Berkeley Source Distribution Reports

What Oracle Solaris Brings to Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a system, designed to revolutionize data center consolidation, enabling enterprises to bring together disparate, mission-critical workloads with maximum reliability and security. Learn how this system, consisting of software, firmware and hardware, can reduce application implementation costs and more.
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

Oracle Corporation

Getting Started on a Unix-To-Linux Migration
sponsored by Red Hat
EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, learn how to make the migration less complex and more fun. From starting your migration with a thorough assessment to examining the code and determining the system administration functions.
Posted: 09 May 2014 | Published: 09 May 2014

TOPICS:  Linux | UNIX
Red Hat

Red Hat Server Modernization TCO Calculator
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
ASSESSMENT TOOL: This assessment tool compares the projected costs of growing and maintaining a current Unix based server environment with the costs of migrating to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment.
Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

Red Hat & IBM

Case Study: DaimlerChrysler South Africa - Migrating Mission Critical Application Achieving Over 50% Cost Savings and Improving Service Levels
sponsored by Micro Focus, Ltd
CASE STUDY: In October 2003, DaimlerChrysler South Africa decided that significant cost savings could be achieved by migrating its mission critical systems onto a contemporary low cost platform and in the process remove the mainframe. This case study presents the challenges the company faced as well as the solution and benefits achieved.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

Micro Focus, Ltd

RedBook: Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide - Compatibility Made Easy
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: New IBM DB2 features make compatibility easy. In this guide, you’ll learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more—all designed to improve your ability to run applications on both DB2 and Oracle platforms
Posted: 01 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

IBM

IBM Data Studio - Available at no charge
sponsored by IBM
TRIAL SOFTWARE: IBM Data Studio provides an integrated, modular environment for productive administration of DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and collaborative database development tools for DB2, Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. View this page to get an overview of its components and download a trial of Data Studio with a free database, DB2 Express-C.
Posted: 20 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 20 Dec 2011

IBM

IBM Sets Pace in Unix Virtualization
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This Gabriel Consulting report research report focuses on the survey results and discusses IBM’s Power Systems virtualization milestones and touches on the implications for the Unix server market.
Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

IBM

How Secure is your sudo? - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
sponsored by BeyondTrust Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will illustrate certain positive situations where open source solutions like sudo often work in smaller scale enterprises. However, this white paper will also spotlight red flags that relate to larger companies or companies experiencing significant IT growth. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 21 May 2010 | Published: 20 May 2010

BeyondTrust Corporation

Unix, Linux Uptime and Reliability Increase; Patch Management Woes Plague Windows
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Use this report, the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey, to make an informed choice on which servers best fit your needs.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

IBM

Virtualizing Enterprise SAP Software Deployments
sponsored by SUSE
WHITE PAPER: Because SAP systems are critical to business operations, companies must ensure that they remain consistently available. This white paper explains how you can leverage virtualization to consolidate SAP servers without compromising the reliability of these crucial applications.
Posted: 18 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

SUSE