Too hot makes for better reliability than too cold, brand new disks should be kept away from disks already in production and three other tips that may surprise you.
<b>Jono Bacon's blog:</b> "One thing that we have been really keen to facilitate in Ubuntu is an ethos of just do it. I really believe our community should feel engaged to be creative in their ideas and be able to get out there and do it, with plenty of support resources so others can help them achieve their goals."
Even though the Import and Export Wizard, incorporated into the SQL Server 2008 platform, greatly simplifies the creation of SQL Server Integration Services packages, it has its limitations. This article points out the primary challenges associated with using it to copy data between SQL Server 2008 and Excel and presents methods of addressing these challenges.
<b>We'll See:</b> "I spent last week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium, where we kicked off the 10.10 development cycle. Due to our time-boxed release cycle, not everything discussed here will necessarily appear in Ubuntu 10.10, but this should provide a reasonable overview of the direction we're taking."
<b>Database Journal:</b> "Many third parties create rich applications to facilitate database management, database development and database administration. Here are ten outstanding graphical interfaces for MySQL."
<b>LWN.net:</b> "[Esfera] The Ubuntu "Ayatana" mailing list is discussing a proposal from Pablo Quiróor a new user interface element to put in the upper right corner of windows which has been recently vacated on Ubuntu systems."
Universities aren't graduating cybersecurity experts fast enough to help the government head off security threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity director.
<b>Boycott Novell:</b> "Summary: Assorted new reports about how Microsoft abuses “open source” to gain control of it, change its direction and goals, or even to misuse the label to promote proprietary software that harms standards and promotes patenting of software"
<b>Groklaw:</b> "I view the bankruptcy hearings at this point as comic relief, since nothing goes the way any of us here think they should. Bankruptcy court seems like cartoon court to me. So, when I heard that the December 2009 hearing transcript [PDF] was available, I said, Oh, goody!"
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Jim Zemlin details where Linux is headed in advance of a major Linux conference, as adoption moves into the broader tech landscape."
<b>Computerworld:</b> "A new open source project, dubbed Opendedup, has appeared with the goal of creating a deduplication-based file system for Linux called SDFS."
<b>Financial Times:</b> "Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft�s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees."
<b>Linux.com:</b> "A few days ago, a copy of Action Comics No. 1 sold for about $1.5 million. What makes a 72-year old comic worth seven figures? More importantly, what can system administrators learn from a guy who's been wearing tights and a cape for more than seventy years?"
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "At this rate, it will not be long before you have no choice at all, and when alternatives disappear that offer something different -- lower cost, higher performance, better reliability -- it's bound to be bad news."
Whether or not corporate policy allows it, workers still bring smartphones to the office. Here, seven steps for managing personal mobile devices in an enterprise environment.
The latest upgrade to VM6's VMex small business virtualization package aims to streamline the user interface in order to help customers reduce operating costs.