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    Technical Analysis: Installing Apache on Windows
    by jcannon on February 12, 2008

    Abstract : By many estimates, Apache is the world's most popular web server software, hosting more than half of active domains according to Netcraft. Typically, Apache is run on Linux or UNIX, but it runs quite well on Windows. This paper provides an... more

    Technical Analysis: Installing Apache with SSL on Windows
    by jcannon on January 04, 2008

    Often SSL or TLS is required to secure data from web applications. Sometimes this is just prudent to prevent confidential or sensitive data from being confiscated. Sometimes this is required by regulations like HIPAA, or industry bodies, such as the Payment Card Industry. This guide will show how to install Apache with SSL on Windows.... more

    Technical Analysis: Active Directory and Linux Identity Management
    by jcannon on December 11, 2007

    This paper is written for a somewhat technical audience and covers how the identity management expectations differ between the Windows Server platform and Linux - and how Windows Server can be used to manage both. This paper assume that the reader is familiar with general Windows administration tasks, such as user management.... more

    Windows Vista Beta/Linux IPsec Interop Testing
    by MichaelF on May 09, 2007

    This document provides an overview of LInux IPsec solutions as well as detailed discussions on configuring IPsec-Tools for interoperability scenarios between Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 and Windows Vista Ultimate Beta.... more

    Connecting Office Applications to MySQL and PostgreSQL via ODBC
    by MichaelF on April 10, 2007

    In cases where business applications have been built on open source databases, it may be necessary to connect other Windows applications, such as Microsoft Access or Excel, to these databases for reporting or business intelligence purposes. One potential application of this process is to use Excel as a front-end for data analysis. Data can be pulled from views or tables and then further analyzed... more

    PostgreSQL on Windows: A Primer
    by MichaelF on February 22, 2007

    This paper will cover the installation and initial configuration of PostgreSQL 8.2 on Windows up to a point where a database is created and plpgsql is installed in it. We assume an ability to walk through the install wizard in general, though screens... more

    • Thursday, February 22, 2007
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    HOW-TO: CONNECTING SQL SERVER 2005 JDBC to JBOSS
    by admin on June 14, 2006

    We have been working in the labs on doing some testing and integration of jBoss talking to a SQL server 2005 backend. We have seen some questions on how to connect a SQL Server in the Windows environment to jBoss. So I wrote a little how-to that describes just that...... more

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