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Introduction to programming in Erlang, Part 2: Use advanced features and functionality
Part two of my introduction to programming Erlang is available on IBM developerWorks: Erlang is a multi-purpose programming language that is primarily used for developing concurrent and distributed systems. Part 1 of this series introduced Erlang …
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GNU Virtual Private Ethernet
A new article on using the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet (GVPE) service is available on IBM developerWorks: Providing a secure communication conduit implies many different issues and problems, such as how you provide an effective communication chan…
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Optimizing AIX 7 Network Performance
A new series on optimizing the network performance within AIX 7 is now available on IBM developerWorks. The series is in three parts: Part 1, Network overview – Monitoring the hardware With AIX 7 and the new POWER7 architecture, you have to think …
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Optimizing AIX 7 memory performance
As part of the continuing series on AIX 7, a new series on optimizing memory performance is now available. Part 1: AIX ? 7 takes advantage of the POWER7 CPU to improve memory usage within LPARs. While memory tuning might be more difficult to imple…
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Optimizing AIX 7 performance: Part 1, 2 and 3
I’ve just been updating a series of articles on AIX 7 and the new functionality. The first three cover the basics performance details. For Part 1: Learn more about configuring and monitoring AIX 7 based on the investigations of AIX 7 beta compared…
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Xapian/Omega
A new article on indexing documents using the Xapian/Omega toolkit is now available. From the intro: Storing and providing access to documentation and information is an ever-growing problem for many companies. There are many solutions, including w…
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Take advantage of using libevent and libev
I have a new article available on making use of the libevent and libev libraries. libevent has become a very popular choice for people that want to build very efficient I/O systems, particularly for network solutions, and therefore it fits nicely …
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Deploying Gearman across multiple environments
A new article on using the work distribution tool, Gearman: The open source Gearman service allows you to easily distribute work to other machines in your network, either because you want to spread the work over a large body of machines or because…
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Deep-protocol analysis of UNIX networks
A new article on deeper analysis of network packets, is now available on IBM developerWorks: Whether you are monitoring your network to identify performance issues, debugging an application, or have found an application on your network that you do…
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Saving money with open source, Part 2: Tap into the power of OpenOffice
The second part of the series on saving money using open source technology looks at OpenOffice, a complete Office software suite comprising word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation package, among other tools. From the intro: On the desktop, t…