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- Start your Linux server deployment
- As any IT professional knows, migrations can be a challenge. Deploying SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, however, is an easy process that starts with a simple step-by step plan laid out by Novell. More importantly, your migration to SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server is an opportunity to identify quick wins that will...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Linux Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- Resource centers 2009-03-19
- 10 iptables rules to help secure your Linux box
- Mastering iptables could take a while, but if you have a few rules to cover the basic security needs, you'll be well on your way to protecting your Linux system. Jack Wallen explains some key rules to get you started.This download is also available as an entry in our 10...
- Tags: Linux Server, Jack Wallen, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2009-02-18
- EMC Avamar and EMC HomeBase Red Hat Linux Server Recovery - Best Practices Planning
- This white paper describes an efficient, media-less. rapid application recovery solution enabling automated recoveries to dissimilar hardware for Red Hat Linux servers. The EMC Avamar and HomeBase solutions provide organizations with the ability to efficiently protect critical data, to any location, as well as completely recover the server, storage, and...
- Tags: Linux, Recovery, Linux Server, Server, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-11-01
- VMware wants to trump Windows and Linux servers with its Virtual Datacenter OS
- VMware wants to trump Windows and Linux servers with its Virtual Datacenter OSA masterstrokeShould remove the believability of that .mesh nonsense too.Plug it in and off you go.They might do well to build-in some frameworks, like RoR and Django, if they can find a way to play mutually nice with...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Operating systems, Storage, VMware Inc., Virtual Datacenter OS, Linux server, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- VMware wants to trump Windows and Linux servers with its Virtual Datacenter OS
- VMware's new CEO Paul Maritz right used his first VMworld keynote on Tuesday to introduce the company's Virtual Datacenter Operating System (VDC-OS) to an audience of IT professionals and technology industry insiders at the VMworld 2008 conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. With the Virtual...
- Tags: Linux, Data Center, Linux Server, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., VDC-OS, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Servers, Management, Software, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Understanding the Costs of Deploying Software on Unix & Linux Servers
- A fundamental challenge facing enterprises today are the ever increasing costs associated with the installation, upgrade and disaster recovery of Unix and Linux servers. This paper says about Tapasol solutions based on leading edge technology, that substantially reduces the costs associated with Unix and Linux server installations, upgrades and disaster...
- Tags: Linux Server, Tapasol, Linux, Disaster Recovery, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-29
- Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions? Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu’s ambitions in the corporate server space will be...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- ThinkGOS using MySpace tie-in for new Linux PC
- ThinkGOS using MySpace tie-in for new Linux PCUltimately fit for the ultimate abuseAlas, Linux is ultimately fit for the ultimate abuse. Open source completely in the service of advertising. What's to stop a McDonalds Linux? Or a Hilton Linux?I have often wondered why this kind of horror isn't happening on...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, PC, Linux, Linux server, MySpace, Linux PC
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectorsMark, YES PLEASE!!Create a mobile OS from Ubuntu...anything to untangle the mess that is Windows Mobile would be a godsend.RE: Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud anMark, It probably won't surprise you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, desktop war, Ubuntu, Shuttleworth, mobile, server, Linux server, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors
- Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth sees Linux playing a big role in the cloud and in mobile computing â€" especially his own server and client software. In a brief interview with ZDNet after his OSBC panel, Shuttleworth said the Ubuntu Linux server will be...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux Server, Mobile, Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Plat'Home's Linux server fits in your palm
- On the floor of Interop New York 2007, ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind stops by the Plat'Home booth to take a closer look at its new--and small--Linux servers. With no moving parts, the OpenBlock S266 and the OpenMicroServer can operate in places where there is little room as well as...
- Tags: Linux Server, Server, Plat'Home, Linux, Open Source, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Videos 2007-10-30
- From Interop, video of Plat' Home's Linux Server that fits in the palm of your hand
- From Interop, video of Plat' Home's Linux Server that fits in the palm of your handEveryone copies AppleOnly weeks after Apple is the [b]first[/b] to release a [b]full[/b] version of their desktop OS onto a portable device, now people are copying Apple and putting full versions of Linux on portable...
- Tags: Corporate communications, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Desktops, Apple Inc., Plat, Interop, Linux, Linux server, server, video
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- From Interop, video of Plat' Home's Linux Server that fits in the palm of your hand
- Within minutes of arriving on the Interop show floor this morning and beginning my search for something cool to videotape for publication here on ZDNet, we found Plat' Home's booth in the back of the exhibitor's area with two very cool products -- both of them tiny Linux servers, one...
- Tags: Card, Linux Server, Server, Video, OpenBlockS 266, OpenMicroServer, Linux, Open Source, Corporate Communications, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- What's the target market for Windows Home Server?
- What's the target market for Windows Home Server?Not particularly expensiveIt is supposedly $599 (several stories have indicated this amount, but it's not for sale yet so it can't be deemed 100% factual). That's not very expensive. Especially for tech products. A lot cell phones are more (without...
- Tags: Servers, RAID, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Apple Inc., MS Home Server, Microsoft Windows, WHS, server
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Dell announces support plans for Linux machines
- Dell announces support plans for Linux machinesI want one!I know I want a Linux Dell! Buyers remorse: unfortunately I already bought a new Sony Vaio laptop two months back.....Luckily this Intel Centrino laptop with Intel graphics is eminently fit to run Linux. Only problem I have is with a suspend/hibernate...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Linux server
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD
- Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSDLinux server for home use?[i]By the nature of *nix aren't you running a server theoretically.It's just a matter of starting or enabling i.e. apt-get a few services or packages all w/o a reboot.[/i]I have one machine that is used as a server/desktop for backups,...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Nothing, Microsoft Windows Home Server, server, Linux, Linux server, Microsoft Windows, BSD
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- A Simple Chargeback System for SAS Applications Running on UNIX and Linux Servers
- Organizations that run SAS on UNIX and Linux servers often have a need to measure overall SAS usage and to charge the projects and users who utilize the servers. This allows an organization to pay for the hardware, software, and labor necessary to maintain and run these types of shared...
- Tags: Linux Server, SAS Institute, Unix, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-14
- SolutionBase: Backup Linux reliably with rsync and tar
- If you want to have a successful disaster recovery plan in place, you've got to start with backups. There are several utilities you can use to back up Linux servers, but one of the most basic ways is by using some common built-in utilities such as rsync and tar. Jack...
- Tags: Linux Server, Jack Wallen, Linux, Open Source, Disaster Recovery, Backups, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-04-17
- Vista Hands On #15: Access shared folders from a Linux machine, part 2
- Vista Hands On #15: Access shared folders from a Linux machine, part 2Another variation..... on this theme is to place the details in /etc/samba/smbfstab which is NOT world readable by everyone. A default smbfstab looks like[pre]# This file allows you to mount SMB/ CIFS shares during system# boot while...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Access, Linux server, Samba, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Get quick control over your Linux server with server commands
- Linux has many useful GUI administration tools, but often it's just easier to enter commands from the command line. Here is a list of helpful Linux server commands, how they're used, and what they do.
- Tags: Linux Server, Command, Jack Wallen, Linux, Open Source, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-04-03
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