IT Blog In a post that is sure to generate its fair share of headlines and "constructive criticism," Ross Brunson over at the Linux in Novell's East Region generated a list of the top five reason to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to SUSE Enterprise Linux. Yeah, I know. I could envision the flame war...
Red Hat, SUSE/Novell, Linux versus Windows IT Blog Last week at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown in San Francisco, Calif., Linux developers gathered for the Linux Collaboration Summit. The first day was a series of "keynotes" given by various parties interested and involved in areas of Linux, and days two and three consisted of focused workshops on sub...
Linux, open source, Linux Foundation IT Blog Open source content management company Alfresco Software, Inc., today announced the immediate availability of its first-ever global survey of trends in the use of open source software in the enterprise. The "Alfresco open source barometer survey," conducted April through June 2007 using opt-in data...
Red Hat, SUSE/Novell, Linux versus Windows IT Blog Linux is alive and well at Novell Inc. In its year-end fiscal report yesterday, the Waltham, Mass.-based company reported that open source products, primarily Linux, rose $34.8 million or 37% to $128.8 million in 2008. Fourth-quarter open source revenues rose just a whisker less or 36.1% to $35.7 ...
IT Blog As a journalist, I get perturbed when I see talking heads on TV (on issues political, technological or otherwise) "attack the messenger" when the message they're delivering isn't something they agree with. The theory is, of course, that if you can discredit the person, then the public will not focus...
IT Blog In response to the last post I wrote for this blog, a user commented: "It's the opposition that has the boring names. Linux is fun, don't ya know." Well, now I know. This week, I went to my second Boston Linux and Unix Users (BLU) group meeting at MIT. It was also my second time going alone, and I...
Linux blogs and news, Linux humor, Interviews IT Blog I've been in Portland, Ore., this week attending the inaugural LinuxCon, hosted by the Linux Foundation. The event was a bigger draw than the organizers had anticipated, with about 600 attendees registered, making the WiFi in the rooms a bit spotty and the keynote hall a bit crowded, but all in all ...
IT Blog Contrary to the marketing hoopla we're being force fed, once all the "cloud" hype settles down the data center as we know it is still going to be around. So, there's no better time than now to get your physical security and IT ducks in a row to ensure everything in and around the data center stays i...
IT Blog Contrary to the marketing hoopla we're being force fed, once all the "cloud" hype settles down the data center as we know it is still going to be around. So, there's no better time than now to get your physical security and IT ducks in a row to ensure everything in and around the data center stays i...
IT Blog This post wascontributed by Joshua Kramer.For more information about Kramer,go tothe EnterpriseLinuxLog About the Editors page. In the theater of IT operations, security has moved to center stage. Attacks have become more complex, and legislative bodies have passed laws that requiredata...
IT Blog This week's IT Blog Top 10 has something for everyone: cloud-heads, those in need of IT career guidance, and open source geeks. Let us know your favorite posts (on this list or not!) in the comments section below. 1. Ron Miller takes a close look at Microsoft's conflicted cloud-mobile vision. 2. F...
IT Blog Hadoop Database for Big Data - Part I The Apache Hadoop project - sometimes dubbed as "Bigtable clone" - is open-source software framework for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. Hadoop is the only NoSQL implementation that has the most adoption today. IBM uses as well as distributes Hadoop....
Hadoop, IBM, Apache IT Blog A week after the Attachmate and Novell deal finalized, many Novell employees in Provo, UT, got pink slips. Salt Lake City's KSL news reported that hundreds of employees were laid off. A number of Novell executives have also left the company including Ron Hovsepian, Dana Russell, John Dragoon, Collee...
IT Blog We're packing up our bags and once more hitting the sands of Las Vegas to bring you the latest news, tips and IT strategies straight from VMWorld 2011. Get real-time updates from Michael by following @ITKE on Twitter. Up-to-date Coverage: September 1, 2011 VMware Day 3 Denny Cherry, SQL Server wi...
IT Blog So I was very excited when IBM officially launched its general purpose public cloud service. It was a validation of the cloud model for the enterprise; it was a chance to see what one of the premier technology vendors on the planet would deliver when it put shoulder to wheel on this exciting new way...
IBM Cloud, Smart Business Cloud-Enterprise, public cloud IT Blog I was crusing the Web just now, trying to find some interesting blogs that aren't chock-full of code that an associate editor simply does not understand. I clicked on Roudy Bob's blog (see our blogroll for his link) and low and behold, my boredom was alleviated! To read the following analogy of the...
Microsoft, Virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server IT Blog My SearchITChannel colleague Barb Darrow blogged this morning that her sources are saying Symantec is preparing to lay off a significant chunk of its sales force. In the meantime, sources in the enterprise storage industry also say Symantec is laying off more engineers that have been working on its...
IT Blog Alcatel-Lucent has added another piece to its in-progress application developers platform, which is designed to use the network as a Web development platform and insert carriers in the consumer app revenue chain. Its second acquisition in the past few months, Alcatel-Lucent acquired mobile software...
applications development, service layer, Alcatel-Lucent IT Blog Until now some experts have signaled the slow demise of intrusion defense systems, but one firm is having success in the government sector with an IDS appliance that can capture 100% of network traffic. In government circles, its the little, but powerful engine that could. New Zealand firm Enda...
IT Blog Over the past few months I've heard some mixed reviews from Oracle end users about Oracle's support services. Some folks I've spoken with say they get upset with certain Oracle support representatives who seem to be inexperienced. One person even went so far as to say that he purposely tries to ge...
Oracle database administration, Managing an Oracle shop, Oracle applications IT Blog Oracle is holding an all-day online forum on virtualization today. It's called "Oracle Virtualization: The Most Complete Virtualization. Desktop to Data Center." The event runs 9am-3pm PT and none of the session titles or descriptions mention VMware. Oracle VM is mentioned about 10 times in the ses...
IT Blog This is my attempt at putting together something that every sysadmin and supervisor should have when they look at whether to take the next step in virtualization - a Common Sense (tm, patent-pending, sm, r) guide to putting virtualization in place. Truth be told, it works with any server virtualizat...
Virtualization, Virtualization management, Virtualization platforms 
