All Things Gibbs

All Things Gibbs This newsletter is sponsored by Confio Software Reduce IT Investment with Proper Oracle Performance Tools What do you do when your network faces high wait times, dropped sessions, and application lock-ups? Typically the reaction is to spend on expanded server hardware capacity, additional Oracle licenses, installation and project management costs. Utilizing Ignite for Oracle from Confio has demonstrated the ability to cut Oracle wait times by 30-90%. Read this white paper to learn how using Ignite, a typical organization can achieve a 35% performance improvement, generating ROI of 965% first year, based solely on reduced server investment. Network World's All Things Gibbs Newsletter, 09/25/07 All Things Gibbs By Mark Gibbs Gearhead: PHP, WAMP and XAMPP, oh my Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system. To read this week's Gearhead, click here. Network World's Network Applications Buyer's Guide Find the right network applications for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will help you quickly pinpoint what you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Backspin: Dealing with Hippos So you’re thrashing out the final details of, say, how to implement the next phase of your CMS or your ERP system. You’ve gone from the big picture (“We need a system to …”) and after countless meetings finally got down to details (“We need these fields on this form and this link will point to …”). To read this week's Backspin, click here. Gibbsblog: The past 7 days Second Lifers, Run for Cover Given the exchange rate ($250L = $1US), and that some SL users have a LOT of Linden dollars, it had to happen. It's possible to steal the resources of a Second Lifer just by getting him to click on a link using Micro$oft's browser, versions 6 or 7. Linden Labs is working on a fix, but in the meantime they recommend unchecking the "remember password" option and switching to Firefox.

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Contact the author: Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog. Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here This newsletter is sponsored by Confio Software Reduce IT Investment with Proper Oracle Performance Tools What do you do when your network faces high wait times, dropped sessions, and application lock-ups? Typically the reaction is to spend on expanded server hardware capacity, additional Oracle licenses, installation and project management costs. Utilizing Ignite for Oracle from Confio has demonstrated the ability to cut Oracle wait times by 30-90%. Read this white paper to learn how using Ignite, a typical organization can achieve a 35% performance improvement, generating ROI of 965% first year, based solely on reduced server investment. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007