July, 2007

Linux backup: Seven backup dos and don’ts

Ready for some quick tips? Here are six best practices for handling backup, compliments of Anthony Johnson, president and CEO of Storix Inc.

• Do get a full-system backup, not just your data.
• Do verify your backups.
• Do encrypt your backup data.
• Do always test...

‘Big Four’ systems management vendors ripe for open source shake-up

A new research report from the New York-based 451 Group has found that the 'Big Four' systems management vendors -- BMC, HP, IBM and CA -- are "ripe for a shake-up from open source systems management players." In the past 18 months, open source options in the systems management space have grown to...

10 IT system monitoring best practices

Here are 10 best practices for system monitoring that Javier Soltero, CTO of Hyperic Inc., has seen succeed in his years in IT.

1. Define what it means for a given resource -- a...

Red Hat talks the expansion of operating system-based virtualization

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com is...

Virtual directories: Identity management and data integration panacea or placebo?

Virtualizing directories is an increasingly-deployed technique for handling some identity management issues, secure data sharing and centralization of data resources. Among other things, a virtual directory enables integration of user identity information in disparate applications in an...

Novell sites encourage continued adoption of (Novell) Linux in the enterprise

Novell today launched a few...

Linux: 2.4.35 Released

As the headline says, Linux kernel 2.4.35 is now ready for your viewing and poking pleasure, whatever that means... KernelTrap:

After 6 months of careful integration and testing, I'm happy to announce availability of Linux 2.4.35.This one...

The last Linux adoption barrier is marketing

There are many barriers for adoption to Linux. Some are training, documentation, service, applications, games, and so on. These same barriers have been touted for several years. While these reasons have been held on to, Linux has matured and evolved far swifter than Windows and Mac OS. Commercial...

Extremely cheap Linux mod

Honestly, I don't know what to say. You saved some major money however. The...

Replacing Microsoft Small Business Server: IT pro asks for open source software alternatives

David Crook, a consultant and 20-year IT veteran, has issued a challenge -- via SearchEnterpriseLinux.com -- to the open source community. He tells me he has a shiny new IBM xSeries server "sitting idle waiting for something to make its life a little less boring." His first thought was to install...