Java + Cron Job = Quartz
One of my favorite open source tools for Java/J2EE applications is the Cron Job scheduling tool Quartz. Anyone whose ever administered Linux or a web... more »
Book Review: Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities
This book should be on the shelf of all Oracle Database professionals. It covers all of the Oracle 10g/11g utilities. A must have in my opinion.
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Setting Up MySQL - Database, Users And Sample Table
We are going to learn the following: * Changing MySQL user password * Creating databases * Deleting databases * Creating MySQL... more »
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In a Bold Move, Yahoo! Releases Traffic Server Source Code
Yahoo has released the source code for its Traffic Server under the Apache Foundation Umbrella. Shelton Shugar, Yahoo's senior VP of cloud computing,... more »
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OSGi: The Value Proposition?
As an ex-Physicists, I'm naturally interested in concepts such as 'Complexity', 'Information' and 'Entropy'; and while I agree with Hal's sentiments,... more »
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Instant SVN Setup
We all know why developers must use a source code management software. If you have decided to use Subversion, here's a simple set of steps to follow... more »
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Having Fun with JDK's tools.jar
This week I had to trace a bug in a legacy application, I'm maintaining at the moment, which drove me up the wall. The application uses a class from... more »
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abiCloud 1.0.0-RC1 has been released
We are glad to announce a major release of a new version (1.0.0-RC1) of the abiCloud project, an open-source cloud platform manager which allows to... more »
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Oracle Unveils Its Plans For Glassfish, NetBeans, MySQL & Open Source
Oracle has updated the Sun Acquisition FAQ. The FAQ now tells us of Oracle’s plans for NetBeans, Glassfish, MySQL, OpenOffice & open source.
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IT Myths and Legends: No One Understands Our Legacy Software
There is a common myth that the reason legacy code continues to run in businesses around the world is that no one understands it; that IT and... more »
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MySQL SUM() Doesn’t Play Well With Floats
Problem with using the SUM function in MySQL when dealing with floats or doubles.
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Checking which processes are accessing the Internet on a Unix machine
The "lsof" Unix command line tool can be used to list the IP Addresses / Host Names and Port details about all processes' open network files... more »
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A glossary of Email Hosting and Hosting terms
This glossary provides a handy guide to commonly used email hosting and hosting terms.
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What are Proxy Servers? Why do you need them?
Are your favorite sites blocked in your country, organization, school or college? No apprehensions! There are several methods to access the blocked... more »
Impleo – a CMS I can tolerate
If you head out to http://hibernatingrhinos.com/, you will see that I finally had the time to setup the corporate site. This is still very early, but... more »
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15 Ways to Optimize Your SQL Queries
SQL query optimization is being applied in order to minimize the possibility of your query being the system bottleneck. Hence, it is always good to... more »
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Facebook's Memcached Multiget Hole: More Machines != More Capacity
When you are on the bleeding edge of scale like Facebook is, you run into some interesting problems. As of 2008 Facebook had over 800 memcached... more »
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Remote Access to Your Services: EJB vs Spring/Hessian
The other day, I got to come up with a design solution for a small website. Small enough to fit on a single physical server. Nothing fancy, I had a... more »
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Which Linux Distribution Is Suitable For Me?
This question is asked by many of us too often, well it depends upon your needs, requirement and expertise. In this post I will try to compare 9 top... more »
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10 Ways To Destroy A SQL Database
This article is practically showing you how to destroy your own database by doing all the opposite things that should be done correctly. Check out... more »
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Top 10 Strategic Technologies
Researchers at Gartner recently posted a list of the top 10 strategic technologies for 2009. These technologies will most likely have a significant... more »
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5 reasons to use a static site generator instead of Wordpress
When we sat down to build the Guestlist website, we thought we’d try using Jekyll, a “blog aware” static site generator written in Ruby. The basic... more »
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Nvidia RealityServer - Graphics Rendering Cloud
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Cloud Computing started from the cloud based processing then expanded steps to storage and now comes the third contender: Graphics. Now, Nvidia will... more »
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Comparing GlassFish and JBoss: Helping you decide!
The majority of developers building Java applications will find that the GlassFish application server offers distinct advantages compared with JBoss.... more »
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NoSQL- The revelation that is gaining momentum
The world of data storage is up for a massive shift.
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