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Voice enabling XML, Part 3: Develop a voice blogging app
I had a lot of fun developing the VoiceXML series, and the third article in the series is now available. There are some limitations – you cannot yet dictate your blog post, for example – but the article shows the potential power of the a VoiceXML …
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Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer, Part 3: Using WS-RT for grid monitoring
The third part of my series on building a grid system using WS-RT. In this third part of the series, we go deeper into the process of using WS-RT as a grid solution by examining how we can use WS-RT to store and collate information for monitoring …
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Determining Solaris Support using Sun Device Detection Tool
Want to know whether your machine is capable of running Solaris? I came across the Sun Device Detection Tool, a Java application that you can run straight from the browser (it’s a JNLP app) that will check the devices on your machine and then comp…
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Develop with Java and PHP technology on AIX Version 5.3, Part 5: Installing and integrating the PHP Java Bridge
The penultimate part of the series on using PHP and Java together to produce a web interface to your Java application is now available. In this penultimate part of the series, I look at the real-time use of the PHP/Java bridge as the final part an…
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Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris
I’m still working up some good tips and advice on MySQL on Solaris (particularly the T1000, the new x86 based servers like the X4150 and ZFS, amongst other things), but until then I found Getting Best out of MySQL on Solaris while doing some resea…
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Sun Ultra 20M2 review
Not exactly a laptop, I reviewed Sun’s Ultra 20M2 desktop last year and completely forgot to mention it. I loved the machine (it was fast, well configured and well put together) and I almost purchased my very own, until I got an alternative option…
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Grid computing zone is being retired
Regular readers will know that I’ve been a frequent and prolific contributor to the IBM developerWorks Grid Zone. In fact, in the early years of this zone I was often the only contributor. Unfortunately, after years of providing us with helpful in…
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Developing a grid application with open source tools
I’ve been a keen supporter of using open source tools and technology (including Perl, Python and many of the open source libraries and platforms). In fact, many of my most popular articles have been on grid technology and open source solutions. Be…
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Voice enabling XML, Part 2: Develop a voice-enabled calendar
The second of the articles on developing VoiceXML applications is now available: In this second article of a four-part series, you learn to develop a voice-enabled calendar. Save the data of the calendar as XML; then to modify calendar entries, ha…
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MySQL Documentation and Debian/Ubuntu
We’ve got a lot of queries recently on the MySQL docs team address about the documentation (particularly man pages) for MySQL on Debian/Ubuntu. The source of the original problem was reported as a Debian bug. The assumption from the reading of the…