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ALSO CALLED: Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux, Linux Distributions, and Linux in the Enterprise
DEFINITION: Linux (often pronounced LIH-nuhks with a short "i") is a Unix-like operating system that was designed to provide personal computer users a free or very low-cost operating system comparable to traditional and usually more expensive Unix systems. Linux has  … 
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The Ins and Outs of Xen - Webcast
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores Xen as a technology and as a product. It provides background about Xen and its architecture. Options for managing the virtualized infrastructure are also discussed.
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Sunny Days with Cloud Computing
sponsored by Stoneware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses "Cloud Computing" which is a new catch phrase or buzzword for an approach to simplifying an organization's IT environment through the use of virtualization and web technologies.
Posted: 30 Jul 2008 | Published: 16 May 2008
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Can You Quantify the Results of Migrating to Linux?
sponsored by Novell Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This web utility is designed to show the savings organizations can realize by migrating from Solaris 8 or 9 on SPARC to Linux on x86 hardware.
Posted: 22 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Scalable, Fault-tolerant NAS for Oracle Whitepaper
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: HP offers a scalable, modular, high performance NAS solution for Oracle 10g RAC and non RAC with no single point of failure. Using NAS storage for Oracle makes provisioning and managing storage much easier than using SAN storage.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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White Paper: Server Selection for Production-Level Virtualization Environments
sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper reviews actions that IT managers can take to improve overall server performance and discusses how to select servers for large-scale virtualized environments.
Posted: 07 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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The Oracle Database Administrator of Tomorrow: The Impact of New Technologies
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: As new technologies become more widely adopted, your role as a database administrator (DBA) will change. This paper outlines the common challenges you face, the critical tasks you perform, and examines the trends will impact your role as a DBA.
Posted: 23 Jun 2008 | Published: 23 Jun 2008
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Omneon MediaGrid: Content-Aware, Active Storage for the Enterprise
sponsored by Omneon
WHITE PAPER: MediaGrid was designed specifically to meet the demanding requirements of the new file-based model. As a storage platform, it delivers unparalleled scalability, performance and reliability, is easy to manage and is backed by a digital media expert.
Posted: 21 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Fighting Fire with Fire: Five Strategies to Enable Business Change in IT Operations
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: With HP solutions for BSM, you can prioritize IT problems based on business impact and reduce business risk by linking underlying application, server and network components to the business services they support.
Posted: 27 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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TOPICS:  Data Centers | Linux | UNIX

Server Consolidation and Beyond: Enhancing Virtual Machine Infrastructure through Automation
sponsored by PlateSpin
WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization is becoming a main focus in the data center for server consolidation and test lab deployments for Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: 26 Jul 2004 | Published: 26 Jul 2004
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LINUX DEFINITION (continued): …  a reputation as a very efficient and fast-performing system. Linux's kernel (the central part of the operating system) was developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland. To complete the operating system, Torvalds and other team members made use of system components developed by members of the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project.

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