It's only today that I completed my third batch this quarter on IDM 345 training.
29 Aug · Fri 2008
One More Cluster Training Concludes Today
Meet my new friends. Majority of them belong to Kenya. With India joining the Emerging Market, an announcement you can read in big boss's blogs, I might get to meet more such folks in the days ahead. They learned Cluster and taught me back some words in Swahili, their National Language. I ain't bad at picking up lessons, for you would now hear me say, "Siku njema"
Meet my new friends. Majority of them belong to Kenya. With India joining the Emerging Market, an announcement you can read in big boss's blogs, I might get to meet more such folks in the days ahead. They learned Cluster and taught me back some words in Swahili, their National Language. I ain't bad at picking up lessons, for you would now hear me say, "Siku njema"
28 Aug · Thu 2008
Without Java, You Can't Get to All Parts of Internet
It's the UK Watchdog who says what's on my title, resulting in an ad ban of the iPhone in UK. What has iPhone got to do with Java? Well, nothing. That's precisely why Apple's claim of "You never know which part of the internet you'll need ... which is why all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone," in an advertisement was found to be misleading, for Java, that powers quite a number of websites, is missing in iPhone! Want to hear more about it from press? Read this
It's the UK Watchdog who says what's on my title, resulting in an ad ban of the iPhone in UK. What has iPhone got to do with Java? Well, nothing. That's precisely why Apple's claim of "You never know which part of the internet you'll need ... which is why all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone," in an advertisement was found to be misleading, for Java, that powers quite a number of websites, is missing in iPhone! Want to hear more about it from press? Read this
21 Aug · Thu 2008
IDM 345 - The Noida Batch
Though I wrote about my entry to Noida in my earlier post, I haven't yet talked about my exit. Reached Bangalore at late night on the day forward to the India Independence Day. Things went well. With only a half an hour lunch break on all days, with absolutely no tea breaks in between and with only five members from an organization sitting through the training (see them in the snap below), it was quite obvious that the sessions would end quite smoothly, well in time. Thus on the day of Raksha bandhan, the day next to the India Independence Day, we closed our discussion on IDM well before 3:00 in the evening. Now, that doesn't happen often for an IDM 345 course.
Though I wrote about my entry to Noida in my earlier post, I haven't yet talked about my exit. Reached Bangalore at late night on the day forward to the India Independence Day. Things went well. With only a half an hour lunch break on all days, with absolutely no tea breaks in between and with only five members from an organization sitting through the training (see them in the snap below), it was quite obvious that the sessions would end quite smoothly, well in time. Thus on the day of Raksha bandhan, the day next to the India Independence Day, we closed our discussion on IDM well before 3:00 in the evening. Now, that doesn't happen often for an IDM 345 course.
19 Aug · Tue 2008
OpenSSO Training for Free
The most attractive price tag that I've ever come across is free*. Generally, the asterisk sticking around the news about the free releases would often have some or the other strings attached to it. Some time back Sun announced the release of OpenSSO Express, which is made available to the public, again for free. For those who managed to get to the OpenSSO site and download the product would already be aware of the fact that, there wasn't any 'conditions apply' tag attached to the free availability of OpenSSO from Sun. That means absolute zero entry barrier for those interested. I have heard complaints from many, that though Sun gives away products for free, we charge heavy for its training! Not sure if that's true, but if there is anyone out there who believes it so, it's time to think otherwise.
My good friend David has managed to prepare a courseware and a VM Lab files to run through some complex deployment scenarios of OpenSSO. And what more, all of this you can download and learn for free. For that, visit the OpenSSO website and click on the 'Training' link. Please note that this current beta training is offered on the unsupported pre-release product (OpenSSO build 4.5). For more details with snapshots on the process, check out David's blog. And yeah, do find some time to thank him for this work. 
Happy learning!
The most attractive price tag that I've ever come across is free*. Generally, the asterisk sticking around the news about the free releases would often have some or the other strings attached to it. Some time back Sun announced the release of OpenSSO Express, which is made available to the public, again for free. For those who managed to get to the OpenSSO site and download the product would already be aware of the fact that, there wasn't any 'conditions apply' tag attached to the free availability of OpenSSO from Sun. That means absolute zero entry barrier for those interested. I have heard complaints from many, that though Sun gives away products for free, we charge heavy for its training! Not sure if that's true, but if there is anyone out there who believes it so, it's time to think otherwise.
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Happy learning!15 Aug · Fri 2008
Celebrate the Independence Day
On a telephonic conversation with my parents, a week back or so, when I conveyed to them about my journey to Delhi for a training on the week of India Independence Day, I could feel a pause and then a sigh of anxiety on the other end. They had every reason to be anxious, especially after a series of unfortunate events like serial bomb blasts, unfolding itself in some of the well-known places in India. Some one else advised, before I set out my journey to Delhi this week, to try and keep myself away from all crowded locations on the day, when India would celebrate its 62nd Independence Day. As an Indian, it isn't encouraging, having to celebrate the country's freedom with a mind that's not completely free from fear. And it's unfortunate that the situation is such as above and that many wouldn't know whom to point the finger at for such a sorry state of affairs.
Having said all these, it's no doubt a matter of pride, remembering India to be the motherland of some great visionaries, whose inspiring words are reasons for solace and hope for all of us. And with our country finding its way to the list of Gold Medal Winners in the worlds biggest stage for sports, one would only be hopeful to see such fabulous stories of human achievements repeating itself for our Nation and that all of us would continue to strive for such perfect accomplishments in our respective fields that includes but not limited to Arts, Agriculture, Science, Sports, Spirituality and Technology, placing India among the top contributors to the world in all aspects mentioned above. Wouldn't that be a reason to feel proud of our Nation and hold its flag flying high? Well and truly yes and so be it.
On a day as this, it isn't sufficient to look forward to a promising future, but would also be appropriate to sit in retrospection, remembering the heroic deeds of thousands of Freedom fighters, paying them tribute at least in thoughts. Honestly, I have never been able to feel with my heart any amount of pain while reading about the freedom struggle in India! Their pain, their struggles, only they knew. People like me who is living in an era much forward to the pre-independence period cannot even touch one dimension of the pain that the freedom fighters went through to gain Independence. The magnitude of sufferings of many Indians during the course of fight for freedom is indeed hard to imagine. All I can say is, I'd be gasping for breath if I walk a few kilometers at stretch, I'd be wanting for food if I starve for a day, leave alone marching 240 miles on foot, fasting for weeks and that too not for any selfish reasons, but for the sake of generations to follow, which is you and me. It's very clear, they weren't ordinary men, who fought for our freedom, but brave souls, who lived and died for a noble cause. It's their victory that we celebrate today, saluting them mentally for all the heart-throbbing chapters that they wrote in the Indian History
Lastly, before I leave this space, I would wish to mutter under my breath, the words of Gurudev, which I feel is no less significant in an era that we live in. In fact, it is more appropriate to utter this prayer in this present age:
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake"
Let's all Celebrate the India Independence Day with a heart full of gratitude and respect towards all those who devoted their entire life for the freedom struggle and with a pledge as neatly expressed by one of my mentors in his reply to my Independence Day wishes, "Every citizen of this nation, I believe, should think and work on those lines to take this great nation to its cherished destination devoid of poverty, unemployment and other evils afflicting society." Jai Hind.
On a telephonic conversation with my parents, a week back or so, when I conveyed to them about my journey to Delhi for a training on the week of India Independence Day, I could feel a pause and then a sigh of anxiety on the other end. They had every reason to be anxious, especially after a series of unfortunate events like serial bomb blasts, unfolding itself in some of the well-known places in India. Some one else advised, before I set out my journey to Delhi this week, to try and keep myself away from all crowded locations on the day, when India would celebrate its 62nd Independence Day. As an Indian, it isn't encouraging, having to celebrate the country's freedom with a mind that's not completely free from fear. And it's unfortunate that the situation is such as above and that many wouldn't know whom to point the finger at for such a sorry state of affairs.
Having said all these, it's no doubt a matter of pride, remembering India to be the motherland of some great visionaries, whose inspiring words are reasons for solace and hope for all of us. And with our country finding its way to the list of Gold Medal Winners in the worlds biggest stage for sports, one would only be hopeful to see such fabulous stories of human achievements repeating itself for our Nation and that all of us would continue to strive for such perfect accomplishments in our respective fields that includes but not limited to Arts, Agriculture, Science, Sports, Spirituality and Technology, placing India among the top contributors to the world in all aspects mentioned above. Wouldn't that be a reason to feel proud of our Nation and hold its flag flying high? Well and truly yes and so be it.
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Lastly, before I leave this space, I would wish to mutter under my breath, the words of Gurudev, which I feel is no less significant in an era that we live in. In fact, it is more appropriate to utter this prayer in this present age:
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Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake"
Let's all Celebrate the India Independence Day with a heart full of gratitude and respect towards all those who devoted their entire life for the freedom struggle and with a pledge as neatly expressed by one of my mentors in his reply to my Independence Day wishes, "Every citizen of this nation, I believe, should think and work on those lines to take this great nation to its cherished destination devoid of poverty, unemployment and other evils afflicting society." Jai Hind.
11 Aug · Mon 2008
After Chennai, it's IDM in Noida this week
Having a back to back sesssion on Sun's Provisioning Tool isn't a new affair. If it was Chennai that hosted an IDM training last week, it's in Noida - the other end of India - that the same training is happening this week. In a few minutes time I would start my new batch on IDM 345 training. Before I get introduced to the folks sitting through the training this week, let me complete an all familiar task of introducing my previous training batch to you all:
Have a great week ahead, all of you.
Having a back to back sesssion on Sun's Provisioning Tool isn't a new affair. If it was Chennai that hosted an IDM training last week, it's in Noida - the other end of India - that the same training is happening this week. In a few minutes time I would start my new batch on IDM 345 training. Before I get introduced to the folks sitting through the training this week, let me complete an all familiar task of introducing my previous training batch to you all:
Have a great week ahead, all of you.
08 Aug · Fri 2008
8.8.08
The number "8" is considered lucky by people in China. No wonder then, that the world's largest event in sports, hosted in Beijing this time, begins on 8.8.08, today. Spanning just over a fortnight, with approximately Ten thousand five hundred athletes participating in about 302 events in 28 different sports, it would be absolute fun to spend some time watching this great event. But in an age of participation it isn't sufficient to spend time viewing the same, but would be great to be a part and parcel of it, for we all know these events only show up once in four years. After-all, the spirit of participation is one of the well-known motto of Olympics.
I feel proud to share with you the fact that Sun has enabled a way to help you participate in Beijing Olympics 2008, using MyPicks Beijing 2008, a new social networking game for Facebook, allowing fans of 2008 Beijing Summer Games to compete online. The press release about it is here. So start picking your winners in here.
Sun's association with Beijing Olympics 2008 does not end with a Facebook application. "NBC Universal selected Sun to provide the technology platform for its official website NBCOlympics.com. The site is supported by several Sun Servers, allowing delivery of digital content to viewers including live streaming of events, video archives of completed events, blogs and more." Enjoy 2,200 hours of live streaming broadband video coverage of 25 different sports. Read the press release about it here or get into the action, straightaway, by clicking here. Enjoy a rocking Olympics!
The number "8" is considered lucky by people in China. No wonder then, that the world's largest event in sports, hosted in Beijing this time, begins on 8.8.08, today. Spanning just over a fortnight, with approximately Ten thousand five hundred athletes participating in about 302 events in 28 different sports, it would be absolute fun to spend some time watching this great event. But in an age of participation it isn't sufficient to spend time viewing the same, but would be great to be a part and parcel of it, for we all know these events only show up once in four years. After-all, the spirit of participation is one of the well-known motto of Olympics.
I feel proud to share with you the fact that Sun has enabled a way to help you participate in Beijing Olympics 2008, using MyPicks Beijing 2008, a new social networking game for Facebook, allowing fans of 2008 Beijing Summer Games to compete online. The press release about it is here. So start picking your winners in here.
Sun's association with Beijing Olympics 2008 does not end with a Facebook application. "NBC Universal selected Sun to provide the technology platform for its official website NBCOlympics.com. The site is supported by several Sun Servers, allowing delivery of digital content to viewers including live streaming of events, video archives of completed events, blogs and more." Enjoy 2,200 hours of live streaming broadband video coverage of 25 different sports. Read the press release about it here or get into the action, straightaway, by clicking here. Enjoy a rocking Olympics!
29 Jul · Tue 2008
1/2 a Day Out in Kolkata
It was 9:15 A.M., when my flight took off from Bangalore in the direction of Kolkata on 26th July 2008, Saturday. I was excited because I hadn't been to Kolkata before, and I was looking forward for this journey. Flight landed in Kolkata exactly at 11:45 A.M., on the same day of course
Before I forget: my company sent me there. I had two talks to deliver: one at St.Xavier's College at Park Street and the second one at The Park Hotel, not so far from Xavier's. Both of it went well, except for an unnecessary argument with one of the Professors from a college in Kolkata during the event number two. It all concluded at around 9:30 P.M. on the very same day.
I held with me a ticket for a 2:00 P.M. flight from Kolkata to Bangalore the next day. That meant, after a sleep, I had just about half a day to wander around a city, totally new to me. It was to happen that way.
Got up very early on 27th July, picked up my friend Kapil and headed towards Kalighat. The place was fully crowded. We observed, with great interest, the various offerings of devotees to Kaali, one of the principal deities of Bengal. Much time wasn't spent there. The next destination was the famous Victoria Memorial.
No doubt, British left a number of beautiful imprints behind in India. Victoria Memorial is just one of it. Being a Sunday, it didn't open its door for us. So we strolled around the park and took some snaps, occasionally praising all the marvelous pieces of Engineering that came in sight. Figuring out the fact that my friend had a formal training in Photography, I handed over my camera, quite conveniently to him, and requested him to capture everything interesting. Some of it are right below:
From Victoria Memorial, passing through the well known Howrah Bridge we travelled to the Belur Math. Talking about Belur Math, the monastery of Ramakrishna order, there is something in even its name that brings peace and tranquility to mind. Not sure if Shakespeare would agree to it! Probably, it is more appropriate to quote another personality here, who took all the pain, along with several other monastic disciples of Ramakrishna, to construct such an ashram in memory of their beloved Guru: "“The blazing light of universal harmony that will emanate from here will flood the whole world.” I don't need to tell you how it feels to be in such a place as described above by the great Swami Vivekananda. I enjoyed, immensely, the moments spent at Belur Math facing the river Ganges. Visit to Belur Math wouldn't go out of my mind soon.
Lastly, we went to Dakshineswar Kali Temple, which is a few minutes drive from Belur Math. The place was heavily crowded and for that reason, we moved out from there in no time.
After all this, I did manage to get to the Kolkata airport one hour before departure. It was a good half a day spent at Kolkata, which I wouldn't forget for long!
It was 9:15 A.M., when my flight took off from Bangalore in the direction of Kolkata on 26th July 2008, Saturday. I was excited because I hadn't been to Kolkata before, and I was looking forward for this journey. Flight landed in Kolkata exactly at 11:45 A.M., on the same day of course
Before I forget: my company sent me there. I had two talks to deliver: one at St.Xavier's College at Park Street and the second one at The Park Hotel, not so far from Xavier's. Both of it went well, except for an unnecessary argument with one of the Professors from a college in Kolkata during the event number two. It all concluded at around 9:30 P.M. on the very same day.
I held with me a ticket for a 2:00 P.M. flight from Kolkata to Bangalore the next day. That meant, after a sleep, I had just about half a day to wander around a city, totally new to me. It was to happen that way.
Got up very early on 27th July, picked up my friend Kapil and headed towards Kalighat. The place was fully crowded. We observed, with great interest, the various offerings of devotees to Kaali, one of the principal deities of Bengal. Much time wasn't spent there. The next destination was the famous Victoria Memorial.
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From Victoria Memorial, passing through the well known Howrah Bridge we travelled to the Belur Math. Talking about Belur Math, the monastery of Ramakrishna order, there is something in even its name that brings peace and tranquility to mind. Not sure if Shakespeare would agree to it! Probably, it is more appropriate to quote another personality here, who took all the pain, along with several other monastic disciples of Ramakrishna, to construct such an ashram in memory of their beloved Guru: "“The blazing light of universal harmony that will emanate from here will flood the whole world.” I don't need to tell you how it feels to be in such a place as described above by the great Swami Vivekananda. I enjoyed, immensely, the moments spent at Belur Math facing the river Ganges. Visit to Belur Math wouldn't go out of my mind soon.
Lastly, we went to Dakshineswar Kali Temple, which is a few minutes drive from Belur Math. The place was heavily crowded and for that reason, we moved out from there in no time.
After all this, I did manage to get to the Kolkata airport one hour before departure. It was a good half a day spent at Kolkata, which I wouldn't forget for long!
25 Jul · Fri 2008
Solaris Cluster 3.2 Training in Bangalore
On a day, when a series of low intensity bomb blasts sent shocking waves in the city of Bangalore, all of us in the picture below were concluding our discussions on Solaris Cluster. For the wonderful time spent with such a huge batch and for the unprecedented serial blasts in Bangalore that shocked and disappointed all of us, this concluding day of ES 345 training wouldn't dissipate from my mind for long.
On a day, when a series of low intensity bomb blasts sent shocking waves in the city of Bangalore, all of us in the picture below were concluding our discussions on Solaris Cluster. For the wonderful time spent with such a huge batch and for the unprecedented serial blasts in Bangalore that shocked and disappointed all of us, this concluding day of ES 345 training wouldn't dissipate from my mind for long.
23 Jul · Wed 2008
Sun Announces OpenSSO Express Support
Click on the image here and you would be taken to a page full of information on world's largest open source, identity management project. A derivative of this project is Sun Java System Access Manager,a core identity infrastructure product offered by Sun Microsystems.
Today marks a significant day for the OpenSSO community as Sun announces comprehensive, enterprise-class support and indemnification for OpenSSO. More details about the same here.
If you are one of those folks, who keep track of the press coverages (just like me), you may want to read the press release of the announcement here.
So what are you waiting for, click on the button here, download OpenSSO, share it, get started and then learn more about it from the OpenSSO Resource Center.
If you are looking for a store full of OpenSSO goodies, this is the place to go.
Oh yeah, before I forget: we do have a Sun Learning Services course on Sun Access Manager, course coded AM 3480, details of which are published here. Enjoy this 'seamless access.'
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Click on the image here and you would be taken to a page full of information on world's largest open source, identity management project. A derivative of this project is Sun Java System Access Manager,a core identity infrastructure product offered by Sun Microsystems.
Today marks a significant day for the OpenSSO community as Sun announces comprehensive, enterprise-class support and indemnification for OpenSSO. More details about the same here.
If you are one of those folks, who keep track of the press coverages (just like me), you may want to read the press release of the announcement here.
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If you are looking for a store full of OpenSSO goodies, this is the place to go.
Oh yeah, before I forget: we do have a Sun Learning Services course on Sun Access Manager, course coded AM 3480, details of which are published here.
Enjoy this 'seamless access.'
Sun Java System Communication Suite 6 Released
Referring to the title of this blog, you may download this new release of Communication Suite from here. What more, you could even do a 'test drive.' For more details on that, visit this blog.
Referring to the title of this blog, you may download this new release of Communication Suite from here. What more, you could even do a 'test drive.' For more details on that, visit this blog.
18 Jul · Fri 2008
Who Else's "[Ctrl+C] && [Ctrl+V]" ing Project Blackbox?
Looks like Project Blackbox has more imitations. Check this out.
Looks like Project Blackbox has more imitations. Check this out.
17 Jul · Thu 2008
Memories of a Short Trip to Pune
A day back, I was at Pune on business. On completing my job I had enough time to catch up with some of my friends. See 'em below. Again, this is our connecting link. Boy, I love my profession.
A day back, I was at Pune on business. On completing my job I had enough time to catch up with some of my friends. See 'em below. Again, this is our connecting link. Boy, I love my profession.
10 Jul · Thu 2008
Sun Storage J4000 Array Family
Watch John Fowler, Sun EVP, introducing The New Sun Storage J4000 Array Family.
If you are unable to watch the embedded video above, please visit "The Sun Storage J4000 Array Family".
To know more about OpenStorage, click right here.
Watch John Fowler, Sun EVP, introducing The New Sun Storage J4000 Array Family.
If you are unable to watch the embedded video above, please visit "The Sun Storage J4000 Array Family".
To know more about OpenStorage, click right here.
03 Jul · Thu 2008
It's Official. Firefox is The World Record Holder
A few days back, when Firefox 3.0 was out, Mozilla aimed at a world record of maximum software downloaded on a download day. It's official now; Firefox is the World Record Holder. An astonishing 8,002,530 in just 24 hours! And if you haven't got your Download Day Certificate yet, click here.
A few days back, when Firefox 3.0 was out, Mozilla aimed at a world record of maximum software downloaded on a download day. It's official now; Firefox is the World Record Holder. An astonishing 8,002,530 in just 24 hours! And if you haven't got your Download Day Certificate yet, click here.
01 Jul · Tue 2008
30 Jun · Mon 2008
For Windows XP, It's The Judgement Day
Micro$oft to kill Windows XP today. Read the article published in The Hindu, authored by Anand Parthasarathy.
Micro$oft to kill Windows XP today. Read the article published in The Hindu, authored by Anand Parthasarathy.
27 Jun · Fri 2008
FY '08 Last Batch
In a couple of days time, we are entering a new Fiscal Year, which only means that the training that got over this evening was my last one in FY '08. I'm glad that things went well, and more so because of the fact that the final training this FY happened to one of the best offered from Sun and one of my favourites. I'm heading home tonight for a couple of days, before which I would want to complete the job of posting the snap of my IDM 4485 batch - the last one, this FY.
To all my kind readers, wish you all a restful weekend.
In a couple of days time, we are entering a new Fiscal Year, which only means that the training that got over this evening was my last one in FY '08. I'm glad that things went well, and more so because of the fact that the final training this FY happened to one of the best offered from Sun and one of my favourites. I'm heading home tonight for a couple of days, before which I would want to complete the job of posting the snap of my IDM 4485 batch - the last one, this FY.
To all my kind readers, wish you all a restful weekend.
22 Jun · Sun 2008
It's Raining IDM 4485
As I write this note, I can hear the rain drops falling on the roof next door. It just finished raining in this part of the world where I live. It is also raining IDM 4485. Last week one batch concluded and another one starts tomorrow. Here is the photograph of the batch concluded last week:
Ask 'em, it isn't easy to survive IDM 4485 training. Deployment experience is a must.
As I write this note, I can hear the rain drops falling on the roof next door. It just finished raining in this part of the world where I live. It is also raining IDM 4485. Last week one batch concluded and another one starts tomorrow. Here is the photograph of the batch concluded last week:
Ask 'em, it isn't easy to survive IDM 4485 training. Deployment experience is a must.
18 Jun · Wed 2008
What's Apple Doing With DTrace?
Read an interesting article, titled: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft. Pay close attention to the author's comment on DTrace (under the subtitle "The Storage Bits take").
Read an interesting article, titled: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft. Pay close attention to the author's comment on DTrace (under the subtitle "The Storage Bits take").
Firefox 3 is Out
The wait is over. Firefox 3 is out. Visit their official website to download your copy for free!
There is still time left to help mozilla in their mission to set a Guiness World Record for most software downloaded in 24 hours. And what more, flaunt it.
The wait is over. Firefox 3 is out. Visit their official website to download your copy for free!
There is still time left to help mozilla in their mission to set a Guiness World Record for most software downloaded in 24 hours. And what more, flaunt it.
16 Jun · Mon 2008
Firefox 3 - The Countdown Begins
Firefox 3 is available for download on Tuesday the 17th June, 2008. Details here. They say, this one has it all. Eager to help 'Firefox' set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours? Take the pledge now.
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15 Jun · Sun 2008
Typing Tutorial in Ubuntu
At my home in Kerala, where my parents live, I use an Ubuntu desktop. My parents have been eager to pick up some computer lessons for long. Last week, while I was at home, they managed to learn quite a few things on using a Computer desktop that includes, but not limited to using an E-mail client, an Internet browser and to some extent an Office Suite as well. One of those things that my father found frustrating was to get used to the Computer keyboard layout. I remember facing the same problem, when I started my career in Computers. With the help of a typing tutorial software that I found then, my typing speed increased to an impressive rate. Thanks to my father's favourite website, my search to get hold of one such typing tutorial in Ubuntu, fetched me a rather quick result. Tux Typing, which is also a part of Ubuntu repository offers some cool tutorials to help a novice get used to the Computer keyboard layout. Needless to say, my father seems quite motivated by his progress.
Let me also mention here that with the rather uncomplicated and clean User Interface in Ubuntu, the learning curve looks quite smooth. Ask my parents.
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Let me also mention here that with the rather uncomplicated and clean User Interface in Ubuntu, the learning curve looks quite smooth. Ask my parents.
12 Jun · Thu 2008
cp "Project Blackbox" "Project Big Green"
Read about who's imitating Sun's idea of Virtualized data center - the first of its kind - viz Sun MD S20, project named Project Blackbox.
Read about who's imitating Sun's idea of Virtualized data center - the first of its kind - viz Sun MD S20, project named Project Blackbox.
10 Jun · Tue 2008
Snow Leopard has ZFS
ZFS - the last word in file systems is now in Apple's Mac OX Server Snow Leopard. Of course, the man behind ZFS has all the right to be excited about this news.
ZFS - the last word in file systems is now in Apple's Mac OX Server Snow Leopard. Of course, the man behind ZFS has all the right to be excited about this news.
09 Jun · Mon 2008
Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.0 Released
The much talked about version of the Sun's Provisioning tool is released. To download Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.0, click here. Should you feel interested in accessing a complete set of documentation on IDM 8.0, you may want to visit this web location. Enjoy the new IDM experience.
The much talked about version of the Sun's Provisioning tool is released. To download Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.0, click here. Should you feel interested in accessing a complete set of documentation on IDM 8.0, you may want to visit this web location. Enjoy the new IDM experience.
04 Jun · Wed 2008
Three Days at TI
I'm feeling slightly tired. But as always, it feels good to have done a job assigned satisfactorily. Three days of sessions on Solaris 10 for the folks at TI had me gasping for breath at times, but would offer me a tight sleep tonight for sure. Let me take a moment to thank each of them in the picture above: one, for attending an ILT from Sun and two, for stepping out of TI campus to capture this moment.
I'm certain, Sun's Eco Responsibility VP, Dave Douglas would be more than happy to see the snap above, for it sends across a signal, very clearly, on one of Sun's many serious initiatives viz. Go Green.
I'm feeling slightly tired. But as always, it feels good to have done a job assigned satisfactorily. Three days of sessions on Solaris 10 for the folks at TI had me gasping for breath at times, but would offer me a tight sleep tonight for sure. Let me take a moment to thank each of them in the picture above: one, for attending an ILT from Sun and two, for stepping out of TI campus to capture this moment.
I'm certain, Sun's Eco Responsibility VP, Dave Douglas would be more than happy to see the snap above, for it sends across a signal, very clearly, on one of Sun's many serious initiatives viz. Go Green.
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