By anyone's measure, skills in open source software are very much in demand, but you still need to get yourself noticed. Here are the three elements of your open source experience that you must include on your resume.
One way to check the integrity of files on your Solaris systems is by comparing their ownership, sizes and checksums against their original values. You don't need expensive application software to do basic integrity checking. One easy and free way to do this is to take advantage of a file that your system maintains on your behalf and a command called pkgchk.
With less than one-third of IT spending targeted towards new projects and innovation, the last thing an organization wants to do is cut these valuable projects that add new business value. Yet many CIOs miss opportunities to effectively reduce IT costs, says Tim Raducha-Grace, co-author of 'The Business of IT', because they don't have a clear view of their IT spending. Here he offers three steps to understand and reduce your IT costs
I'm sure the auto-focus bug that plagued the new Droid smartphone wasn't at all amusing for owners, but I found it fascinating. And I can't resist sharing a good bug story!
When the going gets tough, the tough get rugged PCs, phones and other gadgets. Just a few years ago, there was hardly anything worth buying in this category. But now, there's a world of devices that can survive water, shock, dirt and extreme temperatures.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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