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Linux-Announce Digest #197
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Tue Oct 8 11:13:12 2002
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Linux-Announce Digest #197, Volume #4 Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
[LOCAL] Linux Users Los Angeles-Tues, 10-15 / VNP using CIPE (LULA Announce)
Version 1.6 update of Advanced Bash Scripting Guide ("M. Leo Cooper")
LOCAL: Installfest on October 5th in Houston, TX (Ming Hua)
Announcement: Frequency domain audio analysis tools (Silvia.Pfeiffer@csiro.au)
[Local-Ottawa] OCLUG meeting, October 2 - Linux in Government (Vic Gedris)
Linux Gazette #82 (October 2002) available (Linux Gazette)
Intellisys Project Management software new version released!! (Shiv Nair)
Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG (Frederick Noronha)
[Gllug] Next GLLUG Meeting - 12th October 2002 (Colin Murphy)
ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.11.2 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?=)
ANN: tex-refs, References for TeX and Friends, V0.1.2 (Michael Wiedmann)
MOBIL TRAVEL GUIDE AWARDS ON-DEMAND COMPUTING CONTRACT TO IBM ("Stacy Simpson")
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:15 CST
From: LULA Announce <somewhat@pacbell.net>
Subject: [LOCAL] Linux Users Los Angeles-Tues, 10-15 / VNP using CIPE
[LULA Oct 15, 2002 Meeting Announcement - Please repost]
LULA (Linux Users of Los Angeles) presents:
"VPN Solution using CIPE"
Speaker(s): Keith Hasely
When: Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 7-9 pm
Where: Tom Bradley Center, 5213 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
Keith Hasely will be giving a presentation on VPN Solution using CIPE.
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LOCATION:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Telephone: (323) 692-0669
North side of West Pico Blvd.
between Cloverdale Avenue and Cochran Ave.
between major cross streets of Fairfax Avenue and La Brea Ave.
For a map, see
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?addr=5213+W.+Pico&csz=90019
DIRECTIONS:
>From 10 East or West - Exit north on La Brea, go one mile,
turn left onto Pico, go west about 1/2 mile and park.
>From 405 Freeway North or South, go 10 East - see above.
>From 5/101/170 Freeway North or South, go 10 West - see above.
North
Cochran Cloverdale
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| alley |
| +-----------| |
| lot | |
| Center | |
+---------------------+------------------+
| | Pico(1/2 mile) |
| | |
La Brea
South ^
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(from 10 Freeway)
^
PARKING:
Metered parking on Pico, Cochran, and Cloverdale;
free after 6PM.
Free parking also available in the rear lot; entered only from Cochran
via the alley, but it's a bit cramped.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
See http://www.lula.org
or http://www.lalugs.org
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:15 CST
From: "M. Leo Cooper" <thegrendel@theriver.com>
Subject: Version 1.6 update of Advanced Bash Scripting Guide
Announcing the version 1.6 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 512-page print book.
With 257 illustrative examples, the book covers virtually every aspect of
scripting.
The author invites comparisons with *any* of the commercially printed books on
shell scripting. His aim was to write "best of category" documentation.
"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of
scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an
intermediate/advanced level of instruction ...all the while
sneaking in little snippets of UNIX wisdom and lore. It serves
as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and a reference
and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques. The
exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader
participation, under the premise that the only way to really
learn scripting is to write scripts."
-- from the Introduction
License: Open Publication License
This means the book is *free* and freely distributable.
URLs:
----
Linux Documentation Project:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://tldp.org/guides.html#abs
Sunsite:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/
Author's home page:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-1.6.tar.bz2 [ 500k ]
(bzip2-ed tarball containing SGML source, all example scripts,
and rendered HTML)
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:22 CST
From: Ming Hua <minghua@ruf.rice.edu>
Subject: LOCAL: Installfest on October 5th in Houston, TX
Reply-To: rlug@rice.edu
Greetings --
The Rice Linux Users Group is holding an Installfest on Saturday,
October 5th, 2002 from 10:00 to 15:00. The location will be Duncan
Hall room 3092, on the Rice University campus (directions are
available off the web site). For more information, contact us or visit
our Installfest Web page at:
http://linux.rice.edu/installfest/
Thanks,
Ming Hua
Rice Linux Users Group
http://linux.rice.edu/
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:22 CST
From: Silvia.Pfeiffer@csiro.au
Subject: Announcement: Frequency domain audio analysis tools
We have recently ported our frequency-domain audio analysis library
Maaate to the Windows platform and fixed some minor bugs and compile
warnings.
This is the announcement of Maaate Version 0.3.0 available for Linux,
Windows and Solaris.
(It uses bewdy 0.2.2 for visualisation under Linux only.)
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/
Maaate:
=======
Maaate is a C++ frequency domain audio analysis toolkit.
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/docs/index.html
Maaate is a set of libraries supporting frequency-domain based feature
analysis. Although it currently only works on MPEG compressed audio
files in the compressed domain, the interface to plug-in other file
formats (uncompressed or compressed) exists. Maaate also contains some
30 audio feature extraction, segmentation and classification algorithms.
It's all published under the GNU GPL.
Download it from: http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/docs/download.html
Highlights of Maaate version 0.3.0:
- a generic frequency-domain based analysis framework
- a specific MPEG compressed (frequency) domain analysis library
- 30 analysis modules covering
* energy features (usable for loudness statistics),
* bandwidth features (usable for speech/music segmentation),
* spectral statistics (usable for sound type distinction),
* silence statistics (usable for speech/music segmentation),
* noise features (usable for explosion or crowd cheer detection),
* generic segmentation algorithms (thresholds on features) and
* some generic statistical algorithms (histogram, variance).
- extensive documentation on all modules is also available
online (http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/docs/modules.html)
- works under Linux, Windows and Solaris
Bewdy :
=======
Play around with the compressed audio content of MP3 files under Linux!
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/bewdy/index.html
Bewdy is a program to visualise frequency domain audio feature analysis
and segmentation algorithms. For example, it can display the spectral
content of an MPEG audio file in the compressed domain and allows you to
play around with analysis algorithms on that data. It uses the (MPEG)
Maaate libraries for that purpose and can thus load up any analysis
module that is implemented for Maaate.
The pictures at http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/snapshots.html and at
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/bewdy/docs/handbook.html show off more
of bewdy.
Download bewdy from: http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/bewdy/index.html
Download Maaate from: http://www.cmis.csiro.au/maaate/docs/download.html
About CSIRO audio analysis research:
====================================
Here at CSIRO, an Australian government research organisation, we
perform research into the analysis of music and sound. We create
software to unravel the structure and texture of recorded audio, and we
develop systems which make use of the information extracted. Examples of
such systems include searching for music features and indexing
soundtracks. Much of our work is available as open source software.
See: http://www.cmis.csiro.au/audio/
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Silvia Pfeiffer
<Silvia.Pfeiffer@csiro.au>
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:30 CST
From: Vic Gedris <vicNO@SPAM.gedris.PLEASE.org>
Subject: [Local-Ottawa] OCLUG meeting, October 2 - Linux in Government
Hi everyone,
This is a reminder for our upcoming Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group
(OCLUG) meeting. We have a couple of excellent speakers lined up. I
hope to see you all there! Details below.
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October 2002 General Meeting
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Topic: Linux in Government
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: Free (Donations to OCLUG appreciated)
Location: Auditorium @ Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON
We will have two speakers this month, with the theme being Linux in
Government
Joseph Potvin will give a talk entitled "Economics of the Open Source
Business Model". Summary:
This workshop session begins with a summary of conditions under which
the open source business model makes good economic sense for suppliers
and for customers of software solutions, and leads into a structured
discussion of factors affecting the degree of engagement of this
business model by government organizations as both suppliers and
customers.
Russell McOrmond will follow with his presentation "From Raymond to
Stallman: Open Source equality or Free Software public policy?". Summary:
There have been some interesting debates this year that have come out
of some of the advocacy for Free Software to be adopted in various
ways in government. Positions range from governments giving equal
opportunity to all computing methods, to mandating interoperable
standards in all interfaces, to "free software first" or "free
software only" policies. Declan McCullagh wrote an article called
"Geeks in government: A good idea?" which sparked many related
conversations.
For speaker bios and more detailed descriptions of these talks, please
see our Monthly Meetings page at:
http://oclug.on.ca/meetings.php
Following the meeting, many OCLUG members convene at a nearby pub for
our monthly Beer SIG. Everyone is welcome to attend. The location is the
Mayflower II pub, 201 Queen St., just east of Bank St.
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Please pass this email on to anyone who may be interested. OCLUG always
welcomes new members to our meetings.
For more information about OCLUG, our activities, mailing lists, etc.,
please visit our website at:
http://oclug.on.ca/
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Vic Gedris vic-at-gedris.org http://vic.dyndns.org/
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:45 CST
From: Linux Gazette <gazette@ssc.com>
Subject: Linux Gazette #82 (October 2002) available
Reply-To: gazette@ssc.com
"Linux Gazette...Making Linux just a little more fun!"
Linux Gazette is a freely available, WWW e-zine that includes short articles
giving tips and tricks, ideas and suggestions for customizing and running
Linux. It is a member of the Linux Documentation Project.
Linux Gazette issue #83, October 2002, is out and can be found at:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/
For download purposes, individual issues of LG are available at:
ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/
A list of mirror sites can be found at:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/mirrors.html
While we do not mail issues of LG to our readers--it's just too big--we do
have an announcement service. Write lg-announce-request@ssc.com with the
word subscribe in the body, and each month you will receive an e-mail notice
when we post Linux Gazette.
Topics in this issue include:
* The MailBag
* More 2-Cent Tips
* The Answer Gang
* News Bytes
* Saving Users From Themselves -or- Dealing with User Input in
Python , by Paul Evans
* Creating Makefiles: A Mini Tutorial , by Tedi Heriyanto
* Multi-Account E-mail with Mutt , by Kamil Klimkiewicz
* Replicating a Linux System - Yet Another Method , by Ben Okopnik
* Exploring Perl Modules - Part2: Creating Charts with GD::Graph ,
by Pradeep Padala
* Handling Power Status Using snmptrapd , by A B Prasad
* Qubism , by Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem
* Programming in Ruby, part 2 , by Hiran Ramankutty
* Process Tracing Using Ptrace, part 2 , by Sandeep S
* DVD Authoring , by Chris Stoddard
* Risk-Free Resource Allocation for I/O Memory-Mapped Device Drivers
, by Dr B Thsangaraju
* Apache Log Analysis Using Python , by Rob Tougher
* Subnetting your local network with DHCP , by Alan Ward
* The Back Page , by Mike ("Iron") Orr
Read all about it in Linux Gazette.
Michael Orr
Editor, Linux Gazette
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:45 CST
From: Shiv Nair <snair@webintellisys.com>
Subject: Intellisys Project Management software new version released!!
Intellisys releases version 1.18 of Intellisys Project Desktop and
Enterprise!
Go to www.webintellisys.com
Intellisys Inc. has released Version 1.18 of its project management
software Intellisys Project Desktop and Intellisys Project Enterprise.
Intellisys Project Desktop is a low-cost, cross-platform solution
designed for those who want an uncomplicated and effective project
management tool.
Intellisys Project Enterprise is a powerful, collaborative,
cross-platform solution enabling "anywhere and now" access to project
plans. Allow distributed teams and even clients to effectively
participate in planning and tracking projects.
Intellisys Project Desktop and Enterprise run on Windows, Unix, Linux
and Mac OS X.
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:58 CST
From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG
Thanks to Shyam Kumar.s <shyamkumars@yahoo.com> for his feedback and
constructive criticism on an earlier version of this posting. Responsibility
for errors, or conceptual flaws continues to be mine. Send in your feedback
to fred at bytesforall dot org. FN
COMMENT: Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG...
* Build a network of GNU/LUG speakers, who are capable to speak and
evangelise on the power of GNU/Linux. It's important to list
who's available to speak on what subject, so that the interests
of newbies are catered to. Technical issues are imporant; but
issues like the philisophy of Free Software needs to be
adequately understood. The power of sharing and helping one
another also can be emphasised.
* List readily available GNU/Linux software, where
available, and under what terms it can be
shared freely and without artificial restrictions.
* List GNU/LUG members and contact details. Group communications
through GNU/LUG mailing-lists build a self-learning environment
for all, but sometimes one-to-one correspondence may be more
apt in order to (i) avoid mailing-list overload (ii) address
issues which might not be of wider group interest.
* Expanding numbers is important. It helps GNU/LUGs attain
critical mass. At the same time, it's equally important
to take care of one another's learning needs, and the
requirement of building a caring, sharing environment.
Sharing and community building could prove more valuable
than mere technical excellence, as the latter could lead
to stagnation and elitism along its trajectory.
* Report regularly on GNU/LUG meetings. This build
bridges to those not present.
* Plan for GNU/LUG meetings in advance. Meetings with
outlined agendas and scheduled talks could attract more
people than vague, no-agenda meetings. Meetings should
also take care of newbie interests, including talks and
subjects that would help to build interest among those who
are not so well-versed with GNU/Linux.
* If nothing else works, trying to build more
mini-GNU/LUGs in your area.
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:56:58 CST
From: Colin Murphy <SpudULike@-blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: [Gllug] Next GLLUG Meeting - 12th October 2002
The Greater London Linux User Group is going to have another meeting.
The date for your diaries is Saturday 12th October 2002, 12noon until 5pm.
There will also be the usual session in some pub afterwards, should you not
be able to make it during the day.
We will be meeting in the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster
University, this is in the shadow of the BT Tower, nearest tube stations are
Great Portland Street and Goodge Street. You will find a map at
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/static/maps.asp
We have use of the lecture theatre again and so far we have one fixed talk:-
Jason Clifford has kindly volunteered to explain all about the various
aspects
of setting up and running an ISP.
Also we have the UK branch of the iPAQ Developer Weekend - more info at
http://www.handhelds.org/events/devweekend.html - all are welcome to join
in.
We would like short talks on your favourite distribution (max 20 mins each).
Any volunteers?
Also a session at the end where everyone can say what their favourite
program/tool/utility/drug/patch/app/website etc., that others should try for
an easy life.
The GLLUG website, you remember - it's at http://gllug.linux.co.uk, has had
a
revamp. Do make sure you have a look, pass on your comments.
The meeting is NOT 19/10/02 as previously stated.
It is on the 12/10/02!
--
John Southern <john@sinoda.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:57:15 CST
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?= <michael@stroeder.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.11.2
Reply-To: feedback@web2ldap.de
HI!
Find a new release of web2ldap on
http://www.web2ldap.de/download.html
About:
web2ldap is a full-featured LDAP client written in Python and designed to
run as a stand-alone Web gateway or under the control of a web server with
FastCGI or SCGI support (e.g., Apache with mod_fastcgi or mod_scgi).
Ciao, Michael.
*** List of changes since 0.11.1 ***
Release Date: 2002-10-03
* Enable synced setting of ntPassword and userPassword in w2lapp.passwd
if entry has object class sambaAccount.
* w2lapp.addmodifyform.InputFormEntry.__getitem__() more robust against
empty attribute value lists.
* Fixed argument list when calling w2lapp.core.log_exception() from
w2lapp.handler in debug mode.
* Improvements, fixes and code-cleaning in module w2lapp.groupadm:
+ Substituted constant in w2lapp.groupadm with new parameter
groupadm_defs.
+ Fixed displaying the listing of all groups screwed up in 0.11.1.
+ Avoid sorting all group entry DNs a second time.
+ LDAPv3 sub schema is used for user_entry.
+ Corrected/simplified Unicode handling when setting
user_entry_attrvalue.
+ Removed need for importing deprecated module msbase.
+ Robuster handling if a group entry was deleted in the mean time.
+ Case insensitive handling of group entry object class names.
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:57:18 CST
Subject: ANN: tex-refs, References for TeX and Friends, V0.1.2
From: Michael Wiedmann <mw@miwie.in-berlin.de>
We are pleased to announce a new release (V0.1.2) of our documentation
project "References for TeX and Friends". This is an ongoing project
with the goal to provide help/reference files for LaTeX (and his
friends like ConTeXt, Metapost, Metafont, etc.) using a
state-of-the-art source format, aka DocBook/XML.
Changes:
- reworked 'hyperref' section (submitted by Rolf Niepraschk)
For more information see: http://www.miwie.org/tex-refs/
--
Peter Karp <tex-refs@karpfenteich.net>
Michael Wiedmann <mw@miwie.in-berlin.de>
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From: "Stacy Simpson" <stacysim@us.ibm.com>
Subject: MOBIL TRAVEL GUIDE AWARDS ON-DEMAND COMPUTING CONTRACT TO IBM
Date: 8 Oct 2002 15:00:50 GMT
Stacy Simpson
Media Relations
IBM Corporation
Route 100, Somers, NY 10589
Ph: 914-766-4123 (t/l: 826-4123)
E: stacysim@us.ibm.com
MOBIL TRAVEL GUIDE AWARDS ON-DEMAND
COMPUTING CONTRACT TO IBM
IBM To Provide Leading Travel Service with Utility-Like Access to Server
Processing, Storage and Networking Capacity
Armonk, N.Y., October 4, 2002 ... IBM announced today that it has been
awarded a contract by Mobil Travel Guide to provide the company with
large-scale computing infrastructure on-demand over the Internet. The
contract for on-demand mainframe and storage computing services is the
first of its kind in the travel and transportation industry.
Under terms of the 5-year agreement, IBM will provide the Illinois-based
travel guide service with on-demand access to Linux-based server
processing, storage and networking capacity from IBM e-business hosting
centers in the United States. Instead of the physical Web, database and
application servers they currently rely on, Mobil Travel Guide will tap
into "virtual servers" on IBM zSeries mainframes and Enterprise Storage
Servers running Linux, paying only for the computing power and capacity
they require.
Mobil Travel Guide will utilize the IBM computing resources to support the
expansion of a new web-based service -- Mobil Companion -- which offers
customized service for auto travelers. The Mobil Companion travel program
targets upscale leisure auto travelers with benefits that include state of
the art web-based travel planning, 24 hour enroute travel support services,
upgraded services and preferred rates from hotels, restaurants and other
travel service providers.
The Mobil Travel Companion Service will launch later this year in the
United States.
"Linux Virtual Services from IBM provides us true on-demand computing power
that is flexible and cost efficient," said Ralph Giannola, senior
vice-president, Mobil Travel Guide. "For Mobil Travel Guide, gaining
utility-like access to IBM's worldwide computing infrastructure is akin to
accelerating from a one lane country road onto the Autobahn."
"IBM advances in technology now enable customers to tap into virtual
computing, networking and storage components within the data center," said
Jim Corgel, general manager, IBM e-business on Demand Services. "By
creating a virtual, yet resilient infrastructure, IBM enables smart
e-businesses like Mobil Travel Guide to get rapid access to computing power
in a flexible and secure on-demand model."
Linux Virtual Services -- Computing On Tap from IBM
As an IBM e-business on demand service, Linux Virtual Services is available
to customers as either a supplement to their existing capacity or as a
flexible alternative to owning the physical hardware. At the core of the
service is an IBM innovation that creates "virtual servers" from the
computing capacity of IBM zSeries mainframes and IBM Enterprise Storage
Servers running Linux in IBM e-business hosting centers. By partitioning
the processing, storage and network capacity for each customer, IBM
isolates individual demand on the system and maps resources to that demand,
providing a level of separation between customers similar to that of a
physical server.
Linux Virtual Services is ideal for businesses that are looking to deploy
Linux servers in a cost effective, utility model. Customers can now
purchase processing power on-demand, by the "service unit," a measure that
equates to the processing power being utilized. Since service units are
based on a customer's anticipated demand, there is no need to over deploy
capacity, enabling customers to avoid wasting money on unused capacity. IBM
helps customers to determine the number of service units to order depending
on processing requirements.
As part of today's agreement, Mobil Travel Guide also announced the
selection of IBM's WebSphere Application Server, the industry's leading
business integration software, to develop and deploy their Web-based
applications running on Linux. In addition, IBM will provide on-demand
storage services for Mobil Travel Guide that will enable the company to
purchase storage capacity and management services on a subscription basis.
About Mobil Travel Guide
Mobil Companion is an auto travel program operated by EMTG, LLC, which also
publishes the Mobil Travel Guide. As the originator of the authoritative
and highly respected Star Rating Program, Mobil TravelGuide has been
committed to identifying and celebrating travel / hospitality excellence in
North America since 1958.
e-business on demand from IBM
IBM e-business on demand services represent the next stage in computing, in
which applications, infrastructure and business processes are delivered on
demand over the network in a utility-like model. IBM offers a wide variety
of e-business on demand services for customers, including infrastructure
(Linux Virtual Services, managed storage), business processes (e-commerce,
e-procurement) and remote network management (Services Anywhere). For more
information on IBM e-business on demand services, visit:
www.ibm.com/e-business/ondemand.
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