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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Released

January 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Now Available with Leading Virtualization Performance and Next-Generation Java and Processor Support Capabilities Main three updates include: – support for Hugepage memory and Intel Extended Page Tables (EPT), dramatically improve the performance of virtual servers, extending number of CPUs supported and maximum memory – Support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) [...]

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Tags: Centos

Largest Security Breach Ever –

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Wall Street Journal technology section reports this morning in a story by Ben Worthen a record security breach of Heartland Payment Systems a company in Princeton New Jersey.  It looks like the company’s web site runs on Windows servers. Card Data Breached, Firm Says A New Jersey credit-card processor disclosed a data breach that analysts [...]

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Tags: PCI Compliance · Security