Network World on Operating Systems

VMware road map emphasizes manageability

Jon Brodkin — 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

At VMworld, VMware is announcing a product road map for 2009 that moves beyond the virtualization of individual servers to a holistic management approach encompassing all the virtualized servers and storage in a data center.

Merrill Lynch building toward stateless data center

John Fontana — 2008-08-05T00:00:00Z

Financial giant Merrill Lynch is building a stateless data center where it can dynamically combine capacity with operating system and application components to meet its computing needs in real time.

Kace tackles remote OS deployments

Ann Bednarz — 2008-07-29T00:00:00Z

It's not always easy to keep remote sites in the IT fold. To lend a hand, systems management vendor Kace this week is unveiling a virtual appliance designed to make it simpler and less costly for IT administrators to remotely provision operating systems, without bringing the network to its knees.

Getting mobile right

2008-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mobile technology is delivering real business benefits, but the growing complexity and the manner in which the technology is acquired and managed can stretch IT thin.

Building with FreeBSD 7 and a rad headset

Mark Gibbs — 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This week Gibbs adds another highly recommended book to the IT library and reviews a Bluetooth cell phone headset that is outstanding.

Cisco IOS vs. Juniper JUNOS: The technical differences

Jim Duffy — 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z

A look at the architectural differences between Cisco's IOS and Juniper Networks' JUNOS

Linux showing signs of solid growth: IDC study

John Fontana — 2008-04-08T00:00:00Z

Austin, Texas – Workloads running on Linux servers are shifting to become more business oriented, including databases and line-of-business applications, and the operating system appears headed for measurable growth over the next three years, according to a white paper released Tuesday by IDC.

Microsoft revels in new Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio packages

John Fontana — 2008-02-27T00:00:00Z

Besides launching a set of updated products Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company's IT user base, calling them the "heart and soul" of the industry.

Microsoft tunes infrastructure bundles for small businesses, weaves in services

John Fontana — 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z

Microsoft Wednesday added new versions, deployment choices and services options to its Small Business Server upgrade due later this year and created a group of products and services aimed at small and medium sized businesses.

Q&A: New Red Hat boss targets virtualization, execution as keys to future

John Fontana — 2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

Less than 40 days ago, Jim Whitehurst stepped into the role of CEO at Red Hat replacing industry icon Matt Szulik, who continues to serve as chairman of the board. With Red Hat's navigation duties in his hands, Whitehurst plans to focus on execution as a path to future success with the operating system and enterprise infrastructure software. The new CEO took time out of his preparation to deliver the keynote at next week’s JBoss World conference to talk with Network World senior editor John Fontana about his background, his plans to conquer the enterprise infrastructure market, Linux desktops, virtualization, Red Hat's role in the future of open source, and of course, Microsoft and its patent crusade.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

Click here to see what Gartner, Network World and other experts say about the new data center.