Year: 2006

  • LSB Developer Network: An MSDN for Linux

    LSB Developer Network: An MSDN for Linux

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    One major advantage Microsoft developers have over their Linux counterparts is that they have access to MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network), a magnificent online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare. Until now. The FSG (Free Standards Group), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open-source software standards, announced Oct. 17 that it… Read more

  • ‘Vitriol’ Rootkit to Demo at MS Blue Hat Hacker Summit

    ‘Vitriol’ Rootkit to Demo at MS Blue Hat Hacker Summit

    Ryan Naraine

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    Microsoft’s twice-yearly Blue Hat hacker summit, running Oct. 26-27, will kick off later this week with a demo of a virtual machine rootkit that can potentially be used to defeat the controversial PatchGuard technology. Dino Dai Zovi, a principal at penetration-testing outfit Matasano Security, has been invited to Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus to showcase a… Read more

  • Big Blue Brings Web 2.0 to School

    Big Blue Brings Web 2.0 to School

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Designed to attract computer science students and build advanced skills for the next wave of IT jobs, IBM and the University of Arizona announced Oct. 17 a Web 2.0 classroom curriculum. Offered to the MIS (management information systems department) and marketing students at The Eller College of Management, the program hopes to equip students with… Read more

  • MySQL Adds Automation to Enterprise Subscription Service

    MySQL Adds Automation to Enterprise Subscription Service

    Elizabeth Millard

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    Open-source database developer MySQL announced a new version of its commercial subscription service, which will feature automated technology designed to help users monitor their databases more effectively. MySQL Enterprise is available as an annual subscription in four different service tiers. The highest level, Platinum, contains components such as enterprise server software, network monitoring and advisory… Read more

  • SAP Unites Its Global Partner Programs

    SAP Unites Its Global Partner Programs

    Scott Ferguson

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    Software vendor SAP is consolidating its global partner programs under one roof. The company, based in Germany and known for its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, announced its umbrella PartnerEdge program at the EMEA Enterprise Services Partner Summit in Amsterdam Oct. 17. The new program offers SAP’s partners a single point of contact within the… Read more

  • There Is No Oracle Linux

    There Is No Oracle Linux

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    Repeat after me: “There is no Oracle Linux.” I don’t care how many times you hear stock analysts say that Oracle is about to launch its own Linux. It’s just not going to happen. The latest example of wishful thinking comes from Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert, who wrote on October 13, “Our independent… Read more