Monthly Archives: December 2013
“IBM will continue to invest in open source technology projects”
IBM is one of those companies that banks big on open source technology. Those at the helm know this is where the future of...
A Peek Into the Hadoop Distributed File System
HDFS is a core component of the Hadoop package. It is an open source implementation of the distributed file system on the lines of...
Leverage Your Programming Skills with Erlang!
The Erlang programming language is used to build massive scalable real-time software systems that require high availability. Some of its uses are in telecom,...
Restore Partitions Over the Network Using Clonezilla
Clonezilla is back-up and restore software that is a powerful alternative to Symantec's famous, yet expensive, commercial software Norton Ghost.
Do you often format your...
Get Onto a Fast Track IT Career as a SysAdmin!
With enterprises adapting newer and quicker network technologies, the demand for proficient systems administrators has been growing steadily. So, what does it take to...
Blaze the automated desktop experience for Windows
Blaze is a small multipurpose utility that does the job of an application launcher and file searcher, and records macros for desktop automation. A...
App Development on the Cloud Made Easy with PaaS!
This article looks into the benefits of using the Platform as a Service paradigm to develop applications on the cloud. It also compares a...
CloudStack: An Overview of the Open Source IaaS Platform
Here's an open source IaaS platform to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud computing service. It enables utility computing services by allowing cloud service...
Let’s WAMP Up!
Close on the heels of the LAMP development platform is WAMP. Read on to learn the right steps to install and set it up....
Tuning the LAMP Stack to Boost the Performance of Drupal
The previous article in this series dealt with the various external factors that impact the performance of Drupal sites, exploring ways to mitigate them....
