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- Lighting a fire under Solaris
- Lighting a fire under Solarisarticle rootA day in the Sun for SolarisSun Microsystems is trying to reinvigorate the Solaris operating system with advances in performance, networking, reliability, and data storage. However, Linux remains a fearsome rival. Take a look at the two significant upgrades that are coming to Solaris this...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Linux, os, news, upgrades, solaris, Sonja Thompson, hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Linux zombies show platforms don't matter
- Linux zombies show platforms don't matterarticle roota basis for disagreementThe ongoing debates about the relative security of webserver platforms usually focus on irrelevant minutiae, or misapply relevant details. For instance, a PHP vulnerability is not a webserver or operating system vulnerability. Even more to the point than that,...
- Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, Linux, windows, microsoft, security, apache, iis, monoculture, george ou, apotheon, vulnerability, off-topic, server
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- Is the fear of the monoculture genuine?
- of course notWhy would I say someone has a monoculture problem due to standardizing on a single platform, whether Linux or Windows based? That's in contradiction to the meaning and intent of references to monoculture by people who actually know what it means.A single network is not a "culture"....
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, monoculture
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- Web on watch for common enemies
- Web on watch for common enemiesarticle rootWeb on watch for common enemiesSecurity experts are watching for attacks that burrow through two new flaws: a hole in Sun Microsystems' browser plug-in for running Java applets downloaded from the Internet, and a banner-ad attack that exploited an unpatched flaw in IE. Experts...
- Tags: advancement, common enemy, monoculture, Newsletter Editor, security, technology monoculture, Web
- Discussion threads 2004-11-29
- Tech Tip: Know your Microsoft alternatives
- By Jonathan Yarden Almost all companies realize that relyingexclusively on any one source is a risk. Whether it's an operatingsystem, a key employee, or a distributor, single sources ofessential products or services can result in a dangerousdependency. Most people are aware that a very highpercentage of companies...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, monoculture
- Technical articles 2004-08-02
- Software Self-Healing Using Collaborative Application Communities
- Software monocultures are usually considered dangerous because their size and uniformity represent the potential for costly and widespread damage. The emerging concept of collaborative security provides the opportunity to re-examine the utility of software monoculture by exploiting the homogeneity and scale that typically define large software monocultures. Monoculture can be...
- Tags: Software, Monoculture, Tools & Techniques, Management
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- SUSE Linux Enterprise: Differentiation Through Interoperability
- Heterogeneous IT environments are a fact of life in large organizations. According to recent Gartner research, more than two thirds of all enterprise data centers operate mixed hardware and software environments. So, however appealing a technology monoculture might seem to hard-pressed administrators, most will have to continue making the best...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Interoperability, Environment, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2008-03-03
- And so it begins...
- Until today, I had actively resisted the overwhelming peer pressure to join the blog phenomenon (hey, I'm a geek, and geeks don't flow with the monoculture gestalt). I never really saw the appeal of keeping a running journal of my offhand thoughts or the inane, banal experiences that make up...
- Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-05-16
- Novell brands its own open-source religion
- Will Bandit put money in Novell’s pocket?In coming months, Novell will further detail Bandit, an open-source identity management project, and release SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. Both initiatives are significant additions to their strategy of targeting corporate customers with open source.Do you think these initiatives will help Novell’s revenue increase...
- Tags: Novell Inc., open source, novell, news, suse linux enterprise desktop 10, bandit, Sonja Thompson, programming, Microsoft Corp., brand
- Discussion threads 2006-05-10
- Sci-fi rant: When did Star Trek jump the shark?
- I recently came across Something Awful's list of The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction. Now, I like me some Something Awful. They bring the funny. But this list is a bit padded, and wanders off into some crazy territory that most SF fans don't care about. (Seriously, who...
- Tags: Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Web on watch for common enemies
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- Tags: plug-in vulnerability, flaw, security, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Web
- Technical articles 2004-11-29
- Weekend Reading: In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
- Neil Stephenson, a.k.a. the "hacker Hemmingway," offers a thoughtful and hilarious take on the state of our cyber-culture. To find out what Disney and Microsoft among others have in common, read In the Beginning...Was the Command Line.In the Beginning...Was the Command LineBy Neal StephensonAvon Books, 1999151 pp., softcoverISBN: 0-380-81593-1Price: $8.00...
- Tags: Operating systems, Thomas Pack, Neal Stephenson, Disney Corp., Command Line
- Technical articles 2000-02-05
- Survey: Most home PC users lack security
- Survey: Most home PC users lack securityarticle rootSurvey: Most home PC users lack securityAccording to a recent survey by America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance, 81 percent of home PC users lack at least one of three critical types of security, but the number of consumers using firewalls...
- Tags: antivirus, firewall, home PC, home PC user, Most home PC, Most Home PC Users, PC, router, security, Sonja Thompson, survey
- Discussion threads 2005-12-08
- The Prince of Dorkness
- The Prince of Dorknessblog rootAnd so it begins...Until today, I had actively resisted the overwhelming peer pressure to join the blog phenomenon (hey, I'm a geek, and geeks don't flow with the monoculture gestalt). I never really saw the appeal of keeping a running journal of my offhand thoughts or...
- Tags: Blogging, Jay Garmon, Star Trek, TNG, blog
- Discussion threads 2005-05-16
- Ballmer security pitch leaves skeptics unswayed
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- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, security, Steve Ballmer, Linux, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2004-10-25
- Opening doors for women in computing
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- Tags: Gender and diversity, Maribel Gonzalez, women, Lawrence Summers, University of California at Los Angeles
- Technical articles 2005-02-07
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