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- Implement integrity auditing with basic utilities
- The computing world is full of security tools. Ultimately, however, the only tool that can provide you with something approaching 100 percent certainty that your system hasn't been compromised by a malicious security cracker is an integrity auditing tool. Integrity auditing tools are many and varied, but...
- Tags: Security, File System, Auditing, Computing World, Tripwire, Tool, Integrity Auditing, Commercial Software, Rsync, Mtree, Manpage, Productivity, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- IBM mainframe
- New release of IBM's z/OS tightens the lid on mainframe securityDo you think that the mainframe will ever die out?"Ever" ???Midrange systems and servers are working hard to achieve the same levels of resilience, which you can get from the closely coupled interaction between hardware, software, and culture on this...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM mainframe, paulmah@..., mainframe, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
Additional Resources
- Perspectives on Grid: Grid Computing - Next-Generation Distributed Computing
- Two major needs have dramatically increased the value of the concept of grid computing in the last few years. A lean economy has forced those with a limited IT budget to more fully utilize their existing computing assets and to become more flexible to respond to rapidly evolving markets by...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Distributed Computing, Economy, Network Technology, Utility Computing, It Management, Corba, Networking, It service Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2004-01-27
- Maestro-VC: On-Demand Secure Cluster Computing Using Virtualization
- On-demand computing is the name given to technology which enables an infrastructure where computing cycles are treated as a commodity, and where such a commodity can be accessed upon request. In this way the goals of on-demand computing overlap with and are similar to those of Grid computing: both enable...
- Tags: University Of Illinois, On-demand, Grid Computing, Cluster Computing, On-demand Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Virtualization, It service Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-02-23
- Grid Computing: The Current State and Future Trends
- The term 'Grid Computing' is relatively new and means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It has been used as a buzzword for any new technology to do with computing, especially computer networking, and therefore it has been over-hyped as the solution to just about...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Establishing Trust in an Interconnected World: Microsoft's Vision, Framework and Product Road Map for a More Secure Computing Ecosystem
- Creating a secure computing ecosystem is a top priority for Microsoft Corp., for the IT industry and for customers. As an industry leader, Microsoft believes it has a responsibility to offer a vision, framework and road map for taking secure computing to the next level. The company sees the potential...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Vision, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Cluster Computing
- Parallel computing has seen many changes since the days of the highly expensive and proprietary super computers. Changes and improvements in performance have also been seen in the area of mainframe computing for many environments. This paper provides a review of cluster computing, the various types of clusters and their...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Computing, Cluster Computing, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2005-04-18
- Grid Computing at Texas Tech University Using SAS
- Grid computing creates a distributed computing environment that leverages unused computing resources to obtain information that would otherwise take weeks or months to process. The promise of extraordinary increases in computing ability for minimal additional investment in IT has made grid computing a hot topic in business, academic, and research...
- Tags: Texas Tech University, SAS Institute, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-05
- On-demand computing was hype: Grid computing delivers
- Grid Computing?I have tried to keep up with IT trends but I am not so clear on this concept.Is there a flow-chart or a more in-depth explanation of what "Grid Computing" is?I apologize for my ignorance, but it is a correctable condition.Thanks
- Tags: AndeAnderson, computing, grid, grid computing, it management, on demand, on-demand, on-demand computing
- Discussion threads 2005-08-30
- Application and Infrastructure Challenges in Pervasive Computing
- The technological advances over the last few years has revolutionized the world of personal computing. Off late handheld devices exist that can function as a cellular phone, video camera and a PDA, all in one box. Also, wireless service providers have started offering numerous data services over their networks (e.g.,...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Computing, Alcatel, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware
- White papers
- Moving to a Blade World
- How Blade Computing improves your business. This paper aims to explain those benefits to the business and IT manager, and show how blade computing can be implemented to save money and improve the way IT serves the business needs.
- Tags: Quocirca, Blade, Blade Computing, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-23
- Fundamentals of Grid Computing
- The purpose of this paper is to provide discussion material about grid computing, concepts, use, and architecture. Grid computing represents unlimited opportunities in terms of business and technical aspects. Grid computing, most simply stated, is distributed computing taken to the next evolutionary level. The goal is to create the illusion...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Goal, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2002-11-11
- Thin Client Technology: Increase Control and Reduce Costs with Thin Clients and Microsoft Windows Terminal Service
- Thin Client computing is now an accepted strategy for business computing. Thin Client computing is the next generation and the most technologically advanced computing created to solve the problems experienced with the computing desktops of the corporate environment. The Thin Client concept has brought about a higher level of centralized...
- Tags: Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Technical Resource Group, Thin Client Concept, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Hardware
- White papers 2002-08-25
- Base One Grid Computing - Executive Overview
- This paper describes grid computing solutions for business and scientific applications using Base One's technology and its unique "shrink wrap" products. Besides "grid computing", this technology is also known by a variety of terms such as "cluster computing", "distributed computing", "distributed processing", "distributed storage", "parallel processing", etc. This paper summarizes...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2004-09-24
- Grid Computing and SAS
- Organizations today are under pressure to find ways to make the most of the IT resources they already have. In many industries significant improvements to the bottom line have been realized through grid computing. Grid computing allows you to link together the processors, storage and/or memory of distributed computers to...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Grid Computing: Making Inroads Into Financial Services
- Grid computing often combines powerful paradigms such as distributed computing, high-performance computing and disposable computing depending on the application of the technology and the scale of operations. Grids can effectively create a virtual supercomputer out of existing servers, workstations and even PCs to deliver processing power not only to a...
- Tags: Financial Service, Processing Power, Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Network Technology, Utility Computing, It Management, Networking, It service Management
- White papers
- HP Case Study: SPACI
- SPACI stands for Southern Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructures, a project created to promote applied research on Grid Computing and to help the transfer of technology from the academic and research world to the business world and that of Public Utility Companies. A very great advantage of HP's active presence...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- The Impact of SOA Policy-Based Computing on C2 Interoperation and Computing
- This paper presents issues related to policy-based computing in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) for network-centric warfare. Service-oriented computing and its associated architecture represent a new paradigm of computing and numerous issues need to be addressed. One of important issues is distributed policy computing. Issues such as policy specification, analysis, enforcement,...
- Tags: SOA, Computing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-03-15
- Server Cluster Based on Intel Architecture Meets Tsinghua University's Requirements
- Tsinghua University is a leading research-oriented university in China with world fame. Its High Performance Computing Institute, consisting of scholars, teachers and students from a variety of fields, engage in research of various disciplines such as electric power system simulation, weather forecast, biology informatics and data mining. Performance is critical...
- Tags: Performance, Biology, Intel Itanium 2, Tsinghua University, Server, Intel Corp., Server Cluster, Intel Architecture, 64-Bit, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Grid Computing With Oracle
- Grid computing is a new IT architecture that produces more resilient and lower cost enterprise information systems. With grid computing, groups of independent, modular hardware and software components can be connected and rejoined on demand to meet the changing needs of businesses. Grid computing has increased momentum as the enterprise...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2005-03-01
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