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ALSO CALLED: Advanced Interactive Executive, BSD UNIX, AIX, Irix, HP-UX, Berkeley Source Distribution, Xenix, Santa Cruz Operation UNIX, IBM AIX, Berkeley UNIX, SCO UNIX, Ultrix, Intel-based UNIX, and HPUX
DEFINITION: Unix (often spelled "UNIX," especially as an official trademark) is an operating system that originated at Bell Labs in 1969 as an interactive time-sharing system. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie are considered the inventors of Unix. The name (pronounced YEW-nihks) was a pun based on an earlier system, Multics. In 1974, Unix became the first operating  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on UNIX
Multiprotocol Data Access: Same Data, Same File
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Download this white paper and learn about HP's Windows and Linux-based technology and which solution best suits your system's needs. This paper also explains opportunistic locks as it relates to HP's EFS Clustered Gateway product.
Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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TOPICS:  Cluster Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Linux | Network File System Protocol | UNIX | Windows | Windows Server Software
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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TOPICS:  AJAX | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Centers | Financial Services | IT Infrastructure | Linux | Mainframe Server Hardware | Security | UNIX | Windows
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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TOPICS:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Linux | Microprocessors | Open Source Software | TCO | UNIX | UNIX Server Hardware
The Value of Power VM Workload Partitions: New Virtualization Options in IBM AIX v6.1
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper from the Sageza Group, Inc. explains why Workload Partitions (WPARs) are a more cost-effective way to meet the needs of your organization.
Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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TOPICS:  Applications Management | Load Balancing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | UNIX | Virtual Machine Monitor
Unix, Linux Uptime and Reliability Increase; Patch Management Woes Plague Windows
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Yankee Group survey finds IBM AIX Unix is highest in reliability.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
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TOPICS:  Downtime | IT Managers | Linux | Patch Management | Security | SMBs | TCO | UNIX | Windows
GCC Quick Reference Guide
sponsored by AMD
PRODUCT LITERATURE: This article is a quick reference guide to the different aggressive flags controlling optimization in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and their purposes.
Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  C | C Compilers | C++ | C++ Compilers | Free Software Foundation | GNU | Processor Architectures | UNIX
MKS Toolkit for Developers v 9.2
sponsored by MKS, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE: This IT Download, MKS Toolkit for Developers, offers a comprehensive suite of UNIX and Windows utilities, allowing for greater platform and application compatibility, connectivity and interoperability.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 04 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  UNIX | Windows | Windows Server Software
EventTracker - Fact Sheet
sponsored by Prism Microsystems Inc.
PRODUCT LITERATURE: EventTracker is both highly scalable and cost effective and includes a comprehensive automated compliance solution, EventTracker is quick to implement and despite its advanced functionality is both easy to use and maintain.
Posted: 30 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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TOPICS:  IT Infrastructure | Security | UNIX | Windows
Moving to Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance in Three Days Using EventTracker
sponsored by Prism Microsystems Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this document is to explain how EventTracker can help your organization meet the audit reporting requirements of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).
Posted: 30 May 2008 | Published: 10 Jan 2007
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TOPICS:  Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Compliance Software | Consolidation | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security | UNIX | Windows
ROC Rhapsody™ Print and Output Management for Linux, Windows & UNIX
sponsored by ROC Software
SOFTWARE LISTING: ROC Software provides a top solution that masters both print and digital output management: ROC Rhapsody™ Document Output Management.
Posted: 27 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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TOPICS:  Document Management | Job Scheduling Software | Knowledge Management | Linux | Print Management | Print Management Software | Printers | Printing Utilities | UNIX | Windows
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UNIX DEFINITION (continued): …  system written in the C language. Unix has evolved as a kind of large freeware product, with many extensions and new ideas provided in a variety of versions of Unix by different companies, universities, and individuals.

Partly because it was not a proprietary operating system owned by any one of the leading computer companies and partly because it is written in a standard language and embraced many popular ideas, Unix became the first open or standard operating system that could be improved or enhanced by anyone. A composite of the C language … 
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