October 9, 2007 10:15 AM
Posted by: ITKE
Linux basics,
Linux blogs and news,
Open source applicationsIs your IT shop desperate to get off the Windows IV and into the free-wheelin', foot loose and fancy free world of open source applications? No? Are you sure you're on the right blog?
I only ask because I got an email today from reader Rich I. that contained a link to the
October 3, 2007 7:49 AM
Posted by: ITKE
Open source applications,
tips,
Ubuntu LinuxSome commentary on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Firefox from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com reader C.K.:
I have an update to the FF3 in Ubuntu item; I was reading
October 2, 2007 12:57 PM
Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration,
Enterprise applications for Linux,
Linux basics,
Linux blogs and news,
Linux desktops,
Open source applications,
Security,
VirtualizationSearchEnterpriseLinux.com wants to help our readers discover the best of the best in Linux products for the enterprise in our 2007 Products of the Year awards. Nominate a favorite product youve used, or...
September 10, 2007 3:38 PM
Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration,
Enterprise applications for Linux,
identity management,
Linux basics,
Linux desktops,
Linux Done Right,
Linux versus Windows,
Open source applications,
Samba,
supportConsider this the first in an occasional, meandering series of articles on Linux done right. These aren't meant to boost the sales of any particular vendor, but instead are meant to show other end users, IT managers and decision makers what to look for when vetting applications and operating...
August 20, 2007 8:01 AM
Posted by: ITKE
Open source applications,
Security
Now here's a cool little technology that you may or may not have heard of: OpenID.
It's like single sign on, but simpler. That's the angle presented by the project's leaders anyway,...
August 10, 2007 4:24 PM
Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration,
Open source applicationsMeeting people who develop new products and start up companies is a fun thing to do at a show. AT LinuxWorld 2007 in San Francisco this week, I talked with Laura Merling of Krugle Inc. about Krugle Enterprise Appliance, which is in beta now and heading for release within weeks. Krugle has made...
July 31, 2007 2:10 PM
Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration,
Open source applicationsA 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...
July 23, 2007 5:51 PM
Posted by: ITKE
Administration, interoperability and integration,
Enterprise applications for Linux,
Linux versus Windows,
Microsoft,
Open source applicationsDavid 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...
July 23, 2007 9:41 AM
Posted by: ITKE
BIND,
Open source applications,
Updates and upgradesAccording to the BIND mailing list, the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) is making a minor change to the way it numbers BIND releases as a way to simplify the upgrade process for our...
