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Ibrahim Haddad
Dr. Ibrahim Haddad is Director of Technology in the Software Operations Group at Motorola Inc. focusing on embedded and open source technologies and roadmaps. |
The Unofficial How-To of
Open Sourcing By Ibrahim Haddad; Frederic Benard  Open source software is
shifting the software
industry into a new
paradigm, moving from
developing proprietary
code behind closed doors
to developing code that
can be shared, modified
and redistributed openly.
Key benefits associated
with this shift is
reducing de... Nov. 19, 2007 01:00 PM Reads: 5,340 | Good and Bad Reasons to
Open Source Your Software By Ibrahim Haddad; Frederic Benard  A company's decision to
contribute to open source
projects is usually
business-driven. This
article offers a review
of the top reasons that
can influence your
company to contribute
source code to open
source or to start new
open source projects. Oct. 1, 2007 12:00 PM Reads: 8,108 | Is the Open Source
Development Model Right
for Your Organization? By Ibrahim Haddad  The open source
development model has
unique characteristics
that make it in some
instances a superior
model for developing
software compared to the
traditional software
engineering cascade
model. As with other
practices, the open
source development model
had it... May. 1, 2007 01:30 PM Reads: 10,953 | Adopting an Open Source
Approach to Software
Development,
Distribution, and
Licensing By Ibrahim Haddad  Since the beginning of
the software industry,
nearly every software
company in the world has
followed the same
business model: its own
employees develop the
software, which is
closely held intellectual
property, the software is
delivered to clients in
binary form,... Jan. 5, 2007 09:15 AM Reads: 13,168 Replies: 2 | D@TA Protection and the
Linux Environment By Ibrahim Haddad  Organizations that gather
and store critical
information have to
protect it. While there
are tried and true
techniques for data
protection, there are
also new and innovative
ones. These new practices
and tools greatly enhance
an organization's ability
to protect
... Dec. 27, 2005 07:15 PM Reads: 15,595 Replies: 2 | "Secure Coding in C and
C++" A Linux.SYS-CON.com
Interview With Robert
Seacord By Ibrahim Haddad  Robert C. Seacord, a
senior vulnerability
analyst at the
CERT/Coordination Center
at Carnegie Mellon
University, has just
published the book Secure
Coding in C and C++
(Addison-Wesley, 2005). I
sat down with him to
discuss software security
in the Linux environment
and elsewhere. Dec. 24, 2005 02:15 PM Reads: 18,729 Replies: 3 | At Last, You Have
Alternatives: Switch to
Firefox and Thunderbird By Ibrahim Haddad  Firefox and Thunderbird
are Open Source products
that are made available
by the Mozilla
Foundation. Open Source
development lets anyone
who wants to to examine
the source code, or if
they wish, to modify it.
There are a number of
advantages to Open Source
developm... Jul. 16, 2005 04:45 PM Reads: 35,121 Replies: 2 | Carrier Grade Linux By Ibrahim Haddad  This article provides an
update of the Carrier
Grade Linux initiative,
the CGL specification,
distributions, platforms
and deployments. Jul. 8, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 16,399 | Can Linux Clusters Move
into Mainstream
Information Technology? By Ibrahim Haddad The emergence of
commodity supercomputing
has driven clusters based
on the Linux operating
system into engineering
and scientific research
organizations that
couldn't afford their own
supercomputing resources
before. But Linux
clusters have the
potential to become... Mar. 28, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 14,064 | OSDL's Data Center Linux By Ibrahim Haddad Data Center Linux (DCL),
one of four OSDL
initiatives, has the goal
to accelerate Linux
adoption in corporate
data centers. DCL
provides a center of
gravity for developers,
users, vendors, and the
open source community to
work together to improve
Linux capabilitie... Oct. 29, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,635 | Moving to the Linux
Business Desktop By Ibrahim Haddad Marcel Gagné is probably
best known for his
three-time award-winning
monthly column called
'Cooking with Linux,'
where he impersonates a
French chef serving up
fine Linux fare and
(naturellement) wine.
Here he shares his views
on the Linux Desktop. Sep. 27, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,374 | Defend I.T. By Ibrahim Haddad The battle between IT
professionals and those
who use the Internet for
destructive purposes is
raging - and there's no
end in sight. Reports of
computer crime and
incidents from the CERT
Coordination Center at
Carnegie Mellon
University more than
double each year ... Sep. 27, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,706 | Interview with Mark G.
Sobell By Ibrahim Haddad For this issue, I'm going
to talk with long-time
Linux author Mark Sobell.
Mark's first Linux book
came out in 1996, when
Linux was in its infancy.
In this interview Mark
discusses Red Hat's
Fedora Core 2 version of
Linux and his experiences
writing Linux books. Aug. 31, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,290 | Know Your Enemy -
Introducing "Honeynets" By Ibrahim Haddad One of most exciting
areas to emerge in
information security has
been honeynets. These
networks are designed to
be compromised in order
to capture all the tools
and activities of the
attackers. We had the
opportunity to talk with
members of the Honeynet
Project, a... Aug. 31, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,850 Replies: 4 | OSDL and Carrier Grade
Linux: The Full Story By Ibrahim Haddad In previous LWM articles,
we have discussed the
Open Source Development
Labs (OSDL), Carrier
Grade Linux (CGL), and
the momentum Linux is
gaining in telecom. We
have also covered the
current technological
trend of companies moving
away from proprietary
technologie... Jun. 15, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,935 | Server Features in the
Linux Kernel By Ibrahim Haddad There is a lot of ongoing
work to make the Linux
kernel a viable
operating system option
for platforms running
mission-critical
applications. However,
there is still some work
to be done with respect
to supporting new
features. This article
addresses some neede... Jun. 15, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 16,690 | Getting Started with Red
Hat Linux By Ibrahim Haddad; Richard Petersen This article provides a
glimpse into Red Hat: The
Complete Reference
Enterprise Linux and
Fedora Edition (with
DVD), published by
McGraw-Hill/Osborne. It
covers what you need to
get started with Red Hat
Linux - including the
overall design of Linux,
Linux distr... Jun. 15, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 19,044 | HA: What Does It Take? By Ibrahim Haddad Providing continuous
service availability is a
crucial factor for many
industries, especially in
the telecommunication
sector. For instance,
people always expect to
hear a dial tone when
they pick up their
phones, and they always
do. This is the level of
reliabili... May. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 12,360 | Linux Gains Momentum in
Telecom By Ibrahim Haddad OSDL's Carrier Grade
Linux working group is
hard at work on an open
source platform for the
telecom industry. This
article describes the
goals, structure, and
working groups of CGL;
presents the CGL
architecture; and
provides an overview of
the CGL 2.0 requirements. Apr. 19, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,461 | Moving Toward Open
Platforms By Ibrahim Haddad This article explores the
recent trend toward open
telecom platform
solutions as proposed by
three key industry
consortia - PICMG, OSDL,
and the SA Forum
- working in the areas of
highly available
hardware, middleware, and
carrier grade operating
systems. Apr. 19, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,126 | Toward Highly Available
Linux Clusters By Ibrahim Haddad; Chokchai Leangsuksun; Stephen L. Scott; Tong Liu This article describes
the HA-OSCAR architecture
and features, and
demonstrates how to set
up a highly available
Linux cluster using the
first beta release of
HA-OSCAR version 1.0. Feb. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 19,061 | The Future of IP Is Now! By Ibrahim Haddad IPv6 is the
next-generation Internet
protocol designed by the
IETF as a replacement for
IPv4. Most of today's
Internet uses IPv4, which
has been remarkably
resilient in spite of its
age; however, it is
beginning to have
problems in various
features areas. Jan. 19, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,350 | Toward Carrier Grade
Linux Platforms By Ibrahim Haddad In this article, Ibrahim
Haddad presents on the
Open Source Development
Labs Carrier Grade Linux
Requirements and
Ericsson's contributions
in this area. Dec. 22, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 15,418 |
YOUR FEEDBACK  | Progress Software to
Acquire IONA Technologies By SOA World Magazine News Desk Varun Dube wrote: Hi,
I saw this coming. Most
SOA product vendors were
busy strengthening there
core SOA stack and SOA
quality and operations
were totally ignored
areas. I had in my post
predicted that increasing
awareness amongst
customers would spark
another wave on
consoli... | | AJAX and Enterprise RIA
Tools - JSF, Flex, and
JavaFX By Max Katz Michael wrote: As
Photoshop and Co can
export to JavaFX this
would be really
interesting in Xara 4 ,
as it is my prefered
program. Are there any
plugins or is it coming
from Xara itself in the
near future?
hopefully! I'm
interesting too who needs
that ....
yours
Michael | | Consolidated Disaster
Recovery Using
Virtualization By Virtualization News Desk Karen wrote: We're
praying that the right
decisions will be made.
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om | | Opinion: Give ColdFusion
Some Room to Breathe By Andrew Powell Kai Tischler wrote: Hello
Andy !
I have just recently
rediscovered the possible
value of "ColdFusion on
Java"; and now we have
also "CF Groovy" at our
disposal ...
My question is really:
You mentioned that You
use Java for domain
modeling; how do You do
this concretely in a
"... | | EnterpriseDB Recruits New
CEO from Red Hat By Maureen O'Gara Bob Zurek wrote: Andy has
done a terrific job as a
leader, co-founder and
president / ceo to drive
success of the company
during its 4 years and
phases of development.
The commentator that
describes people as
"idiots" and
"incompetent" under some
bogus name deserve no
respect. Give me a break! |
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