IT Blog Log files may be the most important piece of forensic information we have when determining why a server or application crashes. However, warnings of such a distaster are available to IT administrators. They just have to know where to look (hint: what do you think log files are for?) Looking for a re...
disaster recovery, UNIX, Andrew Kutz IT Blog Monday morning, Lockheed Martin did a funny thing: They released a major bit of enterprise social computing software, dubbedEureka Streams,to the open source community. It's a little bit like Yammer, a little bit like an Intranet and a little bit like Facebook, but not really a bit like what we'...
Open Source, Lockheed Martin, Federal Government IT Blog Last week at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown in San Francisco, Calif., Linux developers gathered for the Linux Collaboration Summit. The first day was a series of "keynotes" given by various parties interested and involved in areas of Linux, and days two and three consisted of focused workshops on sub...
Linux, open source, Linux Foundation IT Blog In the first blog entry I wrote about how to dip your feet into the cloud, mostly by using someone else's cloud-based application. In the second I talked about how to move the cloud discussion from one of emotion to something a little more nuanced, just a little bit more based on reason. One thing...
cloud adoption, EC2, Enterprise Cloud Adoption IT Blog In my previous article I interviewed J.B. Rainsberger, a sort of traditional globe-trotting-consultant turned early retiree living the life of theitinerantIT consultant. His story is inspring, but even as I wrote it, I could hear the comments in my mind. "But Matt", you'd say "I haven't written...
IT Blog At some point, you may need to know how to kill a stuck or frozen VMware vSphere 4.0 ESXi host virtual machine when the traditional power controls do not work. As with VMware ESX, there are several methods, which I covered in a previous post, killing avirtual machine(VM) on a VMwareESX host in...
IT Blog In case you haven't heard, NetApp has filed suit against Sun, saying Sun's ZFS violates its patents. And it's clear we've reached a new age in media when one high-profile company sues another, anda good portion of the sniping and posturing back and forthis coming from CEOs writing on corporate b...
Strategic storage vendors, NAS, Editorial process IT Blog === my friend Judith recommended her masterpiece for everyone who wants his PowerPoint presentation as video show. the article might be published anywhere else, and all rights reserved for Judith. === There is a famous PowerPoint called death by PowerPoint spread widely on the website. In this pres...
PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2007, Video IT Blog The Vista debate continues. John Dvorak and others have weighed in on the price, confusing SKU array and other potential hurdles to adoption.Most damning, in my view, have been the anecdotal comments among long-time Microsoft partners. I always ask these partners what they see in terms of Vista ad...
IT Blog So far we've heard fromJ.B. Rainsberger andDavid Hoppe, two technologists who quit left the day job behind in order to have a more fulfilling life. That's great for them, you say, but it's not your goal. Hey, I understand. Some of us like the places we live, or at least we want to come back. ...
IT Blog Greetings fellow business and IT travelers, and welcome to The Business-Technology Weave (BTW). The BTW is essentially a brand of electronic culture an eCulture if you will that recognizes the interwoven reliance of business and technology, while crafting and sustaining that culture fo...
business-technology weave, business-technology, IT IT Blog There are many barriers for adoption to Linux. Some are training, documentation, service, applications, games, and so on. These same barriers have been touted for several years. While these reasons have been held on to, Linux has matured and evolved far swifter than Windows and Mac OS. Commercial ve...
IT Blog SearchSecurity.com's Carolyn Gibney interviews David Foote of Foote Partners on his latest skills and certification data. Foote says there's reason for those in the security industry to be optimistic.
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