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NetWare support ends, but NetWare shops persist
Novell support for NetWare ended on March 7, 2010, but the operating persists in many IT shops around the country. What are these NetWare shops going to do in the future? News | 18 Mar 2010
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GroundWork adds network monitoring tools to systems management suite
GroundWork's Network Management Suite now contains four network monitoring tools that are a fraction of the cost of proprietary offerings from the likes of HP and IBM Tivoli. Article | 29 Oct 2008
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Red Hat gives JBoss stronger network management capabilities
Red Hat has launched JBoss Operations Network 2.0, which enables data centers to manage, monitor and upgrade hundreds of computers from a single console. Article | 06 May 2008
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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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Open source routers, not Cisco, winning over some IT managers
Using open source routers in everyday networking makes a lot of sense, more sense than using expensive Cisco routers, IT managers say. Article | 23 Oct 2006
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Open source router challenges proprietary networking market
Vyatta is taking on the midrange routing market, offering an open source enterprise routing alternative for companies seeking more flexibility than has traditionally been possible with proprietary routers. Yesterday, the San Mateo, Calif.-based compa... Interview | 25 Jul 2006
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Nagios offers open source option for network monitoring
IT shops using HP or BMC monitoring tools might want to take Nagios for a test-drive. "Pro Nagios 2.0" author James Turnbull explains why. Article | 15 Jun 2006
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Broadband networking firm gets hooked up with OpenNMS
New Edge Networks Inc. is getting a lot of mileage out of OpenNMS, an open source network management application. Article | 20 Oct 2005
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Quelling laptop PCs' negative impact on networks
Portable computers often become an extension of the person using them. It is no surprise that laptop users are inclined to be rather autonomously minded. Many users don't realize that the power they have to install software and change settings is ris... Column | 15 Sep 2005
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Network architect: Building an affordable SAN on Linux
Been using a crystal ball predict your company's future storage capacity needs? Well, that's cheaper than buying big proprietary software to do the job, according to Todd Sanders, chief network architect for Centrepetal Solution Strategies Article | 01 Dec 2004