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Hello Xtend

Posted on 2011/11/06 by Balazs

The Eclipse foundation announced today the availability of Xtend, and improvement on the Java language, that remains compatible. See the video below, and check out the Xtend website to see for yourself, how Xtend embraces Java, while improving it readability … Continue reading →

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How to install Tomcat 6 on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6

Posted on 2011/10/31 by Balazs

Here are some steps to install Tomcat 6 on Red Hat 6 (or CentOS 6).   First we are going to prepare the repository: yum install yum-priorities rpm -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/x86_64/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/6.0/generic/free/RPMS/jpackage-utils-5.0.0-7.jpp6.noarch.rpm Next we will install … Continue reading →

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Installing a Secure Certificate on IBM Smart Business Server (VERDE)

Posted on 2011/05/23 by Balazs

At the time of this writing, the IBM Smart Business Server’s control panel doesn’t allow importing a secure certificate (SSL cert). Never-the-less it is possible to install a valid (CA signed) secure certificate from the command line. This article assumes … Continue reading →

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Sametime 8.5.1 Deployment

Posted on 2011/05/13 by Bill

To deploy a Sametime environment with multiple levels of licensing, multiple Sametime servers with each respective license versions needed (Entry, Standard, etc.). The Sametime wiki has a number of useful resources to plan out a complex Sametime deployment: http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/stwiki.nsf/page.xsp?documentId=6F6353B28F5FB51185257775007AC431&action=openDocument http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/stwiki.nsf/dx/1.3_Lotus_Sametime_product_family … Continue reading →

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Verifying SSL Certificates

Posted on 2010/12/30 by Pete

Problem You have a few SSL cert files on your server, but you are not sure which one is the newest, or the right cert to use. Solution Look at the contents of a CSR openssl req -noout -text -in … Continue reading →

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Java Shopping Cart and eCommerce Solutions

Posted on 2010/12/07 by Pete

Java Shopping Cart Hosting The need to host a shopping cart comes up on a regular basis. There are literally hundreds of very good solutions out there. Here is a list of carts that satisfy the following criteria: – configurable … Continue reading →

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Online fax service with SSL API

Posted on 2010/10/06 by Balazs

Problem You need to create an online application that is capable of sending a FAX securely (PCI, HIPAA or other compliance). Solution After trying trustfax and eFax, neither of which has a secure API, Ralph found that Metro Fax has … Continue reading →

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Installing Informix IDS 11.x on Mac OS X

Posted on 2010/09/19 by Pete

Problem Installing IDS 11 on Mac OS X Solution After installing the server, update the sqlhosts file and replace the default host name by * so that the server listens on all IPs. The sqlhosts file may be names sqlhosts.ol_server_name, … Continue reading →

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Migrating Data to DB2 9.7 LUW

Posted on 2010/08/07 by Pete

Problem You reached the limit or your unhappy with the performance or features of your database server, and you want to move to DB2. The transition can be simple with respect to your code, as it may be just a … Continue reading →

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IBM Security Tools

Posted on 2010/07/29 by Pete

IBM has a comprehensive approach to encourage security by design. A free Red Book is available for developers: The IBM Redbook for Security in Development The home page for IBM’s main security testing tool is IBM Rational AppScan

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