Enterprise / Open Source News

Monday, October 01 2007

Performance and monitoring enhancements in the latest Java

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93499 (20071002 00:46)

Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE) focuses on performance, with expanded tools for managing and monitoring applications as well as diagnosing common problems. This article outlines the basis of monitoring and management in the Java SE platform and provides detailed information about the relevant enhancements in Java SE 6.

Torvalds On Pluggable Security Models

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/163954103/article.pl (20071002 00:40)

eldavojohn writes "The KernelTrap highlights an interesting discussion on pluggable security models including some commentary by Linus Torvalds. While Torvalds argued against pluggable schedulers, he's all for pluggable security. Other members were voicing concerns with the pluggable nature of the Linux Security Model, but Torvalds put his foot down and said it stays. When asked why his stance was different between schedulers and security, he replied, 'Schedulers can be objectively tested. There's this thing called 'performance,' that can generally be quantified on a load basis. Yes, you can have crazy ideas in both schedulers and security. Yes, you can simplify both for a particular load. Yes, you can make mistakes in both. But the *discussion* on security seems to never get down to real numbers. So the difference between them is simple: one is hard science. The other one is people wanking around with their opinions.'"

Apple Releases Leopard 9A557/9A599 Seed Update

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Releases_Leopard_9A557_9A599_Seed_Update (20071002 00:40)

Apple has released a new seed update to developers running the latest versions of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard via Mac OS X's Software Update mechanism.The 9A557/9A559 Seed Update includes fixes to wireless networking and RAW image viewing in the latest development build of Mac OS X Leopard. The updat...

Virtually speaking, think outside the bochs.

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93489 (20071001 23:49)

Our cross platform IA-32 emulator friend, Bochs, has a powerful new competitor who offers more than the emulation we have all come to know and dread...err...I meant love.

Apple computers' popularity growing at colleges, universities

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_computers_popularity_growing_at_colleges_universities (20071001 23:20)

Apple's Macintosh once was an endangered species in U.S. higher education amid the brand's market doldrums and Microsoft's seemingly unassailable Windows dominance.Now, the Mac is back in a big way.

Open source vendor takes on Microsoft Project

http://www.linux.com/feed/119558 (20071001 23:00)

A new open source player called Projity is advertising its desktop software as a "complete replacement" for Microsoft Office Project, but analysts say it faces a tough road in its bid to win a large chunk of the project management market.

MySQYL 5.1.22 release candidate out now

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93478 (20071001 22:51)

MySQL has announced the availability of MySQYL 5.1.22-rc, the first 5.1 release candidate version of the popular open source database.

Sun slots slumping storage unit into server group

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/sun_storage_server_merge/ (20071001 20:57)

Fowl man necked by albatross

Sun Microsystems will fold its long-wobbling storage unit into its server unit, forming a single entity dedicated to building hardware that benefits man - or at least Sun's bottom line.…

'RISC OS on Linux' Releases Alpha Live CD

http://osnews.com/story.php/18708/RISC-OS-on-Linux-Releases-Alpha-Live-CD/ (20071001 20:35)

The RISC OS On Linux project has released the first alpha-quality version of their live CD. "A first attempt at a Live CD has been uploaded here (169MB download, a bzipped iso), the space has been kindly donated by Ned Abell. This CD should boot into a desktop with Tux on the right and disc icons for /home/rolf and /tmp, on the left of the Iconbar. In /home/rolf are three apps that should work immediately, !Terminal, !Viewer and !Vim. !NetSurf needs a little help to run, as does Inkscape, which has no application directory yet." ROLF is a user space layer above the Linux Kernel, providing a superset of the RISC OS look and feel on Linux.

Open-source mechanics: Marketing through community segmentation

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93482 (20071001 20:31)

Hal Steger and Alberto Onetti - both of mobile open-source leader Funambol - discuss open-source marketing in the Enterprise Open Source Journal. Well worth a read, especially for those who persist in believing that open source succeeds in the absence of good marketing. In fact, real commercial success in open source comes as a direct result of savvy marketing.

Top 14 VoIP vulnerabilities

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100107-voip-top-vulnerabilities.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071001 19:56)

The top VoIP vulnerabilities, drawn from the new book “Securing VoIP Networks,” by authors Peter Thermos and Ari Takanen, takes a tough look at the weak side of VoIP.

AT&T acquires Interwise for $121 million

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100107-att-acquires-interwise.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071001 17:49)

In an effort to expand its IP business services, AT&T has agreed to pay $121 million to acquire Interwise, which specializes in Web conferencing.

Orange marches out of Netherlands

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/orange_nl_tmobile/ (20071001 16:37)

Leaves flatlanders to T-Mobile

France Telecom has sold its Orange NL operation to rival operator T-Mobile for €1.33bn, moving itself right out of the Netherlands market and leaving T-Mobile with hoped-for savings of €1bn once they combine the networks over the next six years.…

Olswang keeps finger on tech pulse with dedicated open source division

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93470 (20071001 16:09)

Olswang has launched a new unit dedicated to advising on open source technology, as the law firm aims to cash in on the softwares increased use in the UK. The dedicated unit will be led by former Slaughter and May partner and head of technology Nigel Swycher. It will specialise in advice on procurement and intellectual property (IP) issues arising from use of the software.

Speaking of Linux and the spirit of open source

http://www.linux.com/feed/119543 (20071001 16:00)

It's almost shameful how paltry some within Novell's understanding of open source is. I don't say this to denigrate anyone personally, but when I read things like this from Groklaw I just can't understand how Novell manages to say "open source" with a straight face.

SamePlace: A Jabber client for Firefox

http://www.linux.com/feature/119165 (20071001 16:00)

If you spend most of your computing life in Firefox, it makes sense to consolidate other online activities in your browser. There are extensions that can help you to do just that: you can manage your bookmarks with the del.icio.us extension, chat on IRC channels using Chatzilla, and read RSS feeds in Sage. Jabber instant messaging users have their own extension: the SamePlace, a nifty IM client that, besides the basic Jabber functionality, offers a few unique and useful features.

Is mobile Linux ready for the enterprise?

http://www.linux.com/feed/119540 (20071001 15:30)

Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

Network yellow pages wrapped into an appliance

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/ipam_appliance/ (20071001 15:25)

Auto-provisioning

The push to wrap up a network admin's more mundane tasks in easier to use appliances is continuing with the launch of an IP address management appliance from Infoblox.…

13 free tools ease IT management

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100107-freeware.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071001 13:31)

IT managers share the freeware and open source applications that help them manage their networks on the cheap.

Bigwigs haven't a clue on IT asset values

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/it_spending_assets_micro_focus/ (20071001 13:25)

Global firms missing a trick, study says

Businesses that dominate the global economy have no idea what the financial value of their IT assets is, according to a new study.…

Open source development goes Mac-tastic

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/mac_open_source_java/ (20071001 12:02)

IBM gets onboard

There is no small irony in the prospect that Apple's Macintosh - arguably the ultimate in closed and proprietary systems, at least until the Intel alliance - could become the open source development platform of choice.…

2007 Ohio LinuxFest: The Penguin Colony Gathers Again!

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93464 (20071001 10:33)

Whew! What a weekend it was at the Ohio LinuxFest in Columbus, Ohio! Between the free (but not Free) beer, having to choose between apparently popular sessions, and the wide variety of booths, the biggest problem was choosing which fun to have.

KompoZer revives Mozilla WYSIWYG Web editing software

http://www.linux.com/feature/119442 (20071001 09:00)

In proprietary software, Web page design is dominated by Adobe's Dreamweaver and Microsoft's FrontPage. Free software users have witnessed the rise and fall of several Web design apps, but it has been a while since a new one debuted. Now the next new release is here -- KompoZer, heir to the Mozilla Composer legacy and updated for today's technology.

Ohio LinuxFest 2007 recap

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93458 (20071001 08:39)

What do you miss when you miss an event like Ohio LinuxFest? You miss information and opportunity.

Boost Virtual Machine Performance On Ubuntu, Fedora, PCLinuxOS And Debian

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Boost_Virtual_Machine_Performance_On_Ubuntu_Fedora_PCLinuxOS_And_Debian (20071001 08:10)

This guide shows how to set up VMware Tools in the following guest operating systems: Ubuntu 7.04, Fedora 7, PCLinuxOS 2007 and Debian Etch. Installing VMware Tools in your guest operating systems will help maximize performance, provide mouse synchronization and copy & paste functionality. It also shows how to make VMware Tools start automatically.

Fund to Invest $25M in Salesforce.com Startups

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cio/feed/solutions/1375/~3/163699308/Fund_to_Invest_M_in_Salesforce.com_Startups (20071001 05:00)

Salesforce.com has launched a $25 million investment fund to encourage the development of new applications using its Force.com hosted development platform.

The Dirty Business of Assembling WiMAX Spectrum

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/163633041/article.pl (20071001 03:19)

go_jesse writes in to make us aware of a MarketWatch article reporting on the battles that WiMAX partners Sprint and Clearwire are fighting — sometimes with one another — to put together enough spectrum to fill in their planned WiMAX coverage map. The problem is that decades ago the FCC passed out licenses in what would become the WiMAX band to schools and non-profits nationwide. Once Sprint began knocking on their doors asking to license their spectrum — once they began seeing dollar signs in a forgotten resource — dozens, then hundreds of these organizations applied to the FCC to renew long-dormant licenses. The FCC has granted the first of these requests and Sprint has asked it to reconsider. Confusingly, Sprint's partner Clearwire has sided with the schools and non-profits. The article sheds light in one messy corner of the battle to provide a "third pipe" into US consumers' homes.

Ubuntu beta, Pioneer and PC-BSD

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93450 (20071001 02:35)

In this week's roundup of new releases: Ubuntu Gutsy beta rolls out, Pioneer Linux gives really long-term support, PC-BSD updates and Freespire adds an improved CNR plugin.

Fedora 8 and Online Desktop

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_and_Online_Desktop (20071001 01:20)

The world is changing and online applications are becoming more and more popular, whether for e-mail or word processing. The developers behind Bigboard and Gnome's "online desktop" initiative think it's time our desktops started catching up. Read on to find an interview with Colin Walters, more information about Bigboard and the online desktop.

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