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ALSO CALLED: Platforms and Servers, Application Platforms, Host Operating Systems, Software Platforms, Internetwork Operating Systems, OS, Operating Environments, Executives (Software), Server Platforms, and Platforms
DEFINITION: What is an operating system? An operating system (sometimes abbreviated as "OS") is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer. The other programs are called applications or application
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Keeping It Simple: How to Protect Growing VMware Environments
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NetVault: Backup and its VMware Plugin are built with full support for today's growing VMware environments.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Top Considerations for Implementing Secure Backup and Recovery
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Best practices for ensuring security of backup data.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 Jul 2008
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A Comparison of Deep Freeze and Persystent Enterprise
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Deep Freeze is an Operating System state management tool which is used to "reset" the OS to a defined state and the function has an effect much like restoring a virtual machine "snapshot."
Posted: 03 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Enable a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure: Virtualization with Logical Domains and Sun Coolthreads™ Servers
| sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
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By taking advantage of Sun virtualization technologies, organizations can architect, implement, and manage a consolidated datacenter that strikes the proper balance between absolute isolation and soft, flexible separation of applications.
Posted: 20 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Consolidation through Virtualization with Sun™ x64 Servers
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Sun Fire™ x64 servers and Sun Blade™ modular systems powered by AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® processors let businesses run the Solaris™ Operating System (OS), Linux or Windows today, and change direction tomorrow.
Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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The Next-Generation Development and Deployment Platform
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This white paper discusses a multi-core design for generating the code essential for Windows and .NET applications. Explore a hardware and software combination that allows developers to generate code specifically for the latest generation of processors.
Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Coding Tips Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Targeting Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors
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With New "Barcelona" (CPUID) family 10h) processors, including Third-Generation AMD Opteron Processors software developers will enjoy improved instruction selections when using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Proactive PCI Compliance and Threat Mitigation Using OpenService InfoCenter
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InfoCenter components are open, standards-based software solutions that run on each customer's choice of hardware and storage, allowing them unfettered access to their event data.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Today's Data Center Challenges
| sponsored by Stratavia
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Stratavia's award-winning data center automation software, Data Palette, centralizes standard operating procedures and uses an expert engine to deliver those standards across the data center.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Three Steps to Creating Next Generation of Enterprise Business
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Workday sees an opportunity to deliver revolutionary improvements at all levels of application development, Workday is capturing this opportunity by embracing innovation from the ground up.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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OPERATING SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued): … programs. The application programs make use of the operating system by making requests for services through a defined application program interface ( API). In addition, users can interact directly with the operating system through a user interface such as a command language or a graphical user interface ( GUI). An operating system performs these services for applications: |
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