Using Linux Virtual Server For Load Balancing and Scaling
An article over at Informit.com explains how to use Linux Virtual Server (LVS) for load balancing web, e-mail, and streaming media traffic. Using LVS, you can scale your web site using a cluster of...
View ArticleNew Features in Cisco PIX Firewall 7.0
Informit.com has published a concise article detailing the major new features of Cisco's PIX Firewall 7.0. These features include: improved packet inspection engines for stateless protocols; flexible...
View ArticleLAMP Development Threatening Dominance of .NET and Java
The LAMP open source development stack is steadily winning marketshare against Microsoft's .NET and Sun's Java programming suites. LAMP includes the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the...
View ArticlePerforming a Live Backup of a MySQL Database Using Replication
ONLamp has published an article showing how to use replication to perform a clean backup of a running MySQL database without having to bring the database server down. This is done by setting up a...
View ArticleIndian Call Centers Implicated in ID Theft Crime Wave
An investigation by the UK newspaper The Sun has revealed that call center workers in India have been regularly selling bank customer account information to criminals engaged in ID theft. Companies...
View ArticleCoverage of OSCON 2005
Several news sites have published coverage of the OSCON 2005 conference. The O'Reilly Open Source Convention featured talks and presentations by many of the most important people in the Open Source...
View ArticleTech Hiring Up In July
According to the most recent U.S. Department of Labor statistics and other surveys by staffing firms, the job market for technical professionals improved considerably in July...
View ArticleAn In Depth Look at Windows Vista
WindowsDevCenter has published an in depth look at Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The article covers installation, new search functionality, virtual folders, Internet Explorer 7,...
View ArticleIndia Outsourcing Reign May Be Ending
According to an article at CNN/Money, India's dominance of offshore outsourcing may be coming to an and, as wages for IT and other professionals in India continue to climb. These conclusions come from...
View ArticleAvoiding Oblivion in Your Tech Career
O'Reilly Network has published an article about preventing your IT career from imploding. Some of the recommendations include keeping up with the latest programming languages, keeping your mind sharp...
View ArticleBuilding High Performance Linux Clusters
IBM DeveloperWorks has published a two-part article explaining how to build high performance Linux clusters. The discussion includes information about fail-over clusters, load-balancing clusters, and...
View ArticleReview of Three Free Anti-Virus Software Packages for Windows
Softpedia has published a review of the three most popular free anti-virus software packages for Windows. They include Avira's AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 7, Grisoft's AVG Free Edition 7, and...
View ArticleDell Will Sell Servers with Solaris Operating System
Dell announced last week that it would sell and support servers with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system. This type of alliance between Dell and Sun will expand hardware choices for...
View ArticleRunning Windows Applications On Linux
The founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson, came up with the solution how to make Windows software run on top of Linux. Robertson's solution is a new Linux distribution that will run all Windows...
View ArticleWindows Vista SP1 Performance Reviwed
EXO Performance Network researchers claimed that after the series of benchmark tests it was concluded that Vista Service Pack 1 will not significantly improve the performance. According to Exo-Blog:...
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