http://www.networkworld.com/topics/software.html The latest software news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110609-viridity-software.html A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. Jon Brodkin 2009-11-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110509-boston-celtics-spam.html Until recently, the Boston Celtics' e-mail infrastructure was outdated and badly in need of an overhaul. Jon Brodkin 2009-11-05T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110409-apache-turns-10.html It has been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation was founded, and this week at ApacheCon the group is showing why it is still going strong and working toward a brighter future. John Fontana 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2009/110209nsm2.html EMC Ionix portfolio provides integrated, unified element manager for Vblock as part of Cisco, EMC and VMware coalition established to enable collaboration among the IT vendors. Denise Dubie 2009-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2009/110209id2.html Centrify announced last week that it has added Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition to the long list of non-Windows operating systems whose authentication it has integrated with Active Directory. It has supported Ubuntu for quite some time, but what really exited the Centrify folk was the fact that this version of Ubuntu includes an open source cloud computing environment that can be easily integrated with Active Directory through the Centrify Suite for identity, access and privilege management. Dave Kearns 2009-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2009/110209-tech-update.html While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost. Bob Fine 2009-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2009/110209nsm1.html Software makers offer scaled-down versions of their commercial management applications for free, hoping to draw customers into a bigger sale. Denise Dubie 2009-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102809-a-demand-for-microsoft-linux.html A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft, but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After the Software Wars, says just that. But he goes further. He thinks Microsoft and its customers would be better off if the company ditched Windows and instead built its own version of the Linux operating system. Julie Bort 2009-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102709-dod-opensource.html The Department of Defense issues a memo outlining guidance for using open source software and for contributing code back to the community. John Fontana 2009-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2009/102609nsm1.html CA introduces Spectrum Service Assurance 1.1, the vendor’s latest management application designed to ease the challenge of monitoring virtual and physical infrastructure to support IT services and guarantee optimal performance. Denise Dubie 2009-10-26T12:00:00-04:00