM i can help you reduce these costs - three-year IT costs can...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Power Systems Express Servers
Mar 2011
Mid-sized businesses need systems that are fast, efficient, easy to install and easy to manage in order to compete in today's market. You also need systems that you can afford from a company you...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Catching Two Rabbits: Adaptive Real-Time Support for Embedded Linux
Oct 2008
The trend of digital convergence makes multitasking common in many digital electronic products. Some applications in those systems have inherent real-time properties, while many others have few or...
Provided by John Wiley & Sons
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White Papers
A Checklist for Implementing Mobility Expense Management in 90 Days or Less
Apr 2011
Mobility Expense Management Implementations can be tedious, lengthy, and costly projects if not properly prepared for. It is common knowledge that the success of a project is dependent on good...
Provided by ProfitLine
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Whitepapers
IBM's Watson: Redefining systems design
Apr 2011
IBM's Watson—the computing system that competed with human contestants on Jeopardy!—represents an impressive leap forward in systems design and analytics. Read this datasheet to see how IBM can...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Your Solaris Alternative
Oct 2009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its associated subscription offer distinct advantages over Solaris in a server market dominated by x86 architecture. This whitepaper explores these advantages in...
Provided by Red Hat
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Whitepapers
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Servers in Highly Available Linux Environments
Mar 2011
This white paper highlights the benefits of the Linux operating system (OS) running on the HP DL980,and the advantage of running enterprise applications in a lower cost clustered Linux environment.
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
