Email Alerts
-
Novell vs. Red Hat: How their Linux strategies affect your data center
The leading data center Linux distributions -- Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- are similar, and choosing the right Linux distribution can depend more on the provider's business direction. Tip
-
Migrating infrastructure from Unix to Linux
Unix-to-Linux migration expert Ken Milberg describes how virtualization, support, clustering and more fit into the migration of an IT infrastructure to Unix. Ask the Expert
-
Is server virtualization boosting Linux adoption?
An IDC report concluded that the economic recession and cloud computing and virtualization trends will help Linux increase in the data center just as the previous recession boosted Linux adoption. Cisco has heavily adopted the platform, with more tha... Article
-
Red Hat KVM suite, VirtualBox 3.0 hit beta: News in brief
In today's news in brief, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) with KVM and Sun VirtualBox 3.0 are now available in beta. Article
-
open source
In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. Definition
-
embedded system
An embedded system is some combination of computer hardware and software, either fixed in capability or programmable, that is specifically designed for a particular kind of application device. (Continued.) Definition
-
Hardware losses doomed Sun but Linux hurt too
Sun's hardware losses were the primary cause of its decline and subsequent purchase by Oracle, but lack of foresight in Linux and opensource market along with many Sun missteps contributed to its downfall. Article
-
Microsoft and Red Hat to cross-certify OS, virtualization platforms
Microsoft and Red Hat inked a pact to optimize their operating systems running as guests on each other's virtualization platforms. News
-
Lucid Imagination adds support for Apache search tools
Lucid Imagination offers support and enhanced services for popular Apache Web server open source enterprise search tools Lucene and Solr. Article
-
Enterprise Linux 2008: The year in review
Linux made huge strides in maturity and ubiquity in 2008, as it delved further into virtualization, cloud computing and use in mission-critical environments. Our Enterprise Linux 2008 year in review notes some of the highlights of Linux growth this y... Article