Bringing IT Operations Management to Open Source & Beyond
[ Source: GroundWork Open Source ]
July 2008-
Download this IDC analyst report to learn how open source solutions can drive more value from the existing deployment of open source tools by providing a common data model, integration platform, and presentation layer for IT organizations moving away from component management to service management.
Linux as a Real-Time Operating System
[ Source: Freescale Semiconductor ]
January 2008-
Linux is rapidly evolving to include more and more features that have explicit value to the embedded developer. Key enhancements include two very high-performance real-time enhancement patches to the Linux kernel, which perform identically for all practical purposes. As a result of this performance, the developer’s choice regarding which should be implemented can be based on independent criteria including the ability to update/modify existing device drivers for compatibility with the real-time implementation, and the availability ....
SOA Redefined: Simple. Open. Affordable.
[ Source: JBoss ]
December 2007-
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enables enterprises to accelerate business execution while driving higher quality and customer satisfaction. The key to success in business is creating the ability to not only to respond to opportunities and threats, but to identify them as early as possible and drive your vision of your business to a successful delivery of product and service leadership. SOA allows enterprises to do this because it opens up the integration and automation of the ....
Open Source Moves to Enterprise
[ Source: GroundWork Open Source ]
July 2008-
Learn about an open source management alternative for the mid-enterprise in Ptak, Noel and Associates’ (PNA) report. PNA has been watching the emerging integrated open source management suite market. A short time ago, solutions were too new to project open source and subscription adoption trends but since then, enterprise solution sales have increased.
Open Source SaaS For Docs: Secure Data Without Vendor Lock-In Using An Open Source Docs Platform
[ Source: Extentech ]
March 2009-
Companies are investigating cloud computing and SaaS offerings as a way to cut IT costs. But most companies will not adopt such solutions for fear of losing control over their data or worse, getting stuck with expensive and endless vendor lock-in. By using open source/open architecture SaaS solutions, you can enjoy the benefits of lowered upfront IT costs, and retain control over your data while mitigating the risks of vendor lock-in.
Optimizing Application Monitoring
[ Source: GroundWork Open Source ]
July 2008-
Tired of finding out from your customers that you're offline? This white paper explains various methods of application monitoring and a methodology for choosing which ones make sense in your environment.
An Analysis of the Key Market Segments of Application Security for Open Source Software
[ Source: Palamida ]
March 2008-
This paper will examine four basic market segments of the emerging Application Security Space for Open Source Software (OSS). Included will be a discussion of available tools and strategies for maximizing safe use of OSS during the software development process so as to maintain a high degree of security in a company's critical software applications and products.
The requirement to create and maintain secure applications is challenging one, requiring detailed understanding ....
Migrating From IIS Web Server to Apache SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
[ Source: Novell ]
January 2008-
In Internet world, the ability to provide reliable Internet communication and collaboration with customers is critical to every companys success. If much of the infrastructure has been built on Microsoft technology, one is probably serving Web pages via the intranet or publicly over the Internet using Internet Information Server (IIS). Perhaps with the latest attacks on and vulnerabilities discovered within IIS, it is considering a more reliable Web server platform. This paper, a joint venture ....
Best practices for SaaS implementation using an Open Source Portal (JBoss)
[ Source: Fulcrum Logic ]
December 2008-
In this white paper, we attempt to explore various design approaches to implement a SAAS application using JBoss as the portal vendor. JBoss Portal is a very popular open source portal offering from Red Hat. It is JSR-168 compliant and provides support for deployment in a clustered environment with high availability.
Running SAP on Linux With High Availability Storage Infrastructure
[ Source: Novell ]
January 2008-
Downtime can be disastrous, especially for mission-critical systems where every second offline costs a person time, money and potentially, customers. This is exactly the solution one gets when it runs SAP NetWeaver technology on High Availability Storage Infrastructure included in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. In demanding IT environment, any interruption to mission-critical systems is unacceptable. High availability is needed, even in the complex SAP systems. That’s why SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell ....