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Determining Solaris Support using Sun Device Detection Tool
Want to know whether your machine is capable of running Solaris? I came across the Sun Device Detection Tool, a Java application that you can run straight from the browser (it’s a JNLP app) that will check the devices on your machine and then comp…
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Develop with Java and PHP technology on AIX Version 5.3, Part 5: Installing and integrating the PHP Java Bridge
The penultimate part of the series on using PHP and Java together to produce a web interface to your Java application is now available. In this penultimate part of the series, I look at the real-time use of the PHP/Java bridge as the final part an…
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Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris
I’m still working up some good tips and advice on MySQL on Solaris (particularly the T1000, the new x86 based servers like the X4150 and ZFS, amongst other things), but until then I found Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris while doing some resea…
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Sun Ultra 20 M2 review
I was fortunate enough to get a review unit of Sun’s Ultra 20M2 Workstation Back in the early part of 2007. The Ultra 20M2 is Opteron based, and the M2 designation includes the dual-core Opteron processor. It was a very nice machine that I’m sorry…
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Sun Ultra 20M2 review
Not exactly a laptop, I reviewed Sun’s Ultra 20M2 desktop last year and completely forgot to mention it. I loved the machine (it was fast, well configured and well put together) and I almost purchased my very own, until I got an alternative option…
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IBM developerWork Grid Zone PDFs
In light of the announcement that IBM are retiring their developerWorks Grid zone (see this post), I’ve tried to grab a copy of all the PDFs for the articles I was involved in. There are some missing gaps because the PDFs have already disappeared …
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Grid computing zone is being retired
Regular readers will know that I’ve been a frequent and prolific contributor to the IBM developerWorks Grid Zone. In fact, in the early years of this zone I was often the only contributor. Unfortunately, after years of providing us with helpful in…
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Intute Science, Engineering and Technology – Full record details for Managing a grid, part 1 : network and infrastructure
One of the nice things that happens when I’m writing my articles is that while researching the content, I come across a blog post or other site that has picked up one of my articles and added it to some catalogue or other. Here’s an example I just…
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Developing a grid application with open source tools
I’ve been a keen supporter of using open source tools and technology (including Perl, Python and many of the open source libraries and platforms). In fact, many of my most popular articles have been on grid technology and open source solutions. Be…
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Voice enabling XML, Part 2: Develop a voice-enabled calendar
The second of the articles on developing VoiceXML applications is now available: In this second article of a four-part series, you learn to develop a voice-enabled calendar. Save the data of the calendar as XML; then to modify calendar entries, ha…