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Webcast Live Webcast: Save Time, Money and Manpower While Eliminating Redundancies from Your Data Backups You already know about exponential data growth, in fact you are probably experiencing it in your own environment. Digital information is doubling every 18 months. For som...

Tags: Asset Management, Backups, Business Operations, Data Backup, Operational Planning

Sponsored by: PC Connection
Date: September 2008
PC Connection
White Paper The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 1 Storing data on a disk has become less expensive and more convenient in modern times. But with that increase in storage capacity and decrease in price comes a problem of ...

Tags: Defragmentation, Disk

Sponsored by: Diskeeper
Date: January 2007
Diskeeper
White Paper Accelerating Network-based Backup Learn the secrets to successfully implementing network-based backup. In this free Riverbed technical brief, discover how you can finally eliminate tape backup in your bra...

Tags: Backups, Network, Riverbed Technology Inc.

Sponsored by: Riverbed
Date: April 2006
Riverbed
Webcast A System Continuity Solution for Virtual System Consolidation Whether you're already running virtual machines or are just considering a move to a virtualized environment, you won't want to miss this NEC Webinar! You'll learn...

Tags: Consolidation, Data Replication, High Availability, NEC Corp., Webinar

Sponsored by: NEC Corporation of America
Date: April 2007
NEC Corporation of America
Webcast Protecting Your SQL Database Do you want to protect your SQL database rapidly without spending thousands of dollars on enterprise versions? Then view NEC's on-demand webcast, "Protect Your SQL Databa...

Tags: Data Management, SQL, Software/Web Development, Software Development, Software

Sponsored by: NEC Corporation of America
Date: January 2008
NEC Corporation of America
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White Paper 7 Things Every System Administrator Should Know About OpenSSH OpenSSH provides a powerful and flexible tool for system administrators, but like any powerful tool, without a proper understanding, its potential may be wasted or, worse...

Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., OpenSSH, Productivity, System Administrator, Tool

Sponsored by: Global Knowledge
Date: September 2007
Global Knowledge
White Paper 10 Red Hat Linux Tips and Tricks This white paper, which was compiled by Red Hat Certified Engineers, provides you with a quick and simple reference for navigating Red Hat Linux systems. It offers tips a...

Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Red Hat Inc.

Sponsored by: Global Knowledge
Date: March 2007
Global Knowledge
Download Send messages and alerts from the command line Vincent Danen introduces two command-line programs, wall and mail, that allow you to send simple alerts and e-mail messages to users. ...

Tags: Construction, E-mail, Online Communications, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download How do I... Run Linux applications in Windows XP? There are many reasons why an administrator would want to be able to run Linux GUI applications from a Windows machine. Say, for example, you have a GUI-enabled Linux ...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Open Source

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: August 2008
Jack Wallen
Download 10 fundamental differences between Linux and Windows Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Jack Wallen has distilled the key di...

Tags: Difference, Jack Wallen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: August 2008
Jack Wallen
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Download One-time scheduling of tasks with At Scheduling services with cron and similar tools is great for repetitive tasks but inconvenient for one-time tasks. Vincent Danen introduces the flexible At command for ta...

Tags: Productivity, Task, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download Schedule periodic tasks with cron Vincent Danen covers the basics of scheduling basic system and user tasks with cron, such as downloading e-mail at certain intervals and restarting services....

Tags: Basics, E-mail, Interval, Online Communications, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download 10 quick tips to make Linux networking easier Linux makes networking simple and secure -- if you know a few tricks. Jack Wallen shares some pointers to help admins knock out various Linux networking tasks with a mini...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Network, Networking, Open Source

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: August 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Get a complete security toolkit with BackTrack 3 The BackTrack LiveCD provides over 300 different tools that can be used by security professionals or system administrators. It includes tools for penetration testing, wir...

Tags: BackTrack LiveCD, Productivity, Security, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download 10 ways to make apt-get easier to use The apt-get package management system can trip you up, even though it's supposed to simplify your work. Jack Wallen offers some practical pointers to help you get around ...

Tags: Blogging, Entry, Internet, Jack Wallen

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: August 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Customize the Joe text editor The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file t...

Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Text Editor, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download Install extra packages on the ASUS Eee PC Installing extra packages on the Asus Eee PC is possible if you want more software than the average user. Vincent Danen explains how to set up Xandros repositories to mak...

Tags: ASUS, Desktops, Hardware, PC, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008
Vincent Danen
Download How do I... Install and use PktFilter to secure Windows? PktFilter is an open source (distributed under the BSD license), command-line security tool designed to allow the user to configure the IPv4 filtering driver for Windo...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008
Jack Wallen
White Paper The Linux Operating System as a Managed Object: The Case for Infrastructure Management Organizations today face two major challenges: deployment of an increasingly rich service mix and managing the associated massive base of computing platforms. In this pap...

Tags: Business Operations, Operating Systems, Operating System, Object, Litigation

Company: IBM
Date: July 2008
IBM
Download 10 ways to make Linux boot faster On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of ...

Tags: ASUS, Software, Semiconductors, PC, Operating Systems

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008
Vincent Danen
Download How do I... Recover Linux data files with a Windows tool? Recovering data from a hard drive with corrupted partition table created by the Linux operating system is not something you do every day. However, DiskInternals makes ...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...

Tags: Desktops, Hardware, Linux, Linux Desktop, Open Source

Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: July 2008
TechRepublic Pro
Download GUI scripting with Zenity Zenity is a tool that allows you to create GUI prompts for shell scripts. Similar to the dialog tool, which creates nice "graphical" text interfaces for the CLI, Zenity c...

Tags: GUI, Shell Script, Vincent Danen, Zenity

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008
Vincent Danen
Download 10 keyboard shortcuts to improve your Linux experience A few simple keyboard shortcuts can make your work in Linux far more efficient. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of his favorites, for both desktop environments and window man...

Tags: Environment, Hardware, Jack Wallen, Keyboard Shortcut, Keyboards

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system Programs like Sendmail or Postfix work great for multi-user systems or servers, but this setup may be more complex than you need for a single-user desktop system. Vincent...

Tags: Desktops, Hardware, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008
Vincent Danen
White Paper Guide to Linux Find Command Mastery The Linux find command is simultaneously one of the most useful and confounding of all Linux commands. It is difficult because its syntax varies from the standard syntax ...

Tags: Command, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Company: Oracle
Date: July 2008
Oracle
White Paper More Support for the Kernel The kernel is an integral part of Linux that manages system resources and provides services and APIs on top of hardware for all tools and applications to use. Building on...

Tags: Kernel, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Oracle Corp.

Company: Oracle
Date: July 2008
Oracle
Download How do I... Replace my Apple iPod firmware with Rockbox? While the firmware that Apple supplied with your iPod is adequate, it has a certain limitations. By replacing the standard iPod firmware with software from Rockbox, yo...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Digital Music

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Top 10 financial applications for Linux Many people don't realize the wealth of applications available for Linux -- and that includes financial software. Jack Wallen introduces 10 Linux apps that will meet your...

Tags: Finance, Financial, Financial Accounting, Financial Application, Jack Wallen

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them ac...

Tags: OpenSSH, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008
Vincent Danen
White Paper Improving Policy Verification Capabilities of Trusted Platforms Verifiable trust is a desirable property for computing platforms - a user has a fundamental interest in knowing whether a computing platform about to be used behaves as e...

Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management, Platform, Tools & Techniques

Company: Hewlett-Packard
Date: June 2008
Hewlett-Packard
Download Get Up To Speed: GNOME If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...

Tags: Desktops, GNOME, Hardware, Open Source

Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008
TechRepublic Pro
Download Get Up To Speed: KDE If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...

Tags: Desktops, Hardware, KDE, Open Source

Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008
TechRepublic Pro
Download Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories The FUSE project has made editing remote files convenient by allowing local-filesystem-like access to remote files. With plugins like sshfs, which transparently makes an ...

Tags: Directory, SSH, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008
Vincent Danen
Case Study Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) in South Africa Adopts Windows HPC Technology Over Linux Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Limited (PBMR) was established in 1999 with the intention to develop and market small-scale, high-temperature energy systems locally and ...

Tags: Cloud Computing, South Africa, Software, Operating Systems, Open Source

Company: Microsoft
Date: June 2008
Microsoft
Download Get Up To Speed: Linux If you are asked what an operating system is, you may not know the answer. If you are asked what Windows is (in reference to your computer) you probably have an idea. But...

Tags: Linux, Open Source, Operating System, Operating Systems, Software

Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008
TechRepublic Pro
Download Realize the flexibility of OpenSSH Vincent Danen explains the flexibility and power of OpenSSH. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely; transfer files securely (using scp, sftp, or even rsyn...

Tags: OpenSSH, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008
Vincent Danen
Download Boost security by stopping these 10 Linux services on your server So you have that smokin' Linux LAMP server up and running, and you want it to be as secure as possible. But what services should you stop (permanently) to increase securi...

Tags: Hardware, Software, Service, Servers, Security

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008
Jack Wallen
Download How do I... Set up a printer using the Common UNIX Printing System? Users often have trouble setting up hardware in Linux because they simply aren't used to the way things are done in Linux. Setting up hardware is relatively simple (on...

Tags: Hardware, Tool, Software, Productivity, Printers

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008
Jack Wallen
White Paper Distributed Lucene : A Distributed Free Text Index for Hadoop This paper describes a parallel, distributed free text index written at HP Labs called Distributed Lucene. Distributed Lucene is based on two Apache open source projects,...

Tags: Apache Hadoop, Distributed Lucene, Open Source

Company: Hewlett-Packard
Date: June 2008
Hewlett-Packard
Download How do I... Connect an Apple iPod to an Ubuntu Linux PC? It is indeed possible to connect an Apple iPod MP3 player to a personal computer running Ubuntu Linux. Jack Wallen shows you what open source software application you ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Ubuntu, Software, Personal Technology, PC

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Delegate privileges to users with sudo Vincent Danen offers a quick primer about the popular sudo program and shows you how to use it to delegate different privileges to users....

Tags: Privilege, Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008
Vincent Danen
Download 10 ways to secure your Linux desktop Out of the box, a Linux desktop is highly secure -- but this level of security doesn't necessarily involve specialized software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest mean...

Tags: Desktops, Hardware, Jack Wallen, Linux, Linux Desktop

Company: Jack Wallen
Date: May 2008
Jack Wallen
Download Dig for more data in the /proc directory Vincent Danen introduces you to the /proc filesystem, which you can mine for a lot of helpful information about your system and running processes on your system....

Tags: Vincent Danen

Company: Vincent Danen
Date: May 2008
Vincent Danen

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