Reports

Computing for a Cure
Silver anniversaries are normally joyous occasions, but not this one. June 5, 2005 marked the 25th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS. Amid the calls for greater awareness and increased funding was recognition that, from a medical viewpoint, billions of dollars spent on research had produced little progress in recent years. Find out how Linux is part of the fight to cure this disease once and for all.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 01:41:47 PM EST

3PAR Snapshots Your Data
Database managers and system administrators in charge of maintaining huge sets of files frequently feel the heat when data gets corrupted or a user decides that he didn't want to delete something. Administrators need effective ways to deal with these situations.
Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:59:08 AM EST

Oracle Forges Further with Linux
Oracle's new 10g database on Linux continues the company's tally of record-breaking TPC-C benchmarks. Naturally, Oracle's pretty darned proud of their product. So what will Oracle do for an encore? Big hint: roll more products over to the Linux platform.
Thursday, July 22, 2004 03:30:19 PM EST

Linux, SiteScape Save the Green
When you hear the phrase "saving the green," do you usually conjure images of saving the environment? Or, perhaps, saving money? Green is a color associated with these elements, so it there can be a pause when this phrase is heard, until one can figure out the context. In the case of one government agency's use of Linux and some very flexible collaboration software from SiteScape, both instances of the phrase can certainly be true.
Thursday, February 12, 2004 03:47:52 PM EST

Linux Is Sometimes a Pleasant Surprise
Sometimes companies aren't actively seeking Linux for the solution to their problems; sometimes Linux just happens to be the best solution for their needs. One NY-based sporting goods chain found itself in this position recently, and they are so far pretty impressed with the benefits of the unsought platform.
Monday, October 20, 2003 11:44:49 AM EST

Catapult MySQL with Pogo Linux
If you're an enterprise looking to start using open-source and Linux solutions in your company, the hassles of systems configuration and administration might make you hesitate. Pogo Linux has come up with a solution that will take even these minor concerns away: the DataWare 2600--specifically tuned and configured for MySQL database.
Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:21:35 PM EST

Tux Makes Orbitz Fly High
It is perhaps one of the most commercially-oriented ventures on the Internet today: a travel Web site run by a consortium of airlines. You can't get more corporate-minded than that. So what is Orbitz doing when working directly with the open source community for support issues on its massive search engines? Enjoying one of the many benefits of Linux, that's what.
Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:13:16 AM EST

Dell Feels Linux Customer Demand
In rolling out low-cost, Oracle-based server clusters on Wednesday, Dell CEO Michael Dell mentioned Linux and Windows as "standards" in almost the same breath. At the same press conference in New York City, though, members of a Dell customer panel indicated that momentum for Linux could be starting to outweigh attachment to Windows and other OS among Dell's customer base. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Thursday, April 3, 2003 11:57:40 AM EST

Grid Computing Oracle Style
"Oracle has been at the forefront of database technology for a long time. The have also embraced the Linux environment in a big way. Now they've gone a step further, developing industrial strength database applications that run on clusters of commodity blade servers or grids..."
Thursday, February 6, 2003 09:58:20 AM EST

Amazon.com Tests Oracle On Linux, But Windows Is Possible
Amazon.com has begun testing the Oracle database, operating on Red Hat Linux, as a possible platform for its behemoth data center, a top official confirmed this week. The online bookseller, though, is not excluding Windows solutions from the running either. Jacqueline Emigh continues her look at the progress Linux is making with one of the world's largest on-line retailers.
Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:49:32 AM EST

Koha: A Library Checks Out Open Source
Library software is an expensive and rather restrictive proprietary environment. "You get what you pay (a lot) for" seems to be the industry model. But one rural Ohio library is using a free software application developed in rural New Zealand to shatter this model and develop their own library management system.
Friday, August 30, 2002 04:13:55 PM EST

Amazon.com To Don Red Hat Data Center
Amazon.com has been a prominent user of Linux for quite some time, having implemented the platform for it's application and middle tiers. Now Amazon.com plans to "go for the 'full Monty' in the data center" and implement an Oracle on Red Hat solution there. And the benefits are already estimated to be enormous. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:37:37 AM EST

Implementing E-Commerce on Your Linux System
Looking to implement e-commerce on your Linux server? With these three open-source e-commerce tools--TallyMan, Yams, and OpenMerchant--Linux stands a good chance of becoming the dominant e-commerce OS. We look at all three of these Perl-based packages, currently available in alpha and beta.
Monday, December 20, 1999 06:49:10 PM EST

Application Servers and Linux: The Enterprise Awaits
Application servers were once solely deployed in the world of big iron. But as Linux penetrates the enterprise, app-server vendors are finding that supporting Linux makes good business sense.
Sunday, October 31, 1999 02:28:47 PM EST

Reviews

NuSphere MySQL: Free Beer in a Tall Glass
The question with NuSphere MySQL isn't whether the proven LAMP suite of tools is any good. Most open source enthusiasts accept that it is. The question is whether the free beer NuSphere presents in a tall glass with their product is worth the price of admission if you're already happy putting together a database-driven site on your own. Scott Courtney takes a look at the retail release of an open source favorite.
Monday, April 16, 2001 08:30:06 AM EST

PHP 4.0: Dynamic Content for the Web Warrior
PHP 4.0 makes its debut. Paul Ferris puts PHP 4 through its paces on one of the busiest Web sites around--Linux Today--and what his benchmarking shows will amaze you: PHP 4.0 is an amazingly fast tool that can optimize any Web site.
Thursday, May 25, 2000 02:28:29 PM EST

The Zope Application Server Revisited
Who says that reviews must be written in stone? After our original review of Zope, an open-source application server built in Python, we received feedback from readers and the developers of Zope. Read our reevaluation of Zope, as well as a response from Paul Everitt of Digital Creations.
Friday, January 7, 2000 08:31:26 AM EST

Extending Java with BEA WebLogic for Linux
No application server on the market supports Java better than BEA Systems' WebLogic Server, what with support for Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Messaging Services and Enterprise JavaBeans. It goes above and beyond most of its competitors in terms of Java-oriented features and reliability—particularly in areas of great importance to enterprises. We review the Linux version.
Tuesday, December 21, 1999 11:51:59 AM EST

Sun-Netscape Alliance to Release Server Based on J2EE
The Sun-Netscape Alliance today unveiled its iPlanet Application Server 6.0 software, an application server that will provide a development platform based on the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standard.
Monday, December 6, 1999 02:15:44 PM EST

Cold Fusion 4.5 for Linux: A Review
With the release of Cold Fusion Server 4.5 for Linux, Allaire makes a play for the enterprise--and at the same time legitimizes Linux in the world of big iron. Kevin Reichard reviews a beta version.
Sunday, November 14, 1999 05:09:10 PM EST

Open Source Databases Comparison: MySQL, PostSQL and mSQL
Face off of the Open Source databases! James Andrews profiles the three top free databases powerful enough to play with the big boys.
Saturday, May 29, 1999 01:36:47 PM EST

Tutorials

Setting Up a MySQL Based Website - Part II
One of the many popular features of Web sites is a "Members Only" section--that can be accessed only by authenticated users. Andrew Chen explains how to adapt your Linux-based Apache Web site to do this; not through an external module, but through a flat file or a basic MySQL database file.
Monday, January 24, 2000 07:49:58 AM EST

Apples and Oranges, Part III: A Linux DBMS Comparison
Matthias Warkus works toward his goal of comparing mSQL, mySQL, and PostgreSQL on Linux. In Part III, he reviews several factors that will help determine which database manager you use.
Monday, November 29, 1999 12:38:18 AM EST

Apples and Oranges, Part II: A Linux DBMS Comparison
Matthias Warkus continues his series comparing mSQL, mySQL, and PostgreSQL on Linux. In Part II, he sets up a sample database and tests its implementation on all three tools.
Thursday, November 18, 1999 01:25:46 PM EST

Apples and Oranges: A Linux DBMS Comparison
We send Matthias Warkus into the potentially dark and dangerous--and certainly confusing!--world of database-management systems that run on Linux. In this part (I), he explains his journey and introduces us to mSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
Wednesday, November 10, 1999 03:04:53 PM EST