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Nagios network monitoring felled by SNMP false alarms
False alarms were keeping one IT director up way past his bedtime, but one open source systems management and monitoring application quickly became the perfect sleeping pill. Article | 10 Apr 2007
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Zenoss takes on IBM, HP systems management
Can open source startups compete with IBM in the systems management space? SearchEnterpriseLinux.com spoke with Zenoss CEO Bill Karpovich to hear why he thinks the answer could lie in the mid market. Article | 30 Mar 2007
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Samba 3 preview release behaves more like Windows
After a spate of field testing, a new Samba 3 preview release hits the streets with enhancements to winbind and offline logon support. Article | 27 Mar 2007
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Linux pro turns to Active Directory identity management
Rather than use Sun's NIS, Research in Motion opted to manage its Linux and Unix boxes with Microsoft Active Directory plus Centrify DirectControl. Article | 20 Mar 2007
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Centrify DirectAudit monitors, logs Linux user activity
Centrify has released the beta version of an automated auditing system for Linux and Unix that syncs with Active Directory. Article | 14 Mar 2007
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LinuxWorld: Managing mixed source software stacks
Get a Linux architect's opinion of Vista and four tips on managing a data center's mix of open and closed source software stacks in this report on Russell Pavlicek's LinuxWorld workshop. Article | 19 Feb 2007
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LinuxWorld: Samba guru says be lazy, use Winbind
Jerry Carter, release manager for Samba 3.0, wants you to get lazy and take advantage of what Microsoft has already perfected with user authentication and Active Directory. Article | 15 Feb 2007
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Reporter's Notebook: Open Solutions Summit, Day One
Blizzard conditions, Samba updates and Windows interoperability, as well as a trendy Linux Internet tablet greet SearchOpenSource.com reporter Jack Loftus at LinuxWorld, day one. Article | 15 Feb 2007
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LinuxWorld: Samba's Jerry Carter talks Samba's future
Check out this impromptu interview with Jerry Carter at LinuxWorld. Carter talks Samba's future, "Kerberization" and how he reads the Microsoft tea leaves for future Samba updates. Article | 15 Feb 2007
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Open Source Alliance founded to foster OSS interoperability
Interoperability is the noble mission of the new Open Solutions Alliance, unveiled today at LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit. In this Q&A, an OSA founding member -- Josef Mitja of Openbravo -- explains how and why the group plans to achieve interoper... Article | 14 Feb 2007