Data Center Briefs: September 29, 2008
SIP Print makes available a new line of call recording appliances for small and mid-sized businesses, IBM has a product for reducing the amount of physical storage needed for virtual systems, and Aqua Connect now works with Mac OS X 10.5.
By Systems Management News Team
9/29/2008 8:30:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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SCO Must Pay Novell for Unixware
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that SCO must pay Novell over licensing Unix. With SCO in bankruptcy and more suits against it down the line, the future doesn't look good for the company.
By Alex Handy
8/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 9 Points
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IBM Focuses on Big Linux Systems
Multiple announcements from IBM and other companies favored large systems and making Linux work within IBM-based enterprises. IBM also open-sourced clustering code and updated virtualization software for its System z computers.
By Alex Handy
8/6/2008 8:00:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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New Spin on Old Job Schedulers
OpsWise, a California-based startup, is readying an enterprise-ready job scheduler that is multi-platform and has modern features built in, not cobbled on. The solution includes a Web-based interface with multiple management dashboards.
By David Rubinstein
8/1/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Pulling the Strings of Puppet
The popular, open-source systems provisioning framework has worked up a head of steam. We chatted with its creators about the past, present and future.
By Alex Handy
8/1/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 3 Points
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System Utilities You Can't Live Without
Sysadmins use a bevy of tools to handle everything under their watch, and not all of their tools are proprietary. We ask around to see what tools are popular and what types of jobs they do.
By Alex Handy
8/1/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 7 Points
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A New Spin on Old Job Schedulers
OpsWise, a California-based startup, is readying an enterprise-ready job scheduler that is multi-platform and has modern features built in, not cobbled on. Features include a Web-based interface and integrated reporting capabilities.
By David Rubinstein
8/1/2008 8:30:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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New Cisco Software to Strengthen Data Center Virtualization
Cisco plans to release updates to three different software products, including its Wide Area Application Services software and Application Control Engine. The software will have faster acceleration and more capacity.
By Jeff Feinman
7/17/2008 4:00:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Last Year's Penguin
A reader sticks up for OpenSolaris, saying that it provides a solid alternative to Windows systems. It's also important to recognize the value of licenses and the way that they can influence open-source development.
By Systems Management News Team
7/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Cognos Releases Business Intelligence Software for System z Mainframe
The Cognos 8 business intelligence software marks the IBM subsidiary's first venture into mainframe systems. The software allows customers to use the mainframe to host transactional system reports and analysis.
By Michelle Savage
7/1/2008 3:00:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Open Source: Last Year's Penguin
OpenSolaris is being talked up as a potential successor to Linux, and there are talks of unifying the OpenSolaris and Linux codes. Neither proposition sounds good to Kenneth Hess.
By Kenneth Hess
6/15/2008 9:37:00 AM - Relevance: 5 Points
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Unifying the Microsoft Stack
Can implementing an all-Microsoft server stack save your business time, money and energy? IT shops are increasingly saying yes, but Microsoft still has some major hurdles to overcome.
By Michelle Savage
5/15/2008 7:00:00 AM - Relevance: 5 Points
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OpenSolaris Rises Over Indiana
The Democrats aren't the only ones fawning over Indiana. Sun's effort to re-imagine OpenSolaris arrives just in time for the primary, with an improved Image Packaging System included in the OS.
By Alex Handy
5/6/2008 2:54:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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CUPS Vulnerabilities Patched
While the patches were first released a month ago, some Linux distributions and other operating systems are just now catching up. The new package fixes an overflow issue and an unencrypted Samba password and login file being saved.
By Alex Handy
5/5/2008 4:00:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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Management Packs Boost New Microsoft Capabilities
AVIcode, Novell and Quest Software are among the pack of companies releasing management packs that will help systems managers get the most out of Microsoft System Center's latest extensions.
By Michelle Savage
5/1/2008 2:18:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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Microsoft Opens Up Management Strategy
Microsoft opened its annual Management Summit in Las Vegas by announcing public betas of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
By Michelle Savage
4/30/2008 4:01:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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Microsoft Extends Enterprise Search Capabilities
Microsoft is boosting its enterprise-search product offering via the acquisition of Norway-based FAST Search & Transfer for US$1.2 billion. FAST will become a Microsoft subsidiary and will develop a full line of enterprise search products.
By Michelle Savage
4/25/2008 4:28:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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IBM Claims World's Fastest Unix Server
Big Blue announces a new POWER6-based version of its highest-end Unix server, the Power 595, and a new water-cooled version of the Power 575 server, the Hydro-Cluster.
By Michelle Savage
4/9/2008 2:00:00 PM - Relevance: 9 Points
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OpenSSH 5.0 Opens Up
New version of open-source secure shell addresses a critical security problem from version 4.9.
By Alex Handy
4/4/2008 3:10:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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IBM Powers i and p
System i customers can now move applications to new systems using IBM's new line of Power Systems servers. There are three new products that can handle UNIX and Linux applications simultaneously.
By Jeff Feinman
4/2/2008 4:17:00 PM - Relevance: 3 Points
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