This paper discusses a robust algorithm to help application software enumerate the processor and cache topology in any single or multi-processor platform, using Intel processors. Enumerating processor topology correctly is essential for implementing licensing policy requirements. Understanding processor and cache topology information allows multithreading software to make more efficient use of hardware multithreading resources and deliver optimal performance more>

As a software developer wanting to take advantage of multi-core processors, you are faced with the challenge of determining whether or not threading will improve performance, be worth the effort, or even be possible. more>

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Railroad Speeds IT User Identity Processes. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with 33,500 route miles of track covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The company manages an extensive technology infrastructure to support transporting a wide range of products and commodities across the continent. Based in Forth Worth, Texas, BNSF operates corporate offices in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Topeka, Kansas, as well as 300 remote locations throughout North America. more>

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Free Tomcat Installation Tutorial: Check out this free IBM tutorial for installing the open-source Java application server, Tomcat, as well as a useful Eclipse plugin, Sysdeo. Get started with your web servlet application development today by reading this Tomcat tutorial. more>

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IBM WebSphere Software Development Kit for Web Services is a tightly integrated toolkit for Web services development designed to speed creation and testing of Web services, including hot deployment to the application server. more>

Contains 115 Java code samples from the Crystal Reports documentation, Customer Support Sites, and Product Management for the Java Reporting Component, RAS, and the Enterprise Framework (scheduling, publishing, user administration). more>

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Learn how to use Solaris Logical Domains (LDoms) to provide server virtualization. Save money while increasing server utilization. more>

Sun Sparc Enterprise SMP Enterprise Class Server - Learn about the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features in the new Sun SPARC Enterprise SMP servers. more>

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Sun Blade 6000 Systems Datacenter Costs - Learn how Sun Blade 6000 servers can improve flexibility while decreasing datacenter costs. more>

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Learn to configure basic authentication for web service security. Then test it with a web service client deployed in the WebSphere Test Environment. Do it all without writing any code. more>

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Java/.NET Integration: The architecture of .NET ® Java platforms use different executable formatted Common Runtime Language syntax, which makes it challenging to build applications that need to integrate existing compiled Java class files into a .NET solution. Learn about Java/.NET integration, converting Java to VB .NET code, and more. more>

Migrate Java to C#: This paper discusses the basics in transitioning Java to C# code by hand. Learn more about the differences between C# versus Java through Java and C# code samples so you can migrate Java to C# applications. more>

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Java Programming Exercises | Free Java Tutorial: Java threads provide a vital performance boost to nearly all applications. These threads are becoming a standard part of Java programming as the benefit of threaded apps in Java becomes even more evident. more>

Explicit threading methods, such as Windows* threads or POSIX* threads, use library calls to create, manage, and synchronize threads. Use of explicit threads requires an almost complete restructuring of affected code. On the other hand, OpenMP* is a set of pragmas, API functions, and environment variables that enable you to incorporate threads into your applications at a relatively high level. The OpenMP pragmas are used to denote regions in the code that can be run concurrently. more>

The technology of computer gaming is undergoing a major conceptual shift: a shift to multi-threaded engines running on multi-core processors. Multi-core processors are powering the next generation of PCs and gaming consoles, and game developers want to target as many of these platforms as possible. Unfortunately, threaded execution and cross-platform support are non-trivial, and many developers find it difficult to get these features into their own code. more>