We talked with Michael Wong, OpenMP CEO, and Matthijs van Waveren, Marketing Coordinator, about the status of the upcoming OpenMP version 4.0 specification and some of its features and enhancements, as well as how to participate in its development.
You don't have to buy Windows 8 Enterprise Edition to create a Windows To Go USB drive, nor do you have to buy an expensive, certified USB disk to make it work.
With IT security playing an increasingly important role, one feature in FreeBSD deserves special attention: jails. In this article, we shed some light on the extra level of security that jails promise.
Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix sees Canonical not only attempt to oust Windows off the enterprise desktop but also position itself as a low-budget alternative to enterprise desktops by Red Hat and SUSE.
Users of Windows Server 2012 will benefit from numerous innovations, especially in the areas of virtualization, high availability, and storage. In this article, we show you some tricks that make handling the new system much easier.
Exchange Server 2013 sees Microsoft complete the latest version of its groupware solution. In this article, we introduce new features in the server and reveal which features have been eliminated.
Django is often used for creating Python web applications, but a lesser known option called Flask can offer more flexibility. In this article, we will take a closer look at Flask.
The first article in this workshop looked at the theory behind OpenStack; the second part takes a more hands-on approach: How can you set up an OpenStack cloud on a greenfield site?
Administrators on Linux virtual machines tend to use VNC to transfer the graphical system to Virtual Machine Manager or a VNC client. One alternative is Spice: If the guest system is running the QXL driver, you can look forward to fast graphics and audio pass through.
Out of the box, Nagios can only alert you by email when a service fails, but these email messages can be easily overlooked. A call is more sustainable.
Windows 2012 sees Microsoft release the latest version of its server operating system. With multiple editions, and different access licenses, licensing can be difficult to understand. This article attempts to let a little light into the jungle.
Cron jobs are essential to managing Linux and Unix systems. However, the syntax is very limited and prone to errors. A modern cron substitute sets out to remove these weaknesses.
Computing hardware is constantly changing, with new CPUs and accelerators, and the integration of both. How do you know which processors are right for your code?
I was recently looking for a stable, flexible, and scalable web application for an ongoing project. It wasn't long until I decided on the NoSQL-based MongoDB.
If your operating system and database work with different character sets, migrating to the common denominator, Unicode, is often the solution. In this article, we consider what to watch out for in migrations with Oracle.
Now that IPv6 is the official Internet protocol, all that remains is the simple task of migrating all the machines on the Internet. Until that happens, tunnel technologies provide an interim solution.
NIST has chosen the Keccak algorithm as the new cryptographic hash standard but, in real life, many users are still waiting to move to its predecessor SHA-2.
Hardly a day goes by without reports of hackers breaking into government, military, or enterprise servers. If you analyze the details of the hacker's approach, you will see that, in 90 percent of all cases, SQL injection was the root cause of a server's compromise.
