An introduction to what’s new in versions 2.6.28 and 2.6.29

Life’s certainties include death and taxes but also the advancement of the GNU/Linux® operating system, and the last two kernel releases did not disappoint. The 2.6.28 and 2.6.29 releases contain an amazing amount of new functionality, such as a cutting-edge enterprise storage protocol, two new file systems, WiMAX broadband networking support, and storage integrity checking. Discover why it’s time to upgrade.

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Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

10 Must-Know Topics For Software Architects In 2009

In the last year or so, after quite a lull, the software architecture business has gotten rather exciting again. We’re finally seeing major new topics emerging into the early mainstream that are potential game-changers, while at the same time a few innovations that have been hovering in the margins of the industry are starting to break out in a big way.

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Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

IBM software architect kit

This complimentary e-kit for IT architects provides a collection of best practices, how-to guides, and materials to help you deliver a stable, reusable architecture, as well as guidance on related IBM tools that promote communication to unify all aspects of design and development.

Explore the benefits of:

  • Reducing software delivery complexity with visual languages
  • Patterns-based development
  • Structural review and control
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Reduce IT complexity with software development tools from IBM

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Rivals Say IBM Stifles Competition to Mainframes

IBM has dominated the mainframe computer business since the category was created four decades ago. And it still gets about one-quarter of its $100 billion in annual revenue from sales, software, services and financing related to the machines. Continue reading at NY Times.

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

When I woke up I received a lot of news talking about IBM and Sun merge.

Sun Shares Jump on I.B.M. Takeover Report on NYTimes.

IBM in Talks to Buy Sun in Bid to Add to Web Heft on WS Journal.

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline; IBM Drops, Sun Micro Rallies on Bloombeg.

I.B.M. Said to Be in Talks to Buy Sun for $7 Billion on NY Times.

IBM in Talks to Buy Sun in Bid to Add to Web Heft on WS Journal.

IBM ‘in talks’ to buy Sun Microsystems on The Register.

Regards,

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho