Linux Reports

EGUIDE: From Linux to Kubernetes, open source has been key to efforts by organisations across APAC to transform digitally. In this e-guide, read how Malaysia's AmBank is using open source to engineer its software from the ground-up, ANZ Bank's move to Red Hat OpenShift, and what suppliers are doing to support deployments of containerised applications.

Posted: 14 May 2021 | Published: 14 May 2021

EZINE: Antivirus software plays an important part in protecting users and networks from malware, so installing and keeping it up-to-date is essential in securing computing devices. Yet Linux users believe this OS can only be marginally affected by malicious software. In this Royal Holloway article, we evaluate the effectiveness of some antivirus products.

Posted: 25 Mar 2021 | Published: 25 Mar 2021

EGUIDE: In this infographic, we take a look at what technological elements of the datacentre are expected to be the most important in 2019, the most popular datacentre projects and which technologies and services are being deployed. Survey results taken from the 2019 IT Priorities survey carried out by ComputerWeekly.com, ComputerWeekly.de and LeMagIT.fr.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Apr 2019

EGUIDE: Harnessing the right developer tools offers new advantages for businesses. In this 14-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the benefits and limitations of the DevOps approach, what Microsoft is doing with its developer platform and the rise of the holistic application.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 04 Jul 2018

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, 25 years after Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel, we look at how the open source operating system has influenced modern-day IT. Our new buyer's guide covers the fast-growing technology of object storage. And we examine the rise of corporate wireless networking. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 25 Oct 2016

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This article in our Royal Holloway Security Series identifies serious flaws due to architectural limitations of the Linux kernel which cast doubts on its ability to provide forensically sound audit records and discusses possible mitigation techniques.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Sep 2016

WHITE PAPER: One way IT organizations are handling the growing need to achieve IT efficiency is by implementing systems management functions in their business environments. As the business value of Linux based deployment increases, so does the need for Linux systems management. This IDC white paper will examine the key benefits of system management software.

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: IT organizations are always looking for ways to save money and time without compromising on issues like security or compliance. Exploring the value of your systems management solution is a lot easier when you know the right questions to ask. We have a few suggestions for how to get started.

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

CASE STUDY: Like a large number of businesses in New Zealand and around the world, BNZ was close to reaching capacity in its datacenter and needed to determine how to maximise space while keeping costs down. In this case study we'll see how BNZ handled this and other challenges by migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 running under z/VM on the mainframe.

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite server is an easy-to-use, advanced systems management platform for your Linux infrastructure. Learn the business benefits gained through increased productivity, reduced system life cycle costs, greater administration consistency, and enhanced security. This overview details the many features of each module...

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

CASE STUDY: Managing close to 80 physical servers with limited technical resources can quickly become a challenge for any organization. learn how USM's IT team turned to Red Hat's 'Satellite' to provide a reliable, advanced, open source systems management solution to ease their systems management challenges.

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

CASE STUDY: In 2000, Discount Tire Company decided to bring management of its e-commerce infrastructure in-house after having outsourced it for several years. Learn how they turned to the rock-solid reliability of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux platform to handle the task of supporting their new e-commerce environment.

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Red Hat can alleviate common infrastructure problems by moving organizations toward service-oriented architectures (SOA). High-quality, low-cost, SOA-enabled solutions from Red Hat and JBoss let customers focus their resources on the applications and business processes that differentiate their business and give them a competitive advantage.

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 16 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Put state-of-the-art intelligence to work on the challenges of tomorrow by running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the latest Intel® Xeon® processors. Red Hat's open source, commercial-strength innovation delivers optimized results for performance, energy efficiency, and advanced virtualization on Intel platforms, all at an affordable price.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper compares the TCO of Oracle11g and Sybase ASE 15 databases, and demonstrates Sybase as the clear winner. Read this paper to learn why enterprises choose Sybase ASE on Linux for mission-critical applications that demand lightning-fast performance.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: What is your IT really costing you? Could you be doing more with the technology you have? Could you reduce costs and provide better service to your organization? Read Red Hat's suggestions on "11 Questions Every CIO Should Ask Their IT Manager", and how Red Hat open source solutions can help.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The current economic climate is forcing more systematic thinking about costs in general, including those associated with overall complexity and the security and resiliency of large distributed infrastructures. These trends intersect in powerful ways; a new wave of computing is gathering momentum as a result. And open source is playing a major role.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Published: 09 Jan 2009

CASE STUDY: Learn how leading provider of global technology operations management services, Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS), migrated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux® from Microsoft Windows and dramatically improved application performance and improved productivity while freeing up IT resources.

Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 15 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This Red Hat reference guide will show step by step how to properly deploy IBM® Lotus® Domino® on an Enterprise Linux server.

Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 15 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper gives a brief introduction to the Lotus Domino performance benchmarking concepts and methodology. It will also outline the detailed procedures for running the Server Load Utility with the N8Mail Workload. Finally, it presents the performance results of Lotus Domino Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for simulated workloads.

Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 15 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: The cost of downtime can be enormous, even catastrophic. IBM and Red Hat have a single, security-rich collaboration and messaging platform that makes it simple, easy, and affordable to improve organizational productivity and effectiveness.

Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 15 May 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this discussion to learn how enterprises can take more effective control of access to the functionality at the heart of many of IT's most critical systems and meet the challenges presented by security and compliance standards.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: ASPG's latest enterprise encryption is designed for the prevention of data security breaches and securing data exchanged between business partners for z/OS, Windows, UNIX & Linux.

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 06 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Virtual machines and virtual appliances have successfully transformed data center operations. AppZero Virtual Application Appliances extend that transformation to server applications- Linux, Unix, and Windows. This paper explains Instant POCs, simplified implementations, and a cloud friendly slide to the SaaS model.

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009