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- Teradata unveils cloud strategy, answer for Oracle's Exadata machine
- Data warehousing giant Teradata is outlining its cloud computing strategy including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services. In addition, Teradata is rolling out an appliance it claims will provide a big performance boost. The announcements, timed for Teradata's partner conference in...
- Tags: Strategy, Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Performance Claim, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish
- At first glance, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLED 11) is virtually indistinguishable from the company's Free/Open Source and community supported Linux distribution, openSUSE 11.1. But does SLED 11 have the extra polish and the value add to justify its position as Novell's premier enterprise...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1
- openSUSE 11.1 is packed full of features, but a lack of QA and user acceptance testing in this release may cause Linux newbies to seek out other distributions, such as Ubuntu Ibex. I wanted to love openSUSE 11.1. I really did. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Release, QA, Server, openSUSE 11.1, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- My "Free Enterprise OSes" post got a lot of attention and a lot of positive feedback, particularly from those who are now actually considering using some of these in order to reduce license costs. Still, while I am glad people are now considering...
- Tags: Novell Inc., openSUSE, Sun Solaris, Servers, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentumNovell is on life support[i]He added that Microsoft is buying up to $100 million in SUSE certificates in $25 million chunks.[/i]Novell will be arround as long as M$ provides the cash.The best bet is on companies that stand on their own feet and built everything from...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Tags: Operating systems, value-add, VMware Inc., open source, Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows
- Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Paravirtualization Method, Microsoft VMM 2008, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11I do not like KDE at all, but, that is what is great about Linux -there is choice. With Windows, it is take it or leave it.RE: Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11GNOME...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Gnome 2.2, SLES 11, RHEL 6, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Microsoft and Sun agree to support each other in virtualized environments
- Microsoft and Sun agree to support each other in virtualized environmentsAt last!People have a reason to purchase Sun hardware. One which Sun will not devalue by sacrifice to open source.Quoting:"Sun also announced that is now an official Windows Server OEM with its x64 server line, the companies said on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- Can IBM put OpenOffice over the top?
- Can IBM put OpenOffice over the top?Is it OpenOffice or is it Linux?Before you can even begin to talk about the problems with OpenOffice's applications, let's talk about installs. Now, I'm a student at New England Institute of Technology in R.I. and, as a project, we had to "try"...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Can Novell's Linux business stand on its own?
- Can Novell's Linux business stand on its own?Additional things to considerI totally agree that Novell's fortunes in Linux is rising. There's more demand for Suse products. Just look at the job boards and see how the number of positions requiring Suse expertise has jumped.Suse is making inroads into...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Novell Inc., SuSE, Novell OpenSuse, Linux, Novell Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- Virtualization struggles
- Virtualization strugglesStick with what worksChris, I've had a VMWare Workstation license [1] since version 2.0 -- the late 90s, IIRC. For the last six years I've been using it under Gentoo because with one exception [2] it's been absolutely dead-easy to administer and always works as expected.Which, if you're...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Xen, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- GPL v3 due Friday -- don't trip over the lawyers at the Apple Store
- GPL v3 due Friday -- don't trip over the lawyers at the Apple StoreUmmm..."So all those lawyers at Microsoft can kill two birds with one off-campus trip. They can buy their Apple iPhone they can afford one, connect to their iTunes on their Windows laptops, set it up on WiFi...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital video, Servers, Novell Inc., Dana, Apple Inc., GPL, GPL V3, Apple iPhone, Apple Store, server
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Parsing the details of the Microsoft-Novell pact
- Novell dropped it annual report Friday and with it three exhibits offering details of its SUSE Linux pact with Microsoft. Two key points: A lot of the good stuff about the partnership was redacted, opening more questions. The third version of the General Public License seems to have some teeth--at...
- Tags: General, Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-05-28
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