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IBM has released a preliminary alpha version of its History Flow Visualization Application that shows how collaboratively created documents evolve. The tool is written in Java and it's available for download.

The Tivoli Business Systems Manager capabilities enable you to create a single view of your business and IT operations. In this article you learn to manage your IT resources in the context of business services modeled in Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), which can help to improve overall efficiency.

In part one of this two-part conversation, Quinn identifies applications that easily adapt to clusters, the ones that need tweaking and the physical data center barriers to clustering. In part two, he offers cluster management tips and describes Linux cluster projects that delivered significant performance and scalability increases.

Following recent major successful deployments of Mandrakelinux Clustering, Mandrakesoft today announces a new version of its intensive calculation solution.

Foreword -- This article, by veteran Linux trainer Kevin Dankwardt, discusses "volatile," a relatively unknown ANSI-C type modifier that ensures that the compiler generates code to reload a data item each time it is referenced. Volatile must be used with variables that may be altered asynchronously,

The new multi-user environment released from IBM - Flexible Internet Evaluation Report Architecture (FIERA) is a highly flexible architecture for the design, display, and reporting of Internet surveys. Check out the FIERA demo and see it in action.

Having solidified backing from the major Linux distribution vendors and, more recently, new ISV (Independent Software Vendor) members who have helped shape it, the Linux Standard Base (LSB) has come of age and is now ready to be pushed in new directions to make it more usable and useful, according to Free Standards Group executive director Jim Zemlin.

This whitepaper by Codeweavers COO Jon Parshall and CEO Jeremy White takes a detailed look at the potential value of WINE ("Wine Is Not an Emulator") as an ingredient in a strategy for enterprise migration from Windows to Linux desktops. The paper itemizes the requirements for enterprise desktop migration, examines a range of available tactics, and then suggests strategies for making the journey in ways that are "pragmatic, economical, and customer focused," the authors say.

But only with emulator installed; Some of them require you to have legal copy of Windows on your PC.

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, whose clients include Sun Microsystems, the Department of Homeland Security, and Disney, has made the switch from Windows to Linux and BSD.

Linux Torvalds wants the Linux development kernel to be put through its paces more frequently.

Icebox Delivers Control, Convenience and Manageability for Linux Cluster Systems

The open source software movement has been gaining supporters around the globe as a low-cost community-supported effort that provides an alternative to proprietary software. As the name implies open source gives users access to the source code of software programs, something that commercial software companies keep a closely guarded secret, so that users can make improvements or alterations to the software that are then shared with the rest of the community.

Linux Torvalds calls for more regular performance tests on the Linux kernel in hunt for inefficient code.

VoIP is changing the face of telephony. The Telephone was the first electrical instrument to enter the home. In over 100 years, wireline service (with many internal improvements) has remained the same; Until now! The Internet and VoIP, Voice over the Internet, is changing the definition of: what is a telephone call? We need to understand how this new technology will affect our business and personal lives. What effect will it have on: Service providers; Charges; Tolls; Quality of Service; Safety; Etc? This presentation will cover how the old wireline services worked. How VoIP works, what's different, what's the same. And how do we transition. The meeting will have it's technical points, but should be accessible to everyone. This meeting is free and everyone is welcome.

The open source database company says it is 'fixing 10 years of criticism in one release', and is aiming at boosting enterprise take-up.

Sun Microsystems intends to make Java Enterprise System available as an open source product that will define the company as truly committed to open source, according to a report.

"The interest in Solaris 10 has exceeded our highest expectations – this is a significant milestone for Sun," said Tom Goguen, vice president, Operating Platforms Group, Sun Microsystems. "We're seeing approximately one download per second and our Solaris 10 customers and partners are achieving huge performance gains when leveraging powerful new features like Dynamic Tracing and Containers."

In episode 5 of The Linux Box Show, the following subjects are covered:

• A Desktop Bonanza: GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, Thunar for Xfce
• Mind Mapping on GNU/Linux
• Colin Wilson is covering a story on Torvalds switching to Apple
• Nero introduces NeroLINUX for CD Burning
• Puppy Linux Provides a World First With a Multi-Session Live-CD
• A Book Review of Free as in Freedom

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There's no place for GNOME in the standard build of the Linux distro, but lovers of the desktop environment can still get their fix in other ways.