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Managing the complexities of storage virtualization

Topix - Unix  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 20:43

Storage virtualization is hot, and for good reason. But its benefits bring added layers of complexity.


 

Networking 101: Understanding Layers

Linux Today  Wed, 08/13/2008 - 17:04

LinuxPlanet: "The network stack is of great significance, but not so much that it's the first thing you should learn.

We've waited to start the "layers" discussion for good reason: Many so-called networking classes will start by teaching you to memorize the name of every layer and every protocol contained within this model.

Don't do that. Do realize that layers 5 and 6 can be completely ignored, though."


 

JBoss jBPM Concepts and jBPM Process Definition Language (jPDL)

Linux Today  Fri, 07/25/2008 - 06:15

Packt: "JBoss jBPM is built around the concept of waiting. That may sound strange given that software is usually about getting things done, but in this case there is a very good reason for waiting.

Real-life business processes cut across an organization, involve numerous humans and multiple systems, and happen over a period of time.

In regular software, the code that makes up the system is normally built to "do all these tasks as soon as possible".


 

Give us a good reason to use Linux over Windows

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 07/19/2008 - 22:17

And we'll give you a prize. See conditions at the bottom of the page.


 

Reasons to buy a Mac

Topix - Linux  Thu, 07/10/2008 - 06:18

In poking around the community questions and answers section on linkedIn.com earlier, I came across the following question by one Ricardo Almeida: Any good reason to buy a MacBook?

I've been a Windows user all ...


 

Nokia Maps: New maps, and nine new countries

Topix - Linux  Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:48

The just released maps don't work with older client and requires the latest version of Nokia Maps, Nokia Maps 2.0 , so there's a good reason to update.