WHITE PAPER - This project demonstrates the feasibility of using the Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as a repository for the MySQL™ database with the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) application. This proof-of-concept study provides steps to configure this setup, using Pentaho BI tools and MySQL database servers.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software | Storage Hardware

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Together, Sun and Pentaho provide integrated hardware, software, and services solutions for data warehousing and BI that provide full functionality, robust enterprise-class performance and scalability, and significantly reduced acquisition and ownership costs compared to proprietary hardware and software solutions.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, is committed to utilizing the principles of open source to provide enterprise-level security to its customers. This paper reviews open source software development principles and process and how those lead to more secure software.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Downtime | IT Management | Network Security | Open Source | Open Source Software | Security Infrastructure | Security Software | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper, Enterprise Linux and Windows Server 2008 are compared over a six-year period, with various e-commerce configurations covering small, medium, and large business scenarios.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | Productivity | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Independent tests performed under industry benchmark standards find that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the leading platform for running web servers - - as well as Java applications and other large - scale online transaction processing tools in popular use by Internet vendors.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Java | Linux | Open Source | Web Applications Management | Web Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Open Source | Programming Languages | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - The need to protect sensitive data has increased dramatically in the past several years. This can be attributed to a continually-evolving environment in which business requirements have changed and in which new regulatory mandates have come into existence.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Open Source | Privacy Rights | Records Management | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The PCI DSS standard was created to prevent credit card fraud by requiring the implementation of certain controls and processes by all entities involved in the processing of credit cards. This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific PCI DSS mandates.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Data Security | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Open Source | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Privacy Rights

WHITE PAPER - This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific HIPAA mandates, while at the same time increasing their overall efficiency and agility.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Document Management | Health Care Applications Software | HIPAA | HIPAA Compliance | Open Source | Privacy Rights | Records Management

WHITE PAPER - Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Management | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Databases | Linux | Open Source | SAP (Product) | TCO

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - Microsoft Active Directory has always proven ideal in providing secure access of users to all systems in an enterprise using the Windows platform. Unfortunately, by itself, AD can't provide the same level of security, compliance, and scalability to Unix, Linux, and Java systems. Quest Software can bridge that gap.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | Authentication | Authorization | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | Java | Linux | Open Source | Operating Systems | Password Authentication Protocol | Password Management | SSO | UNIX | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper is based on research data collected at a dozen customer sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all with mixed server platforms, to find the technical and business outcomes from deploying cross-platform Linux solutions on IBM servers. This paper presents the key findings of a return on investment (ROI) analysis.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Mainframe Networking Hardware | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Open Source | ROI