Downloadable Ebook : Build your own private cloud using Ubuntu Eucalyptus Enterprise Cloud computing platform.

There was many requests to publish one of my previous article in a form of a downloadable EBook. Keeping that in mind I am happy to publish an Ebook in pdf format for offline use. Please let me know if this effort has helped you in anyway. Download it here. | The original article was [...]

Chiliproject Init script

This is my init.d script for automatic startup and shutdown of chiliproject (mongrel) using RVM and REE env during system bootup. You can use/modify this script to suite your need for your chiliproject/redmine installation.

Build your own private cloud using Ubuntu Eucalyptus Enterprise Cloud computing platform.

1.0 Introduction In this Hands-on Labs session, we’re going to use the Linux Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) release. Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, is the platform of choice for anybody who intends to build and deploy large-scale infrastructure, whether you’re trying to build the next Facebook, or the next Google, or the next eBay. If [...]

Microsoft walking to open source

Back in July, Microsoft announced it was making .NET available under its Community Promise, which in theory allowed free software developers to use the technology without fear of patent lawsuits. Not surprisingly, many free software geeks were unconvinced by the promise (after all, what’s a promise compared to an actual open licence?), but now Microsoft [...]

Malaysia and Open Source

More than 70 percent of Malaysian government offices are running open source software, according to figures released by the country’s Open Source Competency Centre. The centre was established as part of the 2004 Malaysian Public Sector OSS Master Plan, to guide and co-ordinate the implementation of OSS in the public sector. The latest OSS adoption [...]

Cloud computing to drive open source

With the cloud computing wave poised to reach the world market in the next 12 to 18 months, open source software and coding techniques are about to hit the big time. That’s because open source software and the methodologies that accompany it have already been proven to be the chosen route for the vast majority [...]

A brief list of commercial grade enterprise open source solution

What’s waiting in upcoming KDE 4.4

If you’re wondering what the folks over at KDE have been cooking up for the next major release, KDE 4.4, well, quite a bit as it turns out. In a lengthy interview, KDE core developer and spokesperson for the project Sebastian Kugler details the myriad changes that are coming with the 4.4 release — the [...]