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Researcher: Operating Systems Inherently Flawed
News Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems are all inherently flawed due to the nature of their architecture, according to a leading security researcher. Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive officer of security firm PGP, said that to completely re...
[September 18, 2007, 11:20]
Operating Systems Should Support Business Change
White Papers Existing enterprise Information Technology (IT) systems often inhibit business flexibility, sometimes with dire consequences. This paper argues that operating system research should be measured, among other things, against the ability to improve...
[June 7, 2006, 0:00]
Operating Systems
Talkback Completely agree .operating systems should be improving as they evolve, not becoming hungrier! Microsoft is leading the 'why buy just new software when you can buy a whole new system' campaign . All the more reason to get rid of the desktop culture.
[February 23, 2007, 18:41]
Delivering Effective User Experiences Across Browsers, Operating Systems, And Devices
White Papers Kevin Lynch, chief software architect, discusses the technology behind the leading platform for delivering effective user experiences across browsers, operating systems, and devices.
[June 16, 2005, 0:00]
Integrating Windows NT Server 4.0 With NetWare, UNIX, IBM, And Macintosh Operating Systems
White Papers Building on the Windows NT Server and Workstation platform provides a unified way to give users access to resources on a variety of operating systems. This white paper describes network, data, applications, and management interoperability between...
[July 12, 2007, 0:00]
An Integrated Concept Of Handling Preemptions And Interrupts For Automotive Real-time Operating Systems
White Papers An integrated concept of handling preemptions and interrupts for automotive real-time operating systems. The main duty of a RTOS in embedded automotive systems is the scheduling of the applications tasks.
[October 9, 2003, 0:00]
Server Consolidation: Perceived Performance And Virtual Operating Systems
White Papers Many businesses are using, or evaluating, virtual Operating Systems in their server centers. The majority of consolidation projects today are focusing on replacing a number of existing underutilized systems with a more modern server using...
[April 1, 2007, 0:00]
Position Paper: The Role Of Platforms And Operating Systems In Supporting Home Networks
White Papers This focus on networking technologies and middleware platforms suggests that the area of operating systems for home networking devices has received relatively little attention. This paper discusses the reasons behind this apparent omission and...
[August 9, 2005, 0:00]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
News We've had no pressure from Microsoft, yet," said a representative from Chillblast, a UK PC vendor that sells some computers without operating systems. There will be a concern if we see an increase in businesses selling PCs without Windows and...
[April 5, 2006, 11:45]
Differences In Win32 API Implementations Among Windows Operating Systems
White Papers Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR 2, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 are all 32-bit operating systems that use the same Win32 API. Although the API has changed and expanded to encompass new features, programs will, in most cases, work without...
[June 26, 2007, 0:00]
2008 The Year Of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
Blog 2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems Beginning in October (2007), the future of open source mobile Operating Systems (OS) began looking like an imminent reality. With companies such as Motorola, Apple, and Google leading the way...
[January 1, 2008, 21:47]
Sub-Operating Systems: A New Approach To Application Security
White Papers Current operating systems are unable to protect their users from this kind of attack, since the hostile software is running with the user’s privileges and permissions. Encapsulated code has become an increasingly common technique for extending the...
[December 23, 2003, 23:00]
Memory Bottlenecks Are Holding Operating Systems Hostage
White Papers The key reason for the slowdown in system performance is due to the design limitations of modern operating systems that have key components that were created prior to the demanding load requirements necessary to conduct business today.
[May 4, 2005, 0:00]
OpenOffice Bug Hits Multiple Operating Systems
News But typically it would affect all operating systems. In June, OpenOffice users were warned about a worm called "Badbunny" that was spreading in the wild through multiple operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows and Linux.
[September 25, 2007, 10:00]
Microsoft Webcast: The Microsoft Perspective On Windows Server And Linux For Server Operating Systems (Level 100)
White Papers On x86 servers, the two most commonly considered server operating systems are Windows Server and Linux. But how do these operating systems compare when it comes to core requirements such as cost, reliability, security, and interoperability?
[April 16, 2008, 0:00]
Installing Multiple Operating Systems On HP Integrity Servers And HP Workstations
White Papers Consolidating applications and operating systems on the powerful HP workstations and HP Integrity servers is available today. Several industrial-strength operating systems are currently available on HP Integrity servers to enable Adaptive Enterprise.
[August 3, 2007, 0:00]
U.S. Government Protection Profile For Multilevel Operating Systems In Environments Requiring Medium Robustness
White Papers Government Protection Profile for Multilevel Operating Systems in Environments Requiring Medium Robustness" specifies security requirements for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) general-purpose multilevel operating systems in networked environments...
[September 1, 2005, 0:00]
Benefits Of EFI With Microsoft And Other Operating Systems
White Papers Framework Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Firmware on a server platform and demonstration of EFI Framework booting 64 bit Microsoft latest Operating Systems. This presentation is intended for leading industry firmware design engineers.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
Using Virtualized Operating Systems As A Ubiquitous Computing Infrastructure
White Papers This paper describes the ubiquitous computing infrastructure architecture that is based on virtualized operating systems in order to enable ubiquitous devices and servers to be shared securely and reliably.
[March 1, 2008, 23:00]
An Innovative Tool To Benchmark Smartphone Operating Systems
White Papers Jakajima, a knowledge and information provider for the telecom, ICT, and consumer-electronics trade chain, noticed that no real benchmark has been developed for Smartphone Operating Systems, while the importance of the smartphone and its' OS is...
[March 11, 2008, 23:00]
