This document is intended for executives evaluating the use of a horizontally scalable grid for database application deployment, as well as project managers, system engineers, integration specialists, and other technical staff looking to design, implement, and tune database applications in a grid computing environment. 

Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results. 

In this guide, OpenStorage best practices are examined and discussed to assist in eliminating the bottlenecks associated with deployment and functional testing of the solution. 

This document discusses the use of PowerBroker software to address some of the security and audit problems inherent in native UNIX and Linux operating systems. The purpose of the document is to demonstrate the value of PowerBroker as a tool for reducing risk in environments where information security and risk avoidance are considered important. 

Mono Tools for Visual Studio helps development shops, ISVs, and enterprise development teams reduce development costs, increase productivity, and utilize existing .NET developers for Linux, Solaris, and Mac development projects. 

Using OS lock down scripts can be time consuming and error prone. Keeping those scripts up-to-date as new guidelines are published requires a continuous cycle of research, interpretation, and script revision. Do you really have time for this? Security Blanket automates the process of locking down Linux and Solaris operating systems. 

This white paper focuses on role-based access control (RBAC) and how RBAC is a rich and open-ended technology which is evolving as users gain experience with it. 

Architectural features, that were once only present on very large computer systems, are gradually being implemented on ever smaller systems. Sometimes these features require software changes, to make the best use of the capabilities of the hardware. This white paper provides an overview of a NUMA machine and how to get the best performance from it. 

With Crystal Reports - solve report design and information sharing issues through: powerful report and dashboard mashups, secure report sharing, management, scheduling and publishing - an affordable, cross-platform solution, that just works. 

This paper proposes an approach for IT to manage virtualized environments and shows how HP Business Service Management software enables IT operations to link specialists and specialized tools into day-to-day operations while keeping promises to business users. 

This solution brief explains the value of IBM® Data Studio Administrator. This powerful and flexible tool simplifies the process of identifying, analyzing and implementing database schema changes for IBM DB2® for Linux®, UNIX® and Microsoft Windows®. 

Whether you have experience in administering DB2 on the mainframe or Oracle database, you probably have the skills to get started with DB2 for Linux Unix and Windows. Hear from your peers about their recent experiences.