Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
By The Open Group The value of UNIX, as a technology and as a standard, has clearly been significant over its 45-year history as a technology and its 20-years as an open standard leading to tremendous innovation across numerous industries. … Continue reading →
By The Open Group In 1991, Intel Corporation started their “Intel Inside” marketing and branding campaign that turned Intel into a household name.[1] The power of “Intel Inside” was that it allowed consumers to quickly understand the value of what … Continue reading →
By The Open Group “High availability”, in it’s simplest definition, “is a characteristic of a system, which aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance for a higher than normal period.”[1] For computer systems high availability generally focuses on … Continue reading →
By The Open Group Security is at the forefront of the IT industry today. Customers are looking for secure solutions that solve their IT challenges. Permissions and privacy are just a few of the security features that are highly sought … Continue reading →
By Steve Nunn, President and CEO, The Open Group Every holiday season, there is always one gift everyone just has to have. This past year, that honor went to the hoverboard, a self-balancing scooter reminiscent of the skateboards many of … Continue reading →
By Darrell May, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Oracle® Oracle® Solaris innovation is due in part to the UNIX® standard,[1] the test suites,[2] and the certification.[3] By conforming to the standard, using the test suites[4] and driving to certification, Oracle® Solaris … Continue reading →
By The Open Group The history of computing would not be complete without Ken Thompson[1] and the late Dennis Ritchie[2] who were visionaries during the early days of computing. Both men couldn’t have anticipated the impact of their (and others) … Continue reading →
By Dave Lounsbury, CTO, The Open Group Recently, The Open Group received a query about whether a piece of software which was restricted to use with Open Source systems could be used on Apple’s OS X. The person had seen … Continue reading →
By Harry Foxwell, PhD, Principal Consultant, Oracle® Oracle® Solaris continues to evolve as the foundation for critical private cloud implementations. As the premier UNIX® system in the IT industry, certified against The Open Group exacting standards for enterprise-level operating systems, … Continue reading →
By Darrin Johnson, Director, Solaris Kernel, Drivers & Conformance, Oracle Corporation Oracle was born from the idea of having a database with single source base (in C)(1) that could be used on multiple operating systems. With this philosophy, they brought … Continue reading →
As we begin 2016, I want to extend my warmest greetings to everyone in The Open Group community! I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday filled with family and friends. 2016 promises to be an exciting year for … Continue reading →
By The Open Group The UNIX® platform, as a technology, has been around more than 40 years, being at the center of innovation and technology in computer science and driving the Fortune 1000 businesses today. Over twenty years ago, a … Continue reading →