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- 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
- Novell's latest Enterprise Linux Desktop release, version 11. by Jason Perlow
- Tags: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, novell, sles, opensuse, Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2009-03-22
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hotFree SLESYes, we do in fact need an openSLES, a "Centos Green" or openSUSE Server Edition.
- Tags: Free SLES, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Is it time to give Red Hat some respect?
- Is it time to give Red Hat some respect?ComparisonsYup, Microsoft is up 10% in the last year, while RHT is down about 10%. Then again, MSDT was at a 5-year low a year ago.Over the last five years, though, RHT is up 400% and MSFT is flat. The...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Financial accounting, Investment, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., RHT, share price, MSFT
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- SWsoft in virtualization pact with Novell
- SWsoft in virtualization pact with NovellNovell covers the virtualization basesNovell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 will be supported on SWsoft's virtualization. This is good news. Add that to SLES support of Xen and VMware support for SLES and whatever comes out of the Microsoft - Novell technical cooperation...
- Tags: SLES, Novell Inc., virtualization, Parallels Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
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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
- Virtualization: a good idea but still some growing pains to consider
- It's a solution in search of a problemHow on earth is virtualization going to reduce complexity? The only way to reduce complexity is to use *one* platform of course.[Repeat]How on earth is virtualization going to increase security? The holes in windows will still be there, won't they?This shouldn't sell.Show me...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Servers, virtualization, server, security, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0: Virtual Developer's Delight
- Windows 7 Ultimate RC 64-Bit Edition virtualized on Fedora 11, 64-Bit using Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 With little fanfare, Sun Microsystems released version 3.0 of xVM VirtualBox, the Open Source and multi-platform desktop virtualization tool for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac. The new...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Developer, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenGL 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Hardware, Virtualization, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Novell delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
- Novell delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 11What would Novell be like without a deal with Microsloth?Inquiring minds want to know. ;)I hate that stupid deal with Microsloth... :(The deal is good for SuSE users.Whether you like it or not.As a dedicated SuSE user I like seeing the additional options this is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Novell Inc., SuSE, Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft Corp., SuSE Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on PolishNot often I agree with Flude, but he is right on the money with this postJason,This is a whine. Why do you complain about services that should be off by default?As for your comment about "but your typical end-user...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, Desktops, Servers, Perlow, Novell Inc., Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SuSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Mono, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, distro
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- 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
- Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?
- Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?walk awaytheir are things to buy used and technology isn't one of them short of supporting legacy stuff, but even at that rate one should look at booting the legacy. I think it would be cheaper buying one good new machine...
- Tags: server
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- HP, Novell partner on new Linux PC that ships Dec 15
- HP announced this week it is preloading Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on its Compaq dc5850 Business Desktop PC. The PC, which offers high-end graphics and dual monitor support, debuted in April. It has an AMD processor and an ATI Radeon 3100 card and will be available...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Linux PC, Digital Equipment Corp., Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator
- Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage
- The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Application Server 10g, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., Open Source, Blade Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Setting-Up an Open-Source Backup Software Amanda Community in About 15 Minutes
- Amanda is the most popular open source backup and recovery software in the world because of its openness, robustness, functionality and scalability. Yet it is very easy to set up and maintain in production. This paper illustrates how, in about 15 minutes, one can install and configure the Amanda backup...
- Tags: Open Source, Zmanda, Amanda, Backups
- White papers 2008-10-24
- 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
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