Novell released SUS Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The service pack offers contaienhancements in virtualization, management, hardware enablement and interoperability.
“This service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 has something for almost everyone – customers, partners and developers,” says Holger Dyroff, vice president of outbound product management for SUSE Linux Enterprise at Novell. “The benefits of Linux in the enterprise are becoming well known, and Novell's focus is on continuing to simplify the customer's experience, always with an eye ... More
May 23rd, 2008 |
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Red Hat released the second update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. As with earlier minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 comes with a broad set of bug fixes, updated hardware support capabilities, quality improvements, and a set of new software features that have been backported from upstream open source projects to the Enterprise Linux 5 code base.
Specifically, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 enhancements are primarily focused in six areas:
Virtualization
Laptop and Desktop improvements
Encryption and Security
Cluster & Storage Enhancements
Networking & ... More
May 20th, 2008 |
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Before you jump into SQL Server Hosting, there's at least a few things you need to know. This is arguably one of the most sensitive parts of your business, and you need a dedicated server that's secure, stable and reliable.
It all begins with security. You'll need the right host to ensure your SQL server is secure. But don't fall victim to the myth that shared hosting is just as secure as dedicated hosting or you could be in for a ... More
May 12th, 2008 |
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Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability which could allow elevation of privilege from authenticated user to LocalSystem, affecting Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and all supported versions and editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008.
Customers who allow user-provided code to run in an authenticated context, such as within Internet Information Services (IIS) and SQL Server, should review this advisory. Hosting providers may be at increased risk from this elevation of privilege vulnerability.
Currently, ... More
April 22nd, 2008 |
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Canonical is getting ready to release Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition. You can download it for free on Thursday, April 24.
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is built for business," says Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd. "This release brings together significant feature and stability improvements to a free and open platform. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is at the center of a growing ecosystem of applications that serve businesses of all sizes extremely well. We look forward to seeing its adoption grow ... More
April 22nd, 2008 |
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MySQL users are upset about plans Sun Microsystems disclosed this week to keep some strategic planned features -- and the source code -- closed. Only paying customers will get access to the new database features.Sun acquired MySQL in February and confirmed the new online backup capabilities that are under development will only be available to MySQL Enterprise customers. Most of the software's users have the free MySQL Community edition.
The details emerged this week at MySQL's annual user conference in Santa ... More
April 18th, 2008 |
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Novell has finally announced development plans for the next generation of its enterprise Linux platform, Suse Linux Enterprise 11. Sun is already bragging, calling it the “best-engineered and most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing.?
Suse Linux Enterprise 11 will be designed to form the heart of the modern IT organization, Novell said, to provide a foundation for mission-critical workloads across the enterprise by leveraging new technologies for server virtualization, consolidation and appliances, as well as innovative client computing breakthroughs.
Novell is promising ... More
March 18th, 2008 |
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Here's an interesting question making its way around the World Wide Web: If you didn't have to worry about the administrative tasks with SQL Server, would you consider using SQL Server as a service?
There's talk that it's not much different from a hosted SQL Server at your ISP. It's an issue of control, I suppose. Some people get spooked by the notion of transitioning to a fully hosted SQL solution. The discussion started at Stephen Wynkoop's site, but let's ... More
March 5th, 2008 |
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Good news for developers this week. Zend Technologies has announced its Zend Core product will run on the Windows Server 2008 platform, providing parity between Windows Server and Linux in running PHP. All Zend products will run on Windows Server 2008 platform by the end of the year.
Here's an interesting admission -- followed by a reassurance -- from Zend's ... More
March 4th, 2008 |
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There's an interesting discussion on hacking going on over at LinuxForums. A poster from Fullerton, California who uses Suse Linux says he's been the target of hackers hired by a world wide multi-million dollar company after a Wikipedia slip exposed his IP address, among other things. He wants to know, in short, if his system has been hacked. The conclusion of the story is, he probably wasn't. But it's an interesting security issue that we've all got to be ... More
February 17th, 2008 |
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