In part 3 of the Globalize your Web Applications series, we'll be exploring PHP's I18N_Number and I18N_Currency classes, both of which are part of the I18N Libraries.
<b>Database Journal:</b> "MySQL has an interesting architecture that sets it apart from some other enterprise database systems. It allows you to plug in different modules to handle storage. What that means to end users is that it is quite flexible, offering an interesting array of different storage engines with different features, strengths, and tradeoffs."
A SQL Server 2000 and a DB2-UDB SAP Solution Environment Integration Assessment of Syncsort Incorporated's enterprise data backup and restore product, Backup Express, asserted that Backup Express provides high value to SAP customers.
If your users collect email addresses in a database, odds are before long, someone's going to get it into their head to send out an email "blast" or batch. There are several approaches, but what you really need is an engine to send individualized emails, one at a time...
<b>Linux Pro Magazine:</b> "The activity I like the most is fixing bugs. It's one of the great things of open source and the one that I enjoy the most: by having the code available, I'm able to fix a program and make it do what I want without having to go through the original developer."
Blogging is a great way to drive traffic to your site, and we've found a great Web resource to set up a professional blog for you. Plus, an emarketing site to help you get interviewed on TV and radio.
<b>New Zealand Herald:</b> "Several weeks ago the Australian high court ruled in favour of Aussie ISP iiNet in a landmark legal battle where AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) argued that iiNet was as guilty as some of its subscribers of online copyright infringement."
Virtually Speaking: In the next battleground for the cloud, IBM's choice of Red Hat's virtualization technology may be changing the landscape, but don't count VMware out just yet.
This article will demonstrate a simple technique, "A Two-Way Requirements verification process", which reinforces the most critical connection point of any methodology: the transition between functional design or requirement sign off and the beginning of the technical design by the technical team.
<b>Ubuntu Geek:</b> "GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands. This program is not aimed at users wanting the weather forecast in a sidebar in their file manager."
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "Most people with an interest in software freedom will turn to GNU/Linux as their operating system of choice. Few realize however, that the vast majority of GNU/Linux distros are not entirely free. Imagine migrating away from Windows, only to find that by installing GNU/Linux you are accepting a restrictive Microsoft license!"
Building a data center from scratch doesn't just mean getting the latest in gear. It also brings with it the latest power, cooling and data center design. Here's what one company did.
When technology goes through a major phase change, many things can and will go wrong. It happened in the 1990s when enterprises first built web sites, and it's happening today with Facebook and other social networking sites. Enter the conundrum of being simultaneously protective and progressive.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "...we took this opportunity to deliver a fresh set of *BSD benchmarks. In this article we have benchmarks of PC-BSD 8.0 x64 against Kubuntu 9.10 x86_64."
Database security should have multiple locks at multiple layers with multiple keys (and perhaps some barbed wire, an electric fence, a moat and a mean junkyard dog as well). With all these locks and keys, some locksmith skills are certainly useful. Rebecca Bond introduces some of her favorite DB2 Locksmith tips.
Turning on auditing is easy; knowing what to do with it is entirely different. Learn how to create a standard audit trail using Oracle’s Enterprise Manager.